Virgin Islands

Among its diverse holdings of traditional music and folklore, the American Folklife Center's collections include children's songs, chants, and games from the American Virgin Islands recorded by Karen Ellis-Bell on St. Croix in 1978, and Dutch Creole folktales paraphrased into English Creole and re-translated into Dutch Creole.

Collections

Local Legacies: This project provides a "snapshot" of local culture as it was expressed in the year 2000. View Virgin Island 's Local Legacies projects.

Additional Resources

Folklife Resources: Find state folklife-related agencies, societies, archives, higher education programs, and more, in Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States.