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American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

The Ben Gray Lumpkin field recordings and papers,1924-1970An inventory of holdings at the American Music Research Center

The Ben Gray Lumpkin field recordings and papers, 1924-1970

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Descriptive summaryTitle Ben Gray Lumpkin field recordings and papersDate(s) 1924-1970Identification COU-AMRC-60Creator(s) Lumpkin, Ben Gray, 1901-1982Repository The American Music Research Center

University of Colorado at Boulder288 UCBBoulder, CO 80309

Location Housed in the American Music Research CenterPhysical Description 28 linear feet

36 boxes

Scope and ContentsPapers and field recordings of Ben Gray Lumpkin (1901-1982), folklorist, professor of English(1946-1969). Papers and recordings relate specifically to Lumpkins work in collecting the folksongs of Colorado, especially in hillbilly songs; papers related to his career in the Universityof Colorado Department of English are housed separately in the University Archives. Includesdocumentation and biographical information on informants, correspondence, index files, andteaching and writing resources.

Administrative InformationArrangementTapes are arranged chronologically; papers arranged by subject

AccessThe collection is open for research

Usage RestrictionsCopyright is not held by the American Music Research Center. Requests to publish materialsshould be directed to the copyright holder.

Acquisition historyDonated by Ben Gray Lumpkin

Preferred Citation[Identification of item], Ben Gray Lumpkin field recordings and papers, University of Colorado,Boulder


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Index TermsAccess points related to this collection:

Personal namesLumpkin, Ben Gray, 1901-1982Lumpkin, Ben Gray, 1901-1982 -- Archives

Corporate namesAmerican Music Research Center

Subject headingsFolk music -- ColoradoFolklore -- ColoradoCountry music

Biography of Ben Gray LumpkinBen Gray Lumpkin was born between Holly Springs and Hudsonville, Marshall County,Mississippi, December 25, 1901, to John Moorman and Harriet Gray Lumpkin. The farm he wasborn on was owned by his grandfather, Ben Cottrell Gray, who was a Methodist circuit rider.Because he lived too far from the Hudsonville schools to walk, he was home-schooled until theage of 8 when he could ride a gentle mare and care for it at school. After his father bought afarm in Lowndes County, Mississippi, his brother, Joe, and sister, Martha, went to Penn Stationand Crawford elementary schools. Since Ben had finished ninth grade, he went to live with hisAunt Olena Ford, and graduated from Tupelo High School in 1921.

Mr. Lumpkin received his B.A.degree from the University of Mississippi in 1925. He thenworked as secretary and clerk in the Mississippi State Department of Archives and Historyfrom September 1925 to March 1929, and in the Mississippi Division office of Southern BellTelephone Company from March 1929 to August 1930. He then taught English and othersubjects in Vina, Alabama, High School from August 1930 through January 1932. He begangraduate work and taught part time at the University of Mississippi from January 1932 to June1935, when he received his M.A. degree. He continued to teach English at the University ofMississippi until 1937. In 1937, Prof. Lumpkin began graduate studies again and part-timeteaching at the University of North Carolina, where he received his Ph.D. degree in English in1944.

During World War II, Lumpkin wrote technical manuals for the U. S. Quartermaster Generalsoffice at Camp Lee, Virginia, from 1944 to 1946. In 1946, he came to the University of Coloradoto teach English and folksongs until his retirement in 1969. In addition to teaching, Prof.Lumpkin collected Colorado folksongs every summer as a hobby which was shared by his firstwife, Helen Patricia Maltby, whom he married in 1936. Helen died in 1969.

Professor Lumpkin said he first heard folksongs sung by Fletcher Simms, a Negro wagehand on his father’s farm in Lowndes County while they worked in the corn and hay fields.


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He first heard folksongs called folksongs in 1922, when his English teacher at the Universityof Mississippi invited the class to hear John A. Lomax sing western cowboy songs in the OldMiss Chapel. At the University of North Carolina, Prof. Lumpkin took Professor Arthur PalmerHudson’s course in American folksongs. This interest naturally led him to establish a folksongcourse in the English Department at the University of Colorado during the spring of 1947,a course he continued to teach until his retirement in 1969. Professor Lumpkin began andpublished the Colorado Folksong Bulletin, sharing much of his field work on Colorado folksongs.

After his retirement in 1969, Prof. Lumpkin moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, where he met andmarried, Marion Cordelia Taylor Page on September 1, 1971. They lived on her family farm,the Old Dudley Taylor Farm, where they gardened and raised chickens. Marion Page Lumpkinalso was interested in folksongs and collected and sang many from the Montgomery County,Tennessee, area. Professor Ben Gray Lumpkin died in Clarksville, Tennessee, January 31,1982.


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Detailed Description

Tape recordingsBox Folder1 1 Wilson’s Christmas Party

Format Reel to reel tape1 2 Sam Eskin collection of Gaelic songs

Format Reel to reel tape1 3 Banjo music, Country & Western, anon.

Format Reel to reel tape1 4 Cole, Dunn, Taylor, Butler, Welsh songs

Format Reel to reel tape1 5 Cook, Hull, Eskin, Byers, Folk songs

Format Reel to reel tape1 6 Mrs. Cohen’s Christmas Party

Format Reel to reel tape1 7 Summer ballad class

Format Reel to reel tape1 8 A. L. Camp String

Format Reel to reel tape1 9 Ballad Class & Wahlstrom Swedish Songs

Format Reel to reel tape1 10 A. L. Camp, (uke & fiddle)

Format Reel to reel tape1 11 Taylor folk stories, Dobie

Format Reel to reel tape1 12 Grigsby, Aycock, Long, Cutler, Rosener, Murphy

Format Reel to reel tape1 13 C. Cutler Banjo songs

Format Reel to reel tape1 14 C. Cutler

Format Reel to reel tape1 15 C. Cutler / A. L. Camp

Format Reel to reel tape1 16 Sam Craig



Format Reel to reel tape1 19 Mrs. Mary Fiorina



Format Reel to reel tape2 22 Ballad Class

Format Reel to reel tape2 23 Ballad Class

Format Reel to reel tape


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2 24 Nancy Maurer, Dunn’s Welsh SongsFormat Reel to reel tape

