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Ray M. Lawless Collection

AFC 1970/003

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

April 1996

Encoded by Judy Ng, June 2006 ; Revised by Nora Yeh

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af007005

Latest revision: January 2010

Collection Concordance by Format

Collection Number: AFC 1970/003
Title: Ray M. Lawless Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1952-1965
Repository: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Extent: 6 boxes; 2.5 linear feet; 224 folders
Creator: Lawless, Ray McKinley, 1896-
Language: English
Abstract: Research materials including questionnaires, some correspondence, and photographs of approximately 200 folksingers and singers of folksong (a few of them are performers of art songs and classical music) collected by Ray M. Lawless to illustrate his book, Folksingers and Folksongs in America (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960; second edition, 1965).

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to describe this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person and by subjects listed alphabetically therein.

Personal Name

Lawless, Ray McKinley, 1896- collector.

Subjects

Folk music--United States.
Folk singers--Ireland.
Folk singers--Scotland.
Folk singers--United States--Correspondence.
Folk singers--United States--Photographs.
Folk songs, English--United States.
Popular music--1951-1960.
Popular music--1961-1970.

Forms of Material

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts.
Photographic prints.
Programs.

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Biographical materials of performing artists in the collection are organized alphabetically by the correspondent's last name.

Access

Viewing access to the collection is unrestricted. Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. For specific questions, researchers should consult with the American Folklife Center reference staff.

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Folklife Center Archive by Mrs. Hazel K. Lawless in 1970. Photographic negatives created from prints for reference purposes have been added to the collection. The number of negatives may increase over time as photoprints from this collection are requested.

Preferred Citation

Ray M. Lawless Collection (AFC 1970/003), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content

Between 1952 and 1959, Lawless wrote to approximately two hundred "folksingers" and "singers of folksongs," requesting information about their lives and careers in preparation for his book Folksingers and Folksongs in America. Lawless contacted both professional and non-professional singers and also wrote to several collectors of folksongs and collectors of folk instruments. The bulk of the collection consists of Lawless's correspondence with the singers, completed questionnaires, and information sent by the singers to Lawless. Most singers also sent one or more photographs.

The collection includes responses to the prepared questionnaire, carbon copies of Lawless's correspondence, the original letters from his correspondents, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, concert programs, publicity materials, and other ephemera. It also includes some correspondence with folksingers not strictly related to the preparation of Lawless's book. For example, there is correspondence concerning the arrangement of a concert at the college where Lawless taught.

The second edition of Folksingers and Folksongs in America (1965) included a "Special Supplement" with biographical information on the generation of folksingers who became prominent around 1960-64 (e.g. Joan Baez and Odetta). To research this updated edition, Lawless drew on previously published sources and did not contact the singers directly as he had in the 1950s. Few of the 1960s folksingers listed in the "Special Supplement" are represented in this collection, and those represented are documented with black-and-white photographs and clippings, not with correspondence.

The folders contain many more black-and-white photographs than appear in Folksingers and Folksongs in America. The book included two kinds of illustrations: black-and-white photographs of artworks depicting folklife, and black-and-white photographs of musicians. The black-and-white photographs of artwork are in folder 2, "Artwork illustrations." The photograph(s) of each musician are under the name of each musician or musician group.

Biographical History

Ray McKinley Lawless was born in Wellington, Kansas in 1896 and died March 11, 1968. A veteran of World War I, Lawless received his master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1924 and completed his doctorial studies with the same institution in 1940. For over 35 years, Lawless taught as a professor of English at Hendrix College (1924-1928), Dakota Wesleyan University (1928-1931), and Junior College of Kansas City (1932-1962), later known as Metropolitan Junior College. A lifelong scholar of American literature and folksongs, he published many articles in addition to the influential and authoritative Folksingers and Folksongs in America.

Collection Concordance by Format

Quantity	Physical Extent (original)	Location	Item Numbers

Manuscript Materials
224	folders	AFC	Box 1-6
Graphic Images
142	black-and-white photographs	AFC	n/a

Container List

CONTAINER	CONTENTS


	Series I: Correspondence
		Includes carbon copies of Lawless's correspondence, the original letters from his correspondents, responses to the prepared questionnaire, photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, concert programs, publicity materials, and other ephemera.

