Peggy Bulger was the state's first folklorist, serving as Folk Arts Coordinator in 1976. From 1976 to 1989 she held senior folklore positions at the Florida Folklife Program, and created the Florida Folklife Collection. Bulger served as Folk Arts Director and Senior Program Officer for the Southern Arts Federation in Atlanta from 1989 to 1999. She then became Director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Since 2011, Bulger has been back in Florida, working with other folklorists around the state.