2 25 Earl RayFormat Reel to reel tape

2 26 Frank MeyersFormat Reel to reel tape

2 27 A. L. Camp, R. JohnsonFormat Reel to reel tape

2 28 R. Johnson, A. JonesFormat Reel to reel tape

2 29 Bob & Estelle JohnsonFormat Reel to reel tape

2 30 La Junta hog calling, Gene PopeFormat Reel to reel tape

2 31 Gene Pope, La Junta Fiddler’s ContestFormat Reel to reel tape

2 32 George Bender, Herbert SwainFormat Reel to reel tape

2 33 B.R. Carpenter, Mrs. G. BaileyFormat Reel to reel tape

2 34 A.L. Camp, R. JohnsonFormat Reel to reel tape

2 35 C. Spears, L. Cook, Mrs. H. LeutenerFormat Reel to reel tape

2 36 Mrs. R. GatesFormat Reel to reel tape

2 37 Ballad Class, SummerFormat Reel to reel tape

2 38 A.L. Camp, M. MichaelsFormat Reel to reel tape

2 39 Ivan ThomasFormat Reel to reel tape

2 40 Ivan ThomasFormat Reel to reel tape

2 41 E. L. FentonFormat Reel to reel tape

2 42 Mrs. M. WallerFormat Reel to reel tape

2 43 Landrum, T. AlexanderFormat Reel to reel tape

2 44 C. SmithFormat Reel to reel tape

2 45 J.T. AlexanderFormat Reel to reel tape


3 47 E. Hutchins, E. HoustonFormat Reel to reel tape

3 48 E. Houston, HarmonicaFormat Reel to reel tape

3 49 Maurine WallerFormat Reel to reel tape


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3 50 Maureen WallerFormat Reel to reel tape

3 51 Maurine WallerFormat Reel to reel tape

3 52 E. HutchinsFormat Reel to reel tape

3 53 Betty MixFormat Reel to reel tape



3 56 E. Carlson, Swedish SongsFormat Reel to reel tape

3 57 A.L. Camp, D. Wood (banjo & guitar)Format Reel to reel tape

3 58 F. & M. TrainorFormat Reel to reel tape

3 59 E. GrahamFormat Reel to reel tape

3 60 H. StevensonFormat Reel to reel tape

3 61 J. VenHorn, M. ScanlonFormat Reel to reel tape

3 62 H. Drew Little/Recollections on Ranch LifeFormat Reel to reel tape

3 63 F. TrainorFormat Reel to reel tape

3 64 E. HoustonFormat Reel to reel tape

3 65 J.D.A. OgilvyFormat Reel to reel tape

3 66 Mr. Musso-Italian SongsFormat Reel to reel tape

3 67 B.G. Lumpkin lecture Colorado Historical Society, Pt. IFormat Reel to reel tape

3 68 B.G. Lumpkin lecture Colorado Historical Society, Pt. IIFormat Reel to reel tape

3 69 B.G. Lumpkin lecture Colorado Historical Society, Pt. IIIFormat Reel to reel tape

3 70 Clara Regnoni-Macera-Italian SongsFormat Reel to reel tape

3 71 Mrs. A.C. Webb, Mrs. W. Kice, John J. LipseyFormat Reel to reel tape

3 72 Mrs. Jane Geer, Mrs. Geneva ReichertFormat Reel to reel tape

4 73 R. LuptonFormat Reel to reel tape

4 74 Ballad ClassFormat Reel to reel tape

4 75 Mrs. Elliott’s program of misc. Christmas musicFormat Reel to reel tape


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4 76 C. SpearsFormat Reel to reel tape

4 77 A. Franch, Italian SongsFormat Reel to reel tape

4 78 Mrs. Fred Meska, Mrs. Fred EhrlichFormat Reel to reel tape

4 79 Mrs. Ernest GrahamFormat Reel to reel tape

4 80 Mr. & Mrs.Woodson TyreeFormat Reel to reel tape



4 83 A. Franch, J. PattersonFormat Reel to reel tape

4 84 H. Stevenson, E. WilsonFormat Reel to reel tape

4 85 W. ReckFormat Reel to reel tape

4 86 Mrs. Dorothy HeckmanFormat Reel to reel tape

4 87 Helen K. WilsonFormat Reel to reel tape

4 88 Dean & Mrs. Edward KingFormat Reel to reel tape

4 89 W. ReckFormat Reel to reel tape

4 90 E.K. SkinnerFormat Reel to reel tape



4 93 E.S. Graham, Mrs. Irene TurnerFormat Reel to reel tape

4 94 E. BlondeauFormat Reel to reel tape

4 95 A.L. CampFormat Reel to reel tape


4 97 J.J. KeenFormat Reel to reel tape

5 98 Ballad class, Mrs. Heaton, Mrs. SniderFormat Reel to reel tape

5 99 C. Regnoni-Macera, P.Rossett, V.JammaronFormat Reel to reel tape

5 100 Mrs. Jammaron, V.Jammaron, N.Trentaz-Italian songsFormat Reel to reel tape

5 101 Ballad classFormat Reel to reel tape


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5 102 J. PeytonFormat Reel to reel tape

