urn:taro:utexas.cah.00013 A Guide to the John Avery Lomax Family Papers, 1842, 1853-1986 Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, February 2001.Edited with XMetal 2.0 by Bob Stewart, June 20, 2002. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:26:05 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00013 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948. Lomax (John Avery) Family Papers 1842, 1853-1986. 30425536 45 ft., 7 in. Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Papers of John Avery Lomax (1867-1948) and family members. Lomax was a collector of North American folk songs, publishing collections of folk songs and serving as curator, Archive of American Folksong, Library of Congress. He also served the University of Texas as secretary to the president and to alumni organizations until 1917. The collection includes song lyrics, music, sound recordings, literary productions, diaries, and scrapbooks. English. Organization

Organized into 8 series: 1. Susan F. Cooper (Mrs. James Avery) Lomax 2. John A. Lomax, Sr. 3. Bess Baumann Brown Lomax. 4. Ruby Rochelle Terrill Lomax. 5. Shirley Lomax Mansell. 6. Bess Brown Lomax Hawes. 7. Alan James Lomax. 8. John A. Lomax, Jr. Series 2 arranged into 9 subseries: Personal; Early teaching career; University of Texas career; Texas A & M College; Harvard University; Investment and banking business; Folk poetry and folk songs; General folklore; Various other activities. Series 8 contains subseries related to Margaret Marable Lomax, John M. Lomax (John Lomax, III), and Joseph F. Lomax.

 Biographical Note

Collector and publisher of North American folk songs, born in Mississippi; settled near Meridian, Texas (1869); served University of Texas as secretary to the president and to alumni organizations until 1917. He published collections of folk songs (1910, 1927-1947) and a memoir (1947); and served as curator, Archive of American Folksong, Library of Congress. Married Bess Baumann Brown (1904), who died in 1931, and Ruby R. Terrill (1934). Fathered four children: Shirley Lomax Mansell Duggan; John Avery Lomax, Jr.; Alan James Lomax; and Bess Brown Lomax Hawes.

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, song lyrics, music, literary productions, diaries and logs, scrapbooks, classified files, financial records, photographs, phonograph recordings, audio tapes, newspaper and magazine clippings relate to John A. Lomax, Sr., and family members. Papers concern American folksongs and folklore, Huddie Ledbetter ("Lead Belly"); Library of Congress Music Division; and the University of Texas.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 Rainey, Homer P. (Homer Price), 1896- Subjects (Organizations) Ex-students' Association of the University of Texas. Archive of American Folk Song. Texas Folklore Society. Subjects African Americans--Folklore. African Americans--Songs and music. Cowboys--Songs and music. Folklore--United States. Folk music--United States. Folk poetry, American. Folk-songs--United States. Other Authors Ajayi, Lattevi H. Blank, Les. Crane, Edward, 1883-1959. Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Green, Shirley R., d. 1903. Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944 Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921- Leadbelly, 1885-1949. Lomax, Alan, 1915- Lomax. Bess Baumann Brown. Lomax, John, III. Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1907-1974. Lomax, Joseph Franklin, 1949- Lomax, Margaret Marable, 1908-1973. Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) Lomax, Susan F. Cooper. Mansell, Shirley Lomax, 1905- Rainey, Homer P. (Homer Price), 1896- Tartt, Ruby Pickens, 1880-1974.

Portions of series 4 is restricted from public access. Quotations from the unpublished writings of John A. Lomax, Sr., may be published only with the permission of the majority of his surviving children.

