Collections with Audio Recordings
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CollectionAfrican-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923 The core of this presentation consists of "stock" arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic sound recordings…
- Date: 1883
Collection Items: View 307 Items
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region.…
- Contributor: Härkönen, Amanda - Scheffer, Peter - Jackson, Andrew - Ricksgers, Joseph - Miron, Joe - Sielvankiewiez - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Cloud, Joe - Happy Jack Woodward - Pohjala, Aina ... Härkönen, Amanda - Scheffer, Peter - Jackson, Andrew - Ricksgers, Joseph - Miron, Joe - Sielvankiewiez - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Cloud, Joe - Happy Jack Woodward - Pohjala, Aina - Floriani, Vladimir - Meyers, Herman - McCauley, Edward - Bonner, Daniel - Kubesh, John G. - Warslzyk, Tony - Larson, John - Marinetti, Victor - Nemeth, Kalman - Viita, Frank - Lewandowski, Stephan - Carrière, Dolphis - Marczis, Joseph - Pope, Allan C. - Gallagher, Emerald - Trueblood, Asel - Basrak, Stjepan - Brideup, Louis - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Larson, Steen - Velin, Maria - Leclaire, Leilia - Wells, Lester - Krawezak, B. - McBride, Bill - McDonough, Patrick - Lewandowski, Stephanie - McCarthy, Barney - Allen, Perry - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Dobričan, Lazar - Romel - Tomić, Pajo - Halinen, Selma Elona - Ketvirtis, Charles - Korvenpaa, Charles - Dragić, Todor - Similä, Gusti - Maté - Larson, Nils - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Lomax, Alan - Pittman, Sampson - Bangac, Petar - Pol, Thomas - Maki, Emil - Kubien, Rose - Marinetti, John - Sainović, Ilija - Marttila - Archive of American Folk Song - Bellaire, Exilia - Olah, Julius - Cadeau, John - Hyvönen, John - Gallagher, Dominic - Cloud, Clarence - Frazier, Viola - Frazier, Belle - Strzelecki, Tony - Floriani, Veko - Kruczynski, Clara - Szilagyi, Dizso - Juhani, Aapo - Cadeau, Ed - Cadeau, Mathilda - Carrière, Fred - Mahoski, Henry - Styes, Archie - Graham, Bert - Hulan - Thrasher, Ed - Romel, Ted - King, Edward - Bellaire, Mose - Guzal, Frank - Fredrickson, John - Vujanović, Stjepan - Bonner, Patrick - Niewiadomska, Frances - Romel, Adolph - Hirvelä, Wäin - Pischner, Helen - Grbić, Ludevit - Rajčević, Stepan - Frazier, Calvin - Norman, John - Romel, Sylvester - Aho, Lillian - Preda, Emil Milan - Rudzinski, Alex - Delmas, Adolphus - Szabo, Andy - Kania, Felix - Baratono, Art - Rautanen, Vernon - Wallen, Mr - Frazier, Clara - Palmer, Mason - Vasvary, Steve - Berky, Nandor - Trivanović, Stefan - Floriani, Margaret - Erickson, Max - Lewandowski, Edwina - Vizina, Adelore - Green, John W. - Frazier, Lonnie - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Kallio, Kalle - Lathrop, Carl - Lewandowski, Ted - Romel, Leo - Maki, Frank - Aho, Pekka - McCormick, Ed
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 1,270 Items
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CollectionAmazing Grace This collection highlights the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace” from the earliest printing of the song to selected performances of it on published and field recordings. These items have been collected…
- Date: 1930
Collection Items: View 51 Items
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CollectionAmerican English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection contains 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches. They…
- Contributor: Marshall, Fred - Earhart, Amelia - Aspinall, Wayne N. - Emerson, Lee - Center for Applied Linguistics - American Folklife Center - Abbott, Fortis - Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) - Mele, Joseph C. - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry) - National Endowment for the Humanities - Christian, Donna
