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Series 2: Song texts from fieldwork conducted by Robert Winslow Gordon, 1920-1925 (continued)
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
Subseries 9: R.W. Phillips manuscripts, 1924
Approximately 22 songs contributed by R.W. Phillips of Akeley, Minnesota in March 1924.
BOX-FOLDER 23/12 Original notebook
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 23/13 Typescripts, 1-22
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 23/14 Carbons, 1-22
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
Subseries 10: Betty Bush Winger manuscripts, 1931-1932
Approximately 125 songs obtained from Betty Bush Winger of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, including traditional African American songs from Winger's home in the Ozark region of Missouri.
BOX-FOLDER 24/1 Originals
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
Series 4: "Inferno" collection, circa 1920-1928
Bawdy songs taken from the Adventure, California, Georgia, and Davids manuscripts and indexed separately.
BOX-FOLDER 24/2 California originals, 239-250, 348, 377-408, circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/3 California typescripts, 239-250, 348, 377-408, circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/4 R.M. Davids typescripts, 1924
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 Georgia original and typescript, 560, circa 1926-1928
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/6 Originals, part 1 (through 1261), circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/7 Originals, part 2 (through 2471), circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/8 Originals, part 3 (through 2789), circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/9 Originals, part 4 (through 3918), circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/10 Typescripts, circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 24/11 Carbons, circa 1920-1923
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
Series 5: Published music, 1862-1932
Published music collected by Robert Winslow Gordon, many of these publications are inscribed to Gordon by the composer.
BOX-FOLDER 25/1 Alphabetical Catalogue of Songs Contained in Delaney's Song Book, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/2 "The Ballad of Chevy Chase," undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/3 "Bayou Ballads," 1921
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
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