The Missouri Folklore Society

The Missouri Folklore Society was organized December 15, 1906, “to encourage the collection, preservation and study of folklore in the widest sense, including customs, institutions, beliefs, signs, legends, language, literature, musical arts, and folk arts and crafts of all ethnic groups throughout the State of Missouri.” We continue to support the cultivation and study of the folkgroups and folkways of our state — and beyond.

–and join us October 17-19, 2024 at the Mid-Continent Public Library’s Woodneath Library!

Here’s the registration form for the 2024 meeting — please print out, fill out and mail, so we can get headcounts for meals!

Here’s the draft schedule for the meeting

And a full list of the presentations

You can follow us on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/missourifolklore

Got a folklore- or folklife-related event for our newsletter? Want to contribute to our collections here, or ask a question of our knowledgeable members? Contact the webmaster: adavis@truman.edu You can also write PO Box 1757, Columbia MO 65205

New or renewing member? Click here for a printable form

The Missouri Folklore Society Newsletter (appears Fall and Spring)

Contents of the Missouri Folklore Society Journal (MFSJ issues/articles are archived at https://www.hathitrust.org/)

MFSJ Volume 42 is now available: a monograph by Van Tegtmeier on sexism in videogaming communities.

Links for members

The collections below are coming soon (bear with us while we rebuild resources after our migration):

Missouri Folklore Studies: an online collection of documentary and analytical papers

Links of special interest to Missouri folklorists

Our members’ links: their products and services, collections, scholarship, remembrances and testimonies

For students: the Schroeder Prize in Folklore