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Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States
Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field collection
that contains sound recordings, field notes, dust jackets, and other
manuscripts. The collection documents the Lomaxes' three-month,
6,502-mile trip through the southern United States. The materials
include 25 hours of folk music from more than 300 performers that
feature ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes,
field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals,
and work songs. Photographic prints from the Lomaxes' other Southern
states expeditions illustrate the collection.
These online exhibits provide context and additional
information about this collection.
Research
Materials
The 1939
Recording Expedition
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
The Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
The Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
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These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
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African
American Odyssey
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
California
Gold: Folk Music from the Thirties
FSA-OWI Photographs
ca. 1935-1945.
Hispano
Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
The
South Texas Border, 1900-1920
Voices
from the Dust Bowl, 1940-1941
Recommended additional sources of information.
Biographies: John
Avery Lomax and Ruby
Terrill Lomax
Read More About It! - A bibliography
Related
Resources
A Teacher's
Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
Search
for songs and photographs using the keyword search, or by browsing
the Photo
Subject Index, Audio
Subject Index, Audio
Title Index, Performer
Index, and Photo
Title Index. To locate song lyrics and documents do a full-text
search and, having selected a document, scroll down to find
the highlighted search term, or use the Best Match function to find
the pertinent reference.
For help with search words, go to the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, see Finding
Items in American Memory.
No special viewers are required to see photographs in this collection.
A special player is required to listen to the sound recordings in
the collection. You will also need a special viewer to view some
of the documents and to see high resolution archival versions of
photographs in the collection.
For help with viewers, go to How to View Audio
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