Archive of American Folk Song

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collection of the Library of Congress folklore collection sound archive

The Archive of American Folk Song is a pioneering collection at the Library of Congress that preserves and documents traditional music, stories, and oral histories from across the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of the Library of Congress ⓘ
folklore collection ⓘ
sound archive ⓘ
administeredBy Library of Congress Music Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionScope United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnic communities in the United States ⓘ
occupational folklore ⓘ
regional folk traditions ⓘ
religious music traditions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBy Archive of Folk Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Archive of Folk Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Robert W. Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollectionType Native American music recordings ⓘ
ballads ⓘ
blues ⓘ
field recordings ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
oral history ⓘ
spirituals ⓘ
spoken word recordings ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
work songs ⓘ
hasFormat cylinder recordings ⓘ
disc recordings ⓘ
field notes ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
photographs ⓘ
tape recordings ⓘ
inception 1928 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ
laterAdministeredBy American Folklife Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableCollector Alan Lomax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herbert Halpert NERFINISHED ⓘ
John A. Lomax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Sonkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sidney Robertson Cowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zora Neale Hurston NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf American Folklife Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
Library of Congress Music Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose documentation of traditional music and oral traditions ⓘ
preservation of traditional American folk culture ⓘ
significance pioneering national folk music archive in the United States ⓘ
significantPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ

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Alan Lomax → workedOn → Archive of American Folk Song ⓘ