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Alan Lomax Collection [collection]

Title: Alan Lomax Collection [collection]
Date Created: Span: 1930-1966
Language: English
Form: collection
Physical Description: 120 ft.
Abstract: The Alan Lomax Collection comprises the unparalleled ethnographic documentation collected by the legendary folklorist Lomax (1915-2002) over a period of sixty years and joins the material Alan Lomax collected during the 1930s and early 1940s for the Library's Archive of American Folk Song. Included in the collection are sound recordings of traditional singers, instrumentalists, and storytellers made by Lomax during numerous field trips to the American South, the Caribbean, Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, and Italy; original video footage, shot in the South and Southwest, Washington, D.C., and New York City, that was used as the basis of Lomax's American Patchwork television series, as well as videotapes of all the programs in the series; 16mm footage of performances by Howling Wolf, Son House, and others during the Newport Folk Festival in 1966; videotape of folk dance performances; and work elements and originals of numerous films made by Lomax.
Contents Note: Sound recordings (5,000 hours), motion pictures (400,000 feet), videotapes (2,450), books/journals (2,000), photographs, correspondence, field notes, research files, program scripts, indexes, and book and article manuscripts.
Preferred Citation: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Access Permissions: Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
Copyright: Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Subjects: Folk Music; Dance; Lomax, Alan
Repository: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Collection: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/

Last Updated: 08-21-2012

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