5 103 F. Musso-Italian songsFormat Reel to reel tape

5 104 M. R. BryceFormat Reel to reel tape

5 105 W. AddisonFormat Reel to reel tape


5 107 J. PeytonFormat Reel to reel tape

5 108 Mary WebbFormat Reel to reel tape

5 109 R. Johnson & familyFormat Reel to reel tape

5 110 R. Johnson, G.GanastiasFormat Reel to reel tape

5 111 Mary L. GreesonFormat Reel to reel tape

5 112 Anna HoganFormat Reel to reel tape


5 114 R.L. JohnsonFormat Reel to reel tape

5 115 Ruth Nelson, G. Johnson, C.ReynoldsFormat Reel to reel tape

5 116 Mrs. J.W. KneeboneFormat Reel to reel tape

5 117 R. Clark, PennerFormat Reel to reel tape

5 118 J.B.Peyton, Mrs.C.E.Conilogue,M.GelberFormat Reel to reel tape

5 119 Rubey BrookshireFormat Reel to reel tape

5 120 Mrs. C.H.SieversFormat Reel to reel tape

5 121 Mrs. Fred EhrlichFormat Reel to reel tape

5 122 Mary FiorinaFormat Reel to reel tape

6 123 Mrs. ConilogueFormat Reel to reel tape

6 124 Beulah Greer, S.Eskin, Martha Martin radio showFormat Reel to reel tape


6 126 Mrs.V.AndersonFormat Reel to reel tape

6 127 Ruth Tyree,Mrs.J.Cohen,Val Sigsted,W.Tyree,C.DelverFormat Reel to reel tape


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6 128 Frances HerringFormat Reel to reel tape

6 129 J.D.A.Ogilvy, Beulah GreerFormat Reel to reel tape

6 130 William & Martha MartinFormat Reel to reel tape

6 131 Karen StubbsFormat Reel to reel tape

6 132 Mrs. V.AndersonFormat Reel to reel tape

6 133 L. LincolnFormat Reel to reel tape

6 134 Beulah GreerFormat Reel to reel tape

6 135 R.Wayne, W.MartinFormat Reel to reel tape

6 136 W. MartinFormat Reel to reel tape

6 137 Martha MartinFormat Reel to reel tape

6 138 Ruth VertressFormat Reel to reel tape


6 140 W. AddisonFormat Reel to reel tape

6 141 Dorothy McCormick, Margaret GrahamFormat Reel to reel tape



6 144 Grace HullFormat Reel to reel tape

6 145 E. HugleyFormat Reel to reel tape





7 150 E. HugleyFormat Reel to reel tape

7 151 Grace HullFormat Reel to reel tape

7 152 Rachel & C.E. ConilogueFormat Reel to reel tape

7 153 D. Ward-radio showFormat Reel to reel tape


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7 154 J. MurphyFormat Reel to reel tape

7 155 W. Addison, H. TurnerFormat Reel to reel tape


7 157 Henrietta MyersFormat Reel to reel tape




7 161 Petersen, WestFormat Reel to reel tape

7 162 Wyoming Songs, Pt. IFormat Reel to reel tape

7 163 Wyoming Songs, Pt. IIFormat Reel to reel tape

7 164 Martha & James MartinFormat Reel to reel tape

7 165 Mary EarlFormat Reel to reel tape

7 166 Helen Wilson, Mrs. Charles McPhersonFormat Reel to reel tape

7 167 Banjo tunesFormat Reel to reel tape

7 168 Mrs. Ralph KipperFormat Reel to reel tape

7 169 Emma HutchinsFormat Reel to reel tape


7 171 J. T. AlexanderFormat Reel to reel tape

7 172 Floris Brandenburg, Rose CannonFormat Reel to reel tape

7 173 Mrs. AlexanderFormat Reel to reel tape

8 174 Mrs. Peck, Mrs. PorterFormat Reel to reel tape

8 175 F. BruningFormat Reel to reel tape

8 176 Mrs. O.C. FrantzFormat Reel to reel tape



8 179 E. StablerFormat Reel to reel tape


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8 180 Ada RothrockFormat Reel to reel tape

8 181 L.A. LewisFormat Reel to reel tape



8 184 W.L. Guillium, Grace SmallFormat Reel to reel tape

8 185 Kathy KlaterFormat Reel to reel tape

8 186 G. SchwigertFormat Reel to reel tape

8 187 J. I. WhiteFormat Reel to reel tape

8 188 National Folklore Festival Roundtable, DenverFormat Reel to reel tape

8 189 R. PattersonFormat Reel to reel tape

8 190 Welsh balladsFormat Reel to reel tape


8 192 G.Morris, V.Ossman, F.Bacon, A.Magee, F.VanEpsFormat Reel to reel tape


8 194 O. Higginbottom, Nancy WilsonFormat Reel to reel tape


8 196 Kansas songsFormat Reel to reel tape

8 197 Mr. HouseFormat Reel to reel tape

8 198 J.D.A. OgilvyFormat Reel to reel tape


8 200 Edith C. TaylorFormat Reel to reel tape


8 202 Penny R. FenderFormat Reel to reel tape

8 203 G. CummingsFormat Reel to reel tape


8 205 Mrs. BeattyFormat Reel to reel tape


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8 206 Marianna (Cummings) ScharppFormat Reel to reel tape

8 207 Marianna (Cummings) ScharppFormat Reel to reel tape

8 208 Marjorie Kimmerle, Betty Collins, K.D. CruthersFormat Reel to reel tape

8 209 International Folk Conference, Bloomington, Ind.Format Reel to reel tape

8 210 C. Wahlstrom, Mary FiorinaFormat Reel to reel tape

8 211 B. BenderFormat Reel to reel tape

8 212 Copies of various phonograph records of folk musicFormat Reel to reel tape

9 213 Sam Craig excerpts, Mrs.Fiorino, Mrs.Amos DunnFormat Reel to reel tape

9 214 Christina C. Simonis, 4/25/77 (Reel II of II)Format Reel to reel tape

9 215 Gene Colwell, Appendix for Thesis – English Language Songs in the Ben GrayLumpkin Folklore Coll., Reel III

Format Reel to reel tape9 216 Ben Lumpkin 78 rpm recordings: R.Acuff, Almanac Singers, E.Arnold,

G.Autry, B.Billings, C. Robinson, D.Barnum, M.BrownFormat Reel to reel tape

9 217 Ben Lumpkin 78 rpm recordings: J.Carman, Carter Family, P.Cassell, ChuckWagon Gang, A.Craver,V.Dalhart-C.Robinson

Format Reel to reel tape9 218 Ben Lumpkin 78 rpm recordings: V.Dalhart, C.Robinson, A.Hood, Esmereldy,

D.Thomas, Red River Dave, Red Fofley, W.Fowler, W.GuthrieFormat Reel to reel tape

