The University of New Hampshire Library in Durham, NH, maintains CDSS’s archives and collections. Physical materials are available for researchers by appointment.
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New! CDSS Ephemera is a digital collection of historic posters, maps, broadsides, and other print memorabilia from the CDSS Organization Archives. It can be accessed online by anyone and will eventually include around 8,000 items.
- New! CDSS Photographs is a digital collection of historic photos c. 1920s-1960s (many undated) from the CDSS Organization Archives. It can be accessed online by anyone and is still growing.
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The CDSS Library houses over 3,000 books; 400 periodicals, pamphlets, sheet music; and nearly 2,000 recordings promoting English and American folk dance and song, both from CDSS and other sources. You can find and search the collection online.
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The CDSS Organization Archives, held in the Milne Special Collections & Archives at UNH, contain 64 boxes of manuscripts, personal papers, recordings, and materials dating to CDSS’s founding in 1915. This guide describes the collection and its contents.
Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support.