 Preferred Citation

James Avery Lomax Family Papers, 1842, 1853-1986, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Papers: 3D147 Susan F. Cooper (Mrs. James Avery) Lomax item: "Trip to Texas," 1914 3D147 John A. Lomax, Sr., papers: 3D147 Personal: 3D147 Family correspondence: 3D147 Bess Baumann Brown Lomax: 3D147 1898-April 1904 3D148 May 1904-1923 and undated 3D149 Undated 3D149 Ruby Rochelle Terrill Lomax 3D149 1933-April 1934 3D150 May 1934-March 27, 1935 3D151 March 28, 1935-October 15, 1936 3D152 October 17, 1936-1947 and undated 3D152 Shirley Lomax Mansell and family, 1910-1947 and undated 3D152 John Avery Lomax, Jr., and Margaret Marable Lomax: 3D152 1912-1939 3D153 1940-1948 and undated 3D222 Alan James Lomax, 1919-1948 and undated 3D153 Bess Brown Lomax Hawes and family, 1931-1947 and undated 3D153 Alice Lomax Pedigo and Eugene R. Pedigo, 1899-1948 and undated 3D153 Brown Family: 3D153 1903-1947 and undated 2.325/V62 1 Oversize magazine clipping, 1944 3D153 Miscellaneous family, 1890-1948 and undated 3D154 Friends and colleagues, correspondence and other papers: 3D154 Eugene C. Barker, 1898, 1906, 1919, 1926, 1943-1948, and undated 3D154 William J. Battle, 1897, 1900, 1911-1921, 1931-1947, and undated 3D154 Roy Bedicheck, 1900-1919, 1934-1947, and undated 3D154 H. Y. Benedict, 1901, 1907, 1917-1920, 1930-1937, and undated 3D154 L. B. R. Briggs, 1898-1932 and undated 3D154 L. G. Bugbee, 1899-1901 3D154 Orville Bullington, 1917-1947 3D154 Oscar Callaway and Stella Callaway, 1900, 1910, 1931-1947, and undated 3D154 Genevieve Chandler, 1936-1947 and undated 3D154 Choate School, 1929-1935, 1945, 1946, and undated 3D154 James B. Clark Family, 1897-1904, 1943, 1944, and undated 3D154 Tom Connally, 1904-1924, 1940 3D154 Edward Crane, 1900, 1917-1948, and undated 3D155 Tom Peete Cross, 1919-1924 3D155 Donald Day and the Southwest Review, 1942-1947 and undated 3D155 J. Frank Dobie, 1922-1950, 1964, 1965, and undated 3D155 E. P. R. Duval, 1904, 1914-1920, 1940-1945 3D155 Shirley Green: 3D155 1897-June 1899 3D156 July 1899-July 1902 3D157 August 1902-1903 3D157 Undated and fragments 3D157 George Herzog, 1934-1936 and undated 3D157 Tom A. Hight, 1911, 1912, 1924-1940 3D157 Will C. Hogg, 1916-1922 3D157 Gene Boardman Hoover, 1935-1938, and undated 3D157 John B. Jones, 1912, 1915, 1929-1945, and undated 3D157 Richard H. Kimball family, 1900-1904, 1917, 1923, 1935, 1937, 1947, and undated 3D157 George Lyman Kittredge, 1907-1943 and undated 3D157 Huddie Ledbetter ("Lead Belly"): 3D157 Various materials, 1934-1944 and undated 3D200 Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1934-1951, 1960-1977, and undated 2.325/V62 5 Oversize, 1945 and undated 3D157 Janice Reed Lit, 1933-1940 and undated 3D157 J. E. McCauley, 1910-1925, 1944 3D157 Sidney E. Mezes, 1897-1931 3D157 Charles S. Potts, 1904-1910, 1934-1946, and undated 3D158 William L. Prather family, 1899-1903 3D158 Carl Sandburg, 1920-1934, 1945, 1947, and undated 3D158 Ruth Crawford Seeger and Charles Seeger, 1937-1946 and undated 3D158 John Lang Sinclair family, 1901, 1912-1925, 1935-1948, and undated 3D158 Reed Smith, 1934-1944 3D158 Harry R. Stephens, 1911, 1942-1947, and undated 3D158 SMS Ranches, Frank S. Hastings, and W. G. Swenson, 1916-1920, 1935-1945 3D158 Ruby Pickens Tartt, 1936-1948, 1964, and undated 3D158 Jean Thomas, 1933-1937 and undated 3D158 Stith Thompson, 1933-1934, 1944-1946, 1966 3D158 William D. Totten, 1911-1917, 1933 3D158 Leslie Waggener family, 1917-1947 3D158 Alonzo Wasson, 1915-1917, 1940-1947, and undated 3D158 Barrett Wendell, Jr., 1917-1947 and undated 3D159 Barrett Wendell, Sr., 1907-1924 and undated 3D159 George T. Winston, 1898-1904 and undated 3D159 Lewis T. Winston and P. H. Winston, 1899-[1903?] 