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Sam Eskin collection, 1939-1969

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Series I: Manuscripts (continued)
Song Lists
BOX 2 FOLDER 19 Song Lists in Alphabetical Order
Five lists of American folksongs: List 1 (typed; indicates major and minor keys, 3 pp.); List 2 (typed, 1 p.); List 3 (typed, 2 pp.); List 4 (typed, 4 pp.); and List 5 (handwritten, 1 p.)
BOX 2 FOLDER 20 Song Lists by Genre
Six lists of American folksongs: List 1 (handwritten, 1 p.); List 2 (typed, 2 pp.); List 3 (typed, 2 pp.); List 4 (typed, indicates major and minor keys, 2 pp.); List 5 (typed, 1 p.); List 6 (typed, 1 p.). Genres include: American; ballad; British ballads (tragic; other); British songs (humor; other); carousing; children; history; holler; humorous; Irish; lawbreakers; lively; loggers; love; miners; moral; Negro secular work songs; non-folk; nostalgia; outlaws; pioneer/cowboy; shanty; short sentimental; spiritual; trouble; White spirituals; and work songs
BOX 2 FOLDER 21 Song Lists in Numerical Order
Eleven lists of American folksongs: List 1 (typed, 2 cards); List 2 (typed, 6 cards); List 3 (typed; 4 cards); List 4 (typed; 1 card); List 5 (typed; 10 cards); List 6 (typed; 2 cards); List 7 (handwritten; 20 cards); List 8 (2 cards); List 9 (typed; 1 card); List 10 (handwritten; 12 leaves); and List 11 (handwritten; 5 pp.)
BOX 2 FOLDER 22 Song Lists
Eight lists of American folksongs: List 1 (3 copies, typed, indicates major and minor keys, 1 p.); List 2 (typed, indicates major and minor keys, 1 leaf); List 3 (handwritten, 1 card); List 4 (typed, 1 leaf); List 5 (typed, 1 leaf); List 6 (typed, indicates full running times, 1 leaf); List 7 (typed, 1 leaf); and List 8 (typed, 1 leaf)
Folksong Alive
BOX 2 FOLDER 23 Information for Folksong Alive (manuscript for publication, unfinished) (1 of 2)
Includes correspondence with: Cy Grant; E.L. Doctorow; Nathan Resnick, and Irwin Silber. Also includes: header notes and background information on fourteen songs (typed, 14 pp.); notes on folk music taken from other published sources (typed, 16 pp.); quotations and notes defining folk music (typed and handwritten, 35 leaves)
BOX 2 FOLDER 24 Information for Folksong Alive (manuscript for publication, unfinished) (2 of 2)
Includes quotations and notes on the following folk music topics: evolution (typed and handwritten, 14 leaves); interpretation (typed and handwritten, 3 leaves); miscellaneous (typed and handwritten, 21 leaves); and vocabulary (typed and handwritten, 10 leaves). Also includes a list of bibliographic resources (typed, 2 pp.)
BOX 3 FOLDER 25 Songs Grouped by Eskin: Folksong Alive --untitled
Includes a title index of American folksongs, 87 songs. Also includes song notations and transcriptions from field interviews and recordings (typed and handwritten, 34 songs)
BOX 3 FOLDER 26 Songs Grouped by Eskin: Folksong Alive (1 of 5) A-B
14 songs; includes a title index of American folksongs (1 draft and 2 final copies, typed, 94 songs), and a genre index to American folksongs
BOX 3 FOLDER 27 Songs Grouped by Eskin: Folksong Alive (2 of 5) C-G
21 songs
BOX 3 FOLDER 28 Songs Grouped by Eskin: Folksong Alive (3 of 5) H-L
22 songs
BOX 3 FOLDER 29 Songs Grouped by Eskin: Folksong Alive (4 of 5) M-R
15 songs
BOX 3 FOLDER 30 Songs Grouped by Eskin: Folksong Alive (5 of 5) S-Z
19 songs
Songs by Genre
BOX 3 FOLDER 31 Song Genre: Children's Songs
Notations and/or transcriptions of songs; also includes notes on individual songs and/or performers (typed and handwritten, 11 songs)
BOX 3 FOLDER 32 Song Genre: Cowboy Songs (1 of 2) A-L
"As I Walked..." to "Little Old..."; lyrics to cowboy songs (typed, 15 songs)
BOX 3 FOLDER 33 Song Genre: Cowboy Songs (2 of 2) M-Z
"My Love..." to "Zebra..."; lyrics to cowboy songs (typed, 13 songs)
BOX 3 FOLDER 34 Song Genre: Flamenco
Notations of songs in the following Flamenco styles: Bulerias, Farruca, Granadinas, Sevillanos, Soleares, and Zambra (handwritten, 22 songs)
BOX 3 FOLDER 35 Essays and Notes: Flamenco
"Andalusian Music" (essay, typed, 3 pp.); "Randolph Victor" (essay, typed, 10 pp.); "Cante Flamenco" (essay, typed, 23 pp.); notes on Andalusian music (handwritten, 2 leaves); "Ramon Montoya" (essay, typed, 3 pp.); and "The Rasgueado" (essay, typed, 3 pp.)
