| Program |
Year |
| 20th Anniversary Music |
1986 |
| African Diaspora |
1974 |
| African Diaspora |
1975 |
| African Diaspora |
1976 |
| African Immigrant Folklife |
1997 |
| Alaska |
1984 |
| Alberta |
2006 |
| American Indian Access to Resources |
1989 |
| American Social Dance |
1993 |
|
American South (see also Mississippi; Mississippi Delta) |
1996 |
| American Talkers |
1980 |
| American Tent Show |
1981 |
| Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony |
2003 |
| Arkansas |
1970 |
| Bahamas (The) |
1994 |
| Baltic Nations: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania |
1998 |
| Been in the Storm So Long: New Orleans Evening Concert Series |
2006 |
| Bermuda Connections |
2001 |
| Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia |
1984 |
| Cape Verdean Connection |
1995 |
| Caribbean (The) |
1989 |
| Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions |
2006 |
Changing Soundscape in Indian Country (see also Heartbeat; Native Americans) |
1992 |
| Chicago (Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago) |
2006 |
| Children's Program |
1979 |
| Children's Program |
1981 |
Children's Program (see also Kids' Stuff) |
1982 |
| City-Country |
1968 |
| Crafts |
1967 |
| Cultural Conservation |
1985 |
| Cultural Conservation |
1986 |
| Cultural Conservation: Language |
1987 |
| Culture and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean |
1994 |
| Czech Republic: Tradition and Transformation |
1995 |
El Río (see also Rio Grande; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands) |
2000 |
| Energy and Community |
1977 |
| Energy and Community |
1978 |
| Energy and Community |
1979 |
| Energy and Community |
1980 |
| Energy and Community |
1981 |
| Ethnic Community |
1978 |
| Family Farming in the Heartland |
1991 |
| Family Folklore |
1974 |
| Family Folklore |
1975 |
| Family Folklore |
1976 |
| Festival Music Stage |
1988 |
| Folklore in Your Community |
1979 |
| Folklore of the Deaf |
1981 |
| Folkways 50th |
1998 |
France (see also France and French-speaking North Americans) |
1983 |
Food Culture USA (see also Traditional Foodways) |
2005 |
| Forest Service, Culture, and Community |
2005 |
France and French-speaking North Americans (see also France) |
1989 |
| France and French-speaking North Americans |
1989 |
| Grand Generation: Folklore and Aging |
1984 |
| Haiti: Freedom and Creativity from the Mountains to the Sea |
2004 |
| Hawaii |
1989 |
Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women (see also Changing Soundscape in Indian Country; Native Americans) |
1995 |
| India (Mela! An Indian Fair) |
1985 |
| Indonesia: Forest, Field, and Sea |
1991 |
| IowaCommunity Style |
1996 |
| Japan |
1986 |
| Kentucky |
1973 |
Kids' Stuff (see also Children's Program) |
1993 |
| Korea |
1982 |
| Labor |
1971 |
Labor (see also Working Americans) |
1972 |
| Land and Power |
1991 |
| Louisiana |
1985 |
| Lummi Indians |
1968 |
| Mali: From Timbuktu to Washington |
2003 |
| Maroons (Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Culture in the Americas) |
1992 |
| Maryland |
1972 |
| Massachusetts (Ingenuity and Tradition: The Common Wealth of Massachusetts) |
1988 |
| Masters of the Building Arts |
2001 |
Masters of Tradition: National Heritage Awardees (see also NEA: National Heritage Awards) |
1994 |
| Medicine Show |
1979 |
| Metro Music |
1993 |
Metropolitan Washington (see also Metro Music;Washington, D.C.) |
1979 |
| Mexican Community |
1978 |
| Michigan |
1987 |
| Migration to Washington, D.C. |
1988 |
Mississippi (see also American South; Mississippi) |
1974 |
Mississippi Delta (see also American South; Mississippi Delta) |
1997 |
| Music in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. |
1993 |
| Music of the Soviet Union |
1988 |
| Music of Washington |
1987 |
| Musics of Struggle |
1990 |
| Nation of Nations |
1977 |
