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Title
Alan Lomax collection,
Other Title
Alan Lomax archive
Summary
Collection comprises manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, film, and videorecordings created and collected by Alan Lomax in his work documenting song, music, dance, and body movement from many cultures. Includes field recordings and photographs Lomax made in the Bahamas, the Caribbean, England, France, Georgia, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, the United States, and Wales, 1930s-2004; plus his worldwide collection of ethnographic documentary materials from many collaborators for his studies of cantometrics and choreometrics.
Contributor Names
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, collector.
Archive of American Folk Song.
American Folklife Center.
Association for Cultural Equity.
Subject Headings
-  Lomax, Alan,--1915-2002--Ethnomusicological collections
-  Lomax, Alan,--1915-2002--Correspondence
-  Arensberg, Conrad M.--(Conrad Maynadier),--1910-1997--Correspondence
-  Bartenieff, Irmgard--Correspondence
-  Berkowitz, Norman--Correspondence
-  Birdwhistell, Ray L.,--1918-1994--Correspondence
-  Biskin, Andy--Correspondence
-  Child, Irvin L.--(Irvin Long),--1915-2000--Correspondence
-  Elder, J. D.--(Jacob Delworth),--1913-2003--Correspondence
-  Grauer, Victor--Correspondence
-  Guthrie, Woody,--1912-1967--Correspondence
-  Hawes, Bess Lomax,--1921-2009--Correspondence
-  Halifax, Joan
-  Kulig, Carol--Correspondence
-  Markel, Norman N.--(Norman Nathan),--1929---Correspondence
-  Murdock, George Peter,--1897-1985--Correspondence
-  Paulay, Forrestine--Correspondence
-  Rudd, Roswell--Correspondence
-  Textor, Robert B.--Correspondence
-  Titon, Jeff Todd,--1943---Correspondence
-  Trager, Edith Crowell--Correspondence
-  Udy, Stanley H.,--1928---Correspondence
-  Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew,--1908-1999--Correspondence
-  Cross-cultural studies--United States
-  Comparative studies of cultures and civilizations
-  Music--Performance
-  Folk music--Analysis, appreciation
-  Folk dance music--Analysis, appreciation
-  Style, Musical
-  Dance--Social aspects
-  Popular music--1971-1980--Analysis, appreciation
-  Ethnology
-  Folklore
-  Linguistics
-  Sociolinguistics
-  Field recordings
-  Musical instruments
-  African Americans--Music
-  Indians of North America--Music
Genre
Songs
Interviews
Photographs
Sound recordings
Motion pictures
Ethnographic films
Video recordings
Manuscripts
Manuscripts for publication
Correspondence
Notes
-  Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
-  Manuscripts and visual materials from the Alan Lomax Collection are available online https://www.loc.gov/collections/alan-lomax-manuscripts/about-this-collection/
-  Association for Cultural Equity; 2004.
-  Alan Lomax, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, born Jan. 15, 1915, Austin, Texas; died July 19, 2002, Safety Harbor, Florida.
Medium
845 linear feet (330,000 manuscripts, 6400 sound recordings, 5500 graphic images, 6000 moving images)
Repository
Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Digital Id
https://www.loc.gov/collections/alan-lomax-manuscripts/about-this-collection/
Library of Congress Control Number
2004447761
Rights Advisory
Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access Advisory
Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Online Format
web page
Description
Collection comprises manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, film, and videorecordings created and collected by Alan Lomax in his work documenting song, music, dance, and body movement from many cultures. Includes field recordings and photographs Lomax made in the Bahamas, the Caribbean, England, France, Georgia, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, the United States, and Wales, 1930s-2004; plus his worldwide collection of ethnographic documentary materials from many collaborators for his studies of cantometrics and choreometrics.
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2004447761
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Chicago citation style:

Lomax, Alan, Collector, Archive Of American Folk Song, American Folklife Center, and Association For Cultural Equity. Alan Lomax collection. 1933. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/.

APA citation style:

Lomax, A., Archive Of American Folk Song, American Folklife Center & Association For Cultural Equity. (1933) Alan Lomax collection. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/.

MLA citation style:

Lomax, Alan, Collector, et al. Alan Lomax collection. 1933. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/>.