9 219 Ben Lumpkin 78 rpm recordings: W.Guthrie, S.Terry, Alek, C.HoustonFormat Reel to reel tape

9 220 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs - W. Addison (March 1964)Format Reel to reel tape

9 221 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs - Mrs. M.Martin, Wm. Martin,L.Cook (March 1964)

Format Reel to reel tape9 222 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs - Mrs. B. Greer (March 1964)

Format Reel to reel tape9 223 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs - (May 1964)

Format Reel to reel tape9 224 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs - E.K. Skinner

Format Reel to reel tape9 225 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs

Format Reel to reel tape9 226 Ben Lumpkin Radio Show: Colorado Folksongs - Old Songs and Ballads

Format Reel to reel tape10 227 Sam Eskin collection of Gaelic songs

Format Digital audio tapeOrig: 50 Eskin; New: Box 1 Tape 2

10 228 Cole, Dunn, Taylor, Butler, Welsh songs


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Format Digital audio tapeOrig: 50-2; New: Box 1 Tape 4

10 229 Banjo music, Country & Western, anon.Format Digital audio tapeOrig: 50; New: Box 1 Tape 3

10 230 Cook, Hull, Eskin, Byers, Folk songsFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 50-5; New: Box 1 Tape 5

10 231 Mrs. Cohen’s Christmas PartyFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 50-12; New: Box 1 Tape 6

10 232 Summer ballad classFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 51 Ballad; New: Box 1 Tape 7

10 233 Ballad Class & Wahlstrom Swedish SongsFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 51-11; New: Box 1 Tape 9

10 234 C. CutlerFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 52 B; New: Box 1 Tape 14

10 235 Grigsby, Aycock, Long, Cutler, Rosener, MurphyFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 52 A; New: Box 1 Tape 12

10 236 Mrs. Mary FiorinaFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 52-6A; New: Box 1 Tape 19

10 237 Ballad ClassFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 52; New: Box 2 Tape 22

10 238 A. L. Camp, R. JohnsonFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 57-2-18; New: Box 2 Tape 34

10 239 La Junta hog calling, Gene PopeFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 56 C; New: Box 2 Tape 30

10 240 Gene Pope, La Junta Fiddler’s ContestFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 56-8 C; New: Box 2 Tape 31

10 241 Ballad Class, SummerFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 59-10; New: Box 2 Tape 37

10 242 Ballad Class, SummerFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 59-10; New: Box 2 Tape 37

10 243 Mrs. M. R. Bryce’s SongsFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 62-12-17; New: Box 5 Tape 104

10 244 Mrs. M. R. Bryce’s SongsFormat Digital audio tapeOrig: 62-12-17; New: Box 5 Tape 104

10 245 Mrs. Bob (Bunny) MuirFormat Digital audio tape


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10 246 A. L. Camp Concert, 1964, taped by Mike FordFormat Digital audio tape



10 249 Civil War Songs from Ben Lumpkin Collection. Edited by Daniel L.Groathouse. Recorded in 1978, permission given by curator, Prof. WilliamKearns.

Format Digital audio tape10 250 Civil War Songs from Ben Lumpkin Collection. Edited by Daniel L.

Groathouse. Recorded in 1978, permission given by curator, Prof. WilliamKearns.





Format Digital audio tape

InformantsBox Folder11 1 List of Informants11 2 Song List11 3 Addison, Wilbur C.

missing11 4 Alexander, J. T.

missing11 5 Anderson, (Mrs.) Virgie11 6 Anonymous11 7 Axton, Bill11 8 Ballad Class11 9 Bartz, Donna11 10 Bailey, (Mrs. George)11 11 Barry, Alma11 12 Beckley, Mort11 13 Brandenburg, (Mrs.) Floris11 14 Bricker, Don and Zuba11 15 Brookshire, Rubey11 16 Bryce, (Mrs.) Malcolm R.

missing11 17 Berger, William H.


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11 18 Busch, (Mrs.) Robert11 19 Butler, Ben C.11 20 Byers, Jane11 21 Camp, Archibald L.11 22 Camp, Archibald L./Mike Ford11 23 Campa, Arthur11 24 Campbell, Ann11 25 Campbell, Esther11 26 Cannon, (Mrs.) Rose11 27 Carlson, Einar11 28 Carpenter, (Mr.) F. R.12 1 Cole, Ira12 2 Colville, Ruth Marie12 3 Conilogue, (Mrs.) C. E. (Rachel)

missing12 4 Cook, (Dr.) Leroy

missing12 5 Cook, Robert12 6 Corbett, Mildred12 7 Cory, Alice12 8 Craig, Sam

missing12 9 Cutler, (Mr.) C. W. (Cal)12 10 Darnell, Hal H.12 11 Davidson, Levette J.

missing12 12 Droegemeier, Effie12 13 Duncan, (Mrs.) Louise12 14 Ehrlich, (Mrs.) Fred12 15 Ekker, Hazel12 16 Eliason, Mary12 17 Ellison, Catherine12 18 Epting, Richard12 19 Eskin, Sam

missing12 20 Fenton, (Mrs.) Effie Lee12 21 Fields, (Mr.)12 22 Fiorina, (Mrs.) Mary Maria12 23 Franch, (Mr.) August12 24 Frantz, (Mrs.) Blanche T.12 25 Gardner, Mary O.12 26 Gates, (Mrs.) Reginold12 27 Gelber, Mark


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12 28 Graham, Gordon12 29 Graham, (Mrs.) Margaret McCormick13 1 Graham, Ernest S.13 2 Graham, Ernest (by Mark Lambert), 1978, (Grad Student of William Kearns)13 4 Greer, (Mrs.) Mary L.

