Western States Folklore Society
A folklore society born in the early 1940s as the California Folklore Society, publishing the quarterly Western Folklore and holding annual meetings, with sliding scale dues that keep students, retirees and the low income at the table.
Peer societies
Five societies Western States Folklore Society is read alongside.
AFS
American Folklore Society
A scholarly community of folklorists studying and sustaining the world's vernacular culture and traditional…
FS
The Folklore Society
One of the world's oldest learned societies devoted to the study of folklore, gathering scholars and…
WLA
Western Literature Association
A sixty year old scholarly association devoted to the diverse literatures and cultures of the North American…
1 companies named
WSCA
Western States Communication Association
A nearly century old association of communication scholars, teachers and students with more than a thousand…
5 companies named
ASA
American Studies Association
The oldest and largest association for the interdisciplinary study of U.S. culture and history in global…
5 companies named
Who backs WSFS
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Western States Folklore Society's peers, but not Western States Folklore Society
Companies named publicly by at least one of Western States Folklore Society's five peer societies, and not found in Western States Folklore Society's reviewed public records.
| Company | WLA | WSCA | ASA | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Hodgepodge Books & Taproom | Local Bookstores | 1 of 3 | ||
| INGRAM ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| Kendall Hunt | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| PM PRESS | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| soomolearning.com | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| stukent.com | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| taylorandfrancis.com | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| THE SCHOLAR’S CHOICE | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| THEWRITEPLAN.AI | Named | 1 of 3 | ||
| W. W. Norton | Named | 1 of 3 |
The outside view
A folklore society born in the early 1940s as the California Folklore Society, publishing the quarterly Western Folklore and holding annual meetings, with sliding scale dues that keep students, retirees and the low income at the table.
- Consensus
- Preserve
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The Village.
Strengths
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