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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-10 · 26 entries checked · 17 flagged · 44 issues confirmed · 17 corrected · 27 still open
Folklore studies — The American Folklife Center is at the Library of Congress, not the Smithsonian Institution.
Folklore studies — The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is produced by the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, not the American Folklife Center.
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index — The entry states that Stith Thompson's 1928 revision created the 'AT number system' and calls it the 'AaTh system.' In fact, the 'AaTh' abbreviation (for Aarne–Thompson) was used for the 1961 edition, not the 1928 edition; the 1928 edition was simply the first
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index — The entry says 'Folklorist J. Jacobs later expanded the list to 70 tale types and published it as "Appendix C" in Burne & Gomme's Handbook of Folk-Lore.' The correct author is Joseph Jacobs, and the work is Burne's Handbook of Folk-Lore (not Burne & Gomme's; C
American Folklore Society — The entry implies Jason Baird Jackson is the current president without specifying a year, which is inaccurate as his term was 2016-2017.
American Folklore Society — The entry states the headquarters is at Indiana University, but the AFS is an independent organization with only its business office located there, not an official headquarters.
Archives of Traditional Music — The archive was not initiated by George Herzog at Columbia University in 1936; it was initiated by him at Columbia in 1936, but the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv where Herzog worked was from 1921 to 1924, and he was not an assistant to Hornbostel but a student an
Archives of Traditional Music — The archive was formally established at Indiana University in 1948 when Herzog moved it there, not in 1954 under George List; the 1954 date refers to a later formal establishment under List, but the archive was already functioning from 1948.
The Bird Lover — The claim that 'Folklorist Jack Haney traced the origins of the tale type to France and Germany in the Middle Ages' is factually unsupported; Jack Haney is a real scholar of Russian folklore, but there is no widely-known, established canon that he traced the o
The Bird Lover — The claim that the tale of 'King Parrot' comes from 'a 15th century Turkish version of The Seven Wise Masters' is questionable; 'King Parrot' is typically associated with Indian or Persian traditions (e.g., the Tutinama), not a 15th-century Turkish version of
Cooperstown Graduate Program — The entry states the Cooperstown Graduate Program 'was the first museum studies program in the United States and remains the oldest.' This is a factual error: the first museum studies program in the U.S. is generally considered to be the one at the Newark Muse
Cooperstown Graduate Program — The entry says the program was 'a joint venture between Oneonta and the New York State Historical Association (now the Fenimore Art Museum).' The New York State Historical Association (NYSHA) still exists as a separate entity; the Fenimore Art Museum is a muse
Estonian Folklore Archives — The claim that the Estonian Folklore Archives were inspired by the Archives of Latvian Folklore, founded in 1924, is not supported by established canon; the archives were modeled on the Finnish Literature Society, and the Latvian archives were founded only thr
Folk process — The claim that 'Siúil A Rúin' was reinterpreted in the nineteenth-century United States as 'Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier' is factually questionable: 'Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier' is widely documented as an American Revolutionary War-era song (late 18th cent
Folk process — The claim that the Child ballad 'Matty Groves' became the American love song 'Shady Grove' is a factual error: 'Shady Grove' is a separate American folk song with no established direct lineage from 'Matty Groves'; the two are distinct in narrative and tune, an
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