Search Manuscripts/Mixed Material

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    1987 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1987 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and slides documenting performances of bluegrass music; music and dance from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; Afghan and Iranian traditional music; steel band music; gospel music; and Pan-Andean music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1987, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the...
    • Contributor: Southern Gospel Singers - Johnson, Mattie - Macisaac, Dave - Holland, Jerry - Shabtaie, Rahmatollah - Stars of Faith (Musical Group) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Ollantay (Musical Group) - Original Trinidad and Tobago Steelband of Washington, D.C. - Chiasson-Cormier, Hilda - Hobbs and Partners (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Arif, Mohammed - National Council for the Traditional Arts
    • Date: 1987
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    Fletcher Collins Jr. collection, Catalog Record Only The Fletcher Collins Jr. collection is the result of the Anglo-American folksong collecting activities of Fletcher Collins Jr. from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Collins made twenty-one disc recordings of folk songs and ballads at Elon College in March, 1939, under the auspices of the WPA Joint Committee on Folk Arts. During November and December 1941...
    • Contributor: Cole, Calvin - Wagoners - Collins, Fletcher - Tate, Dan - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - United States. Works Progress Administration - Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield)
    • Date: 1935
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    Washington post seventh annual National Folk Festival program and note,
    Washington post folk festival program edition | National Folk Festival Catalog Record Only
    Washington Post newspaper program (8 p.) for the seventh annual National Folk Festival, April 25-27, 1940, held in Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., accompanied by one page note written by Ellen Grim, who attended the festival, signed "E. Grim, 1991." The program includes lists of participants, titles performed, and historical and performance notes.
    • Contributor: National Folk Festival (U.S.) - National Folk Festival Association - Craft & Folk Art Museum (2004-)
    • Date: 1940
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    1978 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1978 Catalog Record Only
    Documentation of the monthly 1978 Neptune Plaza Concert Series, which consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs of performances of Irish music, French-Canadian folk music and contradance, Arab music and dance, bluegrass music, zydeco music, country music, and gospel music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1978,...
    • Contributor: McKenna, Antoinette - McKenna, Joe - White, Buck - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Lawtell Playboys - Ashby, John - Townsend, Graham - Mentrotone Baptist Church Singers - American Folklife Center - National Council for the Traditional Arts
    • Date: 1978
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    1982 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1982 Catalog Record Only
    The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of Irish music, Ghanaian music and dance, Japanese koto music, Mexican string band music, Senegalese music, and West Virginia old-time music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through October 1982, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and...
    • Contributor: Washington Toho Koto Society - Irish Tradition (Musical Group) - Morris, Dave - Pregoneros Del Puerto - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Addy, Yacub - American Folklife Center - Kouyate, Djimo - National Council for the Traditional Arts
    • Date: 1982
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    1984 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1984 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of bluegrass music from Ohio; blues music and African American a capella doo-wop from Washington, D.C.; folk music from Bengal, India; Japanese music from Washington, D.C.; and Puerto Rican cuatro and salsa music from Washington, D.C. recorded live at the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, in concerts from May through September 1984, sponsored by...
    • Contributor: Toro, Yomo - Washington Toho Koto Society - Molton, Flora - Lawson, Doyle - Ganga (Musical Group) - Edwards, Archie - Vel-Tones (Musical Group) - Quicksilver (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - National Council for the Traditional Arts
    • Date: 1984
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    1983 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1983 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of blues music from Virginia; Cambodian classical dance from Maryland, with Rich Kennedy of the National Council for the Traditional Arts narrating the performance; bluegrass music from Virginia; western string band music from Utah; Armenian music from Washington, D.C.; cowboy songs from Arkansas; North Carolina Piedmont country blues music and buck dance, including hand-clapping, and...
    • Contributor: Holloway, Quentin - Holeman, John Dee - Sarkisian, Leo - Khmer Classical Dance Troupe - Grass Reflections (Musical Group) - Ohrlin, Glenn - Deseret String Band - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Jackson, John - Michael, Edd - National Council for the Traditional Arts - American Folklife Center - Jackson, James
    • Date: 1983
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    1985 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1985 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of African American Piedmont blues music; music of the Andes; bluegrass music; Scottish harp music and Gaelic songs; Omaha Indian music and dance; Spanish flamenco music and dance, and African American gospel music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through October...
