Robert W. Gordon collection ca. 1906-1939

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Robert W. Gordon collection ca. 1906-1939

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv07188

Robert Winslow Gordon was an authority on American folksong. The collection contains primarily collected folksongs, ballads, and lore.

9.5 linear feet, 19 containers

eng,

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6365123

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Gordon, Robert Winslow

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Robert Winslow Gordon was one of the first and foremost authorities on American folksong. Gordon was born on September 2, 1888 in Bangor, Maine. He was the eighth descendant in a direct line from Alexander Gordon, a Scotsman who came to the colonies as a political prisoner in 1652. In 1906 Gordon attended Harvard University on scholarship to the English Department. By 1912 he was teaching within that department and he then began his research into folk poetry. Gordon's in...

Colcord, Joanna C. (Joanna Carver), 1882-1960

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Newcomb, Mary, 1894-1967

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