| Native American Community |
1978 |
| Native Americans |
1974 |
| Native Americans |
1975 |
| Native Americans |
1976 |
| Native Americans |
1977 |
Native Americans (see also Changing Soundscape in Indian Country; Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women; Carriers of Culture) |
1981 |
| Native Basketry (Carriers of Culture: Living Native Basket Traditions) |
2006 |
| NEA: National Heritage Awards |
1982 |
NEA: National Heritage Awards (see also Masters of Tradition: National Heritage Awardees) |
1983 |
| New Hampshire (Celebrating New Hampshire's Stories) |
1999 |
| New Jersey |
1983 |
| New Mexico |
1992 |
| New Orleans (Been in the Storm So Long) |
2006 |
| New York City at the Smithsonian |
2001 |
| Northern Plains Indians |
1973 |
Northwest Coast Indians (see also Native Americans) |
1971 |
| Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago |
2006 |
| Nuestra Música: Music in Latino Culture |
2004 |
| Nuestra Música: Music in Latino Culture |
2005 |
| Occupational Community |
1978 |
Occupational Culture: Flight (see also Working Americans) |
1983 |
| Ohio |
1971 |
Ojibwa Indians (see also Native Americans) |
1981 |
| Oklahoma |
1982 |
| Old Ways in the New World |
1973 |
| Old Ways in the New World |
1974 |
| Old Ways in the New World |
1975 |
| Old Ways in the New World |
1976 |
| Old Ways in the New World |
1980 |
| Old Ways in the New World |
1981 |
| Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea |
2005 |
| Pennsylvania |
1969 |
| Performances |
1967 |
| Philippines (Pahiyas: A Philippine Harvest) |
1998 |
| Regional America |
1975 |
| Regional America |
1976 |
| Regional America |
1981 |
Regional Community: Chesapeake Bay, Smith Island (see also Water Ways) |
1978 |
| Rinzler Concert |
1995 |
| Rinzler Concert: Appalachian Musical Traditions |
1996 |
| Rinzler Concert: Old-Time Music and Dance |
1997 |
| Rinzler Concert: Yiddish Music |
1998 |
| Rinzler Concert: Traditional Music for the Wedding |
1999 |
| Rinzler Concert: Singer/Songwriter Peggy Seeger |
2000 |
| Rinzler Concert: Songs of Struggle |
2001 |
| Rinzler Concert: Music from Bangladesh, Turkey, and India |
2002 |
| Rinzler Concert: Songs by the Carter Family |
2003 |
| Rinzler Concert: Gospel Traditions from Maryland and Virginia |
2004 |
| Rinzler Concert: Native American Christian Music |
2005 |
Rio Grande/río Bravo Basin (see also El Río; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands) |
1998 |
| Romania (Gateways to Romania) |
1999 |
| Roots of Rhythm and Blues: The Robert Johnson Era |
1991 |
| Russian Roots/American Branches: Music in Two Worlds |
1995 |
| Sacred Sounds |
1997 |
| Scotland at the Smithsonian |
2003 |
| Senegal |
1990 |
| Silk Road (The Silk Road: Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust) |
2002 |
| South Africa: Creating the Economic Renaissance of the Rainbow Nation |
1999 |
Southern Plains Indians (see also Native Americans) |
1970 |
Southwest Indians (see also Native Americans) |
1972 |
| Soviet Union (Music from the Peoples of the Soviet Union |
1988 |
| Tennessee |
1986 |
| Texas |
1968 |
| Thailand: Household, Temple Fair & Court |
1994 |
| Tibetan Culture Beyond the Land of Snows |
2000 |
Traditional Foodways (see also Food Culture USA) |
1984 |
| Trial Lawyers |
1986 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands |
1990 |
U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (see also El Río; Rio Grande) |
1993 |
| Virginia |
1977 |
Washington, D.C.: It's Our Home (see also Metro Music; Metropolitan Washington) |
2000 |
| Water Ways: Mid-Atlantic Maritime Communities |
2004 |
| Wisconsin |
1998 |
| Workers at the White House |
1992 |
| Working Americans |
1973 |
| Working Americans |
1974 |
| Working Americans |
1975 |
| Working Americans |
1976 |
| Working Americans |
1977 |
| Working at the Smithsonian |
1996 |
| American Folklore Society Centennial |
1988 |