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| Series 1: Correspondence and song texts contributed to "Old Songs that Men Have Sung," Adventure Magazine, 1923-1929 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 2: Typescript carbons, 1923-1929 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Song texts 1900-1999 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 19/6 | Song texts 2000-2099 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 19/7 | Song texts 2100-2199 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 19/8 | Song texts 2200-2299 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 19/9 | Song texts 2300-2399 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 19/10 | Song texts 2400-2499 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 19/11 | Song texts 2500-2599 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/1 | Song texts 2600-2699 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/2 | Song texts 2700-2799 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/3 | Song texts 2800-2899 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/4 | Song texts 3000-3099 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/5 | Song texts 3100-3199 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/6 | Song texts 3200-3299 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/7 | Song texts 3300-3399 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/8 | Song texts 3400-3499 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/9 | Song texts 3500-3599 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/10 | Song texts 3600-3699 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 20/11 | Song texts 3700-3799 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 21/1 | Song texts 3800-3899 | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 21/2 | Song texts, unnumbered | ||||||||||||
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| BOX-FOLDER 21/3 | Correspondents list | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Series 2: Song texts from fieldwork conducted by Robert Winslow Gordon, 1920-1925 | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 1: California, circa 1920-1923 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 150 songs and groups of texts collected by Robert Winslow Gordon while he lived in California between 1920 and 1923. The first songs correspond with cylinder recordings 1-131. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/4 | Manuscripts 252-376, 409 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 2: North Carolina, October-December 1925 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 374 songs collected by Robert Winslow Gordon during a field trip to North Carolina between October and December 1925. Texts 1-298 correspond with cylinder recordings A1-A202. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/5 | Original typescript, 1-130 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/6 | Original typescript, 131-260 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/7 | Original typescript, 261-389 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/8 | Original typescript, only recorded songs A1-A202 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/9 | NC 1-NC 82, Carbons, A1-A50 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/10 | NC 83-NC 144, Carbons, A51-A99 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/11 | NC 146-NC 224, Carbons, A100-A150 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/12 | NC 225-NC 298, Carbons, A151-A202 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 21/13 | NC 299- NC389, Carbons, A201? | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Series 3: Song texts collected by others and acquired by Robert Winslow Gordon, 1922-1932 | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 1: J.P. Boyd manuscripts, 1926-1927 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 125 songs collected by J.P. Boyd in Alliance, North Carolina between 1926 and 1927. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/1 | Original typescript, 1-136 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 2: R.M. Davids manuscripts, circa 1924 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 33 songs collected by R.M. Davids in Woodmere, Florida, circa 1924. Given to Robert Winslow Gordon by Joanna Colcord in New York, New York in December 1929. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/2 | Originals, with index, 1-38 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/3 | Typescript and carbons, 1-33 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 3: Robert Frothingham manuscripts, 1922-1923 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 137 letters containing queries and songs for Robert Frothingham, editor of the "Old Songs that Men Have Sung" column of Adventure Magazine, 1922-1923 as well as correspondence to and from Frothingham while he was editor. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/4 | Adventure Magazine correspondence, A-H | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/5 | Adventure Magazine correspondence, I-M | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/6 | Adventure Magazine correspondence, N-S | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/7 | Adventure Magazine correspondence, T-Z | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/8 | Originals, 1-137 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/9 | Typescript, 2-137 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 22/10 | Carbons, 1-137 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 4: J.H. Hanford manuscripts, 1930 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 8 songs collected by J.H. Hanford from Esther Stover in Cleveland, Ohio in January 1930. Stover learned the songs from her father in Iowa City, Iowa. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/1 | Originals, 1-8 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/2 | Typescripts and carbons, 1-8 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 5: Mellinger Edward Henry manuscripts, 1928-1929 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 61 southern Appalachian songs collected by Mellinger Edward Henry of Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1928-1929. Most texts and headnotes were subsequently published by Henry in the Journal of American Folklore and in Folk-Songs from the Southern Highlands. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/3 | Typescripts, 1-60 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/4 | Carbons, 1-60 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 6: Guy B. Johnson manuscripts, circa 1929 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 15 songs contributed by Guy B. Johnson of the University of North Carolina, circa 1929. Written down by Walter Jordon of New York, as he learned them in the American South in 1909. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/5 | Originals | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/6 | Typescripts and carbons | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 7: Mary Newcomb manuscripts, 1929-1930 | |||||||||||||
| Photostat manuscript entitled "Songs My Mother Sang," containing 210 texts and 101 tunes from New Hope, Kentucky, contributed by Mary Newcomb of Louisville, Kentucky from 1929-1930. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/7 | Typescripts, 1-50 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/8 | Typescripts, 51-102 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 8: Howard W. Odum and J.D. Arthur manuscripts, 1929 | |||||||||||||
| Approximately 83 songs contributed by Howard W. Odum of the University of North Carolina in July 1929. Obtained by Odum from J.D. Arthur of Tennessee. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/9 | Typescripts, 1-83 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/10 | Typescript carbons, 1-83 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 23/11 | Carbons, 1-83 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
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