The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20120911203437/http://www.westernfolklore.org/

Welcome to WSFS

You have reached the Web site of the Western States Folklore Society (formerly California Folklore Society). Click on the buttons in the navigation panel at the left to explore our site:

  • About WSFS describes the organization
  • Membership tells you how to join
  • Publications describes our journal, Western Folklore, and how to submit articles and reviews for publication
  • Meetings contains information about our Annual Meetings in April
  • News contains items of current interest and postings of new career positions in folklore
  • Contact Us provides email and surface mail addresses
  • By-Laws contains the complete text of the WSFS By-Laws.

Folklore students awarded travel stipends

For the second consecutive year, three student travel stipends of $100 each were awarded for the Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting was held at the California State University, Sacramento, April 20-21, 2012. For further information, and a photo of this year’s recipients, visit the News page by clicking the button in the navigation panel.

Latest issue of Western Folklore

Volume 71, Number 2, the most recent issue of Western Folklore, was mailed on August 14, 2012. Visit the Publications page for more information.

Membership benefit: JSTOR access to Western Folklore, Journal of American Folklore, The Journal of Folklore Research, and Folklore

All members of the WSFS will be able to get access to the JSTOR archive of the back issues of Western Folklore and other folklore journals for a payment of $15/year. Visit the News page for details and a link to the AFS page for subscribing to JSTOR.