Message-Id: <199801082048.NAC71524@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 15:54:44 +0000 From: Tamara Swora <mailto:tswo@loc.gov> Subject: New LC National Digital Library Collection To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
The American Folklife Center and the National Digital Library Program at the Library of Congress announce the release of the online presentation:_Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection_, a multi-format ethnographic field collection from the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture, has just been made available through the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html). This collection documents the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. This collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera generated during two separate documentation trips undertaken by Todd and Sonkin.
In addition, beginning at noon on January 8th , viewers may enjoy "Today in History," accessible through the Library of Congress's main homepage (http://lcweb.loc.gov/). The entry uses the fiddle tune "Eighth of January" as represented in _Voices from the Dust Bowl_.
The following materials on our website may also be of interest:
_California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the '30s_, another ethnographic field collection from the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture, continues to be available online (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html). This elaborate online collection includes sound recordings, still photographs, drawings, and manuscripts documenting the musical traditions of a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in California. It comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in twelve languages representing 185 musicians.
_Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States_ has been revised and expanded for 1997. Chapters include directories for graduate programs, public sector folklore organizations, archives, serial publications, and more. This edition will be available as an online resource only. Please send updates on information in the directory to Peter Bartis, mailto:peba@loc.gov. The URL for this publication is:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/sourcebk.html
In addition, the Folklife Center's web pages include many popular publications, guides to collections, information about projects to publish recordings from the collections on CD, and the Folkline information service. The URL for the Center's home page is:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/
Posted by: Tom Bramel NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY PROGRAM American Folklife Center Library of Congress January 7, 1998
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