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John and Ruby Lomax 1939 southern states recording trip

LC Control No.:	2008700302
Type of Material:	Music Sound Recording (Collection)
Main Title:	John and Ruby Lomax 1939 southern states recording trip [sound recording].
Published/Created:	1939.
Related Names:	Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948. » More like this Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) » More like this Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. » More like this
Related Titles:	Southern mosaic.
Description:	147 sound discs (circa 25 hours) : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in. manuscripts.: 1 box + 3 folders
Access Advisory:	Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Cancelled/Invalid LCCN:	2007571063
Summary:	The collection consists of field recordings of ballads, folk songs, cowboy songs, blues, lullabies, children's songs, hymns, gospel music, square dance music, fiddle tunes; Mexican American corridos, lullabies, and choruses for an Easter or Holy Week play, "Morir en la Cruz con Christo; dimas el buen ladron." Also recorded were African American children's play party songs, African American blues, gospel music, hymns, and work songs including railroad workers' track lining and tie tamping chants. Manuscripts include correspondence, an itinerary of the recording trip, and a field report by John A. Lomax for the Library of Congress, which supplied recording equipment for the trip; plus recording disc sleeves and transcripts of some song texts in the collection.
Notes:	Recorded in homes, churches, schools, and prisons in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia from April 1 to June 14, 1939 by John A. Lomax and Ruby Terrill Lomax on 12-inch lacquer aluminum-base discs. Search for these and other sound recordings (most are dated 1933-1950) in selected collections from the American Folklife Center in the online resource link: Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center. Speech and songs recorded in English and in Spanish.
Indexes:	Bibliographic information for music titles in this collection is found in the online resource link: Titles list for John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip.
Cite as:	John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (AFC 1939/001), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Performer:	Various performers.
Acquisition Source:	Accessioned, 1939.
Additional Formats:	Online access to a substantial portion of this collection, including many of the sound recordings and John A. Lomax's field notes, is available through the Library of Congress American Memory presentation, "Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip," compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Subjects:	Folk music--Southern States. » More like this Folk songs, English--Southern States. » More like this Folk songs, Spanish--Southern States. » More like this Blues (Music)--Southern States--1931-1940. » More like this Corridos--Texas. » More like this Cowboys--Songs and music. » More like this Singing games--Southern States. » More like this Children's songs, English--Southern States. » More like this African Americans--Southern States--Music. » More like this African American children's games--Southern States. » More like this African American prisoners--Music. » More like this Ballads, English--Southern States. » More like this Hymns, English--Southern States. » More like this Spirituals (Songs)--Southern States. » More like this Work songs--Southern States. » More like this Mexican Americans--Texas--Music. » More like this Folk drama, Hispanic American (Spanish)--Texas. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--Southern States. » More like this Prayers. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	LWO 4872 reels 166A-176A AFS 2589-2728 AFC 1939/001
Language Code:	eng eng spa
Geographic Area Code:	n-usu-- n-us-tx
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	Online presentation, Southern Mosaic: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html Audio titles in the John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000114 Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/afccards/afccards-home.html