TY - BOOK ID - 137747719 TI - Alan Lomax, assistant in charge : the Library of Congress letters, 1935-1945 AU - Lomax, Alan AU - Cohen, Ronald D. PY - 2010 SN - 1282940899 9786612940897 1604738014 9781604738018 9781604738001 1604738006 1628460601 9781628460605 PB - Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, DB - UniCat KW - Ethnomusicologists KW - Lomax, Alan, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137747719 AB - Alan Lomax (1915-2002) began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1936, first as a special and temporary assistant, then as the permanent Assistant in Charge, starting in June 1937, until he left in late 1942. He recorded such important musicians as Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Aunt Molly Jackson, and Jelly Roll Morton. A reading and examination of his letters from 1935 to 1945 reveal someone who led an extremely complex, fascinating, and creative life, mostly as a public employee.While Lomax is noted for his field recordings, these collected letters, man ER -