Title Page | Collection Summary | Scope and Content | Biographical/Organizational Note | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Paul Bowles Moroccan music collection, 1957-1989 |
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| Collection Number | AFC 1960/001 |
| Inclusive Dates | 1957-1989 |
| Bulk Dates | 1959, 1960-1962 |
| Location | American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Extent (Manuscripts) | 2 boxes (1.25 linear feet) |
| Extent (Manuscripts) | 1 map |
| Extent (Sound Recordings) | 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in. |
| Extent (Sound Recordings) | 70 sound tape reels (ca. 70 hrs.) : analog, 2 track ; 7 in. |
| Extent (Graphic Images) | 18 photographic prints : black and white; 3 x 5 in. |
| Collector | Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999, collector. |
| Collector | Archive of Folk Song (U.S.), collector. |
| Languages | English, Arabic, Berber, and Hebrew |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af011004 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004695190 |
| Summary | An ethnographic field collection of sound recordings, photographs, and accompanying documentation of Moroccan folk, popular, and art music. The collection includes recordings Paul Bowles made in 1959 during a four-month field project sponsored by the Library of Congress with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation as well as additional field recordings that he and Christopher Wanklyn made between 1960 and 1962. |