Summary | Collection consists of
manuscripts, field recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting folk music
and folk music revivals in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from 1938 to
1966; plus manuscripts and field recordings of mostly unidentified artists
performing folk music in Jamaica, Cuba, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain,
Sweden, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Hong Kong, Philippines, India, and
Thailand from 1953 to 1969 collected by Sam Eskin. Manuscript materials include
correspondence, transcriptions of songs and lyrics, folk festival programs and
flyers, a Japanese song book, Eskin's lecture notes, and his collection of
bawdy songs and limericks. |
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