Administrative Information
Acquisition
King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; 2003.
Processing History
The collection was processed by Marcia K. Segal.
Related Material
The American Folklife Center has four more George Korson collections: George Korson collection of songs of bituminous coal miners (AFC 1963/004), George Korson recording of songs from Pennsylvania (AFC 1958/007), George Korson recordings of Pennsylvania coal miners (AFC 1948/004), and Robert Sayers collection of George Korson publicity photographs for the Pennsylvania Folk Festival, 1936 (AFC 1982/012).
Angus K. Gillespie Papers, 1979-2002, at the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/uarchives/gillespie_tpk_twinf.html
Separated Material
A subset of published materials (books and magazines) was kept with the collection; see Appendix A for details. The card catalog (Box 95) has the full list of books and magazines from the George Korson Folklore Archive.
Additional Formats
Selected analog recordings have digital preservation masters.
Preferred Citation
George Korson collection (AFC 2003/011), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.