- Date: 1935
Collection Items: View 506 Items
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CollectionMusic for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870-1885 Consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method…
- Date: 1870
Collection Items: View 47,573 Items
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CollectionAncestral Voices Among the very first activities of the American Folklife Center (AFC) -- created in 1976 -- was the Federal Cylinder Project (FCP), a large-scale initiative to preserve and provide access to historic…
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CollectionArchive of Recorded Poetry and Literature Listen to audio-recorded readings of former Consultants in Poetry Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost; Nobel Laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and Czeslaw Milosz, and renowned writers such as Ray Bradbury, Margaret…
Collection Items: View 1,382 Items
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CollectionWarp and Weft of Yap's Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia The Habele Outer Island Education Fund in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) received a 2022 Community Collections Grant (CCG) from the American Folklife Center to document traditional lavalava cloth weaving on…
- Contributor: Raigetal, Regina R. - Tauwl, Modesta L. - Ililau, Serphina M. - Tefalelmar, Florentina - American Folklife Center - Habele Outer Island Education Fund - Uwel, Tyra - Nianugmwar, Katielyne - Lahasudep, Ygnasia - Leframor, Lorita ... Raigetal, Regina R. - Tauwl, Modesta L. - Ililau, Serphina M. - Tefalelmar, Florentina - American Folklife Center - Habele Outer Island Education Fund - Uwel, Tyra - Nianugmwar, Katielyne - Lahasudep, Ygnasia - Leframor, Lorita - Ilmar, Doloris - Ilemangit, Gina - Ileragipou, Emalani - Yaloweg, Vreah - Legap, Maria - Fichilmar, Conchita - Eyoeth, Maregrita - Mangelfata, Floren - Leyangrow, Conchita - Yalorthog, Rosita - Leragmai, Frenzita - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Leraw, Rowina - Tarongodal, Gregoria - Ilamliyong, Sammy - Ubey, Maria - Lawolthau, Joanna - Paul, Alodia - Reat, Agnes
- Date: 2022
Collection Items: View 71 Items
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CollectionBess Lomax Hawes Collection The Bess Lomax Hawes collection is comprised of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax…
- Contributor: Gilkyson, Terry - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Miller, Frank - Berman, Marcia - Odetta - Mohr, Larry - Dehr, Rich - Hawes, Butch - Hawes, Bess Lomax
- Date: 1894
Collection Items: View 365 Items
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CollectionBlue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project was conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Ten folklorists from the American Folklife Center conducted fieldwork in August and…
- Contributor: Bryan, Mamie - Owen, Margaret Counts - Ray, Roxie - Cruise, Crystal - American Folklife Center - Mullen, Patrick B. - Todd, Zenna - Jabbour, Alan - Choate, Donna - Eiler, Terry ... Bryan, Mamie - Owen, Margaret Counts - Ray, Roxie - Cruise, Crystal - American Folklife Center - Mullen, Patrick B. - Todd, Zenna - Jabbour, Alan - Choate, Donna - Eiler, Terry - Stanley, Lura - Marshall, Howard W. - Richardson, Larry - Jarrell, Tommy - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Owen, Blanton - Wilson, Joe - Patton, Ila - United States. National Park Service - Fleischhauer, Carl - Shockley, Maggie - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Severt, Carrie - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Adler, Thomas A. - Wolfe, Charles K.
