Collection  |  Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax collection of Michigan and Wisconsin recordings

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Title
Alan Lomax collection of Michigan and Wisconsin recordings
Summary
Collection of field recordings with related color film documenting instrumental music, songs, stories, and interviews recorded primarily in Michigan and Wisconsin by Alan Lomax, August 1-November 1, 1938 for the Archive of American Folk-Song, Library of Congress. Includes folk songs, sea songs, ballads, lumbering songs and stories, Paul Bunyan stories, bawdy songs, blues, humorous and popular songs, and dance music. Vocal and instrumental music from various ethnic groups was performed musical instruments including svirale, gusle, diple, duduk, fiddle, clarinet, cymbalon, banjo, guitar, concertina, mandolin, accordion, harmonica, and kantele. A few items were recorded in Illinois. The collection includes correspondence, song lists, and notes.
Contributor Names
Aho, Lillian, 1917-2011
Aho, Pekka, 1884-1959, performer.
Allen, Perry, performer.
Bangac, Petar, performer.
Baratono, Art, performer.
Basrak, Stjepan, performer.
Bellaire, Exilia, 1889-1965, performer.
Bellaire, Mose, 1883-1955, performer.
Berky, Nandor, performer.
Bonner, Daniel, 1872- performer.
Bonner, Patrick, 1882-1973, performer.
Brideup, Louis, performer.
Cadeau, Ed, 1894-1981, performer.
Cadeau, John, 1879-1948, performer.
Cadeau, Mathilda, performer.
Carrière, Dolphis, performer.
Carrière, Fred, 1875-1954, performer.
Cloud, Joe, 1885-1965, performer.
Cloud, Clarence, 1908-1969, performer.
Delmas, Adolphus, 1859-1943, performer.
Dobričan, Lazar, performer.
Dragić, Todor, performer.
Erickson, Max, performer.
Floriani, Margaret, performer.
Floriani, Veko, performer.
Floriani, Vladimir, performer.
Floriani, Vladimir, 1906-1947, performer.
Forster, Yalmer Eino, performer.
Frazier, Belle, performer.
Frazier, Calvin, performer.
Frazier, Clara, performer.
Frazier, Lonnie, performer.
Frazier, Viola, performer.
Fredrickson, John, 1856-1940, performer.
Fredrickson, Kaisa, performer.
Gallagher, Dominic, performer.
Gallagher, Andrew E., performer.
Gallagher, Emerald, performer.
Gaza, V. Sipoo, performer.
Graham, Bert, performer.
Green, John W., 1871-1963, performer.
Grbić, Ludevit, performer.
Guzal, Frank, performer.
Halinen, Selma Elona, 1902-1971, performer.
Happy Jack Woodward, performer.
Härkönen, Amanda, 1888-1959, performer.
Hirvelä, Wäinö, 1880-1949, performer.
Hulan, Mrs., performer.
Hyvönen, John, 1865-1945, performer.
Jackson, Andrew (Vocalist), performer.
Juhani, Aapo, performer.
Kallio, Kalle, performer.
Kania, Felix, 1882-1966, performer.
Ketvirtis, Charles, 1893-1968, performer.
King, Edward, 1908-1988, performer.
Korvenpaa, Charles, 1885-1973, performer.
Krawezak, B., performer.
Kruczynski, Clara, performer.
Kubesh, John G., performer.
Kubien, Rose, performer.
Larson, Nils, 1907-1973, performer.
Larson, John (Vocalist), performer.
Larson, Steen, performer.
Lathrop, Carl, performer.
LeClaire, Leilia, performer.
Lewandowski, Edwina, performer.
Lewandowski, Stephan, performer.
Lewandowski, Stephanie, performer.
Lewandowski, Ted, performer.
Mahoski, Henry, 1917-1986, performer.
Maki, Emil, 1893-1957, performer.
Maki, Frank, 1892-1944, performer.
Marczis, Joseph, Mrs., performer.
Marinetti, Victor, performer.
Marinetti, Victor, Jr., performer.
Marinetti, John, performer.
Marttila, Mrs., performer.
Maté, Mrs., performer.
McBride, Bill (Vocalist), perfomer.
McCauley, Edward, performer.
McCarthy, Barney, performer.
McCormick, Ed, performer.
McDonough, Patrick, 1862-1947, performer.
Meyers, Herman, performer.
Miron, Joe, 1888-1942, performer.
Nemeth, Kalman, performer.
Niewiadomska, Frances, performer.
Norman, John (Vocalist) performer.
O'Donnell, Mike J., performer.
Olah, Julius, performer.
Palmer, Mason, performer.
Pischner, Helen, performer.
Pittman, Sampson, performer.
Pohjala, Aina, performer.
Pol, Thomas, performer.
Pope, Allan C., performer.
Preda, Emil Milan, performer.
Rajčević, Stepan, performer.
Rautanen, Vernon, performer.
Ricksgers, Joseph, performer.
Romel, Adolph, 1909-1986, performer.
Romel, Leo, performer.
Romel, Sylvester, 1913-1994, performer.
Romel, Ted, performer.
Romel, Mrs., performer.
Rudzinski, Alex, performer.
Sainović, Ilija, performer.
Scheffer, Peter, performer.
Sielvankiewiez, Mrs. performer.
Similä, Gusti, 1880-1949, performer.
Strzelecki, Tony, 1882-1969, performer.
Styes, Archie, performer.
Szilagyi, Dizso, performer.
Szabo, Andy, performer.
Thrasher, Ed, performer.
Tomić, Pajo, performer.
Trivanović, Stefan, performer.
Trueblood, Asel, performer.
Vasvary, Steve, performer.
Velin, Maria, performer.
Viita, Frank, performer.
Vizina, Adelore, 1885-1981, performer.
Vujanović, Stjepan, performer.
Wallen, Mr., performer.
Warslzyk, Tony, performer.
Wells, Lester, performer.
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, collector.
