James Madison Carpenter collection

LC control no.	2004695192
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Main title	James Madison Carpenter collection, 1928-1987 (bulk 1928-1935) / collected by James Madison Carpenter.
Related names	Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983, collector, interviewee. » More like this Jabbour, Alan, interviewer. » More like this Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress), collector. » More like this American Folklife Center, collector. » More like this
Description	28.5 linear ft. (58 boxes) ca. 21,600 items. manuscripts: 19,417 items. sound recordings: 175 sound cylinders. sound recordings: 221 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in. graphic images: 563 photographs : negatives, photographic prints, glass negatives, lantern slides, slides, b&w., col. graphic images: 40 drawings : pencil, ink, b&w, col. microfilm: 10 reels.
Organized/Arranged	Organized into the following series: I. Original Collection Materials (Manuscripts, Sound Recordings, and Graphic Materials); II. Oral History, Programs, and Products (Manuscripts, Sound Recordings, and Graphic Materials).
Rights advisory	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory	Collection is open for research; access copies are available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress.
Biography/History note	James Madison Carpenter (1889-1984) was an American professor of English and a university lecturer. After obtaining his doctorate from Harvard in 1929, he spent the next six years as a Harvard Fellow, traveling throughout England and Scotland collecting folk songs, folk plays, and other folklore material. In 1938, he began teaching at Duke University and continued folk song research there until 1943. He served as Chair of the English Department at Greensboro College, North Carolina, where he taught for 10 years, and retired to his hometown of Booneville, Mississippi in 1964. Carpenter died on July 4, 1984.
Summary	The James Madison Carpenter collection consists of sound recordings, manuscripts, and graphic materials documenting English, Scottish, and American folk music, dance, children's games, and British folk drama and festivals. Content includes approximately 1,000 ballad texts and 850 tunes of the Francis J. Child canon; 500 sea songs; 1,000 other ballads and songs from Great Britain and the United States, particularly from North Carolina and Mississippi; 200 children's singing games, riddles, and nursery rhymes; 300 English and Scottish folk plays; miscellaneous folktales, Cornish carols, and African-American spirituals; with over 500 related photographic images and 40 drawings collected by James Madison Carpenter from 1928 to 1955. Additions to the collection, including an interview with Carpenter in 1972, lecture notes, and papers of Carpenter's Duke University students, date to 1987. Included is Carpenter's correspondence with John A. Lomax and others. Dance content includes documentation of sword dance plays, fiddle tunes for Morris dance, and photographs of Morris dance (with broom dancing), sword dance, Helston furry dance, and dancing at May Day celebrations and at English Folk Dance Society festivals. Drawings by George Baker illustrate mummers' plays and characters. The collection includes a few items from Ireland and Wales.
Notes	Sound recordings: in English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic and in Cornish dialect.
Finding aids	Finding aid is available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as	James Madison Carpenter Collection (AFC 1972/001), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Acquisition source	James Madison Carpenter; Purchase; 1972.
Subjects	Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Ethnomusicological collections. » More like this Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Written works. » More like this Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Interviews. » More like this Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Correspondence. » More like this English Folk Dance Society. » More like this Folk songs, English--Scotland--History and criticism. » More like this Folk songs, English--England--History and criticism. » More like this Folk songs, English--Scotland. » More like this Folk songs, English--England. » More like this Folk songs, Scots--Scotland. » More like this Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic--Scotland. » More like this Folk songs--Great Britain--Texts. » More like this Ballads, English--Scotland. » More like this Ballads, English--England. » More like this Ballads, Scots--Scotland. » More like this Folk dancing, English--Great Britain. » More like this Mumming--England--Drawings. » More like this Mumming--Scotland. » More like this Mumming plays--England--Texts. » More like this Mumming plays--Scotland--Texts. » More like this Sword-dance--England. » More like this Morris dance--England. » More like this Folk drama, English--England. » More like this Folk drama, Scottish--Scotland. » More like this Christmas plays--Great Britain. » More like this Christmas music--Great Britain. » More like this Holidays--Great Britain. » More like this Festivals--Great Britain. » More like this Folk music--Great Britain. » More like this Folk music--United States. » More like this Folk songs, English--United States. » More like this Folk songs, English--United States--Texts. » More like this Fiddle tunes--Scotland. » More like this Fiddle tunes--England. » More like this African Americans--Music. » More like this Children's songs, English--Scotland. » More like this Children's songs, English--England. » More like this Children's songs, English--United States. » More like this Singing games--Scotland. » More like this Singing games--England. » More like this Singing games--United States. » More like this Nursery rhymes--Great Britain. » More like this Nursery rhymes--United States. » More like this Sea songs--England. » More like this Sea songs--Scotland. » More like this Sea songs--United States. » More like this Carols--England--Cornwall (County) » More like this English language--Dialect--Cornwall (County) » More like this Spirituals (Songs)--Mississippi. » More like this May Day--England--Photographs. » More like this Castles--Scotland--Photographs. » More like this Fiddlers--Great Britain--Photographs. » More like this Folk dancing--Great Britain--Photographs. » More like this Megalithic monuments--Great Britain--Photographs. » More like this Folk festivals--England--Photographs. » More like this Country life--Scotland--Photographs. » More like this Country life--England--Photographs. » More like this Baths, Roman--England--Photographs. » More like this England--Social life and customs. » More like this Scotland--Social life and customs. » More like this Cornwall (England : County)--Social life and customs. » More like this Cornwall (England : County)--Antiquities--Photographs. » More like this Great Britain--Antiquities--Photographs. » More like this Field recordings--Great Britain. » More like this Field recordings--United States. » More like this
Form/Genre	Interviews. » More like this Field notes. » More like this Correspondence. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Negatives. » More like this Photographic prints. » More like this Lantern slides. » More like this Gelatin dry plate negatives. » More like this Drawings. » More like this Lectures. » More like this Lecture notes. » More like this Field recordings. » More like this
Local shelving no.	RLA 00001-00176; RWE 9986; RWF 0576-0593 AFS 14830-15050; AFS 19900-19921; AFS 14762-14765 LWO 6961, r1-22; LWO 6918; AFC 1972/001
Language code	eng eng gla sco
Other system no.	afc96000040 89938
Geographic area code	e-uk-st n-us--- e-uk-en
Repository	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af010002>