Bibframe Work
TitleArchive of American Folk Song films, 1936-1942Other Titles (e.g. Variant)Archive of Folk Song, being a collection of amateur films made by Alan Lomax and others from 1936-1940 (Former title)TypeMoving ImageCollectionMoving Image Technique(s)live actionCould not render: bf:code Notelanguage: Documentation in English.SummaryCompilation reels of various 16 mm films made by Alan Lomax, Elizabeth Lomax, John A. Lomax, and his wife Bess Lomax during field recording expeditions in the late 1930s and early 1940s for the Library of Congress. Also includes a brief film by Helen H. Roberts of American Indian dance near San Ildefonso, New Mexico, 1936. In most cases, the films were made in conjunction with audio field recordings that may be found in many other collections in the Archive at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Footage includes church service; scenes from performance of "Plantation Echoes," a play written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, with African American performers from Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina; African American performers from Livingston, Alabama; musicians and folk dance in Kentucky; hymn singing, musicians playing gusle, kantele, button accordion and other instruments, and a tamburitza band in Michigan; a Finnish American folk healing ritual in Michigan; French Canadian dance and podorhythm; Voudou ceremonies, drumming, and dance in Haiti; and children's games and blues music in Coahoma County, MississippiCaptureFilmed at various locations including San Ildefonso, New Mexico (1936), Haiti (1937), South Carolina (1937), Kentucky (1937), the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C. (1938), the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (1938), Michigan (1938), Indiana (1938), Ohio (1938), Wisconsin (1938), Alabama (1940), and Coahoma County, Mississippi (1942).Authorized Access PointArchive of American Folk Song films, 1936-1942