Captain Pearl R. Nye collection

LC control no.	2004447752
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Main title	Captain Pearl R. Nye collection, 1937-1944.
Variant title	Pearl R. Nye collection
Related names	Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948, collector, interviewer. » More like this Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, collector. » More like this Nye, Pearl R., 1872-1950, collector, interviewee. » More like this Archive of American Folk Song, collector. » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. » More like this
Related titles	Captain Pearl R. Nye, life on the Ohio and Erie Canal
Description	manuscripts: 17 folders. sound recordings: 22 sound discs : analog ; 12 in. graphic images: 7 photographic prints : black and white, color ; various sizes.
Rights advisory	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory	Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Biography/History note	Pearl R. Nye was born on February 5, 1872 aboard the canal boat "Reform." He spent his life on canal boats on the Ohio and Erie Canal and researched and documented the songs and traditions of canal life. He died in 1950.
Summary	The collection is comprised of field recordings made by John A. Lomax in June 1937 and by Alan Lomax and Elizabeth Lomax in November, 1937 in Akron, Ohio, of songs performed by Pearl R. Nye related to life on the Ohio and Erie Canal, with photographs of canal life. Also included is correspondence between Nye and Harold Spivacke of the Library of Congress, and between John A. Lomax and Akron, Ohio journalist Helen Waterhouse regarding arrangements for the June field trip, plus manuscript and typed transcriptions of song lyrics sung and collected by Pearl R. Nye.
Notes	Autograph manuscript containing song texts by Pearl R. Nye, with a few letters to Alan Lomax and to Harold Spivacke is available on microfilm [Songs of the Ohio canal, 1938], Library of Congress Music Division, MUS-12.
Indexes	Bibliographic information for some titles in this collection is found in the online resource,Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center. Search for audio titles in the Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection.
Finding aids	Finding aid is available in the Library of Congress Folklife Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af012006>
Cite as	Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection (AFC 1937/002), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats	A substantial portion of the collection is available as "Captain Pearl R. Nye, life on the Ohio and Erie Canal," an American Memory online presentation compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000019>
Subjects	Nye, Pearl R., 1872-1950--Correspondence. » More like this Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Correspondence. » More like this Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948--Correspondence. » More like this Waterhouse, Helen Stocking, 1892-1965--Correspondence. » More like this Folk music--Ohio. » More like this Folk songs, English--Ohio. » More like this Ballads, English--Ohio. » More like this Canals--Ohio--Songs and music. » More like this Popular music--1931-1940. » More like this Revival hymns--Ohio. » More like this Field recordings--Ohio. » More like this Ohio--Akron--Social life and customs. » More like this Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio)--Songs and music. » More like this
Form/Genre	Correspondence. » More like this Photographic prints. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Interviews. » More like this Field recordings. » More like this
Local shelving no.	IDB 26751-IDB 26761; IDB 27384-IDB 27398 AFS 1001-1009, 1603-1615 AFC 1937/002
Geographic area code	n-us-oh
Repository	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home>
Links	Online presentation:: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000019> Search for audio titles in the Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection:: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000109> Finding aid:: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af012006>