Albums and Folders missing on sidebar

In iPhoto I created Albums and Folders for various subjects on the iPhoto Sidebar.
One of these folders was for photos that I would display on AppleTV (first generation).
I don't see a way to duplicate custom Albums and Folders on the new Photos App.
I particularly want to re-create a folder for pics to be displayed on AppleTV.
Thanks for any ideas on this!

Do you have the sidebar in Photos activated? If not use the key combination of Option+Command+S to toggle it open and closed.
The Events in iPhoto at the time of conversion will be in a folder titled "iPhoto Events" and the albums under that folder.
You can create new folders and and albums with the File menu
drag whatever photos you need onto the album icon in the sidebar. Or select the photos and use the New Album menu option.

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