01965nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001653001000042653001300052653002800065653002400093653000900117653002400126653003300150653002600183653002000209653002800229653002400257653001100281100002000292245008000312856015100392300001000543490000700553520110700560022002001667                                       d10aBlues10aFolklife10aGlobal sound collection10aInterior department10aJazz10aLibrary of congress10aNational heritage fellowship10aNational park service10aPacific islands10aSmithsonian institution10aTribal preservation10aUNESCO1 aWilliam Chapman00aIntangible heritage in the United States: a history of separate initiatives  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115748766&doi=10.35638%2fIJIH.2019..14.008&partnerID=40&md5=3421d8724db2d019adad57d2f83c0323  a67-850 v143 aThis paper examines the history of the United States’ forays into the recognition and protection of elements of intangible heritage. It traces the beginnings of US initiatives to programmes of the Library of Congress in the late 1920s through several Smithsonian Institution Programmes from the 1930s on, notably the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, begun in 1967 and more recently, the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Programmes. It further examines the work of the National Park Service and Tribal Preservation Programmes, as well as the more recent Pacific Island Programmes. A final section examines regional and citywide efforts to identify and conserve aspects of intangible heritage. Although the US has officially withdrawn from participation in the work of UNESCO it is consoling to recognise the important strides the US has made in the effort to promote and protect traditional modes of cultural expression and the diversity of US approaches, which is in fact in line with the objectives of the organisation’s international Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.  a19753586 (ISSN)