Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
Production, Equipment, Expenses, Production, Trim Book, Folder 2 of 2
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Africa--general
Map of African culture groups. N.d. Map of African culture groups. undated
![[Pedro Zuniga playing the guitar with his daughter Zenovia, San Antonio, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvcGVkcm8tenVuaWdhLXBsYXlpbmctdGhlLWd1aXRhci13aXRoLWhpcy1kYXVnaHRlci16ZW5vdmlhLXNhbi1hbnRvbmlvLXRleGFzLWI0MmRlNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Pedro Zuniga playing the guitar with his daughter Zenovia, San Antonio, Texas]")
[Pedro Zuniga playing the guitar with his daughter Zenovia, San Antoni...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "2. Pedro Zenungia [i.e., Zuniga] with his daughter, Zenovia. May, 1934, San Antonio, Tex." Zuniga possibly Mexic... More
Candy seller, San Antonio, Texas, 1930 s
Typed on back: "1. Candy seller, San Antonio, Texas." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
James Baker (Iron Head), Sugar Land, Texas
Handwritten on back: "James Baker (Iron Head) Sugarland, Tex. June 1934." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
![[Sam Ballard (Old Dad), New Iberia, Louisiana]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvc2FtLWJhbGxhcmQtb2xkLWRhZC1uZXctaWJlcmlhLWxvdWlzaWFuYS04ODU2MmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "[Sam Ballard (Old Dad), New Iberia, Louisiana]")
[Sam Ballard (Old Dad), New Iberia, Louisiana]
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Sam Ballard (Old Dad) New Iberia, LA., June 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting... More
Candy seller, San Antonio, Texas, 1930 s
Handwritten on back: "Candy seller Mexican, San Antonio, Texas." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
Baptism near Mineola, Texas, Class Notes, 1935
Handwritten on back: "Baptism, near Mineola, Tex., Summer, 1935." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
Baptism near Mineola, Texas, Class Notes, 1935
Handwritten on back: "Baptism, near Mineola, Tex., Summer, 1935." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
Baptism near Mineola, Texas, Class Notes, 1935
Handwritten on back of print: "Baptism, near Mineola, Tex., Summer, 1935." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, July 18, 1938
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, November 8, 1938
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, June 5, 1938
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, April 21, 1938
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, May 27, 1938
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, July 19, 1938
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Internal memo from Alan Lomax to Harold Spivacke, August 31, 1939
Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, shares his opinions on the recording practices of the Florida recording expedition with Harold Spivacke, chief of the D... More
Letter from Carita Doggett Corse to Alan Lomax, October 19, 1939
Dr. Carita Doggett Corse, state supervisor of the Writers' Project in Florida, thanks Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, for his helpful advice on improvi... More
Memo from B. A. Botkin and Charles Seeger to Alan Lomax, November 22, ...
B. A. Botkin, national folklore director for the Federal Writers' Project and chairman of the Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the WPA, and Charles Seeger, deputy director of the Federal Music Project and vice-c... More
Letter from Alan Lomax to Carita Doggett Corse, October 15, 1939
Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, comments on the Florida recording project's work to Dr. Carita Doggett Corse, state supervisor of the Writers' Project ... More
Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, January 16, 1939
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Letter from Carita Doggett Corse to Alan Lomax, November 1, 1939
Dr. Carita Doggett Corse, state supervisor of the Writers' Project in Florida, will be glad to receive batteries and a transformer for the recording equipment after November 17 from Alan Lomax, assistant in cha... More
Letter from Alan Lomax to Mrs. Abbot, September 11, 1940
Lomax asks for report on the present status of the Woody Guthrie songbook, supposedly in preparation. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, July 15, 1940
Recommends Alliance Press as publisher for Guthrie's autobiography. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. late July 1940
Guthrie acknowledges receipt of July 15, 1940 letter from Lomax, and will look up the representative of Alliance Press. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, June 21, 1940
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Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, September 17, 1940
Account of doings and odds and ends. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, July 26, 1940
All Guthrie's letters are being filed for posterity; regrets "Pretty Boy Floyd" omitted from Guthrie's Victor album. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Archibald MacLeish, December 19, 1941
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, November 1, 1940
Sorry Guthrie's not on "Back Where I Come From"; requests that he write a ballad about National Art Week. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Essay from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. November 1940
Essay about elections in general, with some personal notes, written on tissue paper used in wrapping goods. External display permitted by Guthrie family
July 24, 1941, memo by Alan Lomax regarding the duplication of acetate...
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Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. January 1941
Written from Columbia, California, an old gold mining town; has decided he wants to "put the works to the man for printing the Tom Joad song." (Downes and Siegmeister, A Treasury of American Song, published Nov... More
Letter from Alan Lomax to Charles Todd, December 18, 1941
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February 4, 1941, letter from Alan Lomax to H.M. Bond
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Letter from Fletcher Collins to Alan Lomax, Page 1, December 11, 1941
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Letter from Alan Lomax to John Lomax, December 1941
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Letter from Fletcher Collins to Alan Lomax, Page 2, December 11, 1941
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Bob Allen Allen, Robert E. Barton, December ...
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Letter from Charles Moore to Alan Lomax, December 8, 1941
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Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. December 1941
Supplies names of Bonneville Power Administration contacts, and requests blank aluminum discs. External display permitted by Guthrie family
July 24, 1941, letter from John Work to Alan Lomax
Reproduced with the permission of the family of John Wesley Work III.
