Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Haiti, 1936-1937

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Title: Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Haiti, 1936-1937
Contributor Names: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published: 1936-1937
Subject Headings: - Fieldwork; - field notes; - Haiti
Genre: field notes
Notes: - 2/9; Field notebook #5 (April 1937). Song list dated Feb. 5, 1937 and NYT Magazine article "Haiti Makes Progress," 11/21/37 tucked inside cover. Movie notes (color film) in back. Preservation needed; see also "A Recorded Treasury of Black Folk Song, 1978-1981, Haiti"
Medium: Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location: AFC 2004/004: MS 12.02.46
Source Collection: Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository: American Folklife Center
Online Format: image
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Lomax, Alan. Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Haiti, -1937. to 1937, 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2004004.ms120246/.

APA citation style:

Lomax, A. (1936) Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Haiti, -1937. to 1937. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2004004.ms120246/.

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Lomax, Alan. Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Haiti, -1937. to 1937, 1936. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2004004.ms120246/>.