Archie Green (born June 29, 1917) is a folklorist and musicologist. He is a scholar of laborlore, defined as the special folklore of workers. Devoted to understanding vernacular culture, he has 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 (P.L. 94-201), which established the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.

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  • Archie Green (born June 29, 1917) is a folklorist and musicologist. He is a scholar of laborlore, defined as the special folklore of workers. Devoted to understanding vernacular culture, he has 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 (P.L. 94-201), which established the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. (en)
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  • Archie Green at home, ca. 1993; photograph by Hazen Robert Walker (en)
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  • Archie Green (born June 29, 1917) is a folklorist and musicologist. He is a scholar of laborlore, defined as the special folklore of workers. Devoted to understanding vernacular culture, he has 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 (P.L. 94-201), which established the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. (en)
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