Scope and Content
The collection comprises song texts, correspondence, publications, and field notes collected by Robert Winslow Gordon over the course of his career as a folklorist. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence and songs contributed by readers to the "Old Songs that Men Have Sung" column in Adventures Magazine, edited by Gordon. Also included are song texts from Gordon's fieldwork as well as song texts collected by others and given to Robert Winslow Gordon. Gordon also collected published music books, serials, magazines, and article reprints and these materials are included as part of his papers alongside his professional correspondence and field notes. Gordon spent the end of his life compiling and indexing his collection, and the card catalog song index he created is also included as part of the collection.