John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, 1960-1988

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John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, 1960-1988

John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records, 1960-1988

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The John Edwards Memorial Foundation, which operated 1962-1983, was located at the University of California at Los Angeles. The foundation's goal was to promote the study of twentieth-century American folk music. In 1983, the Foundation was dissolved, and a successor organization, the John Edwards Memorial Forum, was established. Correspondence, chiefly 1964-1982, dealing with everyday business of the John Edwards Memorial Forum and its predecessor organization, the John Edwards Memorial Foundation. Letters include subscription, record, reprint, and pamphlet purchase requests, as well as requests for biographical, historical, and discographical information. Files relating to record reissues, reprints, and pamphlets contain written descriptions of much of the material involved. Records of various federal grants are fairly comprehensive, containing proposal drafts, correspondence, and financial figures. There is little material about the or the Miscellaneous items cover a wide range of subjects, from testimonials praising the Foundation to checkbook registries, 1963-1979. JEMF Quarterly JEMF Newsletter.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.