3D159 Edgar E. Witt, 1900-1947 3D159 Ray Wood, 1939-1944 and undated 3D159 General: 3D159 1897-1911 3D160 1912-1935 3D161 1936-1948 and January-December undated 3D162 Undated 3D162 Financial records: 3D162 Insurance and loans on policies, 1893-1947 and undated 3D162 Correspondence, invoices and receipts: 3D162 1900-1947 and undated 2.325/V62 1 Oversize tax receipt, 1928 3D162 Bank books, 1906-1908, 1915 3D162 Check stubbs, 1926-1927 3D162 Checks to Mrs. Susan F. Lomax, 1899-1914 3D162 Miscellaneous checks: 3D162 1900-July 1945 3D163 Aug. 1945-1946 3D163 Deposit Slips, 1911-1947 3D163 Bank statements, 1933-1946 3D163 Miscellaneous, 1920, 1937, and undated 3D163 Student Papers: 3D163 Various schools, colleges, and universities, 1880-1898, 1903, and undated 2.325/V62 1 University of Texas diplomas, 1897, 1906 3D163 Harvard University: 3D163 1904-1907 and undated 2.325/V62 1 Diploma, 1907 3D163 Organizations, correspondence and other materials: 3D163 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, 1900-1901, 1912-1925, 1947, and undated 3D163 Modern Language Association, 1912-1941 3D163 Various organizations, 1907-1925, 1936-1947, and undated 2.325/V62 1 Oversize Philosophical Society of Texas membership, 1936 3D163 Diary and ledger, 1934-1935 3D164 Eightieth birthday: 3D164 John Avery Lomax: His 80th Birthday, bound of letters, 1947 3D164 Loose materials removed from John Avery Lomax: His 80th Birthday, 1911, 1947-1950, and undated 3D164 Photocopy of John Avery Lomax: His 80th Birthday and loose materials, 1911, 1947-1950 and undated 3D164 Other correspondence, 1947 3D164 Death: 3D164 Correspondence, 1948 and undated 3D165 Newspaper clippings, 1948 3D165 Will and estate papers, 1942-1948 3D165 Miscellaneous items, 1948 3D165 Biographical materials, 1936, 1947, 1948, and undated 3D165 Lomax family tree, coat of arms, and other materials, 1910 and undated 3D165 Early teaching career, [1888-1895?] 3D165 University of Texas career: 3D165 Business correspondence, 1898-1930, 1940-1947, and undated 3D165 Students: 3D165 General correspondence: 3D165 1896-1900 3D166 1901-1925 and undated 3D166 Working Students' Bulletin, 1911-1912 and undated 3D166 Cullen F. Thomas Scholarship/Alumni Loan Fund correspondence: 3D166 Cullen F. Thomas, 1912-1914 3D166 Applicants: 3D166 January-June 20, 1913 3D167 June 21-September 1913 and undated 3D167 Correspondence courses: 3D167 Correspondence, 1913-1914 3D167 Syllabus for folklore course, undated 3D167 Statistics, 1911-1914 3D167 Texas Legislature and proposed merger of University of Texas with 3D167 Texas A & M College: 3D167 Correspondence: 3D167 1910-1912 3D167 1913-1915 3D167 Legislative bills, amendments, lists of legislators, newspaper clippings, and other materials, 1913 and undated 3D167 Governor James E. Ferguson controversy: 3D167 John A. Lomax vs. G. S. McReynolds et al, 1917 3D168 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials, 1916-1918, 1925, 1940-1944, and undated 3D168 "Random Recollections of the University `Bear Fight,' " reminiscence, undated 3D168 Ex-Students Association: 3D168 Correspondence, 1919-1925, 1942, 1945 3D168 Historical reminiscence, 1942 