Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas  [graphic]. 

 -  1934-ca. 1950. 
 - 400 photographic prints :  gelatin silver ;  8x10 in. and smaller. 
 -  Photographs are organized into eight subdivisions generally corresponding to each of the Lomaxes recording expeditions.  Each subdivision is lettered A-H as follows: LOT 7414-A (Asheville Mountain Music Festival); LOT 7414-B (Louisiana and Alabama); LOT 7414-C (Georgia and Florida); LOT 7414-D (Virginia); LOT 7414-E (Prison camps and state farms); LOT 7414-F (Texas); LOT 7414-G (Misc. contact strips and single photos); LOT 7414-H (Bahamas).  Items within each subdivision are numbered consecutively throughout the LOT.  Item numbers are preceded by the letter N (i.e., LOT 7414-B, no. N138). 
<br/><br/> Photographer names do not appear on the photographs.  Many images were taken by Alan Lomax and Ruby Terrill Lomax, and possibly others working with them.  Photos of the Bog Trotters Band, Galax, Va., are marked: "These pictures were made by CBS photographer at the time of the A. Lomax School of the Air Broadcast in Galax".  Most photographs have handwritten or typed identifications or other markings on the versos.  In 2015, the Library digitized 48 nitrate negatives (PR 06 CN 1186) for which no prints had been found and made online catalog records. These photos and their numbering fit with the Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia photos of LOT 7414. The negatives date from Sept. to Nov. 1940 and are attributed to Ruby Lomax.  Another 31 negatives that correspond to prints were also digitized and described in the catalog records for the prints.  LOT title devised by Library staff. 
<br/><br/> For reference access, please use the digital image surrogates in the online catalog to preserve the fragile original items. 
<br/><br/> Snapshots primarily documenting sound recording expeditions carried out by John Avery Lomax, Alan Lomax, and Ruby Terrill Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song from 1934 to ca. 1950.  Photographs depict African American, white, and Latino musicians, singers and dancers, in the southern United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia) and the Bahamas (Nassau, Andros Island, and Cat Island).  Includes portraits of musicians posed with and without their instruments; many photos show musicians in various settings and activities--at homes, working in prison yards, working on chain gangs, performing outside and on stage at the Asheville Mountain Music Festival, North Carolina.  Some photos depict daily life, including domestic activities, baptisms, and farming.  Also includes some landscape and marine views, houses, and children playing singing games.  Musicians depicted include, among others, Henry Truvillion, James "Iron Head" Baker, Moses "Clear Rock" Platt, Leadbelly, Crockett "Davy" Ward, Bill Hensley, Uncle Bob Ledbetter, and Bascom Lamar Lunsford.  Folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, who assisted the Lomaxes on expeditions to Georgia and Florida, is identified in four photographs in subdivisions 7414-C and 7414-G. 
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<br/><br/><br/>No known restrictions. For more information, see: "Lomax Collection," 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99405204  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Music--1930-1950.<br/>African Americans--Women<br/>Musicians--Southern States--1930-1950.<br/>Musicians--Bahamas--1930-1950.<br/>Folk dancers--Southern States--1930-1950.<br/>Music festivals--North Carolina--Asheville--1930-1950.<br/>Prisoners--Southern States--1930-1950.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Portrait photographs--1930-1950.<br/>Group portraits--1930-1950.<br/>Gelatin silver prints--1930-1950.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LOT 7414 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>634.956 FOR 2000