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The Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection

LC Control No.:	2002522628
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	The Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection, 1941-1942 / collected by Alan Lomax for the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress, and by members of the Fisk University faculty.
Variant Title:	Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection Mississippi Delta collection
Related Names:	Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. » More like this Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Fisk University. » More like this
Description:	manuscripts:: 13 folders. dust jackets:: 11 items ; 16 in. sound recordings:: 10 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 12 in. sound recordings:: 86 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 16 in. moving images:: 1 videocassette of 1 (5 min., 33 sec.) : si., b&w ; 1 in. 1 computer disk ; 3 1/2 in.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Computer Disk; III. Sound Recordings; IV. Moving Images.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Summary:	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.
Notes:	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.
Finding Aids:	Collection guide available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as:	The Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Subjects:	Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Correspondence. » More like this Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.--Correspondence. » More like this Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910---Correspondence. » More like this Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967.--Correspondence. » More like this African Americans--Mississippi--Music. » More like this African Americans--Mississippi--Religion. » More like this African Americans--Mississippi--Folklore. » More like this Blues (Music)--1941-1950. » More like this Blues (Music)--Mississippi. » More like this Gospel music--Mississippi. » More like this African American children's games--Mississippi. » More like this Spirituals (Songs)--Mississippi. » More like this Work songs--Mississippi. » More like this Railroads--Songs and music--Mississippi. » More like this Tales--Mississippi. » More like this Coahoma County (Miss.)--Social life and customs. » More like this Coahoma County (Miss.)--Religious life and customs. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--Mississippi. » More like this Correspondence. » More like this Interviews. » More like this Sermons. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Videocassettes. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 1941/002 LWO 4872: AFS 4757-4781, 6109, 6604-6673 (sound) LWO 33925 (moving image)
Geographic Area Code:	n-us-ms
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/fisk.html THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FISK UNIVERSITY MISSISSIPPI DELTA COLLECTION: Finding Aid (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)