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 2,103 Items
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CollectionNow What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 Consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia.…
- Contributor: Parker, Cleve - Turner, Oscar - Gaines, Elwood - Traveller Home Singers - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Johnson, Warren G. - Bond, James - Fisk University - Gregory, Richard - Thomas, John Lee ... Parker, Cleve - Turner, Oscar - Gaines, Elwood - Traveller Home Singers - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Johnson, Warren G. - Bond, James - Fisk University - Gregory, Richard - Thomas, John Lee - Winrow, Anthony - Richardson, Zema - Chastain, Will - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Ellis, Charles - Ford, T. J. - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Mathis, Allison - Turner, Monroe - Bond, Edward - Chestain, Sonny - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Ford, Osa - Spiritual Four Quartet - Monch, Matthew - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Gibson, Gus - Turner, Alma - Stripling, Sidney - Ezell, Buster - Holloway High School Quartet
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 181 Items
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CollectionCaptain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal captures the culture and music of the men, women, and children who worked and lived along the Ohio and Erie Canal.…
- Contributor: Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - American Folklife Center - Lomax, Alan - Nye, Pearl R. - Archive of American Folk Song - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1937
Collection Items: View 142 Items
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CollectionCelebrating CHamoru Nobenas This collection documents devotional prayer rituals based in Roman Catholicism but uniquely adapted and embraced by the Indigenous CHamoru/Chamorro people of the Mariana Islands and among diasporic CHamoru/Chamorro communities throughout the United…
- Contributor: Vera, Román María De - American Folklife Center - Pangelinan, Maria Diaz - Forbes, Eric - Nauta, Rita Pangelinan - Quan, Philip Taitano - Bautista, Lola Quan - Flores, Teresita Concepcion - Borja, Lawrence Arceo - Ramirez, Malia Toni ... Vera, Román María De - American Folklife Center - Pangelinan, Maria Diaz - Forbes, Eric - Nauta, Rita Pangelinan - Quan, Philip Taitano - Bautista, Lola Quan - Flores, Teresita Concepcion - Borja, Lawrence Arceo - Ramirez, Malia Toni - Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Perez, Marie (Cecilia Marie) - Leon Guerrero, Zita Taisacan - Pangelinan, Victoria Diaz - Fejeran, Albert - Pangelinan, Victor Diaz - Pangelinan, Lourdes - Songsong, Brant M. - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Leon Guerrero, Frank - Pangelinan, Zita Diaz - Atalig, Lina Pangelinan
- Date: 2023
Collection Items: View 13 Items
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CollectionChicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art…
- Contributor: March, Richard - American Folklife Center - Epstein, Shifra - González, José Gamaliel - Bradunas, Elena - Bartis, Peter - Mathias, Elizabeth - George, Philip B. - Mack, James - Illinois Arts Council ... March, Richard - American Folklife Center - Epstein, Shifra - González, José Gamaliel - Bradunas, Elena - Bartis, Peter - Mathias, Elizabeth - George, Philip B. - Mack, James - Illinois Arts Council - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Brzovich, Mato - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Swenson, Greta E. - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Hellenberg, Antony - Lund, Jens - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Choi, Chungmoo - Fleischhauer, Carl - Robinson, Beverly J. - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Dovydenas, Jonas - Kalčik, Susan J. - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Moloney, Mick - Klymasz, Shirley
- Date: 1976
Collection Items: View 1,138 Items
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CollectionColorado Folklife Project Collection The Colorado Folklife Project was sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, working with John D. Farr, representative of the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide Foundation, Frisco, Colorado, to assist in…
- Contributor: Marshall, Howard W. - American Folklife Center - Natanson, Barbara Orbach - Emrich, Ron - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Dettmer, Elke
- Date: 1980
Collection Items: View 130 Items
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CollectionLibrary of Congress Concerts The Library of Congress Music Division has presented one of the world's most distinguished concert series for nearly ninety years. The concert webcasts featured on this site provide an introduction to the…
Collection Items: View 38 Items
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CollectionCoptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the…
- Contributor: Newlandsmith, Ernest - Tóth, Margit - Wilson, Marian Robertson - Moftah, Ragheb
- Date: 1926
Collection Items: View 370 Items
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CollectionThe Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine in London American actor, singer and comedian Danny Kaye arrives with his wife, Sylvia Fine, for an appearance in London. November 1948. Following the professional lives of…
- Contributor: Dena Pictures, Inc - Halsman, Philippe - Kaye, Danny - McDowall, Roddy - Fine, Sylvia - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1913
Collection Items: View 2,052 Items
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CollectionEmile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry This collection showcases the work of Emile Berliner, a prominent inventor at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Overlooked by today's historians, Berliner's creative genius rivaled…