Letter from John Faulk to Alan Lomax, December 7, 1941
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February 27, 1941, letter from Alan Lomax to H.M. Bond
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Fletcher Collins, December 23, 1941
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Letter from Pearl R. Nye to Alan Lomax, October 15, 1941
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July 17, 1941, letter from Alan Lomax to John Work
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January 9, 1941, letter from H.M. Bond to Alan Lomax
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Charles Johnson, December 18, 1941
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July 1, 1941, draft of memo by Alan Lomax regarding the duplication of...
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Charles Moore, December 18, 1941
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Letter from Alan Lomax to John Faulk, December 18, 1941
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, December 2, 1941
Requests name of the individual in the Department of Interior who made the records of Guthrie's Bonneville Dam songs, in order to get permission to copy them for the Library of Congress. External display permit... More
July 1, 1941, letter from Alan Lomax to John Work
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Leland Coon, December 18, 1941
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, February 4, 1941
Misses Guthrie on "Back Where I Come From"; asks permission to use several songs [for Ballad Hunter records]; doesn't know how he can help re. the Tom Joad business [which Guthrie wrote about ca. January 1941].... More
October 25, 1941, letter from John Work to Alan Lomax
Reproduced with the permission of the family of John Wesley Work III.
February 7, 1941, letter from H.M. Bond to Alan Lomax
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, December 13, 1941
Thanks Guthrie for list of informants in West Texas; says the Department of Interior people may pay for a 15 minute transcription of Guthrie's Bonneville songs, with a fee for Guthrie included. External display... More
Letter from Pearl R. Nye to Alan Lomax, June 29, 1942
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, June 8, 1942
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Memo from Alan Lomax to Harold Spivacke, January 20, 1942
Memo requesting supplies to be sent to Guthrie so that he can make his own records. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Carita Doggett Corse, May 15, 1942
Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, requests copies of photographs from Dr. Carita Doggett Corse, state supervisor of the Writers' Project in Florida.
Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, July 9, 1942
Suggests person to contact at Decca; odds and ends of news. External display permitted by Guthrie family
May 8, 1942, letter from Alan Lomax to John Work
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March 23, 1942, draft of memo from Alan Lomax to Dr. Spivacke
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Peter Bowers, May 18, 1942
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February 27, 1942, draft of memo by Alan Lomax suggesting recording th...
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Memo from Harold Spivacke to Alan Lomax, January 22, 1942
Memo wondering about usefulness of, and restrictions on, recordings by and of Guthrie. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, June 7, 1942
Offers the Library of Congress a recently found manuscript collection of 200 of his songs, sung on the air in Los Angeles, in return for typed copies. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Alan Lomax to Wilhelmina Waters, April 3, 1942
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Memo from Alan Lomax to Harold Spivacke, undated
Undated memo concerning microfilming of Woody Guthrie's manuscript containing background of songs. "When he asked me to return the manuscript, I first had it microfilmed, feeling that it was unique and of impor... More
Letter from Fletcher Collins to Alan Lomax, January 8, 1942
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Carita Doggett Corse, May 27, 1942
Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, requests the loan of photographic prints from Dr. Carita Doggett Corse, state supervisor of the Writers' Project in Florida.
Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye, April 20, 1942
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Woody Guthrie, January 21, 1942
Played Almanac songs for Mrs. [Eleanor] Roosevelt; opened up other avenues to getting Guthrie played on the radio; cautions Guthrie to change Almanacs' name; mentions Guthrie's recording of "Gypsy Davy." Extern... More
Memo from Alan Lomax to Harold Spivacke, ca. Summer 1942
Undated memo inquiring if the Library of Congress would be interested in copying Guthrie's songs as suggested by Guthrie in June 7, 1942 letter. External display permitted by Guthrie family
Letter from Harry Behn to Alan Lomax, April 30, 1942
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February 27, 1942, memo by Alan Lomax suggesting recording the Fort Va...
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Letter from Geraldine Elliott to Alan Lomax, April 30, 1942
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Letter from Robert Sonkin to Alan Lomax, March 6, 1942
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Robert Sonkin, March 10, 1942
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Letter from Alan Lomax to Harry Horlick, April 2, 1942
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February 27, 1942, letter from Alan Lomax to John Work
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Letter from Carita Doggett Corse to Alan Lomax, May 25, 1942
Dr. Carita Doggett Corse, state supervisor of the Writers' Project in Florida, informs Alan Lomax, assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, that it would be impossible to m... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Cantometrics, t...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Cantometrics, s...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, American Patchwork, 1978-1991, Caj...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Cantometrics, t...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, General correspondence
Jack Elliot note written on a dust jacket
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Spain, 1952-1953
Location: Madurana, Esperanza; correspondent: Serranda, Anna.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, BBC, 1956, Reminiscences of a Folk...
Program 3: "Spain," 1956-09-21; program 5: "Italy (1)," 1956-10-08; program 6: "Italy (2)," 1956-10-09
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
Production, Equipment, Expenses, Production, Trim Book, Folder 1 of 2
Letter from Alan Lomax to Pearl R. Nye 1
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
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Envelope Containing Letter from Pearl R. Nye to Mr. Alan Lomax
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