European Folklore Archives
(emphasis on legend collections)
Belgium:
Seminarie voor Volkskunde, University of Leuven
www.volksverhalenbank.be/
Croatia:
Dokumentacija Instituta za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb
www.ief.hr/Dokumentacija/tabid/65/language/hr-HR/Default.aspx
contact: Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar koraljka@ief.hr; dokument@ief.hr
Odsjek za etnologiju Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb
contact: Ivan Cifrić etnologija@hazu.hr
Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/etno/odsjek/arhiv/; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/27077
contact: Tihana Petrović Leš tihana.petrovic-les@hi.t-com.hr
Ethnological atlas
contact: Branko Đaković: bdakovic@ffzg.hr
Denmark:
Dansk Folkemindesamling, Royal Library Copenhagen
www.kb.dk/da/nb/fag/dafos/index.html
Estonia:
Tartu
www.folklore.ee/era/eng/
contact: era@folklore.ee
Finland:
Folklore Fellows
www.folklorefellows.fi/?page_id=760
Folklore Archives of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS)
neba.finlit.fi/index.php?lang=eng
Contact: kansanrunousarkisto@finlit.fi
The Archives of the Folk Culture in the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS)
www.sls.fi/doc.php?category=1&language=eng
Contact: carola.ekrem@sls.fi
Archives of history, culture and arts studies at the University of Turku
www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/hum/yksikot/hktl/palvelut/arkistot/kultut-arkisto/Sivut/home.aspx
Contact: kultutarkisto@lists.utu.fi
Georgia:
Rustaweli-Institut für Literatur/Georgische Archiv für Volksdichtung
titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/database/folkarch/query.htm
Germany:
Zentralarchiv der deutschen Volkserzählung, Europäische Ethnologie, Marburg
https://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/euroethno/sammlungen
contact: Siegfried Becker: becker4@staff.uni-marburg.de
Rostock, Wossidlo Archiv
www.volkskunde.uni-rostock.de/wossidlo-archiv/
Greece:
Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, Athens
www.kentrolaografias.gr/
Iceland:
Ísmús – íslenskur músík- og menningararfur
https://ismus.is/
contact: Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir, rosa.thorsteinsdottir@arnastofnun.is & Trausti Dagsson, trausti.dagsson@arnastofnun.is
Ireland:
University College Dublin
www.ucd.ie/folklore/en/
Latvia:
Archives of Latvian Folklore, Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia
www.lfk.lv/pasakas/en/
Webpage: lfk.lv/en/
Contact: lfk@lulfmi.lv
Lithuania:
Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos instituto Lietuvių tautosakos rankraštynas / The Lithuanian Folklore Archives of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
archyvas.llti.lt/
Contact: archive@llti.lt
Parallel corpus of Vol. 13-15 (folk legends) of “Latvian Folk-Tales and Legands” (ed. P. Smits, 1925-1937) in Latvian and German:
lfk.lv/pasakas/de/
Macedonia:
Institute of Folklore “Marko Cepenkov” – Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, (AIF) Institute of Folklore Archive;
contact: ifmarkocpenkov@mt.net.mk
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Digital Archive for Ethnological and Anthropological Resources
www.iea.pmf.ukim.edu.mk – web of the Institute and general information about the Archive
www.archiveiea.net/ – archive web
contact: Prof. Ljupco S. Risteski, Ph.D. risteski@ukim.edu.mk
Netherlands:
Meertens Instituut Amsterdam
www.verhalenbank.nl
contact: Theo Meder: theo.meder@meertens.knaw.nl
New Foundland: www.pigeoninlet.com/archive.htm
Norway:
Norsk Folkeminnedamling
www.hf.uio.no/ikos/tjenester/kunnskap/samlinger/norsk-folkeminnesamling/
contact: Line Esborg, Oslo: line.esborg@ikos.uio.no
Portugal:
Centro de Estudos Ataide Oliveira, Archive of Portugese Legends www.lendarium.org/
contact: ceao@ualg.pt
Scotland (Aberdeenshire):
The North Eastern Folklore Archive (NEFA)
www.nefa.net
Serbia:
Arhiv Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti – Etnografka zbirka / Archive of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts – The Ethnographic Collection
www.sanu.ac.rs/en/sasa-archives/
Slovenia:
Department of ethnology and cultural anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
contact: Mihaela Hudelja: mihaela.hudelja@ff.uni-lj.si
Institute of Slovenian ethnology and folklore
contact: Monika Kropej: monika@zrc-sazu.si
Spain (Catalonia):
Arxiu de Folklore, Tarragona
www.sre.urv.cat/rondcat/index.php
http://www.arxiudefolklore.cat/
Sweden:
Institutet för språk och folkminnen (SOFI)
www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/
contact Fredrik Skott, Gothenburg; fredrik.skott@sofi.se
Dialekt- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala
www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/om-oss/kontakt/dialekt–och-folkminnesarkivet-i-uppsala.html
Folklivsarkivet i Lund
www.folklivsarkivet.lu.se/
Nordiska museet
www.nordiskamuseet.se/samlingar/om-samlingarna/arkivhandlingar-och-dokument
North American Archives
The United States:
University of Southern California’s Digital Folklore Archive
http://folklore.usc.edu
UC Berkeley Folklore Archive
http://folklore.berkeley.edu/archive/
Karen Baldwin Folklore Archive (1974-2015), Eastern Carolina University
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1160
Northwest Folklife Digital Collection, Randall V. Mills Archives, University of Oregon
https://oregondigital.org/sets/nw-folklife
Local and world folklore collected by students in Russian 13
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/folklorearchive/
Fife Folklore Archives
The Fife Folklore Archives is one of the largest repositories of American folklore in the United States.
https://archives.usu.edu/folklo/
Randall V. Mills Archives of Northwest Folklore
A repository of fieldwork collections and research materials on folklife in Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.
https://folklore.uoregon.edu/archives/
Central California Folklore Archives
http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/archives/
Indiana University Folklore Archives
http://www.iub.edu/~wer/archives/
Ohio State University Center for Folklore Studies Archives
https://cfs.osu.edu/archives
American Folklore Society’s Folklore Collection Database
http://www.folklorecollections.org/
Canada:
Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive
http://capelin.library.mun.ca/folklore/index.html
Ukrainian Folklore Archives (Bohdan Medwidsky)
Kule Folklore Centre
https://www.ualberta.ca/museums/museum-collections/ukrainian-folklore-archives
Australia
Western Australia Folklore Archive
http://john.curtin.edu.au/folklore/about.html