Archive of American Folk Song, collector.
Created / Published
1938-1939.
Subject Headings
-  Lomax, Alan,--1915-2002--Ethnomusicological collections
-  Folk music--Michigan
-  Folk music--Wisconsin
-  Folk songs, English--Michigan
-  Folk songs, English--Wisconsin
-  Ballads
-  Dance music--Michigan
-  Dance music--Wisconsin
-  Popular music--1931-1940
-  Tales--Michigan
-  Tales--Wisconsin
-  Bawdy songs--Michigan
-  African Americans--Music
-  Croatian Americans--Music
-  Irish Americans--Music
-  Finnish Americans--Music
-  Franco-Americans--Music
-  French-Canadians--Music
-  German Americans--Music
-  Hungarian Americans--Music
-  Italian Americans--Music
-  Lithuanian Americans--Music
-  Norwegian Americans--Music
-  Polish Americans--Music
-  Romanian Americans--Music
-  Serbian Americans--Music
-  Swedish Americans--Music
-  Bunyan, Paul--(Legendary character)
-  Folk music--Illinois
-  Field recordings--Michigan
-  Field recordings--Wisconsin
Notes
-  Various performers.
-  Alan Lomax collection of Michigan and Wisconsin recordings (AFC 1939/007), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
-  Audio recordings from this collection are available online http://www.loc.gov/collection/alan-lomax-in-michigan/about-this-collection/
-  Selections from the audio recordings in this collection are also available as podcasts from the Library of Congress, "Alan Lomax and the Soundscapes of the Upper Midwest, 75th anniversary of the Library of Congress Folk-Song Expedition to Michigan" http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/lomax/index.html
-  Accessioned, 1939.
-  Related materials include: 8 film rolls (800 feet, 23 minutes): color, silent ; 16 mm on a compilation reel titled: Archive of American Folk Song films, 1936-1942 (AFC 1990/017) FRA 8183. Digital preservation files and access copies are available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress.
-  In August 1938 the Archive of American Folk-Song at the Library of Congress equipped and sent Alan Lomax to complete a folklife survey of the Great Lakes region. He returned almost three months later with a cache of 250 discs and 8 reels of film. These materials documented the diversity of ethnic music -- Irish, Italian, Finnish, Serbian, Lithuanian, Polish, German, Croatian, Canadian French, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, and more -- in Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as stories, recitations, and other cultural expressions of loggers and lake sailors.
-  Spoken and sung in English, French, Finnish, German, Serbian, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian, and Swedish.
-  Bibliographic information for titles in this collection is found in the online resource link: Search for audio titles in the Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings.
-  Publications: Harvey, Todd. Michigan-I-O: Alan Lomax and the 1938 Library of Congress folk-song expedition. ebook Dust to digital, 2013.
Medium
250 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 and 78 rpm ; 12 in.
manuscripts 8 folders.
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
Library of Congress Control Number
2008700315
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Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Description
Collection of field recordings with related color film documenting instrumental music, songs, stories, and interviews recorded primarily in Michigan and Wisconsin by Alan Lomax, August 1-November 1, 1938 for the Archive of American Folk-Song, Library of Congress. Includes folk songs, sea songs, ballads, lumbering songs and stories, Paul Bunyan stories, bawdy songs, blues, humorous and popular songs, and dance music. Vocal and instrumental music from various ethnic groups was performed musical instruments including svirale, gusle, diple, duduk, fiddle, clarinet, cymbalon, banjo, guitar, concertina, mandolin, accordion, harmonica, and kantele. A few items were recorded in Illinois. The collection includes correspondence, song lists, and notes.
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Aho, Lillian, Daniel Bonner, Bill McBride, John Performer Norman, Mrs. Performer Sielvankiewiez, Alan Lomax, and Collector Archive Of American Folk Song. Alan Lomax collection of Michigan and Wisconsin recordings. to 1939, 1938. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700315.

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Aho, L., Bonner, D., McBride, B., Norman, J. P., Sielvankiewiez, M. P., Lomax, A. & Archive Of American Folk Song, C. (1938) Alan Lomax collection of Michigan and Wisconsin recordings. to 1939. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700315.

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Aho, Lillian, et al. Alan Lomax collection of Michigan and Wisconsin recordings. to 1939, 1938. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <lccn.loc.gov/2008700315>.