- Contributor: Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2002
Collection Items: View 532 Items
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CollectionEthnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project The Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project was conducted in 1982 by the American Folklife Center to survey selected religious and secular ethnic community-based schools conducted, at least in part,…
- Contributor: Miller, Jefferson - Arocho, Rudy - Sacks, Maurie - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Tarhan, Lance - American Folklife Center - Bradunas, Elena - Cech, Barbara - Bell, Carole O. - Haas, Mary-Louise ... Miller, Jefferson - Arocho, Rudy - Sacks, Maurie - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Tarhan, Lance - American Folklife Center - Bradunas, Elena - Cech, Barbara - Bell, Carole O. - Haas, Mary-Louise - Marks, Morton - Davis, Lee - Baird, Scott J. - Deak, Frank - Leung, John - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Feintuch, Burt - Seipel, Sandy - Dwyer-Shick, Susan - Penti, Marsha Elizabeth - Gates, Bob - Fleischhauer, Carl - Long, Lucy M. - Basa, Peter - Webber, Philip E. - Fish, Lydia M. - Skillman, Amy E. - McClain, Margy - Westover, Victoria - Topping, Brett - Vidutis, Richard - McCallum, Brenda - Fast, Jana - Nagy, Susan Mary - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Proschan, Frank - Bromberg, Joann Berlin
- Date: 1982
Collection Items: View 788 Items
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CollectionFlorida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections combines sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the…
- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Kennedy, Stetson - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 494 Items
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CollectionFranz Liszt at the Library of Congress [Franz Liszt; reproduced in James Huneker's Franz Liszt (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911; page 36).] The Music Division is a vital resource for primary source material related to the life and…
Collection Items: View 926 Items
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CollectionThe Gerry Mulligan Collection [Portrait of Gerry Mulligan, ca. 1980s] by William P. Gottlieb. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. As a saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader, Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) is a jazz legend.…
- Contributor: Mulligan, Gerry - Cohn, AL - Dankworth, John - Lee, Julian - Holman, Bill - Mandel, Johnny - Brookmeyer, Bob - Handy, George - Boras, Tom - McFarland, Gary - Forman, Mitchel - Grusin, Dave
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 153 Items
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CollectionFiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection presents traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was…
- Contributor: Reed, Watha - American Folklife Center - Reed, Henry - Ricci, Glenn - Glenroy, William B. - Reed, Gene - Jabbour, Alan
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 292 Items
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CollectionHispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of an ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of…
- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Anaya, Ernestina - Trujillo, Amado - Montoya, Luis - Medina, Esteban - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Lobato, Julián - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Lobato, Salomé - Arellano, Narciso ... American Folklife Center - Anaya, Ernestina - Trujillo, Amado - Montoya, Luis - Medina, Esteban - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Lobato, Julián - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Lobato, Salomé - Arellano, Narciso - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Anaya, Nieves - Chávez, Adolfo - Chávez, Adelaido - Cantú, José Ignacio - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Rael, Juan Bautista - Archuleta, Ricardo - García, Pedro - Romero, Alfredo - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Arellano, Esequiel - Mares, Remigio
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 227 Items
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CollectionHistorical Media Publications Collection The Historical Media Publications Collection provides researcher access to the Library's vast holdings of publications related to the burgeoning development of the moving image and broadcasting industries in the early to mid-20th…
Collection Items: View 9,509 Items
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CollectionAfter the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,…
- Date: 1941
Collection Items: View 139 Items
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CollectionItalian Americans in the West Project The Italian Americans in the West Project collection contains the sound recordings, photographs, video recordings, fieldnotes, publications, ephemera, and accompanying manuscript materials associated with the American Folklife Center's Italian Americans in the…
- Contributor: Carter, Thomas - Tavarelli, Paola - Light, Ken - American Folklife Center - Manini, Paula Marie - Graham, Andrea - Frank, Russell - Parks, Valerie - Taylor, David Alan - Williams, John Alexander ... Carter, Thomas - Tavarelli, Paola - Light, Ken - American Folklife Center - Manini, Paula Marie - Graham, Andrea - Frank, Russell - Parks, Valerie - Taylor, David Alan - Williams, John Alexander - Wood, Myron - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Roeder, Beatrice A. - Owen, Blanton - Lund, Jens - Siporin, Steve - DeNatale, Douglas - Notarianni, Philip F.