3D168 Magazine clippings, 1962 3D168 Printed item, undated 3D168 Homer Price Rainey controversy, correspondence and other materials, 1939-1947 3D168 Various printed items and newspaper clippings: 3D168 1904-1945 and undated 2.325/V62 1 Oversize Book of Texas prospectus, 1916 3D169 A & M College: 3D169 Long Horn, prospectus, 1904 3D169 Commencement dance program, 1906 3D169 Correspondence, 1906-1917, 1945-1947, and undated 3D169 Notes and reminiscences related to student strike of 1908, ca. 1945-1947 3D169 Harvard University, correspondence and printed material, 1909-1919, 1936-1942, and undated 3D169 Investment and banking business: 3D169 Lee, Higginson & Company and investments, correspondence, 1917-1925 3D169 "Liberty Bond Selling in World War I," reminiscence, 1942 3D169 Republic National Bank, Dallas, correspondence and other materials: 3D169 1928-1947 2.325/V62 1 Oversize brochure, "How to Modernize Your Home," undated 3D169 Folk poetry and folk songs: 3D169 Correspondence: 3D169 Ballad collecting: 3D169 General: 3D169 1906-May 1913 3D170 June 1913-1947 and undated 3D170 Carnegie Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation grants, 1907-1909, 1933-1935, 1942 3D170 Recording equipment, 1932-1936 and undated 3D171 Prisons and prisoners, 1933-1942 and undated 3D171 Lectures and performances: 3D171 Alone, or with Alan Lomax: 3D171 1910-Sept. 1915 3D172 Oct. 1915-1948 and undated 2.325/V 62 1 Oversize Items, 1910-1916 3D172 With Huddie Ledbetter ("Lead Belly"), 1934-1935 3D173 Publishing: 3D173 Articles, 1907-1947 3D173 Books: 3D173 General, 1909-1947 and undated 3D173 Securing permissions to reprint, 1917, 1930-1947 3D173 Granting permisssions to reprint: 3D173 1912-1939 3D174 1940-1947 and undated 3D174 Copyright and authorship controversy related to "Home on the Range," 1853, 1904-1911, 1930-1949, and undated 3D174 Musical compositions and arrangements by others, 1914-1947 and undated 3D174 Permissions for concert performances, radio broadcasts, record publishing, and motion picture films by others, 1919-1948 and undated 3D174 Sales: 3D174 1911-Feb. 10, 1917 3D175 Feb. 11, 1917-1947 and undated 3D175 Responses and requests: 3D175 1909-1945 3D176 1946-1948 and undated 3D176 Library of Congress affiliation, 1933-1947 and undated 3D176 Work Projects Administration, Federal Writers' Projects, 1936-1941 and undated 3D176 Folklore Societies, 1910-1946 and undated 3D176 Lyrics, notes, and music: 3D176 Classification system, file cards: 3D176 I, Cowboy and Western Frontier Songs, A-L, undated 3D176 II, Negro Songs, A-D, undated 3D176 III, Traditional Songs, undated 3D176 IV, Child Ballads, undated 3D176 V, Indian Songs, undated 3D176 VI, French Songs, undated 3D176 VII, Spanish Songs, undated 3D176 VIII, Railroad Songs, undated 3D176 IX, Army Songs, undated 3D176 X, Sailor Songs, undated 3D176 XI, Lumbermen Songs, undated 3D176 XII, Play Songs, undated 3D176 XIII, Old Religious Songs, undated 3D176 XIV, Collier Cobb Songs, undated 3D176 XV, Miscellaneous songs, undated 3D176 Songs, undated 3D176 [Frontier?] Sayings, undated 3D177 Classified Songs: 3D177 I, Cowboy and Western Frontier Songs: 3D177 A, 1865, 1906-1915, 1937, and undated 3D177 B, Ranger Songs, undated 3D177 C, 1904-1910 and undated 3D177 D, 1894, 1907-1915, and undated 3D177 E, 1909-1911 and undated 3D177 F-H, 1910-1915 and undated 3D178 J, undated 3D178 K, undated 3D178 L, 1895-1911 and undated 3D178 II, Negro Songs: 3D178 A: 3D178 