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The American Folklore Society is the US-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world. It was founded in 1888 by William Wells Newell, who stood at the center of a diverse group of university-based scholars, musem anthropologists, and men and women of letters and affairs. At present, almost half of its 2,200 members practice their work outside of higher education. In addition to professors, members include museum curators, librarians, arts administrators, freelance researchers, and others involved in the study and promotion of folklore and traditional culture. The Society is based at the Ohio State University and has an annual convention every October. The Society's quarterly publication is the Journal of American Folklore. The American Folklore Society is a member organization in the American Council of Learned Societies.

Over the years, prominent members of the American Folklore Society known outside of academic circles have included Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Franz Boas, Ella Deloria, Ben Botkin, Alan Lomax, Jan Harold Brunvand, William Ferris, and Marius Barbeau. The current president is Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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