Administrative Information
Provenance
Juan B. Rael Collection was given to the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) by Rael in 1940. During the digital conversion process in 1998 and 1999, additional materials, including reprint journal articles, transcriptions, translations, and contextual essays by Enrique R. Lamadrid, were added to the collection.
Processing History
Robin Fanslow arranged and processed this collection. She curated the online presentation and prepared the collection guide for all original and additional materials in June 1999. Nora Yeh encoded this finding aid under the guidance of Mary Lacy.
Location
Although American Folklife Center is the custodial division of this collection, the original 36 12-inch acetate-on-aluminum discs (AFS 3905-3940) and the 5 10-inch preservation reel-to-reel tape copes (LWO 4872: reels 255-259) are stored in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress. Reference copies of audio materials and all other collection materials are housed in the AFC.
Online Content
An online version of this collection, including essays in English and in Spanish and a bibliography and glossary, titled "Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection" is available as an online resource compiled by the American Folklife Center and the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
See http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000001.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Juan B. Rael Collection (AFC 1940/002), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.