missing13 5 Greeson (Mrs.) Mary L.13 6 Grigsby, T. A.13 7 Gumma, Victor13 8 Hall, Arthur William13 9 Ham, (Mrs.) Wilkie13 10 Hamilton, Ernest (Mrs.)13 11 Hector, Nellie13 12 Hill, Stephen13 13 Hines, (Mrs.) G. E.13 14 Hogan, (Mrs.) Anna13 15 House, Ben13 16 Houston, Elmer13 17 Howells, Bertelle13 18 Hugley, Ernest

missing13 19 Hull, (Mrs.) Grace Macfarland13 20 Hull, Rodney13 21 Hunt, (Mr. & Mrs.) Alva13 22 Hutchins, Emma Rachel Moomaw

missing13 23 Hutchins, (Mrs.) Kimball13 24 Johnson, Estle13 25 Johnson, Robert L.13 26 Jones, Thomas13 27 Jump Rope Rhymes13 28 Keen, Joe13 29 Kester, (Mrs.) J. D.13 30 Keyes, (Sister) Olivia13 31 Kimmerle (Miss) Collection13 32 King, (Dean & Mrs.) Edward13 33 Kneebone, (Mrs.) John W.13 34 Korson, (Mrs.) Rae14 1 Landrum, (Mr.) J. H.14 2 Leutener, (Mrs.) Herbert14 3 Lincoln, Lewis A.14 4 Lipsey, John14 5 Love, Frances K.


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14 6 Long, (Mrs.) Edna14 7 Lupton, Ronald14 8 McCullough, Dennis14 9 McVay, Hal14 10 Martin, Elmer & Clara14 11 Martin, (Mrs.) Martha

missing14 12 Martin, William

missing14 13 Mast, Evelyn14 14 Mechau, Paula14 15 Meska – Ehrlich14 16 Meyers, Foster14 17 Meyers, Frank

missing14 18 Mix, Betty14 19 Morse, Joe14 20 Muir, (Mrs.) Bob (Bunny)14 21 Musso, Francisco14 22 Mullis, Pauline14 23 Myers, Henrietta Crabill14 24 Nelson, (Mrs.) Arthur14 25 Nelson, (Mrs.) Violet14 26 Noll, Olga14 27 Nye, Forrest14 28 O’Bryant, (Miss) Joan14 29 Ogilvy, (Prof.) J. D. A.

missing14 30 Patterson, (Lt. Col.) Robert14 31 Periman, Ken14 32 Peyton, (Mr.) James B.

missing14 33 Pope, Gene14 34 Plumb, Margaret14 35 Reck, William14 36 Regoni-Macera, Clara14 37 Rice, (Mrs.) John14 38 Rogers, James Grafton14 39 Roller, (Mrs.) Elizabeth14 40 Rothrock, Ada

missing15 1 Sapp, Genevieve15 2 Sapp, Virgil


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15 3 Schaupp, M.15 4 Scranton, (Mrs.) G. N.15 5 Sievers, (Mrs.) C. H.15 6 Skinner, (Mr.) Ellis K.

missing15 7 Skinner, (Mr.) Ellis K.

missing15 8 Small, (Mrs.) S. C. (Grace)15 9 Smith, John Charles15 10 Spears, (Mr.) Clarence15 11 Stabler, E.15 12 Stevenson, (Mrs.) McCuddy15 13 Stevenson, (Mr.) H. B.15 14 Stone, (Mrs.) Mary M.15 15 Street, Mary15 16 Thomas, Ivan15 17 Thomas, Mary O.

missing15 18 Trainor, (Mr.) Fred15 19 Tyree, (Prof.) Woodson15 20 Van Horn, (Mrs.) Julia Benton

missing15 21 Vertrees, (Mrs.) Ruth15 22 Vila, (Mrs.) Emma Louise16 1 Wahlstrom, Charles16 2 Waller, (Mrs.) Maureen

missing16 3 Wayne, Robert16 4 Watts, O. E.16 5 Webb, (Mrs.) Mary R.16 6 White, Edna16 7 White, (Miss) Jackie16 8 Wildman, (Miss) J. E.16 9 Wilkins, Lucille K.16 10 Williams, Marcia16 11 Wilson, Esther16 12 Wilson, (Miss) Helen Kay16 13 Woodward, Mary G.16 14 Yard, Dudleigh H.16 15 Informants: A – Z16 16 Potential Informants16 17 Names of Empty Folders


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Colorado Folksong BulletinBox Folder16 18 Colorado Folksong Bulletin, 1962–196416 19 Colorado Folksong Bulletin, Vol. I, II, III16 20 Colorado Folksong Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 1 – Vol. III, 1962–196416 21 Colorado Folksong Bulletin—Copyright17 1 Correspondence, 1960 – 196217 2 Correspondence, 1963 – 196717 3 Drafts, Vol. I, No. 117 4 Drafts, Vol. I, No. 217 5 Drafts, Vol. I, No. 317 6 Drafts, Vol. II17 7 Drafts, Vol. II18 1 Drafts, Vol. III18 2 Drafts, Vol. III, Contributions18 3 Drafts, Vol. III, Omitted Items18 4 Letters for Collection Songs, 196118 5 Mailing Lists18 6 Mailing Lists – Teachers18 7 News Releases, 1960-196118 8 News Releases, 196218 9 News Releases, 1963-1964

Gene Culwell ThesisBox Folder19 1 Thesis, Vol. I: English Language Songs in the Ben Gray Lumpkin Collection of

Colorado Folklore, University of Colorado, 197619 2 Thesis, Vol. II19 3 Inventory of Incipits19 4 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 50-2 to 5219 5 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 54 to 61-5a19 6 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 61-8 to 61-10b19 7 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 61-11a to 61-12c20 1 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 61-12d to 62-10a20 2 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 62-10b to 62-12-1720 3 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 63 to 63-7-1720 4 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 63-8a to 63-11-1420 5 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 63-12 to 64 spring20 6 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 64-4-13 to 64-8-2521 1 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 64-11 to 65-1221 2 Lumpkin Tape Incipits 66 to end


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21 3 Lumpkin Tape Incipits—Incomplete21 4 Lumpkin Tape Incipits—Incomplete21 5 Lumpkin Tape Incipits—Incomplete21 6 Lumpkin Tape Incipits—Incomplete

