Oral Tradition Archives
This list presents an initial sample of archives holding records of traditional verbal arts. It aspires to offer an exhaustive compendium of such archives worldwide that is useful to all researchers. Your help compiling it is indispensable. We look forward to learning from you of additional archives both physical and virtual.
| Name | World Oral Literature Project |
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| Institution | University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Website | http://www.oralliterature.org Collections: http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/collections.html |
| Address | WOLP
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Downing Site, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ |
| Phone | +44 (0)1223 333 504 |
| oralliteratureproject@gmail.com | |
| Physical location | United Kingdom |
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| Languages | |
| Geographical areas | Africa, Altai Republic, Bhutan, Burma, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Fiji, India, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Multiple and Varied, Nepal, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Tibet, United Kingdom, Zambia |
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| Name | Tobar an Dualchais |
|---|---|
| Institution | |
| Website | http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/ |
| Address | Isle of Skye Office:
Tobar an Dualchais Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Sleat Isle of Skye IV44 8RQ South Uist Office Tobar an Dualchais Units 4, 5 & 6 Lochbosidale Isle of South Uist Western Isles HS8 5TH |
| Phone | Isle of Skye: 01471 888601
South Uist: 01878 700043 |
| dualchas@smo.uhi.ac.uk | |
| Physical location | Database origin, United Kingdom; materials worldwide |
| Genres | |
| Languages | Gaelic, Scots |
| Geographical areas | Scotland |
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| Name | The American Folklife Center |
|---|---|
| Institution | Library of Congress |
| Website | http://www.loc.gov/folklife/index.html |
| Address | 101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, D.C. 20540-4610 U.S.A. |
| Phone | Phone: (202) 707-5510
Fax: (202) 707-2076 |
| folklife@loc.gov | |
| Physical location | United States |
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| Languages | |
| Geographical areas | Afghanistan, Albania, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Bosnia and Hertzogovenia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central America, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kazakstan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Multiple and Varied, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philipines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wales, Zimbabwe |
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| Name | Alan Lomax Archive |
|---|---|
| Institution | Association for Cultural Equity |
| Website | http://www.culturalequity.org/index.php |
| Address | 450 West 41st Street
Suite 602-606 New York, NY 10036 |
| Phone | Phone: (212) 268-4623
Fax: (212) 279-3710 |
| staff@culturalequity.org | |
| Physical location | United States |
| Genres | interviews, jokes, personal narratives, sermons, stories |
| Languages | |
| Geographical areas | Bahamas, England, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United States |
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