The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational corporation dedicated to preserving information about the history and practice of international folk dancing for the use of individuals worldwide: Transforming information into movement since 1987.
The Society exists to answer your questions about folk music, song, and dance from its ever-growing archive and library 200,000 pages of descriptions and histories; 15,000 books, magazines, and syllabi; 35,000 phonograph records; and uncounted films, cassette tapes, CDs, and DVDs.
The Society is the largest independent archive and library of international folk arts in the world, built from the files and libraries, large and small, of folk arts pioneers such as:
Mary Ann & Michael HermanMaine Folk Dance Camp,
Helen & Rod LaFarge,
Marie Fischer,
Rickey Holden,
Dick Oakes,
Vonnie Brown,
Karin Gottier,
Ed Kremers Sr.,
Morry Gelman,
Nelda Guerrero Drury,
Audrey & Bernard Kaiman,
Mary & George Lowrey,
Alura Flores Barnes de Angeles,
Festival Folklórico Internacional,
Ada Dziewanowska,
Olga Sandolowich,
Sanna & Mars Longden,
Ivan "John" Filcich,
Miriam Lidster,
Rose Strasser,
Bess Koval,
Nancy Lee Ruyter,
Ingrid Christiansen,
Yvonne Hunt,
Helen & Rufus Smith,
Enumclaw Folk Dance Camp,
Northwest Folkdancers,
Roy Hilburn,
Loui Tucker,
David Houston,
International Folk Culture Center,
Austin International Folk Dancers,
Texas International Folk Dancers,
Kaye & Chuck Roth,
Floyd Davis,
Richard Geisler,
Mae Belt Fraley,
Rae Tauber,
Avis Whitfield Cook,
Dame Gwendolyn E. Peacher,
Glenn Weber,
Barbara & Dimitar Dintcheff,
Nancy & Dean Linscott,
Jen & Oscar Appel,
Pearl Atkinson,
Tom Blenko,
Zibby & Roy McCutchan,
Marlys Swenson Waller,
Jelena & Bob Fritsch,
Carol & Forrest Johnson,
Ceil Wirth,
Jim Mork,
Myrtle Hoppe,
University Folk Dancers,
Charlie Rusnacko,
Norsk Folkedans Stemne,
Christine Anderson,
Salt Spring Island Folk Dance Festival,
Rosemarie Keough,
Virginia & Robert Powers,
Joel Ackerman,
Orange County Folk Dancers,
Richard Duree,
Mary Bee Jensen,
Frank Wilhelm,
Mary Stensrud,
Ann & Bob DeMaine,
Susan Smith,
Barbara Shine,
Sally & Alan Jenkins,
Loretta Holz,
Wendy Fuller-Mora,
Edna May Lidin,
Judy McVey,
Jeanne Cate,
Becky Davidson,
Maria Luise Beck,
Paul Weidhaas,
Rachel Penn,
Sara & Jim Osborn,
David Millstone,
John Uhlemann,
Ellen Gonis Luckow,
Victor Peck,
Jeffrey Mora,
Ginny Brandmaier,
Bob Walraven,
Allison Thompson,
Linda Robinson,
Naomi Rogers,
Eleanor Lippman,
Paul Kreiss,
Anne Pryich-Olson,
Ruth & Robert Galloway,
Dave Hornig,
Harry Khamis,
Bill Stewart,
Pollyann Fassnacht,
Richard Vydra,
Norma Huff,
Jill & Jay Michtom,
Joel Hallen,
Marty Hinckley,
Beaumont International Folk Dancers,
Trudy & Bob Madrulli,
Janice Wendt,
Nancy Weber,
Hannah Galerstein,
Mary Stensrud,
Anne Guzzo,
Diana & Bill Blanchard,
Ruth & Alex Sherman,
Joan & Bob Donnelly,
Bobbi Gillotti,
Selwyn Ligon,
Laurel Horton,
Frances & Roger Young,
Glenn Weber,
Vandy Powell,
Carolyn Michener,
Lyn & Gene Minor,
Cassi Neff,
Cathy Fredrickson,
Catie Condran Geist,
Jane Ellen Knotek,
Charlie Notess,
Sarah & Jerry Oelenberg,
Dan Oldman,
Frieda & Harry Gartner,
Cynthia & Ray Saunders,
Helen & Duane Hinshaw,
Pearl & Al Selwyn,
Charlotte & Ray Augustine,
Phyllis Painter,
Dorothy Archer & David Digby,
Jill & Dick Willmott,
Cincinnati Folk Dancers,
Faith Zavon,
Meg Mabbs & Bill Gooch,
Robert Karpas,
Ruth Reber,
Chris Brady,
Clovia Abrahamson,
Coleen Moore,
Alfred Hartzell,
Josephine Terkowski,
JoAnn Czekalski,
Virginia Derridinger,
Dorothy & Bob Gooding,
Kathy Sallee,
Connie Lambert,
Rae & Joe Nemovicher,
John Ramsay,
Bart Bartholomew,
Irving Greenberg,
Bill Ogilvie,
Carole & Paul Kantor,
Mary Davidson,
Marcia Shapiro,
Bob Yoder,
Richard Myers,
Carolyn Peters-Eckel,
Susie Bell,
Myra Ford,
Linda Maynard,
Edward O'Connor,
Lisa Brown,
Gail Pollack,
David Lowrey,
Jim Maynard,
Jane Hehnke,
Jim Kahan,
Jim Gold,
Joan Goldstein,
Ron Wilks,
Karen & Bill Havens,
Sid Dictor,
Kris & Tom Grinstad,
Pauline Smyth,
Patricia Day Williams,
Sharon Ann & Brent Ritchie,
Patricia & Rod Garside,
Marie & Bob Corbin,
Barbara & David Houghton,
Nancy Schofield,
Janet Taylor,
Katherine St. John,
Frances & Maynard Smith,
Teresa Goodwin,
Karen & Bill Bunch,
Jayne Barnhart,
Nancy Milligan,
Sharron & Armand Deny,
Josela del Rey,
Joan Thacker,
Owen King,
Steve Davis,
Fredda Seidenbaum,
Baltazar Ramos,
Doris Starr,
Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin,
Lucia & Fred Essig,
Ruth Galloway,
Kathy Bruni,
Don Buskirk,
Craig McFall,
Jan de Rie,
Nancy & Bill Martin,
Jane Hehnke,
Gred Albert,
Stephen Puschuk,
Valerie Melancon,
Heather & Chris Clarke,
Cathy Starkweather,
Judy & Don Kropp,
KC Patrick,
Karl Fox,
Susan English,
Gloria Butcher,
Hsin'kai Hsiang,
Joan Friedberg,
David Levine,
Ellen Cassedy,
Charlene Baker,
Nelda Reid,
Ann Kangas,
Sonja Efron & Jeff Dosch,
Nancy MacKay,
Maureen & Bill Smith,
Nell Armstrong,
Rusty Wright,
Suzanne Rizer,
Andrée Juneau,
Rick Appleman,
Bobbi Stauffer,
Norma Huff,
Larry Foster,
Eleanor Lippman,
Dave Lippman,
Josephine Terkowski,
JoAnn Czekalski,
South Bay International Folk Dancers,
Bea Rasof,
David Porter,
Sue Lindner,
Sue Willard,
Allison Thompson,
Randall Kirschman.
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APPLICANTS INQUIRE WITHIN
Seeking Executive Director who will
a) increase public access to the Society archives and library, and
b) direct research about the history and practice of recreational folk dancing.
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