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| Series 2: Song texts from fieldwork conducted by Robert Winslow Gordon, 1920-1925 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 25/4 | "Boquet of Comic Songs and Great Mikado" folio, 1885 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 25/5 | "College Songs," 1887 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials | |||||||||||||
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