#archivalmaterials

[debibanerjee]

‘Scoring the Archive Workshop’, collaboration with Kirsty Hendry 

Glasgow School of Art, 22 February and 1 March 2017 

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Alan Lomax Collection in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

If your research or curiosity take you beyond the previously outlined materials, the Library of Congress--where Alan Lomax himself worked--holds an extensive collection of his papers and recordings.  While some of the materials are posted online, especially in relation to Woody Guthrie, there remains no substitute for experiencing the materials in person if you have the means.  Lomax collected an incomprehensible number of recordings and this repository is essential not only to understanding the folklorist, but also developments in American culture in general.

Alan Lomax Collection. Archive of American Folklife Center. U.S. Library of Congress.

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Association for Cultural Equity - Sound Recording Archive

This extensive digital collection of Alan Lomax's recordings, while overwhelming in its quantity, remains an invaluable resource covering the scope of his later career.  The "Sound Collections Guide" proves to be the best way to parse this archive, but unfortunately it is only possible to play one song at a time--this collection would benefit greatly from a jukebox model that would allow the user to get lost in the plethora of music Lomax recorded.  Despite these shortcomings, this internet archive succeeds in making folk culture available, which is just what Lomax would have wanted.

"Sound Recordings" Association for Cultural Equity. Accessed on: September 17, 2013. http://research.culturalequity.org/home-audio.jsp.