Administrative Information
Acquisition
Subsequent to the field trips, the sound recordings were accessioned at the Library of Congress. Communications between Pearl Nye and Library of Congress staff accumulated as they were received at the Library (rather than being sent as a unit, at a later date). According to correspondence, in the 1940s Nye sent more transcriptions to the Library, which were microfilmed, then returned to him. These are presumed to be the documents on the microfilm reel.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The collection was processed by the American Folklife Center staff between 2003 and 2009. Marcia K. Segal revised and coded the collection finding aid in EAD format in December 2012.
Related Material
Autograph manuscript containing song texts by Pearl R. Nye, with a few letters to Alan Lomax and to Harold Spivacke is available on microfilm [Songs of the Ohio canal, 1938], Library of Congress Music Division, MUS-12.
Online Content
A substantial portion of the collection is available as "Captain Pearl R. Nye, life on the Ohio and Erie Canal," an online presentation compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000019
Preferred Citation
Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection (AFC 1937/002), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.