Organizations

Archives

	American Folklore Society : Founded in 1888, the AFS publishes the quartlerly Journal of American Folklore and works to further the discipline of folklore studies, to improve the professional well-being of its members, and to increase the respect given to diverse cultures and their traditions. - afsnet.org/
	Australian Folklore : Journal of studies in the field of Australian folklore as well as theoretical and field studies by scholars from around the world. - www.une.edu.au/~arts/FolkloreJournal/AF.htm
	Bozeman Folklore Society - Montana : An all- volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, enjoying and sharing the music, dance, arts, crafts, and skills of traditional cultures, with a special focus on country and square dancing and fiddle music. - geocities.com/bfsdancing/
	Center for Folklore and Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania : Undergraduate and graduate programs in Folklore and Folklife, events announcements, links. - www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/
	citylore.org - www.citylore.org/
	Folklore Society of Greater Washington DC : Furthering the understanding, appreciation, and performance of traditional folk music and folklore, the FSGW sponsors over 200 events in the DC area each year, including festivals, concerts, dances, and swaps; the site also includes a lenthy list of folk music links. - www.fsgw.org/
	Folkore Fellows at the Kalevala Institute of the University of Turku : International scholarly network founded in Finland in 1908, furthering professional training of folklorists as well as promoting scholarly contacts and publication activities. - www.folklorefellows.fi/index.html
	gegants.org - www.gegants.org/
	Historical Museum of Southern Florida: Folklife : Exhibits document South Florida's cultural diversity through the traditional arts, crafts, foodways, and music of Anglo-American, Latin-American, and Afro-Caribbean residents. - www.historical-museum.org/folklife/folklife.htm
	Hungarian Folklore List Discussion Group : Perpetuating Hungarian folklore by exchanging thoughts, experiences, and ideas (in Hungarian and English). - hungaria.org/lists/folklor/
	National Council for the Traditional Arts : Dedicated to the preservation and documentation of traditional arts in the United States through festivals, tours, concerts, public radio, television programs and films. - www.ncta.net/
	New York Folklore Society : Information about the Society, its publications and programs, forums and conferences, plus links to other folklore and related resources. - www.nyfolklore.org/
	Northern Virginia Folklife Archive - George Mason University : Archive of papers about folklore and folklife in Northern Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic region, and beyond. - www.gmu.edu/folklore/nvfa/
	Palouse Folklore Society : Volunteer non-profit organization in the Moscow, Idaho / Pullman, Washington area dedicated to preserving and celebrating cultural traditions of folk music, dance and traditional arts and crafts. - www.angelfire.com/folk/pfs/index.html
	Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation : Founded in 1974 with the objectives of researching, studying, conserving and promoting the popular culture of the Peloponnese and, more generally, of Greece as a whole. - www.culture.gr/4/42/421/42101/4210101/e421a011.html
	Seattle Folklore Society - Washington : Current schedule of folk music concerts sponsored by the Seattle Folklore Society, Washington State - www.seafolklore.org/folksche.html
	Spokane Folklore Society - Washington : Non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the celebration of Folk Arts, particularly music and dance. - www.spokanefolklore.org/
	The Folklore Archive of the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature : Collecting Georgian and Caucasus folklore, with scientific analysis of the material and publication. - www.acnet.ge/folklore.htm
	Turkish Folklore Association : Aims to keep Turkish folklore alive through scientific research, and passing knowledge of the traditions on to the younger generations in music and dance schools. - www.folklorkurumu.org/index-en.htm
	vermontfolklifecenter.org - www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/
	Victorian Folklife Association : Dedicated to the protection and promotion of the cultural heritage of the people of Victoria, Australia, of those informal, unofficial aspects of our heritage which are folklife. - home.vicnet.net.au/~folklife/
	Virginia Folklife Program : The VFP assists cultural organizations, community groups, state agencies, and others in planning projects on Virginia folklife, and in writing grants to obtain funding to support such projects, with a focus on fieldwork and new media presentations of folklore. - minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~foundhum/vfp/home.html
	Virginia Folklore Society : Non-profit organization founded in 1913 and dedicated to the discovery, collection, publication, and preservation of folklore and traditional culture in Virginia and to furthering the understanding, appreciation, and performance of traditional arts and crafts of the State. - www.virginia.edu/~vafolk/
	virginia.edu - faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/
	westernfolklore.org - westernfolklore.org/