"Provides a snapshot of the museum’s collection...spanning traditional American folk art made at the turn of the eighteenth century to twentieth and twenty-first century works by self-taught artists and art brut creators."
Formed "to advocate the discovery, study, documentation, preservation and exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments, with an emphasis on the contemporary.”
Tthis collection contains fine examples of printed and hand-colored taufscheins (birth and baptismal certificates), vorshrifts (writing examples), haus segens (house blessings), bucherzeichen (book plates), and drawings created by Pennsylvania Germans. From Franklin & Marshall College via JSTOR.
"Folk Figures : A Survey of Norwegian and Norwegian-American Artifacts in The Upper Midwest...virtual exhibit of objects ranging from the 17th century through the 1930's that depict animals, humans, birds, fish, or supernatural figures."
Amzi Emmons Zeliff. The Barnyard. Oil on canvas, late 19th century. National Gallery of Art via Creative Commons license.