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W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection, 1936-1991

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Series II: Sound Recordings
AFS 3342-3377; AFS 3809-3860; AFS 4194-4287
Original field recordings made by Robertson between 1938-1940 on 12-inch acetate disks and labeled E 1-90 [English-language recordings] and M 1-109 ["Minority" or foreign-language recordings]. Arranged numerically by AFS numbers in the order in which they were received by the Archive of Folk Culture. Some of the original field recordings were sent to the Folk Archive during the project in 1939; the rest were brought in during 1940 by Robertson.
Series III: Graphic Images
Subseries I: Scale drawings and sketches of musical instruments
BOX-FOLDER 5/60 Microfilm (copy) From UC Berkeley Music Library
Two duplicate rolls of microfilm copied from the University of California, Berkeley, Music Library's California Folk Music Project Collection. Includes images representing 85 preliminary sketches of the musical instruments made originally on butcher-block paper and 40 mechanical scale drawings made by WPA staff. Includes sketches of the Spanish guitar or Sonora not included below.
BOX-FOLDER 6/61 Index to scale drawings and sketches of instruments
Typewritten listing of drawings and sketches of musical instruments in collection with handwritten annotations. Undated.
BOX-FOLDER 6/62 Scale drawings and sketches of instruments (photocopies)
Photocopies of scale drawings taken from microfilm in the collection.
BOX-FOLDER 6/63 Scale drawings and sketches of instruments (photostats)
Photostats of mechanical drawings of eight musical instruments.
Subseries II: Photographs
BOX-FOLDER 6/64-115 P001-P170 (copies)
Duplicate photographic prints, copy negatives for photoduplication purposes, and photocopies of photographic prints.
BOX-FOLDER Binder 1 P001-P170 (original)
170 black and white photographic prints of various sizes photographed by Sidney Robertson, T.H. Hall, and possibly other WPA workers. Includes photos of WPA personnel at work, performers, sometimes with instruments, and of instruments.

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