Historic Bibliographies and Reference Aids

Created by the Archive of Folk Culture, 1960-1982

The majority of these bibliographies and reference aids were compiled by Archive staff and interns more than 20 years ago, but they still contain helpful information for researchers, especially references to unindexed articles. These publications are presented here, for the most part, as they originally appeared in print. To obtain copies of books and articles, check with your school or local library. For copies of 'print only' publications, contact the Folklife Reading Room.

States | Countries, Ethnic/Cultural/Religious Groups | Music Genres | Songs | Instruments | Performers | Folklore and Ethnomusicology | Miscellaneous

States

• A Brief List of Materials Relating to Alaskan Music (1965)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Colorado Folk Music (1965)
• A Brief List of Works Dealing with Illinois Folk Music (1965)
• A Brief Bibliography on Maryland Folksong and Dance (1977)
• A Brief List of Material to New York State Folk Music (1975)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Ohio Folksong (1970)
• Pennsylvania Folk Music: A Bibliography of Books (1981)
• A Brief List of Publications Pertaining to Folk Music from Virginia (1971)

Countries, Ethnic/Cultural/Religious Groups

• Bibliographies and Discographies of African Music (1975)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to American Folk Music (1965)
• American Indian and Eskimo Music: A Selected Bibliography through 1981 (1983) (40 pages; LCFARA No. 1; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Australian Folksongs (1970)
• A Brief Bibliography on Cajun Music (1977)
• A Brief List of Material in English Relating to the Folk Music of France (1965)
• A Selected List of Material Relating to Hebrew and Israeli Folk Music (1970) (4 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Related to the Music of the Incas and Early Peru (1966)
• Irish Music in America: A Selected Bibliography (1981) (10 pages; print only)
• A Selected List of References on Mormon Folklore and Folksong (1970)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to the Music of Morocco (1972) (3 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to Puerto Rican Folklore and Folk Music (1968)
• A List of English-Language Material on Serbian Folk Dance (1974)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to Shaker Music (1967)
• American Snake-handling Sects: A Selected Bibliography (1980)
• A List of English-Language Materials Relating to Spanish and Basque Folk Music and Dance (1971)
• A Brief List of Materials Dealing with the Music of Tahiti (1970)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to the Music of Viet-Nam (1968) (1 page; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Yiddish Folk Music (1970)

Music Genres

• Bibliography on the Ballad (1975)
• Bluegrass Music: A Select Bibliography (1977)
• A Bibliography of the Blues (1971)
• A Selected List of References to Camp Songs (1970)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to the Folksongs and Carols of Christmas (1974)
• Country Music before World War Two: A Selected Bibliography (1978)
• Cowboy Songs: A Select Bibliography of Books (1980)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to Folk Dance (1966) (9 pages; print only)
• A Brief Introductory List of Books About American Folk Dancing (1971) (2 pages; print only)
• A Selected List of Materials Relating to Games and Play (1970) (16 pages; print only)
• Fiddling, Fiddle Tunes, and Related Dance Tune Collections in North America: Including Representative Materials from the British Isles and Scandinavia (1974) (28 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to the Folksong Revival (1969)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement (1974)
• Labor and Industrial Folksongs: A Select Bibliography (1978)
• Logging and Lumbermens' Songs of the United States and Canada: A Selected Bibliography (1979)
• A Selected Bibliography on American Maritime Folksong (1977)
• Old-Timey, Bluegrass, and Early Country and Western Music: A Selected Bibliography of Recent and Current Song Books (1979) (4 pages; print only)
• A List of Materials Relating to Protest Song (1969)
• A Brief List of References to Popular and Folk Music of the American Revolutionary War (1975)
• Rhymes of Children: A Select Bibliography of English Language Materials (1980)
• Rhythm & Blues: A Bibliography of Books (1979) (4 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to Rounds, Catches, and Glees (1982)
• A List of Long-Playing Recordings of Sacred Harp and Other Shape-Note Singing (1979) (2 pages; print only)
• Shape-Note Singing: A List of References (1977)
• A Brief List of Material on the Negro Spiritual (1972)
• A Selected Bibliography of Street Cries (1965)
• Sources for Songs of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement (1969)
• Women and Folk Music: A Bibliography (1978)
• A Selected List of Songs Dealing with Women in Prison (1977)

