Collection of field recordings of Passamaquoddy narratives, vocabulary, number lists, a few songs, and subsequent demonstrations of the Edison cylinder recording apparatus to a Passamaquoddy visitor, recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes in Calais, Maine, in March 1890, and probably in the Boston area about a year later. The 1890 recordings of Noel Joseph and Peter Selmore are the earliest known field recordings of Native American song and narrative on wax cylinders.

Collection of field recordings of nineteen individuals telling over 800 stories, including 7 or 8 narrators relating telapna:we, a traditional form of Zuni folktale. Collection was initiated in the 1960s when the Zuni tribal government received funding to record Zuni oral history and collective memories. Recordings were made in 1966-1967 under the direction of the American West Center of the University of Utah, sponsored by the American Indian Oral History Project, funded by the Doris Duke Foundation. The Zuni Tribal council and its governor, Robert E. Lewis, approved the transfer of the master tapes to the American Folklife Center in 1996.

Copies of field recordings of 15 Zuni storytellers recorded in Zuni, New Mexico, in August 1988 and in January 1989 (24 audio cassettes); Zuni language storytelling programs produced for radio aired on KSHI-FM radio in December 1989 (19 audio cassettes); and English language versions of Zuni storytelling programs (10 audio cassettes). Recordings were generated for a folk arts project granted to the Pueblo of Zuni titled "Telapna:we -- Zuni Verbal Art in Performance," and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk Arts Division (NEA Grant Number 88-5533-0075). Radio programs were titled "Telapna:we -- Zuni Verbal Art." The collection includes partial transcriptions with interlineal translations from Zuni to English.

Field recordings of Dakota, Lakota, Omaha, and Cheyenne songs, dance songs, stories, prayers, and recordings of children reading samples from primary readers recorded by Evelyn Robe Finkbeiner from July 22 - August 29, 1947. Included are Sun Dance songs, victory songs, and songs in honor of Dakota World War II veterans, some with translations into English by John Colhoff. Includes a radio broadcast of the show "Indian Rhythms" with Evelyn Yellow Robe as guest, March 31, 1948.

Collection of field recordings, photographs, and notes by linguist Curtis Cook, who learned the Zuni language and documented the stories of elderly Zuni speakers while undertaking a translation of the Bible into the Zuni language during the 1960s and 1970s. Sound recordings (1964-1967) include narratives told by Zuni storytellers Longkeena Nash and Tom Ideque and others; recordings of children reading high school reports in English; and Curtis Cook reciting the gospel acccording to St. Mark, and other recordings. Photographs (1964-1972) include pictures of some of the Zuni speakers and storytellers who aided Cook in learning the Zuni language; landscapes at and near Zuni; adobe brick making and daily occupations at Zuni; photographs documenting the Zuni entry of dancers and musicians at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial in 1965; Zuni children; Zuni artwork, including jewelry and pottery. Manuscripts include Zuni stories and translation exercises in Zuni, and some interlineal translations in English of Zuni recordings from the Doris Duke collection. Cook submitted notes describing his photographs and his work at Zuni in 2004. On February 14, 2005, Curtis Cook met with staff of the American Folklife Center to discuss this collection and his work in Zuni; an audio recording of this meeting is included in the collection.

Collection of photographs taken by Tom Raymond documenting storytellers and audiences at the annual National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tennessee from circa 1984-2003. Included in the collection are photographs of Lakota storyteller Kevin Locke.

Collection of planning documents, correspondence, contracts, programs, publicity, and video documentation of events at the Storytelling Pavilion, National Book Festival, held on the East Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on September 8, 2001. The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress planned and produced the performances and events held at the Storytelling Pavilion. Relevant performance selections include the following:
1:45pm: Members of the Navajo Code Talkers Association: Keith Little and Samuel Smith, an interview with two Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, conducted by Peggy A. Bulger, director of the American Folklife Center

Collection of planning and logistics materials, contracts, and programs for the Storytelling Pavilion organized by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 3rd annual National Book Festival. Participants include Gayle Ross (Cherokee Nation)