General, 1912, 1939, and undated 3D178 1-20, undated 3D179 121-145, undated 3D179 B, undated 3D179 C, undated 3D179 D, undated 3D179 III, Traditional songs, undated 3D179 IV, Child Ballads, undated 3D179 V, Indian Songs, undated 3D179 VI, French Songs, undated 3D179 VII, Spanish Songs, undated 3D179 VIII, Railroad Songs, undated 3D179 IX, Army Songs, undated 3D179 X, Sailor songs, undated 3D179 XI, Lumbermen Songs, undated 3D179 XII, Play Songs, undated 3D179 XIV, Carolina Coast Songs From Collier Cobb, undated 3D179 XV, Miscellaneous Songs, undated 3D179 Unclassified songs: 3D179 Cowboy songs, undated: 3D179 1909-1938 and undated 3D180 1895-1945 and undated 3D180 Ranger songs, undated 3D180 Negro songs, undated 3D181 Negro songs collected from Ruby Pickens Tartt, undated 3D181 Negro songs and other religious songs, undated 3D181 Negro songs and other miscellaneous songs, undated 3D181 Traditional English ballads, undated 3D181 Child ballads, undated 3D181 Spanish songs, undated 3D182 Army songs, undated 3D182 Sailor songs, undated 3D182 Prison songs, undated 3D182 Texas songs, undated 3D182 Cotton songs, undated 3D182 Bawdy songs, undated 3D182 Dance calls, undated 3D182 "Old Popular Song Texts," undated 3D182 Children's songs: 3D182 "American Mother Goose," undated 3D183 "American Mother Goose," undated 3D183 General, undated 3D183 General songs, "Not used anywhere," undated 3D183 General songs, undated 3D184 General songs, undated 3D185 General songs, undated 3D186 General songs, undated 3D187 General songs, undated 2.325/V62 2 Oversize, 1913, 1928-1942, and undated 3D187 Literary Productions: 3D187 Books: 3D187 Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads: 3D187 ca. 1910 2.325/V62 3 Oversize words and music, undated 3D187 Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp, ca. 1918 3D187 American Ballads and Folk Songs, ca. 1934 3D187 Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly, ca. 1936 3D187 Our Singing Country: 3D187 Manuscript and notes, ca. 1941 3D188 Manuscript and notes, ca. 1941 3D188 Rejected material, 1941 2.325/V62 3 Oversize rejected material, ca. 1941 3D188 Folk Song, U.S.A, ca. 1947 3D188 Adventures of a Ballad Hunter 3D188 Notes: 3D188 General, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Alabama, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Arkansas, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Florida, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Mississippi, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Tennessee, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Virginia, ca. 1943-1947 3D188 Rough drafts: 3D188 Preface, Chapters 1 ("My Life in Bosque County") and 2, ca. 1943-1947 3D189 Chapters 3 through 12, ca. 1943-1947 3D189 Unidentified chapters, ca. 1943-1947 3D190 Unidentified chapters, ca. 1943-1947 3D190 Semi-final draft, ca. 1943-1947 3D190 Final draft: 3D190 Preface, Chapters 1 through 4, ca. 1943-1947 3D191 Chapters 5 through 11, ca. 1943-1947 3D191 Cow Camps and Cattle Herds, ca. 1945, 1966 3D191 Articles, lectures, and other short pieces: 3D191 Drafts and notes: 3D191 "Iron Head (James Baker) and "Clear Rock" (Mose Platt), undated 3D191 "Los Pastores," undated 3D191 "Henry Truvillon (Trevelyan?)," undated 3D191 Cowboy articles, undated 3D191 Century Magazine article, undated 3D191 "Miscellaneous Negro Reels" (Classification IIC) [article?] for West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, undated 