General FilesBox Folder22 1 Lumpkin, Ben Gray “The Worth of a Scholar’s Life” by John Greenway, 197822 2 Lumpkin, Helen Patricia Maltby – Obituary22 3 Biographical Clippings22 4 Article: “Academic Tall Tale” by B.G. Lumpkin, Mississippi Folklore

Quarterly, 196922 5 Article: “Awesome Postmaster” by B.G. Lumpkin, from William Faulkner of

Oxford, by J. Webb, 196522 6 Article: “Colorado Folk Songs” by B.G. Lumpkin, Western Folklore, 196022 7 Article: “Colorado Folklore Society” by B.G. Lumpkin, Journal of American

Folklore, 196922 8 Article: “Der Traum Des Baume” by B.G. Lumpkin, Journal of American

Folklore, 196522 9 Article: “Fate in Paradise Lost” by B.G. Lumpkin, Studies in Philology, 194722 10 Article: “Folksongs of the Early 1830’s” by B.G. Lumpkin, Southern Folklore

Quarterly, 196922 11 Article: “Folksongs from a Nebraska Family” by B.G. Lumpkin, Southern

Folklore Quarterly, 197222 12 Article: “Fox and the Goose” by B.G. Lumpkin, North Carolina Folklore, 197022 13 Article: “Happy Land of Canaan: an unpublished Civil War Song” by B.G.

Lumpkin, Civil War History, 196522 14 Article: “Hawk and the Buzzard: How Tellers Vary the Story” by B.G.

Lumpkin, North Carolina Folklore, 197022 15 Article: “Marching on Cuba” by B.G. Lumpkin, Colorado Magazine, 196522 16 Article: “Mr. Fox: A Mississippi Riddle Story, by B.G. Lumpkin, Mississippi

Folklore Register, 196722 17 Article: “Pioneer Colorado Sings” by B.G. Lumpkin, Colorado Adventureland,

195922 18 Article: “Skill in Wordcraft the Sentence” by B.G. Lumpkin, University of

Colorado, 194722 19 Article: “Songs of the American West” by B.G. Lumpkin, Colorado Magazine,

196822 20 Article: “Two Child Ballads from Stanley County [North Carolina]” by B.G.

Lumpkin, North Carolina Folklore, 1969


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22 21 Article: “Tune for ‘Baldy Green’” by B.G. Lumpkin, Southern FolkloreQuarterly, 1970

22 22 Article: “Western Folklore” by B.G. Lumpkin, Colorado Folk Songs article,April 1960

22 23 Kearns, William “Anglo-American Folk Music of Colorado and the UnitedStates”, music and text transcriptions from the radio series Folk Music ofColorado., 1977

22 24 Book Reviews re. Ben Gray Lumpkin22 25 CU Ballad Club22 26 Civil War Songs from California22 27 Class Reading Lists22 28 Colorado Federation of Music Clubs22 29 Colorado Sheet Music Collection22 30 Correspondence – General and Colorado Folklore Bulletin, 1953-197123 1 People – Armstrong, Louis23 2 People – Baez, Joan23 3 People – Brewer, J. Mason23 4 People – Broonzy “Big” Bill23 5 People – Brunvand, Jan H.23 6 People – Coffin, Tristram P.23 7 People – Dyer-Rennel, Richard23 8 People – Ford, Tennessee Ernie23 9 People – Kimmerle, Marjorie M.23 10 People – Ives, Burl23 11 People – Ledbetter, Huddie (Lead Belly)23 12 People – Mechau, Paula23 13 People – Niles, John Jacob23 14 People – O’Bryant, Joan23 15 People – O’Malley, D. J.23 16 People – Reed, Susan23 17 People – White, John D.23 18 People – Wilgus, D. K.23 19 People – Miscellaneous Singers of Folk Music23 20 “People’s Songs” – Correspondence and Songs of Labor and the American

People (People’s Songs, Inc., New York, 1947)23 21 Photographs of Ben Gray Lumpkin23 22 Publication List of Ben Gray Lumpkin compiled by Gene Culwell, 197523 23 Questionnaires and Surveys23 24 Radio Programs – Folk Songs Suitable23 25 Radio Scripts, 1950-195224 1 Research Grant – Colorado Folksongs, 195124 2 Research Grant – Colorado Folksongs, 1956-1961, CU-CRCW #5731


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24 3 Research Grant – Colorado Folksongs, 1962-1963, ACLS24 4 Research Trips Information, 1951-196424 5 Songs date in 1830’s24 6 Student Theses: Fellers, John – Sir Hugh Legent in Traditional Ballad24 7 Student Theses: Gerber, Mark – Traditional Ballads of Colorado24 8 Student Theses: Johnson, Robert – Lore of the Folk Collected in Western

Colorado

Booklets, Journals and Song BooksBox Folder25 1 Fife Collection of Western American Folksongs and Folklore by A.E. and A.S.

Fife (Folklore and Folk Music Archivists, Vjol. VII, No. 2, Spring 1964)25 2 Folk Songs as Socio-Historical Documents by John Greenway (Western

Folklore, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Jan. 1960)25 3 Gaelic Folksongs from Isle of Barra by J. L. Campbell (Linguaphone Institute,

London, c. 1938)25 4 Giant Vegetarian Mosquito by Erasmus Darby (David K. Webb, Chillicothe,

Ohio, 1954)25 5 Grandpa Perry and his remarkable Ice Machine by Erasmus Darby (David K.

