Family Bible. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Christian Workers Holy Bible; includes four-generation family record of the Stock/Stewart family in Paradise Valley Maker: John Winston; Philadelphia, PA; ca. 1905 The Paradis... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mister Jelly Roll, 1950
Lomax's new introduction; correspondence between Alan Jabbour and Alan Lomax regarding LC Jelly Roll Morton recordings; correspondence about Jelly's Last Jam and clippings about the show
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
"Big Bill of the Blues"- Chapter 9, 5/20/92
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead B...
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Nineteenth century time books from Watson.
Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 10, 1994.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Guitar explanations; North Chapter Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Sordid History of Rock, undated
Ideas for a book on Rock music; "Book . . .The Sordid History of Rock. . ."
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Bonny Bunch of Roses, 1951-195...
Song transcriptions and notes for "Bonnie Bunch of Roses" project
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Lists for Negro Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959
Vera Hall interview transcriptions; see also "The Land Where the Blues Began"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959
Transcript of video interview. Alan Lomax interviewed by Garroway on 5/18/59 about book "Rainbow Sign"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959
Edited drafts (2/4) Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Guitar explanations; North Chapter Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Hand-written notes Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Hand-written notes reflecting quotes heard on the street the day Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) passed away; Short-hand transcriptions of recorded interview (199B, 198, etc.), possibly from Jelly Roll Morton interview
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
1967 Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Mock-up of West Chapter, 1991, Pantheon
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Research materials, Fisk interview transcripts (see also AFC 1941/002)
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Song transcriptions and correspondence by Hally Wood to Lomax; songs by Sid Hemphill, Will Stark, Houston Beacon; prepared for My Heart Struck Sorrow, 1950s
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Edited draft Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
My Heart Struck Sorrow working draft, part 1
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Typed and hand-written transcripts of Fisk interviews with Jaybird Jones
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
game songs from Nevis and Anguilla; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
See also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mister Jelly Roll, 1950
Correspondence related to the termination of Lomax's deal with Penguin Books, his new relationship with Pantheon, and a 1991 reissue of the book by Virgin Publishing
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
NE #s, N #s Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Bonny Bunch of Roses, 1951-195...
Song transcriptions and notes for "Bonnie Bunch of Roses" project
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Hand-written notes Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
West Chapter Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: South Songs, 85-128
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: North Songs 1-58
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: South Songs 1-84
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: Negro Folk Songs 91-190
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Bonny Bunch of Roses, 1951-195...
Ephemera: pamphlet "School Rules"; program; clipping on Bess Lomax Hawes 1978-11-24; flyers in memory of miners who lost their lives; "Music of Indonesia, Australia, and New Guinea" Music Round the World liner notes
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Song transcriptions and correspondence by Hally Wood to Lomax; songs by Sid Hemphill, Will Stark, Houston Beacon; prepared for My Heart Struck Sorrow, 1950s
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
The Mule (Theodore Savory), Mississippi Slavery in 1933 (Roy Wilkins), notes on relationship between writings, recordings, and film by Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
1990s Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Big Bill Broonzy autobiographical sketch in pencil, 9 pp., c.1946; transcribed by Alan
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Jim Cobb, Ed Frank Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
See also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Edited interview transcripts of informants discussing song games; handwritten notes, indexes; J.D. Elder; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Song transcriptions; J.D. Elder; Song game album (SGA); see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Edited interview transcripts of informants discussing song games; handwritten notes, indexes; J.D. Elder; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Song transcriptions from Trinidad and Tobago (1963); recording list; letter from AL to Dr. J.D. Elder, Chairman, National Cultural Council in Trindidad (10/13/1974); Song game album (SGA); see also "field work/... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Oversize. Song transcriptions for Brown Girl in the Ring; tape notes; J.D. Elder; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
The Mule (Theodore Savory), Mississippi Slavery in 1933 (Roy Wilkins), notes on relationship between writings, recordings, and film by Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: Negro Folk Songs 91-190
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: South Songs 1-84
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supporting material for South chapter Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: North Songs 1-58
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Extra songs for Big Ballad Book
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Letters from Hedy West; appendix for guitar and banjo arrangements
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
South Chapter, cont'd Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
North Chapter, cont'd Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Chapter drafts, 5/20/92 Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Correspondence with Joe Hickerson re. Fisk University material (2/2/91); list "American Folk Songs on Commercial Records"; article "Acculturation of the Delta Negro"; memo to C. Johnson from L. Jones re. Fisk f... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Publication correspondence between Pantheon and Gideon D'Arcangelo, includes quotes about Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
"The Hills" - Chapter 7, 3/9/92
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Hand-written and typed song transcriptions of songs by Big Bill Broonzy, 1965 (commercial and non-commercial recordings), also mention of Will Stark
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Song index fror Brown Girl in the Ring (handwritten); song notes and transcriptions from Trinidad, Dominica, St. Lucia; J.D. Edler; Song game album (SGA); see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Car... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Song and lyric transcriptions; notes, annotations, introductory text and notes on transcription; letter from Bess to AL (undated); research articles; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbea... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Song and lyric transcriptions with handwritten notes (AL) from Trinidad, Tobago, Anguilla; scrap notes both typed and handwritten; 5-page handwritten pages (not AL) with margin notes from AL; J.D. Elder; Song g... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
game songs from Trinidad and Tobago; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Tape transcripts; correspondence from AL to J.D. Elder (1974); see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mother Goose: USA, undated
Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Negro chapter; includes copy of letter from woman to Mrs. Roosevelt (1930s, WPA)
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Baptist Prayer Convention transcript; Coahoma, Fisk, 1941
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mister Jelly Roll, 1950
Photocopies of clippings related to Mister Jelly Roll, 1950-1951
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mister Jelly Roll, 1950
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
N #s, W #s Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
North Chapter, cont'd Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Lists for Negro Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
NE #s, N #s Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Harriet and Her Harmonium, 1955
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Draft copy of "The Mississippi Delta" by Lewis Jones; Original draft of "My Heart Struck Sorrow" which eventually becomes first chapter in The Land Where the Blues Began; also Rainbow Sign draft chapters
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
West Chapter Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
North, South and other chapters; Photocopied manuscript for publication; two pamphlets - "From Ulster to Carolina", Blethen and Wood; "Woody Guthrie", Seeger, Ochs, Friesen, Dunson
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Research materials for Muddy Waters elements of The Land Where the Blues Began
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Land Where the Blues Began, 1993
Jim Cobb, Ed Frank Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, The Land Where the Blues Began, 19...
Edited draft Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Book outline on stapled sheets of legal paper, "Brown Girl in the Ring: An Anthology of Caribbean Game Songs. Collected and documented by Alan Lomax & J.D. Elder. 1970." Musical transcription (hand-written, J. ... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Bahamas Story. "Jack, Rabby and Bouki"; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Song and lyric transcriptions; typed song notes and annotations; handwritten commentary; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
Loose manuscript pages with edits; handwritten and typed draft pages; stapled manuscript pages with edits; J.D. Elder; see also "field work/Caribbean, 1962" and "projects/Caribbean Folksong Project, 1964"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
NE #s, N #s Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mister Jelly Roll, 1950
Correspondence related to the termination of Lomax's deal with Penguin Books, his new relationship with Pantheon, and a 1991 reissue of the book by Virgin Publishing
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Mister Jelly Roll, 1950
Lomax's new introduction; correspondence between Alan Jabbour and Alan Lomax regarding LC Jelly Roll Morton recordings; correspondence about Jelly's Last Jam and clippings about the show
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Rainbow Sign, 1959
Rev. Roe-Interview Transcriptions, see also "The Land Where the Blues Began"
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Appendix on Guitar and Banjo Accompaniment
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: Negro Folk Songs 1-90
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Big Ballad Book, 1961-1991
Supplementary Material: Negro Folk Songs 91-190