MUS/F. Folk

Scope and Contents The Dom Flemons American Songster Collection (110 linear feet) consists of audio recordings, materials related to the creation of the album Black Cowboys, reference materials, drafts and liner notes, correspondence, ephemera and tour materials, press and promotional materials, photographs, folk art and fan art, garments, artifacts, framed items, posters, books, born digital files and musical instruments. The collection is arranged in twenty two series. It covers the years of 1950 to 2022...

Abstract George Pullen Jackson was a professor of German at Vanderbilt University. Much of the collection reflects Jackson’s deep interest in American folk music, particularly southern spirituals – a subject he extensively researched and lectured upon. Included in the collection are correspondence perttaining to song collectiion and arrangement for performances, research materials and printed songs, note cards with tune indices, a bibliography of hymn and tune books, a directory of Sacred harp...

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The George Boswell Papers, 1800’s – 1990’s, consists of transcriptions of 1,200 folk songs and ballads collected throughout Middle Tennessee between 1948 and 1952, personal papers, commercial sheet music, choral arrangements, and student research papers of Vanderbilt graduate, author, professor, and folklorist George Worley Boswell, 1919-1995.