{{short description|Largest sound recording folklore archive in Canada}} '''MUNFLA''' (Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive) is the largest sound recording folklore archive in Canada. It is hosted at Memorial University of Newfoundland, located in the G.A. Hickman Building at the St. John's campus in Newfoundland, Canada. It is a member of the [http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/intro.html Canadian Council of Archives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022125141/http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/intro.html |date=2012-10-22 }} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100214050438/http://www.anla.nf.ca/index.php Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives]. MUNFLA was founded in 1968 by folklorist Herbert Halpert, head of the Folklore Department, and his wife, researcher-librarian Violetta Maloney Halpert,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Scholarships & Awards|url=https://www.mun.ca/folklore/more/scholarships/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 June 2020|website=Department of Folklore}}</ref> as a joint-venture by the Folklore and English departments at Memorial University. The archive was created as a repository for recordings and material culture of Newfoundland and Labrador folk culture.
== Collection ==
The archive contains a variety of items including oral histories, songs, poetry, childlore, folk narratives, personal experience narratives, folk beliefs as well as student research papers and graduate theses and dissertations from the Department of Folklore.
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==External links==
MUNFLA operates an online [https://www.mun.ca/folklore/munfla/fonds.php catalogue].
The archive also contains [https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach The MacEdward Leach Collection of Songs of Atlantic Canada].
== External links == * [https://www.mun.ca/folklore/munfla MUNFLA] * [https://www.mun.ca/folklore Department of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland] * [https://www.mun.ca Memorial University of Newfoundland] {{Authority control}} {{Memorial University of Newfoundland}}
Category:Memorial University of Newfoundland Category:Canadian folklore Category:Canadian folklorists Category:Archives in Newfoundland and Labrador