Archive of American folk song
Variant namesBiographical History
Pearl R. Nye was born on February 5, 1872 aboard the canal boat "Reform." He spent his life on canal boats on the Ohio and Erie Canal and researched and documented the songs and traditions of canal life. He died in 1950.
From the guide to the Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection, 1937-1944, (Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Lomax (John Avery) Family Papers 30425536., 1842, 1853-1986. | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| creatorOf | Collette, James Farmer, 1904-1939. James Farmer Collette recordings [sound recording] 1937. | Appalachian State University, ASU | |
| referencedIn | Artus Moser Papers, 1921-1988 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. | |
| creatorOf | Captain Pearl R. Nye Collection, 1937-1944 | Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.) | |
| referencedIn | Woody Guthrie Manuscript Collection, 1935-1950 | Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.) |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| associatedWith | American Folklife Center. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Archive of American Folk Song, collector. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Collette, James Farmer, 1904-1939. | person |
| associatedWith | Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 | person |
| associatedWith | Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 | person |
| associatedWith | Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948 | person |
| associatedWith | Moser, Artus. | person |
| correspondedWith | Nye, Pearl R., 1872-1950 | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Waterhouse, Helen Stocking, 1892-1965 | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) | |||
| Ohio |
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| Ballads, English |
| Canals |
| Field recordings |
| Folk music |
| Folk songs, English |
| Popular music |
| Revival hymns |
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