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Voices from the Dust Bowl, 1940-1941, is a multi-format
ethnographic field collection that contains audio recordings, photographs,
manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera generated during
two documentation trips to migrant worker camps in California. Documented
are dance tunes, cowboy songs, traditional ballads, square dance
and play party calls, camp council meeting conversations, and storytelling
sessions of Dust Bowl refugees who inhabited the camps.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about this collection.
The Migrant
Experience
Voices
from the Thirties: An Introduction to the WPA Life Histories Collection
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
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collections and exhibits |
These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
site.
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
Built in
America: 1933-Present
California
Gold: Folk Music from the Thirties
FSA/OWI Photographs,
1938-1944
Hispano
Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
Recommended additional sources of information.
The American Folklife Center
at the Library of Congress
Folklife and
Fieldwork: A Layman's Introduction to Field Techniques
Folklife
Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States
Read More About It! - A bibliography
A Teacher's
Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
Search
for items using the keyword search, or by selecting from lists of
Song
Text, Audio
Titles, Photographs,
and Performers
and Interviewees. Note that not all of the recordings have transcribed
song texts.
For field notes describing migrant camps in detail, see Research
Materials.
For related materials including a scrapbook, newspaper, camp newsletters,
and a radio script about the migrant performers, go to Publications
and Ephemera.
Several items in the collection contain ethnic stereotyping typical
of the period. Teachers may wish to hold context-setting conversations
about racism, stereotyping, and discrimination in Depression-era
America when using this collection with students.
For help with search words use the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, go to Finding
Items in American Memory.
You can view most of the photographs in the collection without a
special viewer. To see high-resolution archival quality images,
you may need a special viewer. Also, the sound recordings in this
collection are available in both the Real Audio and .wav formats
which may require special players. For help with viewers and players,
go to American
Memory Viewer Information.
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