American Folklife Center

U.S. Congress designated national center for folklife documentation and research at the Library of Congress
Organization research_center Q4743795
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American Folklife Center

Summary

American Folklife Center is a research center[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (research_center category, ranking #27 of 169).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Folklife Center is located in Washington, D.C.[3].
  • American Folklife Center is in the country of United States[4].
  • American Folklife Center's instance of is recorded as research center[5].
  • American Folklife Center's instance of is recorded as reading room[6].
  • American Folklife Center's logo image is recorded as US-LOC-AmericanFolklifeCenter-Logo.svg[7].
  • American Folklife Center's ISNI is recorded as 0000000109449216[8].
  • American Folklife Center's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149747343[9].
  • American Folklife Center's GND ID is recorded as 111323-9[10].
  • American Folklife Center's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80083600[11].
  • American Folklife Center's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12018427q[12].
  • American Folklife Center's IdRef ID is recorded as 028325508[13].
  • American Folklife Center's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA07012540[14].
  • American Folklife Center's location is recorded as Thomas Jefferson Building[15].
  • American Folklife Center's Commons category is recorded as American Folklife Center[16].
  • American Folklife Center's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35802130[17].
  • American Folklife Center's has part is recorded as Archive of Folk Culture[18].
  • American Folklife Center's has part is recorded as Veterans History Project[19].
  • +1976-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Folklife Center[20].
  • American Folklife Center's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.888106, 'lon': -77.004647}[21].
  • American Folklife Center's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0549q6[22].
  • American Folklife Center's Open Library ID is recorded as OL4596108A[23].
  • American Folklife Center's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20090716012[24].
  • American Folklife Center's parent organization or unit is recorded as Library of Congress[25].
  • American Folklife Center's official website is recorded as https://www.loc.gov/folklife/[26].
  • American Folklife Center's main subject is recorded as folklife[27].

Body

Founding

+1976-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Folklife Center[20].

Operations

American Folklife Center's parent organization or unit is recorded as Library of Congress[25].

Why It Matters

American Folklife Center draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (research_center category, ranking #27 of 169).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . www2.archivists.org. Retrieved . www2.archivists.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . memory.loc.gov. Retrieved . memory.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . isni.ringgold.com. Retrieved . isni.ringgold.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q12013. Retrieved . memory.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SNAC. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q12013. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Czech National Authority Database. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Open Library. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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