Fletcher Collins Jr. Collection 1935-1944

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Fletcher Collins Jr. Collection 1935-1944

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The Fletcher Collins Jr. Collection is the result of the Anglo-American folksong collecting activities of Fletcher Collins Jr. from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, under the auspices of the WPA Joint Committee on Folk Arts and for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song.

ca. 1000 leaves (22 folders) in 2 boxes; 21 sound discs : analog ; 12 in.; 12 sound discs : analog ; 12 in.

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Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6355960

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