Archive collection, 1985.

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Archive collection, 1985.

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Recording of presentation by Bess Hawes titled "Issues in Public Sector Folk Arts," at the University of North Carolina's Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Symposium, September 1985. Topics include her father, John Lomax, and his recording of traditional performers, and Sarah G. Knott, who worked for the inclusion of folk art in the National Endowment for the Arts enabling legislation.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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National Endowment for the Arts

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Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009

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Bess Lomax Hawes, Anglo-American folklorist and director of the Folk Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. From the description of Archive collection, 1985. WorldCat record id: 27190343 ...

Hawes, Bess Lomax 1921-

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Knott, Sarah Gertrude, 1895-1984

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Knott served as president of the NFFA from its founding in 1934 until 1970. The group's annual festival featured indigenous American and ethnic song and dance. The NFFA later changed its name to the National Council for Traditional Arts. From the description of Papers, 1934-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191916942 ...

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...