3D192 "Miscellaneous Negro Reels" (Classification IIC) [article?] for West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, undated 3D192 "Vulgar" Negro Songs (Classification IID) article for American Historical Review, undated 3D192 "Archive of American Folk Song of the Library of Congress," undated 3D192 Lectures at Texas State College for Women, undated 3D192 Lecture on Negro spirituals, undated 3D192 Printed items: 3D192 "Cowboy Songs of the Mexican Border," Sewanee Review, January 1911 (2 copies); and Texas Magazine, March 1911 3D192 "Cowboy songs, " M.A.B. (Mainly About Books), February 1912 3D192 "Some Types of American Folk Song, Journal of American Folklore, January-March 1915 3D192 "Self-pity in Negro Folk-Songs," Nation, August 9, 1917 3D192 "Cowboy Lingo," Sunny Slopes of Long Ago, Texas Folklore Society Publication 33, 1966 (first published 1920) 3D192 Miscellaneous pieces, fragments, and notes, undated 3D193 Miscellaneous pieces, fragments and notes, undated 3D194 Miscellaneous pieces, fragments, and notes, undated 3D195 Miscellaneous pieces, fragments, and notes, undated 3D196 Miscellaneous pieces, fragments and notes, undated 2.325/V62 Literary productions with others: 2.325/V62 3 Sunny Slopes of Long Ago, Texas Folklore Society Publication 33, 1966: 2.325/V62 3 Galley proofs 3D196 Page proofs 3D196 "Report of the Committee on Folksong of the Popular Literature Section of the Modern Language Association of America," Southern Folklore Quarterly, June 1937 3D196 "The Southwest, Inventory and Sampling," Saturday Review of Literature, May 16, 1942 3D196 Literary productions by others: 3D196 Texts: 3D196 Collier Cobb, 1909; 3D196 Shearin, 1911; 3D196 Chapman, 1916; 3D196 Thompson, 1922; 3D196 Fletcher, 1931; 3D196 Espinosa, 1932; 3D196 White and O'Malley, 1934; 3D196 Ruby T. Lomax, 1939; 3D196 Building America, 1942; 3D196 Day, 1945, 3D196 Bluestein, 1962; 3D196 Brininstool, undated; 3D196 Butler, undated; 3D196 Chittenden, undated; 3D196 Unidentified, undated 3D197 Ives, 1922; 3D197 Ostrander, 1945; 3D197 Prude, 1950; 3D197 Houston, 1953. 3D197 Correspondence, 1909-1923, 1933-1947 3D197 Song anthologies and sheet music: 3D197 Negro songs, 1850, ca. 1905, 1907, 1928, and undated 3D198 Various songs, 1868, 1922, 1930-1941, and undated 2.325/V62 4 Oversize sheet music, 1842, 1853, 1858, 1909, 1910, 1920-1943 3D198 Recording trips, daybook notes, and reports, 1937-1942 and undated 3D198 Maps: 3D198 Great Texas Cattle Trail, 1875 3D198 Roads, Houston-Austin-Waco-College Station, Texas, area, [1900-1940] 2.325/V62 4 San Francisco, California-Reno, Nevada area, undated 2.325/V62 4 Road and Railroad Map of Puerto Rico, 1932-1933 3D198 Printed material related to Library of Congress: 3D198 "Archive of American Folksong, A History, 1928-1939," 1940 3D199 Statements, reports, catalogs, articles, and other items, 1936-1947, 1964, 1968, and undated 3.235/V62 5 "Provisional Check-List of Disks (Excluding Primitive) in the Archives of American Folk Song in the Library of Congress," 1936 (2 copies) 3D199 Ballard Branch (Virginia) Bog Trotters materials: 3D199 1940 and undated 2.325/V62 5 Oversize, undated 3D199 Newspaper and magazine clippings and other printed items: Related to John A. Lomax, Sr.: 3D199 1893, 1904-1946 3D200 1947-1958 1966, and undated 3.235/V62 5 Oversize, 1912, [1941?], 1947 3D200 General folkmusic subjects: 3D200 1908-1951 and undated 2.325/V62 5 Oversize, 1920, 1935, 1947 3D201 