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1. Barbara Dane collection

   approximately 458 items. 43 sound tape reels : analog, various speeds ; 10 in.. 80 sound tape reels : analog, various speeds ; 7 in.. 35 sound tape reels : analog, various speeds ; 5 in.. 6 folders; 5 linear inches; 1 container. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of sound recordings of interviews, readings by authors, lectures and speeches, and radio broadcasts with songs and music, recorded and compiled by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber for the Sing Out! radio program on WBAI-FM, New York City; and for other radio shows and documentation of other music and events from 1952-1978. Includes interviews with Vietnam War protesters, draft resisters, and topical songs written about the Vietnam War; many songs about other events of the 1960s and 1970s, including the African American civil rights movement; Native American survival movement; the women's rights and gay rights movements. The collection includes some tapes submitted by performers or listeners of Barbara Dane's shows, some with accompanying letters. Includes interview and songs performed by Catalan poet and composer, Raimon; Philippine songs; Cambodian songs; sound recordings of the Poor People's March on Washington, 1968; folk festivals and other recordings.

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2. Pete Welding collection, 1958-1995

   approximately 7873 items. 5091 sheets (16.25 linear feet). 832 sound tape reels ; various sizes. 760 photographic prints and contact sheets : black and white ; various sizes . 1066 negatives : black-and-white original negatives and copy negatives . 111 photographs : color transparencies ; 120 mm (slide format) . 2 photographs : color transparencies ; 120 mm (slide format, unmounted) . 6 photographs : color film negatives ; 35 mm (roll format) . 2 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format) . 3 drawings . -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of over eight hundred sound tape reels, including blues and jazz music and interviews with musicians; several hundred photographs of prominent blues and jazz musicians, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s; manuscript materials about blues and jazz musicians, arranged by the name of performer; and articles, drafts, and notes written by Pete Welding, journalist, record producer, and historian of blues music.

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3. Christopher Moore collection of Indian Neck Folk Festival and other recordings, 1959-1982

   203 items. 1 container. .5 linear feet. 1 folder (39 sheets). 164 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of audio recordings of performances at the Indian Neck Folk Festival from about 1965-1972, as well as at concerts and informal folk music events in Connecticut, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 1968 Old-Time Fiddlers Contest in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. Bulk of the recordings were made from 1964 to 1975, a few in 1982.