    • Contributor: Martínez, Ana - Tahuantinsuyo (Musical Group) - Kinnaird, Alison - Hastings, Dennis - Gospel Music Workshop of America - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Cephas, John - Dry Branch Fire Squad - Hethu'shka Society - Primrose, Christine - Wiggins, Phil - American Folklife Center - National Council for the Traditional Arts
    • Date: 1985
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    1986 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1986 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and color slides documenting the performance of bluegrass music, blues music, Armenian music, Senegalese music and dance, Irish music, country music, gospel music, Chinese traditional music and modern compositions, Caribbean music, and Polish music and dance celebrating the Harvest Festival from several regions in Poland. Most concerts were recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas...
    • Contributor: Kings of Harmony (Brass Ensemble) - Williams-Jones, Pearl - Brzostowski, Tom - Tang, Liangshan - Jackson, John - Sarkisian, Leo - Kouyate, Djimo - National Council for the Traditional Arts - Hickman, John - Johnson Mountain Boys ... Kings of Harmony (Brass Ensemble) - Williams-Jones, Pearl - Brzostowski, Tom - Tang, Liangshan - Jackson, John - Sarkisian, Leo - Kouyate, Djimo - National Council for the Traditional Arts - Hickman, John - Johnson Mountain Boys - Blue Ridge Mountain Boys (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Yeh, Chen-Feng - Liang, David Mingyue - Dawne Tańce Ensemble - María Y Sus Magníficos (Musical Group) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Pan, Huizhu - Crary, Dan - Irish Tradition (Musical Group) - Berline, Byron - Jackson, James
    • Date: 1986
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    1988 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1988 Catalog Record Only
    The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of old-time music from the Cumberland Plateau, Irish folk music and dance, bluegrass music, Piedmont blues music, Vietnamese music, mariachi music, and gospel music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Concerts were held from April through October 1988, sponsored by the...
    • Contributor: Harney, Liam - Grant Street (Musical Group) - Nguyễn, Đình Nghĩa - Mariachi San Cristóbal - Lewis, Laurie - Gore, Linda - Moloney, Mick - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Four Echoes (Musical Group) - Egan, Séamus ... Harney, Liam - Grant Street (Musical Group) - Nguyễn, Đình Nghĩa - Mariachi San Cristóbal - Lewis, Laurie - Gore, Linda - Moloney, Mick - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Four Echoes (Musical Group) - Egan, Séamus - Cephas, John - Gospel Spirituallettes (Musical Group) - Cumberland Music Tour (Musical Group) - Wiggins, Phil - American Folklife Center - National Council for the Traditional Arts
    • Date: 1988
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    1989 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 1989 Catalog Record Only
    The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, and photographs documenting the performance of French Canadian music and dance, including step dancing; Polish-style polka, old-time music, bluegrass music, Bengali music, vallenato-style Colombian music, and gospel music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1989, sponsored by the American Folklife...
    • Contributor: Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Hooven, Greg - National Council for the Traditional Arts - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Legault, Normand - Ivan Y Sus Auténticos Vallenatos - King's Men (Musical Group : Washington, D.C.) - Blazonczyk, Eddie - Back Step Band ... Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - Hooven, Greg - National Council for the Traditional Arts - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Legault, Normand - Ivan Y Sus Auténticos Vallenatos - King's Men (Musical Group : Washington, D.C.) - Blazonczyk, Eddie - Back Step Band - Wnvt (Television Station : Annandale, Va.) - Gospel Pearls (Musical Group) - Ganga (Musical Group) - Nashville Bluegrass Band - American Folklife Center - Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
    • Date: 1989
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    1990 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1990 | American Folklife Center concert, 1990 Catalog Record Only
    The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of bluegrass music, klezmer music, Hungarian folk dance and music, Piedmont blues music, gospel music, and Afro-Cuban music and dance recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1990, sponsored by the American Folklife Center...
