Correspondence with John Avery Lomax, 1944-1947.
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Bedichek, Roy, 1878-1959
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Roy Bedichek was born in 1878 in Illinois but moved to Texas as a child. After graduating from the University of Texas, he worked as a reporter, teacher, and editor and as secretary of various organizations before becoming associated with the University Interscholastic League in 1917 where he remained as director until 1948. He was an avid amateur naturalist and began to write about his interests in 1946. He completed four books before his death in 1959. From the description of Bedic...
Rogers, John William, 1894-1965
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Rogers was a journalist and book editor for the DAILY TIMES HERALD, an author, and playwright. Lomax was a nationally known author and collector of western folk ballads. From the description of Correspondence with John Avery Lomax, 1944-1947. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 29690418 ...
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...