BOX 4 FOLDER 36 Song Genre: Humor (1 of 8) A-B
"A soldier..." to "Bully-O-Rio" (16 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 37 Song Genre: Humor (2 of 8) C-D
"Canadian..." to "Down in the..." (15 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 38 Song Genre: Humor (3 of 8) E-H
"Engineer's..." to "Humoresque" (14 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 39 Song Genre: Humor (4 of 8) I-L
"I Don't..." to "Lydia..." (15 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 40 Song Genre: Humor (5 of 8) M-N
"Mademoiselle..." to "Now My..." (14 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 41 Song Genre: Humor (6 of 8) O-P
"Of all the..." to "Prettiest..." (15 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 42 Song Genre: Humor (7 of 8) Q-S
Song Genre: Humor (7 of 8) Q-S (20 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 43 Song Genre: Humor (8 of 8) T-Z
"Tailor's..." to "Winnipeg..." (19 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 44 Song Genre: Loggers' Songs (1 of 2) C-J
"Canada I.O." to "Jimmy Whalen"; includes Eskin's title index to loggers' songs. Also includes notations and/or transcriptions to loggers' songs (typed and handwritten, 8 songs)
BOX 4 FOLDER 45 Song Genre: Loggers' Songs (2 of 2) L-S
"Lass of..." to "Shanty-man's Life"; includes notations and/or transcriptions of loggers' songs (typed and handwritten, 13 songs)
BOX 5 FOLDER 46 Song Genre: Sea Shanties (1 of 6) A-B
"Alabama" to "Boston Come..."; also includes Eskin's title index to shanty songs (10 songs;)
BOX 5 FOLDER 47 Song Genre: Sea Shanties (2 of 6) C-D
"Calton Weaver" to "Dreadnought" (9 songs)
BOX 5 FOLDER 48 Song Genre: Sea Shanties (3 of 6) F-J
"Firedown Below" to "Joshua..." (11 songs)
BOX 5 FOLDER 49 Song Genre: Sea Shanties (4 of 6) L-R
"Leave Her..." to "Roving" (8 songs)
BOX 5 FOLDER 50 Song Genre: Sea Shanties (5 of 6) S
"Sailor Loves" to "Sur la route..." (10 songs)
BOX 5 FOLDER 51 Song Genre: Sea Shanties (6 of 6) T-W
"There's a fire..." to "Whiskey..." (6 songs)
BOX 5 FOLDER 52 Song Genre: Sea-Island Songs
Transcribed sea songs from Lydia Parrish's Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (handwritten, 5 songs)
Songs by Personal Name
BOX 5 FOLDER 53 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Christman, Henry
16 anti-rent songs
BOX 5 FOLDER 54 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Downing, Myrtle (1 of 4) A-E
3 lists, 7 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 55 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Downing, Myrtle (2 of 4) F-I
7 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 56 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Downing, Myrtle (3 of 4) J-P
9 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 57 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Downing, Myrtle (4 of 4) Q-Z
7 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 58 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Miller, Mickey
1 list, 12 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 59 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Nevins, Ann (1 of 2) A-F
4 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 60 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Nevins, Ann (2 of 2) G-Z
8 American folksongs
BOX 5 FOLDER 61 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Nunan, Peadar and May
10 songs
BOX 6 FOLDER 62 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: O'Brien, Sean
7 songs
BOX 6 FOLDER 63 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Oliver, Bill
8 songs
BOX 6 FOLDER 64 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Opperman, Joseph
letter of correspondence; 3 songs
BOX 6 FOLDER 65 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: [Cowell], Sydney Robertson (1 of 2) A-K
10 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 66 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: [Cowell], Sydney Robertson (2 of 2) L-Z
12 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 67 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Striebel, Fritzi
9 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 68 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis (1 of 4) A-E
3 letters of correspondence; 8 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 69 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis (2 of 4) F-I
7 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 70 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis (3 of 4) J-S
8 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 71 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis (4 of 4) T-Z
8 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 72 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis
17 American folksongs in numerical order
BOX 6 FOLDER 73 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis
Notebook: Old Songs (1 of 2) (Archival 1-11 of 28); 9 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 74 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Sutton, Lannis
Notebook: Old Songs (2 of 2) (Archival 12-28 of 28); 8 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 75 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Unckless, Fred
12 American folksongs
BOX 6 FOLDER 76 Songs Grouped by Personal Names: Wolfert, Helen
Letter of correspondence; 3 songs
Songs by Title
BOX 6 FOLDER 77 Songs by Title: A (1 of 3)
"Abdul..." to "All..." (12 songs)
BOX 6 FOLDER 78 Songs by Title: A (2 of 3)
"Amsterdam" to "As I Walked Out..." (13 songs)
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