Warde, Pat, and Bogue Ford performing Anglo-American songs,
September 3, 1939
Sound recordings: In English.
Comprises a group of field materials documenting Warde, Pat, and
Bogue Ford performing Anglo-American songs on September 3, 1939,
collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Boomtown [Central Valley],
Shasta County, California.
Recordings:
Bogue Ford performing alone:
Warde Ford performing alone:
Pat Ford performing alone:
Photographs:
Biographical and historical notes:
Warde, Pat (1931), and Bogue Ford are brothers
who came from Wisconsin to work on the Shasta Dam in California.
Their uncle is Robert Walker. Warde Ford recorded a few songs at
Crandon, Wisconsin, in 1937 for the Farm Security Administration
(Resettlement Administration).
For more information see:
List of performers | California Folk Music
am Jun-27-97