Preserving the Stories of America

From pioneer days in Kentucky came a stew prepared by farmers and hunters. They called it Burgoo. No one knows where the name came from, but one thing is very clear, the passion…

Henry Elijah "Lige" Langston was born in 1908 in the Great Basin outback on a homestead. He worked his entire life as a wrangler and rawhide braider in the region known as the…

What do nature centers, natural history museums, and hunters have in common? They all require someone skilled in bird taxidermy. This film shows how, with the help of a two-year…

A religious drama staged by members of the Second Baptist Church in Bloomington, Indiana. Made by the late folklorist William Wiggins. The original negative for this 16mm film is…

Delbert Smith, 88, a hereditary blacksmith, illuminates life around the forge.