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Research Center American Folklife Center

Support the Center

Your tax-deductible contribution to the American Folklife Center will strengthen, preserve, support, revitalize, and disseminate the cultural richness of the nation.

If you would like to designate your gift to one of our programs listed below, please be sure to check the box marked “Tribute Gift” and add the name of the person being honored and/or the gift fund name.

  • Friends of the Folklife Archive
  • The American Folklife Center Internship Fund
  • Blanton Owen Fund for Fieldwork at the Library of Congress
  • The Gerald E. and Corinne L. Parsons Fund for Ethnography at the Library of Congress
  • The Henry Reed Fund for Folk Artists at the Library of Congress

You can also email the Library’s Development Office at devofc@loc.gov with a fund designation request (Example: My name is Susie Smith, I made a gift of $50 in honor of Joe Smith and would like this gift to support the Henry Reed Fund at the Library of Congress. Thank you!)

Location

Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Thomas Jefferson Building, G31
Washington, DC 20540-4810
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Hours

Public Hours
Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, Sundays & Federal Holidays