BOX 1 FOLDER 1		Administrative materials regarding the collection
			Collection guide and correspondence. Correspondence arranged chronologically (1956-70) between the Archive of Folk Song, Exchange and Gift Division, and Mrs. Lawless.

BOX 1 FOLDER 2		Artwork--Illustrations
			18 photoprints including 17 illustrations and 1 of unknown musicians. One negative of the illustration "WRECK OF THE '97." Each illustration is identified by title, artist, donor, and photographer, but undated.

BOX 1 FOLDER 3		Adams, Derrols S.
			Correspondence and questionnaire; portrait (negative and print)

BOX 1 FOLDER 4		Allison, John
			Correspondence and questionnaire; news clippings.

BOX 1 FOLDER 5		Archer, Frances, and Beverly Gile
			Correspondence and questionnaire; programs; press release.

BOX 1 FOLDER 6		Arkin, Alan
			Questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 7		Baez, Joan
			News clippings; portrait (negative and print); magazine write-ups.

BOX 1 FOLDER 8		Bailey, Jay
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait, 1 large and 1 small prints.

BOX 1 FOLDER 9		Baillargeon-Cote, Helene
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 1 FOLDER 10		Bair, Fred
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 1 FOLDER 11		Balfour, Nemonie
			Portrait, photoprint.

BOX 1 FOLDER 12		Ball, E. C.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 1 FOLDER 13		Barker, Horton
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 14		Barnes, Bobby and Wilmer
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; news clippings; portrait (prints).

BOX 1 FOLDER 15		Barry, Margaret
			Questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 16		Beers, Robert ("Fiddler"), and Evelyne Beers (Mrs. Fiddler)
			Correspondence; questionnaires; press releases; programs; reviews; portrait (prints).

BOX 1 FOLDER 17		Belafonte, Harry
			Correspondence; biography; questionnaire; portrait (print); news clippings; magazine write-ups.

BOX 1 FOLDER 18		Bender, Bill
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 1 FOLDER 19		Benton, Jessie
			Biography; questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 20		Bikel, Theodore
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 21		Black, Nettie
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 22		Boette, Marie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 1 FOLDER 23		Bonyun, Bill
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; news clippings.

BOX 1 FOLDER 24		Boswell, George
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 1 FOLDER 25		Boyle, Mary Ella
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 1 FOLDER 26		Brand, Oscar
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (prints); programs; song texts; New York Folklore Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4.

BOX 1 FOLDER 27		Broonzy, "Big Bill"
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (negative and prints).

BOX 1 FOLDER 28		Bryan, Charles Faulkner
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography; picture of instruments from his collection; draft of article to Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin March 1952 issue; portrait (print)

BOX 1 FOLDER 29		Buckley, Bruce
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 30		Burnett, W. H.
			Questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 31		Byrne, Jerry
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 1 FOLDER 32		Cahn, Rolf
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 33		Missing


BOX 1 FOLDER 34		Cameron, Isla
			Questionnaire.

BOX 1 FOLDER 35		Campbell, Booth
			Questionnaire; photoprints.

BOX 2 FOLDER 36		Cansler, Loman
			Correspondence; news clippings; news write-up; phonograph recording release (Folkways FH 5324); portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 37		Chalmers, Keith
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 38		Chase, Dorothy
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 39		Churchill, Stuart
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; biography; photoprint.

BOX 2 FOLDER 40		Clark, Keith
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; song score; stories; crafts.

BOX 2 FOLDER 41		Clark, Rogie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clippings; portrait (print); program.

BOX 2 FOLDER 42		Clauson, William
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 43		Clayborn, James R., and Garland K.
			Questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 44		Clayton, Paul
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news write-up; programs; the University of Virginia Magazine, Spring 1956, vol. 1, no. 1.

BOX 2 FOLDER 45		Cobos, Ruben
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); program.

BOX 2 FOLDER 46		Colby, Fred
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 47		Coltman, Robert
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 48		Copeland, Dave
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 49		Cornett, "Banjo" Bill
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; photoprint.

BOX 2 FOLDER 50		Creswell, Grace
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait, photograph and painting, (print); programs; news clipping; biography.