    • Contributor: Jabbour, Alan - Lynn Morris Band - Otonowa (Musical Group) - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - True Tones Gospel Singers - Klezmer Plus (Musical Group) - Cephas, John - Életfa (Musical Group) - Sapoznik, Henry - Wiggins, Phil - American Folklife Center - Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
    • Date: 1990
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    1991 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1991 | American Folklife Center concert, 1991 Catalog Record Only
    The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of Peking Opera, Swiss folk music, bluegrass music, Bulgarian folk music, Javanese gamelan music and dance, and gospel jubilee quartet music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1991, sponsored by the American Folklife...
    • Contributor: Prophecy: Cops for Christ (Musical Group) - Seldom Scene (Musical Group) - Han Sheng Chinese Opera Institute - Bulgari (Musical Group) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Indonesia. Kedutaan Besar (U.S.) - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - Alder Family (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Supartha, I Gst. Agung Ngurah - Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
    • Date: 1991
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    1992 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1992 | American Folklife Center concert, 1992 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of Puerto Rican folk music; Tennesse old-time music; folk music from Veracruz, Mexico; dances of the Tewa Indians from the Santa Clara Pueblo; Irish folk dance and music; gospel music; and bluegrass music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April...
    • Contributor: Clear Creek Crossin' (Musical Group) - Long, Donna - Jamison, Phil - Wick, Regan - Harte, Frank - Blizard, Ralph - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Pregoneros Del Puerto - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - New Southern Ramblers ... Clear Creek Crossin' (Musical Group) - Long, Donna - Jamison, Phil - Wick, Regan - Harte, Frank - Blizard, Ralph - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Pregoneros Del Puerto - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - New Southern Ramblers - Mulvihill, Brendan - American Folklife Center - Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith) - Edwin Colón Zayas Y Su Taller Campesino (Musical Group) - Angels of Faith (Musical Group) - Lilly, Everett
    • Date: 1992
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    1993 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1993 | American Folklife Center concert, 1993 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of North Indian Bengali music; Jamaican music; African American gospel quartets and choral music; Irish folk dance and music; bluegrass music; African American hand dancing; and Andean music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September 1993, sponsored by...
    • Contributor: Reverb (Vocal Group) - Briscoe, Erald - Doherty, Tom - Northern Lights (Bluegrass Group) - Blackwell, Lucien - Wick, Regan - D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Hubbard, Samuel O. - Simpson-Curenton, Evelyn ... Reverb (Vocal Group) - Briscoe, Erald - Doherty, Tom - Northern Lights (Bluegrass Group) - Blackwell, Lucien - Wick, Regan - D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Hubbard, Samuel O. - Simpson-Curenton, Evelyn - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - Philadelphia Ambassadors Chorale and Ensemble - Ollantay (Musical Group) - Friedland, Lee Ellen - Moloney, Mick - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 1993
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    1994 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1994 | American Folklife Center concert, 1994 Catalog Record Only
    Manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images documenting the performance of Tibetan sacred music and dance; Tamburitza music from the Balkan Peninsula; Iroquois music; African American rhythm and blues quartet singing; gospel brass band music; bluegrass music; and Cuban mambo music recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, at concerts from April through September...
    • Contributor: Orioles (Musical Group) - Kings of Harmony (Brass Ensemble) - ʼbras-Spuṅs (Monastery) - McLaughlin, David - Sviraj (Musical Group) - Cachao - Wamu-Fm (Radio Station : Washington, D.C.) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Six Nations Women Singers - Crowe, Josh - American Folklife Center - Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
    • Date: 1994
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    1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series collection,
    Neptune Plaza Concert Series, 1995 | American Folklife Center concert, 1995 Catalog Record Only
    Documentation of the monthly 1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series, which consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, photographs, and moving images of performances of zydeco music, lindy hop, bluegrass music, Hungarian folk dance and music, gospel music, and Argentine tango recorded live outdoors on Neptune Plaza in front of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress from April through September 1995, sponsored by the American...