- Date: 1988
Collection Items: View 1,516 Items
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CollectionJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Collection The Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve collection consists of interviews and photographs by Mary Hufford and Tom Tankersley in December 1985 for the American Folklife Center, comprising part of the…
- Contributor: United States. National Park Service - American Folklife Center - Hufford, Mary - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Tankersley, Tom
- Date: 1985
Collection Items: View 39 Items
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CollectionJoe Smith Joe Smith with Richard Perry photo: Sandy Gibson More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons…
- Date: 1985
Collection Items: View 217 Items
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CollectionSouthern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip This recording trip is an ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United…
- Contributor: Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, Alan - Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)
- Date: 1934
Collection Items: View 895 Items
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CollectionThe March King: John Philip Sousa Painting of Sousa during US Marine Band era, [n.d.]. Performing Arts Reading Room.
- Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
- Date: 1849
Collection Items: View 678 Items
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CollectionLao Special Guerrilla Unit and Royal Lao Army Veteran Interviews Veterans from the Secret War in Laos recall their experiences during the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War). Laos was a key battlefield in the conflict as the Ho Chi Minh Trail transited…
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CollectionLiving Nations, Living Words This collection—part of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “Living Nations, Living Words” signature project—contains audio recordings of 47 contemporary Native American poets reading and discussing an original poem. Listen to Joy Harjo, Louise…
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CollectionLowell Folklife Project Collection The Lowell Folklife Project was conducted in 1987-1988 as a cooperative project of the American Folklife Center and the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, with support from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts…
- Contributor: Bell, Michael Edward - American Folklife Center - Fertig, Barbara C. - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Taylor, David Alan - DeNatale, Douglas - Bartis, Peter - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Norkunas, Martha K. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) ... Bell, Michael Edward - American Folklife Center - Fertig, Barbara C. - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Taylor, David Alan - DeNatale, Douglas - Bartis, Peter - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Norkunas, Martha K. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Montaño, Mario - Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - United States. National Park Service - Rankin, Tom - Fleischhauer, Carl - University of Lowell - Lueders-Booth, John - Wachs, Eleanor F. - Refugee Arts Group
- Date: 1987
Collection Items: View 1,140 Items
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CollectionMaine Acadian Cultural Survey Collection The Maine Acadian Cultural Survey was an eight-week study conducted in 1991 as a joint project of the American Folklife Center and the North Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service…
- Contributor: Brassieur, C. Ray - Marshall, Howard W. - American Folklife Center - Ornstein, Lisa - United States. National Park Service. North Atlantic Regional Office - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Taylor, David Alan - Bayley, Julie - Whitman, David A.
- Date: 1991
Collection Items: View 270 Items
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CollectionMontana Folklife Survey Collection The Montana Folklife Survey was conducted in the summer of 1979 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the Montana Arts Council. The survey was a…
- Contributor: Dockstader, Ray - Crummett, Michael - Stanton, Gary Ward - McBride, Tom - Toelken, Barre - American Folklife Center - Montana Arts Council - Toelken, Miiko - Fleischhauer, Carl - Wasson, George B. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Young, Kay - Johnson, Paula J.
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 613 Items
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CollectionHome Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-Century Ohio Before the age of radio, television, and other electronic diversions, families made their own entertainment in the home by playing games, reading aloud, performing plays, and, of course, by making music. Children…
- Date: 1800
Collection Items: View 44 Items
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CollectionMusic Treasures Consortium "Um mitternacht" by Franz Schubert. [manuscript score]. Music Division, Library of Congress. About the Music Treasures Consortium The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and…
Collection Items: View 3,622 Items
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CollectionNational Jukebox The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925.
Collection Items: View 17,658 Items