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Series 3: Song texts collected by others and acquired by Robert Winslow Gordon, 1922-1932 (continued)
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
BOX-FOLDER 25/6 "Contents of Trifet's Budget of Music," undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/7 Delaney's Irish Song Book, Nos. 1-4, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/8 Delaney's Recitations, Nos. 1-3, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/9 Delaney's Recitations, Nos. 4-6, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/10 Delaney's Recitations, Nos. 7-9, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 25/11 Delaney's Recitations, Nos. 10-11, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Delaney's Scotch Song Book, No. 1, undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 Delaney's Song Book, No. 1, April 1892
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/4 "Entertainment and Minstrel Folio," 1925
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 "Father of the Land We Love," 1931
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/6 W.C. Handy sheet music, 1919-1925
Includes: "Atlanta Blues," 1924; "Blind Man Blues," 1919; "The Chicago Gouge," 1924; "Deep River Blues," 1925; "Famous Comic Blues for the Ukulele," 1925; "The Gouge of Armour Avenue," 1924; "I'm Drinking from a Fountain That Never Runs Dry," 1925; "Joe Turner Blues," 1925; "John Henry Blues," 1922; "Harlem Blues," 1922; "Long Gone," 1920; "Loveless Love," 1921; "The Saint Louis Blues," 1924; "Stingaree Blues," 1924; "The Yellow Dog Blues," 1919.
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
Many of the pieces of sheet music are inscribed by W.C. Handy to Robert Winslow Gordon.
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 "Happy Land of Canaan," undated
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/8 "Harmonized Melodies No. 34," 1893
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 "Hawaiian Folio," 1924
Extent: 1 folder of manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 26/10 Howe's Eclectic School for the Flute, 1872
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