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Silent film clip of Captain Pearl R. Nye on the roof of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress, 1938. Library of Congress, American Folklife Center - Archive of American Folk Song Films Collection, AFC 1990/017.
Ivan Walton records three of Nye's songs in Akron, Ohio.
May
Nye performs at National Folklife Festival, Washington, DC.
1939
April
Nye leases abandoned lock at Roscoe Basin to build his home "Camp Charming" using materials from the old canal boat, Rosalie.
Photograph of Captain Pearl R. Nye Standing Outside Camp Charming 2.
1942
April
Nye performs at National Folklife Festival, New York City.
1950
January 4
Pearl R. Nye dies in Hawthornden State Hospital, Akron, Ohio where he had been living for more than two years.