    • Contributor: Zydeco Hi-Rollers - Tisza Ensemble - Grant Street (Musical Group) - Lewis, Laurie - Méta (Musical Group) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - New York-Buenos Aires Connection (Musical Group) - Jocque, Beau - New York Tango Trio - Manning, Frankie - Inspirational Singers - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 1995
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    Svetilen concert and lecture collection,
    Svetilen, vocal ensemble of ancient Russian music | Beyond borders | American Folklife Center lecture, 2003-11-19 | American Folklife Center concert, 2003-11-19 Catalog Record Only
    Collection comprises photographs, and sound and video recordings of the Svetilen lecture and performance at the Library of Congress; plus publicity for the Svetilen concert, including a copy of an interview with Svetilen, produced for "Performance Today," hosted by Fred Child on National Public Radio on Nov. 19, 2:30 p.m. (30 min.). There is a Hi-8 recording of an additional Svetilen concert sponsored by...
    • Contributor: Svetilen (Musical Group) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2003
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    Collecting and performing traditional song in the republic of Georgia,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2005-11-17 | American Folklife Center concert, 2005-11-17 Catalog Record Only
    Lecture and performance of Georgian three-part choral polyphony demonstrating three polyphonic styles: chanting, singing, and humming. Includes a history of sacred and secular music in the republic of Georgia, including Georgian folksongs, dance music, and folk instruments. Malkhaz Erkvanidze has spent years rescuing church hymns and prayers that were suppressed in the Soviet communist era; he is an ethnomusicologist, scholar, and performer who has...
    • Contributor: Erkvanidze, Malkhaz - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Tʻbilisis Ančʻisxatis Tażari. Gundi
    • Date: 2005
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    South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Collection of documentary materials resulting from an ethnographic field research project conducted by the American Folklife Center in eight counties of south central Georgia, and at Mt. Zion, Georgia, in July and August 1977 in cooperation with the Arts Experiment Station of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Topics of research were hymn singing conventions, gospel singing of white and African American residents, fiddling and old-time...
    • Contributor: Jabbour, Alan - Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin) - McGraw, Hugh - Adler, Thomas A. - Stanley, David - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Robinson, Beverly J. - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - Marshall, Howard W. - Fleischhauer, Carl - American Folklife Center - Blackmarr, Syd - Coelho, Dennis - Hamrick, Raymond C.
    • Date: 1977
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    Percy Grainger and British folk music
    American Folklife Center lecture, 1982-04-06 Catalog Record Only
    Lecture by John Bird of London, England, entitled "Percy Grainger and British Folk Music," with an introduction by Alan Jabbour; includes a question and answer session, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the Music Division. The collection includes announcements; 9 pages of notes taken by Gerald E. Parsons; invitations and flyers; and 12 photographs of John Bird in the Whittall Pavilion, taken by...
    • Contributor: Bird, John - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 1982
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    Bess Lomax Hawes collection, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Papers and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes, most from 1960-2001. Includes work produced by Hawes when she was a professor at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge, California, and as head of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program in Washington, D.C. The collection...
    • Contributor: National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Hawes, Bess Lomax - Hawes, Butch
    • Date: 1894
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    Tzvetelina Dosseva Weiner, Valeri Georgiev, and Varol Saatcıoğlu concert collection,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2014-03-05 | Traditional Turkish and Bulgarian instrumental and vocal music | Turkish & Bulgarian Music | Homegrown 2014, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress on March 5, 2014 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Weiner, Tzvety Dosseva - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2014
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    Sheila Cogan collection on the history of the George Washington University Folk Music Society, Catalog Record Only Photocopy of a scrapbook documenting the founding and history of the George Washington University Folk Music Society in 1960 and continuting through circa 1964. The club hosted local hootenannies on campus and in Washington, D.C. and arranged chartered bus trips to the University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1961; the Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1962, 1963; and the 26th National Folk Festival, Covington, Kentucky, 1963. Includes...
    • Contributor: Cogan, Sheila
    • Date: 1960
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    Joseph C. Hickerson oral history interview Catalog Record Only Oral history interview with Joseph C. Hickerson, former head of the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress, about his long tenure at the Library and interactions with folk artists over the years, conducted by Jennifer Cutting, reference folklife specialist at the Archive of Folk Culture, on April 3, 2003. Includes black-and-white photographs of the participants taken in the recording studio by James Hardin.
    • Contributor: Hickerson, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles) - Cutting, Jennifer - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2003