Correspondence, memorandums, financial records, membership records, meeting agendas, conferences, notes, questionnaires, surveys, election records, bylaws, applications, grants, committee records, and affiliate records generated by the administrative offices of the American Folklore Society. Records will be transferred continually to this archive from the AFS offices as they become inactive. The materials are divided into series according to function. The series within this archive include Historical Records, Secretary/Treasurer, Presidents Papers, Affiliates, Centennial Coordinating Committee, Philadelphia Folklore Project, Committees, Constitution, Executive Board, Meetings, Publications, Misc. Publications, and Sections. These series are further divided into sub-series. The archive spans the years 1890 to 2017.