Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection
by Alan Lomax
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The 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 W. 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.
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Railroads, Tales, Spirituals (Songs), Religious life and customs, Gospel music, Music, Songs and music ., Blues (Music), Work songs, Correspondence, Social life and customs, Religion, Field recordings, Folklore, African Americans, African American children's games, Folk musicPeople
Lewis Wade Jones (1910-1979), John W. Work (1901-1967), Charles Spurgeon Johnson (1893-1956), Alan Lomax (1915-2002)Places
Mississippi, Coahoma County (Miss.)Times
1941-1950Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The 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.
The computer disk contains a searchable database of the recordings and manuscripts found in the collection.
The Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Duplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Collection guide available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
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