General folklore: 3D201 Lattevi H. Ajayi, Yoruba tales: 3D201 Correspondence, 1909-1920 and undated 3D201 Original texts and typescripts, ca. 1909-1920 and undated 3D201 Lomax, "Stories of an African Prince, Yoruba Tales," Journal of American Folklore, January-March 1913 3D201 Texas Folklore Society printed material, [1910?], 1928-1943, and undated 3D201 Folklore course outline, undated 3D201 "Negro lore", notes, undated 3D201 Works Progress Administration materials: 3D201 Interviews, undated 3D201 Writers Division stories, 1936-1938 and undated 3D201 Federal Writers Project, Nebraska, 1939 3D201 "Negro lore", 1936-1937 and undated 3D201 Negro stories, 1937 and undated 3D202 Ex-Slave stories, 1936-1937 and undated 3D202 Miscellaneous folklore, 1937 and undated 3D202 Instructions for interviewers, catalog, and correspondence, 1936-1941 and undated 3D202 Vivid terms and phrases: 3D202 Notes, undated 3D202 Notecards, undated 3D202 Cowboy language, correspondence, 1916, 1921, 1936-1945 3D202 Nicknames: 3D202 Notes, undated 3D203 Notecards, undated 3D204 Literary productions: 3D204 By Lomax: 3D204 "Old Mackenzie Trail" (poem), 1908 3D204 "Cowboy Lingo," 1915 3D204 Book review, "Pioneers of the Ozarks," by Lennis L. Broadfoot, 1944 3D204 "Texas Cowboy Tournaments," undated 3D204 By J. E. McCauley, "A Cowboy for to Be," 1920-1924, 1942 3D204 By Cora Melton Cross, "Stories of Old Trail Drivers of Long Ago: Col. Jack Myers Potter Tells About Life on Cattle 3D204 Range in Early Days," Semi-Weekly Farm News, 1934 3D204 By various authors: 3D204 Cobb, 1910; 3D204 Anderson and Cundall, 1910; 3D204 Pound, ca. 1914; 3D204 Stewart and Watt, 1916; 3D204 Hastings, 1916; 3D204 Humphreys and Davis, 1921; 3D204 Boas, ed., 1922; 3D204 Crutchfield, 1929; 3D204 Williams, 1931; 3D204 Adams, 1936; 3D204 Davidson, 1944; 3D204 Thompson, 1945; 3D204 Guthrie [1942-1945]; 3D204 Leisy, 1946; 3D204 Emrich, 1946; 3D204 Pratt, undated; 3D204 Bertelson and Cureton, undated; 3D204 Niemoller, undated; 3D204 Walton, undated; 3D204 Unidentified, 1937 and undated; 3D204 Several authors, 1943 3D204 Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, 1937-1942 3D204 Southern Folklore Quarterly, 1938 3D204 Lists: 3D204 Folklore advisors, undated 3D204 TSCW student reports, undated 3D204 Newspaper and magazine clippings and other printed items: 3D204 Articles from Wild West Weekly, 1937 and undated 3D204 Articles from West, undated 3D205 Articles from various publications and other items: 3D205 1910-1941, 1950, and undated 2.325/V62 5 Oversize items, 1936 and undated 3D205 Various activities: 3D205 Literary productions: 3D205 By Lomax: 3D205 Articles on Will C. Hogg: 3D205 Drafts, notes, and magazine clippings, 1940, 1968, and undated 3D205 Correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1925, 1930-1946, and undated 3D205 Various items: 3D205 Texts, 1898, 1903-1911, 1920, 1944, and undated 3D205 Correspondence, 1904, 1909, 1918, 1920, 1930, 1941-1947 3D205 By various authors, 1903, 1911, 1930, and undated 3D205 Santa Anna's saddle, correspondence, 1929-1937 3D206 Newspaper and magazine clippings and other printed items: 3D206 1861, 1895-1957, and undated 2.325/V62 5 Oversize, 1913, 1930-1947, and undated 3D206 Clippings from unidentified sources: 3D206 1934 and undated 2.325/V62 5 Oversize, undated 3D206 Miscellaneous and unidentified items, 1931, 1936, 1945, and undated 2.325/V62 5 Cartoon by and of O. Henry, undated 3D207 Bess Baumann