Collection Items

  • Audio Recording
    Calling Trains sound recording | 1 sound recording | First pubished on Library of Congress LP AFS L61 "Railroad Songs and Ballads," edited by Archie Green. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in 1936. (Date). Recorded at State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi. (Venue). This railroad call is performed by an unidentified former railroad train caller. (Content). John A. Lomax Southern States Collection, 1933-1937 (Source). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
    • Date: 1968
  • Audio Recording
    Starving to Death on a Government Claim sound recording | 1 sound recording | First published in Library of Congress LP AFS L30 "Songs of the Mormons and Songs of the West," edited by Duncan Emrich. (Bibliographic History). Vance Randolph was a folklorist famous for his documentation of Ozark folklife. He was born in Pittsburg, Kansas. (Biographical). Recorded in 1941. (Date). The Lane County referred to in the song is in...
    • Contributor: Randolph, Vance - Library of Congress
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    Young Johnny
    Springfield Mountain
    sound recording | 1 sound recording | Forms part of the Robert F. Draves and Helene Stratman Thomas collection of Wisconsin recordings. (Source). Recorded in April 1941. (Date). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L55 "Folk Music from Wisconsin," edited by Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Reorded in Madison, Wisconsin. (Venue). A ballad about the death of Thomas Mirrick of snakebite in...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Stratman-Thomas, Helene - Draves, Robert F. - Bundy, Winifred
    • Date: 1960
  • Audio Recording
    Shantyman's life
    The Shanty Boys and the Pine
    sound recording | 1 sound recording | Forms part of the Robert F. Draves and Helene Stratman Thomas collection of Wisconsin recordings. (Source). Recorded in July 1941. (Date). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L55 "Folk Music from Wisconsin," edited by Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in Rhinlander, Wisconsin. (Venue). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Denoyer, Emery - Draves, Robert F.
    • Date: 1960
  • Audio Recording
    The Milwaukee Fire sound recording | 1 sound recording | Forms part of the Robert F. Draves and Helene Stratman Thomas collection of Wisconsin recordings. (Source). Recorded in August 1941. (Date). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L55 "Folk Music from Wisconsin," edited by Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in Crandon, Wisconsin. (Venue). The ballad concerns a fire at the Newhall House hotel in...
    • Contributor: Walker, Robert - Library of Congress - Draves, Robert F.
    • Date: 1960
  • Audio Recording
    Cranberry Song sound recording | 1 sound recording | Forms part of the Robert F. Draves and Helene Stratman Thomas collection of Wisconsin recordings. (Source). Recorded in August 1946. (Date). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L55 "Folk Music from Wisconsin," edited by Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. (Venue). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Perry, Frances - Stratman-Thomas, Helene
    • Date: 1960
  • Audio Recording
    The Lakes of Ponchartrain sound recording | 1 sound recording | Forms part of the Robert F. Draves and Helene Stratman Thomas collection of Wisconsin recordings. (Source). Recorded in August 1946. (Date). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L55 "Folk Music from Wisconsin," edited by Helene Stratman-Thomas, 1960. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. (Venue). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Perry, Frances - Stratman-Thomas, Helene
  • Audio Recording
    The dreary Black Hills sound recording | 1 sound recording | Recorded in Dallas, Texas. (Venue). Recorded in 1942. (Date). Forms part of the John A. Lomax Texas Recordings, 1942 collection. (Source). Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952. (Bibliographic History). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Stephens, Harry
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    Colley's Run-I-O sound recording | 1 sound recording | Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L28 "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas," edited by Duncan Emrich, 1952. (Bibliographic History). Versions of this woodsman's song are known in Maine, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. (General). Forms part of the L. Parker Temple Recordings collection. (Source). Recorded at the Library of Congress. (Venue). Recorded in 1946....
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Korson, Rae - Temple, L. Parker
    • Date: 1952
  • Audio Recording
    Catfish Blues
    Rollin' Stone
    Played and sung by Honeyboy Edwards at the 50th Anniversary Concert for the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1978. sound recording | 1 reel. | Recorded at the Archive of Folk Song 50th Anniversary Concert, Library of Congress. (Venue). At the beginning of this recording, Edwards acknowledges Alan Lomax, who is sitting in the audience. Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Edwards, Honeyboy - Library of Congress - Petway, Robert
    • Date: 1978
  • Audio Recording
    Sweet Home Chicago Played and sung by Honeyboy Edwards at the 50th Anniversary of the Archive of Culture at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1978. This song is believed to have been composed by Robert Johnson. sound recording | 1 reel. | Recorded at the Archive of Folk Song 50th Anniversary Concert, Library of Congress. (Venue). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Edwards, Honeyboy - Library of Congress - Johnson, Robert
    • Date: 1978
  • Audio Recording
    Pretty Polly sound recording | 1 sound recording | Published on the Library of Congress LP AFS L1 "Anglo-American Ballads" (volume one), 1942. (Bibliographic History). Recorded in Hamilton, Ohio. (Venue). Recorded in 1938. (Date). Sound Recording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Lomax, Alan - Steele, Pete
    • Date: 1942