Archie Green
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1917 – 2009
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Who was Archie Green?
Archie Green was a folklorist specializing in laborlore and American folk music. Devoted to understanding vernacular culture, he gathered and commented upon the speech, stories, songs, emblems, rituals, art, artifacts, memorials, and landmarks which constitute laborlore. He is credited with winning Congressional support for passage of the American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976, which established the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.
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- Born
- Jun 29, 1917
Winnipeg - Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of California, Berkeley
- Lived in
- Winnipeg
- Died
- Mar 22, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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