Lomax (John Avery) FamilyPapers 1842, 1853-1986.

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Lomax (John Avery) FamilyPapers 1842, 1853-1986.

Papers of John AveryLomax (1867-1948) and family members. Lomax was a collector of North Americanfolk songs, publishing collections of folk songs and serving as curator,Archive of American Folksong, Library of Congress. He also served theUniversity of Texas as secretary to the president and to alumni organizationsuntil 1917. The collection includes song lyrics, music, sound recordings,literary productions, diaries, and scrapbooks.

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Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

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Ajayi, Lattevi H.

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Lomax, John Avery, 1907-1974

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Lomax, John, III.

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Ex-students' Association of the University of Texas

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Lomax, Joseph Franklin, 1949-

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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

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J. Frank Dobie was a noted Texas author and English professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He was also editor of the Texas Folklore Society's publications during the 1930's and 1940's. From the description of Letter : to W.A. Philpott, 1938 April 12. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22699684 Historian, author, folklorist. Born in 1888 on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas, Dobie was awarded his B.A. by Southwestern University (1910), M.A. by Co...

Green, Shirley R., d. 1903

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Lomax, John A. (John Avery,), 1867-1948

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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...

Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)

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Hawes, Bess Lomax 1921-

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Lomax, Margaret Marable, 1908-1973

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Archive of American folk song

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Biographical 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) ...

Leadbelly, 1885-1949

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Mansell, Shirley Lomax, 1905-

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Rainey, Homer P. (Homer Price), 1896-

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Homer Price Rainey (1896-1985) was born in Clarksville, Texas, where he grew up in a poor farming family. He was valedictorian of his class at Lovelady High School in 1913. At the age of 19, he became a Baptist minister, and he served in the United States army during World War I. In 1919, Rainey earned his B.A. degree from Austin College and taught education there for three years before attending the University of Chicago, where he earned a master’s degree in 1923 and a doctorate in...

Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944

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Lawyer, banker, investor, and governor of Texas (1914-1917). From the description of Ferguson, James Edward, collection, 1911-1936. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23469789 Lawyer, banker, investor, and governor of Texas (1914-1917). Collection concerning James E. Ferguson was assembled by Alex Dienst, Texana collector and Ferguson's friend, and primarily documents Ferguson's political career and the controversy over his activities as governor. Included ...

Tartt, Ruby Pickens, 1880-1974

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Crane, Edward, 1883-1959

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Attorney, law professor, and university regent Edward E. Crane (1883–1959) was born to Eula Olatia (Taylor) and Martin McNulty Crane in Cleburne, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with B.Litt. and L.L.B. degrees in 1906. The After practicing law with his father in Dallas, Crane fought in World War I in France from 1917 to 1919. In 1927, he was appointed to the University of Texas board of regents and served as chairman of the Board for Lease of University Lands until ...

Lomax. Bess Baumann Brown.

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Lomax, Susan F. Cooper.

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Blank, Les.

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Texas Folklore Society

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The Texas Folklore Society was founded on December 29, 1909 in Dallas, by Leonidas Warren Payne and John Avery Lomax, with the purpose of preserving and presenting Texas folklore. The organization is now located at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. From the description of Texas Folklore Society records, 1909-1970. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70706014 ...