MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 020521i19411942dcu eng
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245 00 $aLibrary of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection,$f1941-1942 /$ccollected by Alan Lomax for Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress, and by members of the Fisk University faculty.
246 3 $aFisk University Mississippi Delta collection
246 3 $aMississippi Delta collection
300 $3manuscripts$a13 folders.
300 $3record sleeves$a11 items ;$c16 in.
300 $3sound recordings$a10 sound discs :$banalog, 78 rpm, mono. ;$c12 in.
300 $3sound recordings$a86 sound discs :$banalog, 78 rpm, mono. ;$c16 in.
300 $3moving images$a1 videocassette of 1 (5 min., 33 sec.) :$bsi., b&w.
300 $a1 computer disk ;$c3 1/2 in.
351 $aOrganized by format into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Computer Disk; III. Sound Recordings; IV. Moving Images.
500 $aThe videocassette in this collection is a copy of motion picture footage taken by Alan Lomax during his research in 1942 and documents children's games and blues perfomer Charles Edwards.
500 $aThe computer disk contains a searchable database of the recordings and manuscripts found in the collection.
520 $aThe collection consists of a portion of the materials generated by a joint field project undertaken by Alan Lomax, head of the Archive of American Folksong at the Library of Congress, and Fisk University faculty members including Charles S. Johnson, John Wesley Work, and Lewis Wade Jones in 1941 and 1942. The collection includes correspondence related to the planning of the project. Field recordings were made of secular and religious music, sermons, childrens' games, jokes, folktales, interviews, and dances documenting the folk culture of an African American community in Coahoma County, Mississippi.
524 8 $aThe Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta Collection (AFC 1941/002), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
540 $aDuplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
555 0 $aFinding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
600 10 $aLomax, Alan,$d1915-2002$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJohnson, Charles Spurgeon,$d1893-1956$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJones, Lewis Wade,$d1910-1979$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWork, John W.$q(John Wesley),$d1901-1967$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zMississippi$vMusic.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zMississippi$xReligion.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zMississippi$xFolklore.
650 0 $aBlues (Music)$y1941-1950.
650 0 $aBlues (Music)$zMississippi.
650 0 $aGospel music$zMississippi.
650 0 $aAfrican American children's games$zMississippi.
650 0 $aSpirituals (Songs)$zMississippi.
650 0 $aWork songs$zMississippi.
650 0 $aRailroads$zMississippi$vSongs and music .
650 0 $aTales$zMississippi.
651 0 $aCoahoma County (Miss.)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aCoahoma County (Miss.)$xReligious life and customs.
650 0 $aField recordings$zMississippi.
655 7 $aInterviews.$2lcsh
655 7 $aCorrespondence.$2aat
655 7 $aSermons.$2aat
655 7 $aSound recordings.$2aat
655 7 $aVideocassettes.$2aat
655 7 $aField recordings.$2lcgft
700 1 $aLomax, Alan,$d1915-2002,$ecollector.
710 2 $aArchive of Folk Song (U.S.),$ecollector.
710 2 $aFisk University,$ecollector.
852 $aDLC-AFC$bArchive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center,$e101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
856 42 $uhttp://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/fisk.html$zTHE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FISK UNIVERSITY MISSISSIPPI DELTA COLLECTION: Finding Aid (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)