Brown Lomax papers: 3D207 General correspondence: 3D207 1895-1931 and undated 2.325/V62 6 Oversize letter, undated 3D207 Financial papers, 1903-1928 and undated 3D207 Religious papers, 1898-1908 and undated 3D207 School papers: 2.325/V62 6 Diploma, 1898 3D207 Latin, 1923, 1924, and undated 3D208 English literature, 1903 and undated 3D208 Literary productions: 3D208 Stories, essays, and poetry, undated 3D208 Notes and fragments, undated 3D208 Authored by others: 3D208 Poetry book, 1903-1909, and undated 3D208 Books, stories, and poetry, 1858, 1878, 1886, 1903, 1908, 1923, and undated 3D208 Authorship unknown, 1901-1905 and undated 3D208 Music books: 3D208 Notebook from lessons with Bedford F. Moore, 1929 3D208 Notebook of A. Baumann, undated 3D208 Glee Hive: A Collection of Glees and Part Songs, 1853 2.325/V62 6 Oversize note pages, undated 3D208 Miscellaneous materials, 1887, 1907-1931, and undated 3D209 Ruby Rochelle Terrill Lomax papers: 3D209 Family correspondence, 1877-1883, 1894-1904, and undated 3D209 Correspondence and other personal papers, 1895-1961 and undated 3D209 Literary productions and radio interview transcript, 1918-1928, 1940-1955, and undated 3D209 Newspaper clippings, 1925-1938, 1948-1953, 1966, and undated 3D209 Miscellaneous printed items, 1921-1923 and undated 3D209 Adventuring in New York, 1923 3D209 Travel notes, undated 3D209 Testimonial book, University Baptist Church, 1937 3D209 Final illness and death: 3D109 Correspondence and other papers, (RESTRICTED) 1955-1962 3D209 Newspaper clippings, condolences, biographical notes, funeral register, florists' cards, 1961-1962 3D210 Shirley Lomax Mansell papers: 3D210 Correspondence, 1925-1978 and undated 3D210 School papers: 3D210 1913 2.325/V62 6 Diplomas, 1919, 1921 3D210 Juvenile play, 1914 3D210 Newspaper clipping, 1919 3D210 Book pages and inscription, undated 3D210 Chris C. Mansell, medical school notes, undated 3D210 Bess Brown Lomax Hawes papers, 1930-1978 and undated 3D222 Alan James Lomax papers: 3D222 Correspondence: 3D222 Family, 1931-1974 and undated 3D223 General, 1925-1948 and undated 3D223 School papers, 1920-1933 and undated 3D223 Radio scripts, 1941-1945 and undated 3D210 Literary productions, 1930-1943, 1959-1977, and undated 3D210 Printed materials: 3D210 Choate School, 1929, 1931 3D210 American School of the Air, Teacher's Manual, 1940-1941 3D210 Programs, 1941, 1986 3D211 Newspaper and magazine clippings: 3D211 1926-1986 and undated 2.325/V62 6 Oversize, 1986 3D211 Miscellaneous, 1931, 1936, 1977, 1980, and undated 3D211 John A. Lomax, Jr., papers: 3D211 Personal: 3D211 Curtis Publishing Company, magazine subscription contest, 1915-1918: 3D211 Bound printed material and correspondence 3D211 Unbound printed material, correspondence, and notes 3D211 Newspaper clipping 2.325/V62 6 Scrapbook pages 3D211 Pecan sales venture, printed material, correspondence, and notes, 1921-1924 and undated 3D211 Bank book, 1913-1916 3D211 Boy Scouts of America items, 1919-1924 3D211 School papers: 3D211 High school: 3D211 1921-1924 2.325/V62 6 Admission diploma, 1920 3D211 University: 3D211 1924-1928 3D211 Newspaper clippings, 1925 and undated 3D211 Correspondence: 3D211 Margaret Marable Lomax: 3D211 1940 3D212 1941-1949 3D212 General family: 3D212 1914, 1924-1950, 1960-1969, and undated 2.325/V62 6 Oversize, undated 3D212 General: 3D212 1931-1968 3D213 1969-1973 and undated 3D213 Log of automobile tour, 1932 3D213 Literary productions: