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Posted by: Nicole Saylor
This is a guest post by Maya Lerman, processing archivist at the American Folklife Center. We’re pleased to announce the launch of the finding aid for the Vida Chenoweth collection, circa 1940-2000. (Find it at the link above. The permanent handle for this resource is [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af016007]) During my first year as an archivist at the American …
Posted in: ethnomusicologists
Posted by: Stephen Winick
Note: this is the third in a series of posts about a classic item from the AFC archive, “The Dodger.” [See the first post here.] [See the second post here.][See the third post here.] Second note: we’ve also created a podcast version of these stories. Download our “Dodger” podcast here! Election Day is less than …
Posted in: Aaron Copland, AFC History, Charles Seeger, Dodger, ethnomusicologists, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, John Lomax, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Uncategorized
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following guest post by Jennifer Cutting is part of a series of blog posts about the 40th Anniversary Year of the American Folklife Center. Visit this link to see them all! The American Folklife Center (AFC) is pleased to announce the availability online of four titles from our historic series of record albums, Folk …
Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, African American History, African Americans, Alan Jabbour, Alan Lomax, Cowboy and Western Music, Cowboys, Duncan Emrich, ethnomusicologists, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, John Lomax, John Wesley Work III, Marshall W. Stearns, Native American History, Old Time Music, Willard Rhodes