American Folklife Center

American Folklife Center In 1928 the Archive of Folk-Song (from 1981 the Archive of Folk Culture) was established in the Library of Congress to collect recordings, printed and manuscript materials on folksong, folk music, folk tales and related materials. With the passage of the American Folklife Preservation Act, Public Law94-201 (1976), the U.S. Congress established the American Folklife Center, which incorporated the Archive in 1978, in the Library of Congress. Although the center is located…