The Folklore Society
One of the world's oldest learned societies devoted to the study of folklore, gathering scholars and enthusiasts to document ballads, customs, legends and material culture, and to keep the record of living tradition.
Peer societies
Five societies The Folklore Society is read alongside.
AFS
American Folklore Society
A scholarly community of folklorists studying and sustaining the world's vernacular culture and traditional…
WSFS
Western States Folklore Society
A folklore society born in the early 1940s as the California Folklore Society, publishing the quarterly…
ALA
American Literature Association
A coalition of societies devoted to the study of American authors and literature
AHS
Agricultural History Society
The learned society that has spent more than a century gathering scholars from every discipline that touches…
BSA
Bibliographical Society of America
A learned society founded in 1904 for the study of the material text, binding scholars, collectors, curators…
22 companies named
Who backs FS
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs The Folklore Society's peers, but not The Folklore Society
Companies named publicly by at least one of The Folklore Society's five peer societies, and not found in The Folklore Society's reviewed public records.
| Company | BSA | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Fournier, Fine & Rare | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Bluemango Books and Manuscripts | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Bruce McKittrick Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Christie’s Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| De Simone Company, Booksellers | Named | 1 of 1 |
| De Wolfe & Wood Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Fugitive Materials | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Garrett Scott, Bookseller | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Granary Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Ken Sanders Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Lorne Bair Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Musinsky Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Patrick Olson Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Pryor-Johnson Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Rare Books LA | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Richard C. Ramer, Old & Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Salmon & Company | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Thomas Lecky Appraisal Services | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Type Punch Matrix | Named | 1 of 1 |
| viaLibri | Named | 1 of 1 |
| William Reese Company | Named | 1 of 1 |
| William S. Cotter Rare Books | Named | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
One of the world's oldest learned societies devoted to the study of folklore, gathering scholars and enthusiasts to document ballads, customs, legends and material culture, and to keep the record of living tradition.
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Strengths
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