Webb, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1956)25 6 “Hootenanny”: The Word, Its Content and Continuum by Peter Tamony

(Western Folklore, Vol. XXII, No. 3, July 1963)25 7 In Memory of John Love A Pioneer of Colorado by Lula Mae Huffington25 8 Introduction to a Treasury of the World’s Finest Folk Songs by Claude

Simpson (c. 1940’s)25 9 MLA Style Sheet by William R. Parker (MLA, New York, 1951)25 10 On the Trail of Folklore – Search for Material (Stephen Foster Memorial,

Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Fla., n.d.)25 11 Professionalism and Amateurism in the Study of Folk Music by Charles Seeger

(Journal of American Folklore, Apr-June, 1949)25 12 Pronunciation Guide to Colorado Place Names by Floyd Baskette25 13 Songs of the North Carolina Regulators by Arthur P. Hudson (William & Mary

Quarterly, Vol. IV, No. 4, Oct. 1947)25 14 Ute Indians: Before and After White Contact by Omer C. Stewart (Utah

Historical Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 1, Winter, 1966)25 15 What Is a Folk Poet? by T. M. Pearce (n.d.)25 16 American Record Guide, Vol. 17 & 18, 1951, Incomplete25 17 Disc Collector – Correspondence, c. 1951-195625 18 Disc Collector 195125 19 Disc Collector 195225 20 Disc Collector 1953-1954


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25 21 Disc Collector 1955-195625 22 Disc Collector 1957, 196025 23 Disc Collector 1964, 196826 1 Folk Music Guide USA, Oct-Dec, 1959, Jan 196026 2 Hillbilly-Folk Record Journal, 1954-1955, Vol 1 #4 – Vol 2 #326 3 Musicgram, 1965, National Sheet Music Society26 4 Old Time Music, Spring 197426 5 American Country Dances (ASCH Records, New York, n.d.)26 6 Amigos Cantando by Phyllis & Olcutt Sanders (Cooperative Recreation

Service, Deleware, O26 7 Ballad Record by Ed McCurdy (Riverside Records, New York, n.d.)26 8 Blood, Booze ‘n’ Bones by Ed McCurdy (Elektra Records, New York, 1956)26 9 Child Ballads from Montgomery County by (Tennessee Folklore Society

Bulletin, Vol 37, No. 1, 1971)26 10 Come-All-Ye’s (Irish) by Pat Harington (Decca Records, New York, 1946)26 11 Country Dancer (Country Dance Society of America, New York, 1950)26 12 Cowboy Ballads (Folkways Records & Service Corp., New York, 1952)26 13 Darling Corey (Folkways Records & Service Corp., New York, 1950)26 14 Diamond Song and Joke Book by O. E. Dunn (Mercury Publishing House,

Manhattan, Kas., 1898)26 15 English Carol Book by Martin Shaw and Percy Dearmer (A. R. Mowbray &

Co., London, 1924)26 16 English Singers of London (Metropolitan Musical Bureau, New York, n.d.)26 17 Hymns and Carols Early American (Folkways Records & Service Corp., New

York, 1951)26 18 Listen To Our Story, Panorama of American Ballads by Alan Lomax

(Brunswick Radion Corp., New York, 1947)26 19 Music of the American Indians Southwest (Folkways Records & Service Corp.,

New York, 1951)26 20 Negro Folk Music of Alabama (Folkways Records & Service Corp., New York,

1950)26 21 New Song Book and Music Reader (n.p., n.d.)26 22 People’s Song Wordbook (People’s Songs, Inc., New York, 1947)26 23 Progressive Party Song (n.p., n.d.)26 24 Seeds of Love (Folkways Records & Service Corp., New York, 1951)26 25 Songs of Old New York by Frank Luther and Zora Layman (Decca Records,

Inc., New York, 1948)26 26 Songs of the South African Veld by Josef Marar’s (Decca Records, Inc., New

York, 1946)26 27 Songs of the Workers (Industrial Workers of the World, Chicago, 1945)26 28 Sonny Terry, Harmonica & Vocal Solos (Folkways Records & Service Corp.,

New York, 1952)


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26 29 Spanish Mexican Folk Music of New Mexico (Folkways Records & ServiceCorp., New York, 1952)

26 30 Successful Songs for Community Singing, 1st Edition (Charles E. Wells MusicCo., Denver, n.d.)

26 31 Tom Tom Indian Chant Music on Records by Manuel & Alyce Archuleta(Tom-Tom Records, Albuqueque, N.M., n.d.)

26 32 Unquiet American Tragic Ballads (Folkways Records & Service Corp., NewYork, 1951)

26 33 Unusual Old Songs – Poems (Songser, Minneapolis, Mn., c. 1945)26 34 Word Book of the English Singers Music (Roycraft Living Tone Records, New

York, 1928)26 35 Work and Sing an International Songbook (Cooperative Recreation Service,

Delaware, Ohio, n.d.)

Card FilesBox Folder27 1 Card file—Informants – By Name A-Z27 2 Card file—Informants – By Place27 3 Card file—Informants – By Reel #28 1 Card file—Folk Song Titles A-Z28 2 Card file—Album Titles A-Z28 3 Card file—Colorado Folklore Bulletin – Contributors28 4 Card file—Colorado Folklore Bulletin – Mailing List29 1 Card file—Folk Song Title File for Reel-to-Reel Tapes A-Z

Phonograph recordsBox Folder30 1 Andrews Sisters: Rum and Coca-Cola / Aurora

Format 78 rpm disc30 2 Billings, Bud: Do You Still Remember / I Tore Up Your Picture When You

Said Good-ByeFormat 78 rpm disc

30 3 Boston Pops: Cavalleria Rusticana-Intermezzo / Song of IndiaFormat 78 rpm disc

30 4 Branam, Davey: Voice From the Grave / Greenback DollarsFormat 78 rpm disc

30 5 Brown, Milton: My Mary / St. Louis BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 6 Carman, Jenks: I Don’t Know Why But I Do / Wreck of the Old ‘97Format 78 rpm disc

30 7 Carter Family: My Dixie Darling / Coal Miner’s BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 8 Carter Family: Storms Are On the Ocean / Sinking in the Lonesome SeaFormat 78 rpm disc


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30 9 Dalhart, Vernone: Prisoner’s Song / Wreck of the Old ‘97Format 78 rpm disc

30 10 Gessangsduo: Von Meinem Bergli / Im TirolFormat 78 rpm disc

30 11 Golden Gate Quartet: Golden Gate SpiritualsFormat 78 rpm disc

30 12 Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra: Song of Hawaii / Dainty MissFormat 78 rpm disc

30 13 Shay, Dorothy: Uncle Fud / I’m In Love with a Married ManFormat 78 rpm disc

