The North Carolina Folklore Society would like to thank East Carolina University, and everyone who made its 2012 meeting a success. We had a great time in Greenville. Academic programs, community organizations, and government institutions were all represented as we discussed issues of identity, resilience, and the role of folklife in our state’s creative economy. The North Carolina Folklore Society would also like to once again congratulate the 2012 Brown-Hudson and Community Traditions Award Winners. In 2013 we are celebrating our 100th anniversary, and we have some exciting plans in the works for our annual meeting. It will take place in the first weekend in March in the Triangle, so mark your calendars! More details to follow...

To see photos from the 2012 Annual Meeting and to learn about other folklife news and events around the state, visit the North Carolina Folklore Society on Facebook.

North Carolina Folklore Journal issue 58.1 is now available for download!

A Special Issue dedicated to Tom McGowan, co-edited with Sandy Ballard of the Appalachian Journal.
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Founded in 1913, the North Carolina Folklore Society promotes the appreciation and study of North Carolina's folklife. In its early years, members guided by Frank C. Brown of Duke University collected songs, stories, customs, and superstitions for The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, the most extensive collection of a state's folklore.

In 1948 Society Secretary-Treasurer Arthur Palmer Hudson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began a state folklore journal, whose editors have included distinguished writers Richard G. Walser and Guy Owen of North Carolina State University.

Through its annual meeting, programs, awards, and publications, the North Carolina Folklore Society encourages the study and preservation of local folklife and provides a state folklife information center and resources center. Membership is open to the public.


The Society maintains the NCFOLK listserv. To join, send an email to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ECU.EDU, with a blank subject line and with "Subscribe NCFOLK Your Name" as the message.

NCFS receives funding from the North Carolina Arts Council .



The Society also publishes a resource listing as part of this website. To submit items for the resources list, send iems to :

N.C. Folklore Society
P.O. Box 6271
Durham, NC 27715

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