Songs

• A Brief List of Works Containing "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" (1968)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "Bingo" (B-I-N-G-O) (1974)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "Black is the Color" (1964)
• A Brief List of Works Containing "Cripple Creek" (1965)
• A Brief List of References Relating to "Drimindown" (1968)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "Dumbarton’s Drums" (1967)
• A List of Sources for "The Dummy Line" (1977)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to "Easy Rider" (C.C. Rider) (1968)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry" (Child Ballad 113) and the Seal-Folk Legends (1975) (3 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Works Containing "The House of the Rising Sun" (Rising Sun [Blues]) (1965)
• A Brief List of Works Containing "I Wonder as I Wander" (1965)
• A Brief List of References to Joe Hill, the Person and the Song (1974)
• A List of Songs Concerning John Dillinger (1970)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to "John Henry" (1970)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "John the Revelator" (1967) (1 page; print only)
• A Brief List of References to "Johnny I Hardly Knew You" (1965) (1 page; print only)
• A List of Printed Sources for "Little Brown Dog" and Similar Songs (1969)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" (1968)
• A Brief List of References Containing "Mister Banjo" (Michie Banjo) (1968)
• A Brief List of Works Containing "She is More to be Pitied Than Censured" (by William B. Gray, 1898) (1964) (1 page; print only)
• Songs Relating to the Submarine Thresher (1970) (2 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of References to "Sur le Pont d’Avignon" (1963)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to "Tell Old Bill" and "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" (1968)

Instruments

• The Autoharp: A Select Listing of Instruction Books and Articles (1979)
• A Bibliography of the History and Playing Styles of the Five-String Banjo (1978)
• The Five-String Banjo: A Listing of Contemporary Instruction Books (1979) (7 pages; print only)
• Celtic Harps: A Brief Listing of Recent Books (1978)
• A Brief List of Introductory Materials Concerning the Concertina (1976)
• Dobro Instruction Books: A Bibliography (1978) (1 page; print only)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to "Talking" Drums (ca. 1970)
• Hammered Dulcimer and Related Instruments: A Bibliography (1979) (7 pages; print only)
• A Bibliography of the Plucked (Appalachian or Mountain) Dulcimer and Related Instruments (1978)
• Folk Guitar Instruction Books: A Bibliography (1978) (7 pages; print only)
• A Selected List of References to the Harmonica (1976)
• The Jews Harp: A Select List of References (1977) (2 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Recent American Mandolin Instruction Books (1977) (2 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to the Yugoslavian Tambura (Tanbura) (1965)
• Irish Tin-Whistle Instruction Books: A Bibliography (1979)

Performers

• The Carter Family: A Selected Bibliography (1977)
• Bob Dylan: A Select Bibliography (1970)
• A List of Material Relating to Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1977)
• Brief List of Material Relating to Eddie "Son" House (1967)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Mississippi John Hurt (1970)
• A Brief List of Works Concerning Aunt Molly Jackson (1975)
• A Brief List of Materials Relating to Pete Seeger (1973)

Fields of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

• American Folklore: A Bibliography of Major Works (1975)
• The Archive of Folk Song: A Bibliography (1978)
• Commercially Issued Recordings of Material in the Archive of Folk Song (1978) (2 pages; print only)
• Recent Publications on Folklore Archives and Archiving in North America, 1969-1973 (1975)
• The Use of Computers in Folklore and Folk Music: A Preliminary Bibliography (1979)
• Copyright and Folksong (1978)
• A Select Listing of Bibliographies in the Field of Ethnomusicology (1976) (5 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Ethnomusicology (1967)
• A Tentative Beginning Toward a Bibliography on the History of American Folkloristics and the American Folklore Society (1973) (4 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Suggested Public Domain Sources of Folksongs (1974)
• Theses and Dissertations in the Library of Congress Containing Collections of Folksong and Folk Music (1981) (6 pages; print only)
• Folklore and the W.P.A: A Preliminary Bibliography (1979)

Miscellaneous

• Bela Bartok on Folk Music (1960)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to Strap Buckner (1971)
• A Brief List of Composers Utilizing American Indian Music (1966)
• American Graffiti: A Bibliography. (1979) (7 pages; print only)
• A Selected Bibliography on Hoboes and their Folklore (1977) (3 pages; print only)
• Hootenanny [definitions and bibligraphy] (1964) (2 pages; print only)
• A Brief List of Material Relating to the White Top Mountain Folk Festival, White Top, Virginia (1970)