30 14 Shay, Dorothy: Mountain Gal / EfficiencyFormat 78 rpm disc

30 15 Shuldham-Shaw, P.: Cherry Tree / King Herod and the CockFormat 78 rpm disc

30 16 Shuldham-Shaw, P.: Bushes and Brairs / Seeds of LoveFormat 78 rpm disc

30 17 Silvertone Gospel: Dear Lord Look Down Upon Me / There Is a LightFormat 78 rpm disc

30 18 Silver-Masked Tenor: My StormyWeather Pal / Mother of Mine, I Still HaveYou

Format 78 rpm disc30 19 Smith, Clara: I’m Gjonna Tear Your Playhouse Down / You Don’t Know My

MindFormat 78 rpm disc

30 20 Snyder, Dan: Rye Whiskey / I Don’t Fool Around Women No MoreFormat 78 rpm disc

30 21 Sons of Pioneers: Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Cool WaterFormat 78 rpm disc

30 22 St.Paul Choir, L.A.: Hide My Soul / How Many TimesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 23 Tanner, Gid: Wreck of the Southern Old ’97 / John HenryFormat 78 rpm disc

30 24 Terry, Sonny: All Alone Blues / Whoopin’ the BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 25 Terry, Sonny: All Alone Blues / Whoopin’ the BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 26 Terry, Sonny: Beer Garden Blues / Crow Jane BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 27 Terry, Sonny: Leavin’ Blues / Worried Many BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 28 Terry, Sonny: Leavin’ Blues / Worried Many BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

30 29 Terry, Sonny: Hot-Headed Woman / Custard Pie BluesFormat 78 rpm disc

31 1 Stephen Foster Album / by Richard Crooks, TenorFormat 78 rpm disc

31 2 Stephen Foster Album / by Richard Crooks, TenorFormat 78 rpm disc

31 3 Creole Songs / Adelaide Van WeyFormat 78 rpm disc

31 4 Sod Buster BalladsFormat 78 rpm disc


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32 5 Mechau Ballads by Mechau BalladeersFormat 78 rpm disc

32 6 Sing Cowboy Sing! by Shug Fisher and his ranchmen trioFormat 78 rpm disc

32 7 Cowboy Songs by Cisco HustonFormat 78 rpm disc

32 8 Early American Ballads by John and Lucy AllisonFormat 78 rpm disc

33 9 Burl Ives, Volume 1Format 78 rpm disc




33 13 Burl Ives: Wayfaring StrangerFormat 78 rpm disc





33 18 Burl Ives: The Return of the Wayfaring StrangerFormat 78 rpm disc

33 19 Early American Ballads by John Jacob Niles, Mountaineer Tenor withDulcimer

Format 78 rpm disc33 20 Wings Over Jordan (2 sets) by Worth Kramer, Conductor, & Rev. Glenn T.

SettleFormat 78 rpm disc

33 21 American Folksay Ballads & DancesFormat 78 rpm disc

33 22 Tzigane Arias of the Hungarian GypsiesFormat 78 rpm disc

33 23 Japanese Album Naganta by Long SongFormat 78 rpm disc

33 24 Early American Carols and Folk Songs by John Jacob Niles with DulcimerFormat 78 rpm disc

33 25 American Ballads and Folk Songs by Bradley KincaidFormat 78 rpm disc

33 26 Organ Encores by Dick LeibertFormat 78 rpm disc

33 27 Boogie Woogie by a variety of performersFormat 78 rpm disc

33 28 Lower Basin Street by Paul Lasal & his Woodwindy TenFormat 78 rpm disc

33 29 Songs of American Sailormen by Morty BaumanFormat 78 rpm disc


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33 30 Barber Shop Harmony by Mid-States 4Format 78 rpm disc

34 31 Music Out of the Moon by ThereminFormat 78 rpm disc

34 32 Kentucky Mountain Ballads by Cousin EmmyFormat 78 rpm disc

34 33 Harlem Jazz, 1930Format 78 rpm disc

34 34 Hot PianoFormat 78 rpm disc

34 35 Sod Buster Ballads by Alamanac SingersFormat 78 rpm disc

34 36 Jungle Calypso by Duke of IronFormat 78 rpm disc

34 37 Ballet Music – Personal RecordingsFormat 78 rpm disc

34 38 Listen To Our Story:Panorama of American Ballads by a variety of performersFormat 78 rpm disc

34 39 New American Jazz by Capital JazzmenFormat 78 rpm disc

34 40 Waldteufel Waltzes by Ronnie MunroFormat 78 rpm disc

34 41 8 To The Bar by Peter Johnson & Albert AmmonsFormat 78 rpm disc

34 42 Smoke RingsFormat 78 rpm disc

34 43 Mexicana by Juan ArvizuFormat 78 rpm disc

34 44 Mexican Cowboy Songs by Los RancherosFormat 78 rpm disc

34 45 Bible Tales by Golden Gate QuartetFormat 78 rpm disc

34 46 Midnight Special by Lead BellyFormat 78 rpm disc

34 47 Unnamed albumFormat 78 rpm disc

34 48 Philco Demonstration RecordsFormat 78 rpm disc

34 49 Folk Music of the United States, Volume 1, Edited by Alan LomaFormat 78 rpm disc

34 50 Folk Music of the United States, Volume 1, Edited by Alan LomaFormat 78 rpm disc

35 51 Golden Gate Quarted Sings Favorite SpiritualsFormat 33 rpm disc

35 52 The Bottom Ten From the Barbed-Wire Network by Pete SmytheFormat 33 rpm disc

35 53 A Friend We Have by Tennessee Ernie Ford and the JordanairesFormat 33 rpm disc

35 54 Folk Music of the United States, vol. 2 / Library of CongressFormat 33 rpm disc



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36 1 Digital project recordings: Includes copy 2 of (Vol.) Tape 5, 16, 17, 18, 26, 36,45, 54, 55, 61, 63, 81, 90, 91, 92, 102, 104, 107, 118, 124, 129, 130, 134, 136,137, 140, 142, 155, 159, 164, 169, 171, 201, 204, 206, 207.

Format Compact Disc