Margaret Anne "Peggy" Bulger is a folklorist and served as the director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress from 1999 to 2011, when she moved to Florida to continue work on personal projects.
A native of Albany, New York, Bulger graduated from The Milne School in 1968 and she received her BA in Fine Arts from SUNY at Albany in 1972;[1] her MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University in 1975; and her Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992.
[6] The collection, today housed at the State Archives of Florida, features many Florida folk artists such as singer-songwriter Gamble Rogers, basket maker Lucreaty Clark, blues performer Moses Williams, and painter Pharaoh Baker.
[9][10] Bulger retired from her position as Director of the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress on December 31, 2011.
[11] In addition to her public folklore administration work, Bulger is the author of South Florida Folklife (1994), with Tina Bucuvalas and Stetson Kennedy, and Musical Roots of the South (1992), as well as the producer of several documentary films, including Music Masters and Rhythm Kings.