The Texas Folklore Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the folklore of Texas and the Southwest.

Program Chair Carol Hanson has issued a call for papers for the 2013 meeting in Corpus Christi. Members who wish to present a paper at the meeting see details....more

TFS has a new Facebook presence. Many members and friends have visited our Facebook page and posted pictures from the meeting. "Like" us on Facebook.

The 96th Annual Meeting of the Texas Folklore Society was held in Odessa, Texas, on April 5-7. Vice-President and Program Chair Linda Wolff and her selected presenters gave us a program of excellent papers, many of which were enhanced with visual presentations. Thanks to Linda and Local Arrangers Sarana and Cynthia Savage, the meeting was a great success.

The TFS publication for 2011 (PTFS #67)  Hide, Horn, Fish, and Fowl: Texas Hunting and Fishing Lore, is now available.

62 PTFS Titles have now been digitized and put online for open access. In an agreement between UNT Press and the TFS,  the first 58 of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society (through 2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey) and 4 Extra Books are now online for free access by the public. Full content and pictures are available for reading on the Portal to Texas History....more

The song "Beautiful Texas" is traditionally sung at the close of each meeting. ...more

Correr del paisano translates as "messenger of his countrymen." To read more about the roadrunner, the society's adopted emblem, ...more