BOX 2 FOLDER 51		Crisp, Rufus
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 52		Cronin, Elizabeth
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; biography; review.

BOX 2 FOLDER 53		Dagel, Kathy
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 54		Missing


BOX 2 FOLDER 55		Dane, Barbara
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography.

BOX 2 FOLDER 56		Danufsky, Philip
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 57		Darling, Erik
			Correspondence; questionnaire; sketch of instruments; list of phonograph recordings.

BOX 2 FOLDER 58		Davis, Rev. Gary
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print and negative); news write-up.

BOX 2 FOLDER 59		Davis, Mary Jo
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 60		Davis, Mr. and Mrs. T.M.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 2 FOLDER 61		Dehr, Rich
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 62		Deller, Alfred
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 63		Devall, Dick
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 2 FOLDER 64		Diard, Marion
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 65		Dobson, Bonnie
			Program; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 66		Duncan, Bob
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clippings; program; portrait (print); biography; brochures.

BOX 2 FOLDER 67		Dyer-Bennet, Richard
			Correspondence; portrait (print); program; biography.

BOX 2 FOLDER 68		Elliott, Bill
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 2 FOLDER 69		Elliot, Jack and June
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait and photograph, (prints and negative).

BOX 2 FOLDER 70		Eskin, Sam
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news write-up; program; photoprint; record notes: song texts.

BOX 2 FOLDER 71		Faier, Billy
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 2 FOLDER 72		Flatt and Scruggs
			Portrait; news clippings.

BOX 2 FOLDER 73		Flowers, Robert E. Lee
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 74		Foster, Pat
			Questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 75		Fuller, Jesse
			Correspondence; questionnaire; magazine write-up; biography; news clippings; photoprint; record notes.

BOX 3 FOLDER 76		Gainer, Patrick W.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 77		Gard, Robert
			Correspondence.

BOX 3 FOLDER 78		Gibson, Bob
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); program.

BOX 3 FOLDER 79		Ginandes, Shep
			Questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 80		Glazer, Joe
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 81		Glazer, Tom
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); programs; sketch.

BOX 3 FOLDER 82		Golden, Terry
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); photoprints; biography.

BOX 3 FOLDER 83		Gooding, Cynthia
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news write-up, portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 84		Gordon, Hally Wood
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 3 FOLDER 85		Greer, Dr. and Mrs. I.G.
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 86		Gregory, Frosia
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 87		Grimes, Anne
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); program; biography.

BOX 3 FOLDER 88		Grise, George C.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 89		Hall, Kenneth M.
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 90		Hamilton, Frank
			Questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 91		Hammond, John
			News clipping; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 92		Hammontree, Doney
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 93		Hatcher, T. Ben
			Questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 94		Hayes, Roland
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program.

BOX 3 FOLDER 95		Haynes, Valerie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 96		Hays, Lee
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 97		Hellerman, Fred
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 98		Hickerson, Joe
			Questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 99		High, Fred
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprints.

BOX 3 FOLDER 100		Hillhouse, Cora
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 101		Hilton, L.M.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portraits (print); program.

BOX 3 FOLDER 102		Hinton, Sam
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; program; portrait (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 103		Holland, Lori
			Questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 104		Holt, Will
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); program.

BOX 3 FOLDER 105		House, Wallace
			Program.

BOX 3 FOLDER 106		Houston, Cisco
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (negative and print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 107		Hunter, Max
			Correspondence; questionnaire; article.

BOX 3 FOLDER 108		Huntington, E.G.
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 109		Hurd, Peter
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography; newsclippings.

BOX 3 FOLDER 110		Isaacson, Dan
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 111		Ives, Burl
			Correspondence; news clippings; news write-ups; programs; portraits (print).

BOX 3 FOLDER 112		Jarrett, Merrick
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 3 FOLDER 113		Jemison, Gene
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; news clipping; portrait (print); photograph (print and negative).

BOX 4 FOLDER 114		Kazee, Buell
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (negative and print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 115		Kincaid, Barry
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 116		King, Martha
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); news clipping; magazine write-up.

BOX 4 FOLDER 117		Kornfeld, Barry
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 118		Kossoy, Sisters
			Questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 119		Kukler, Aolph and Augusta
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; photoprint.

BOX 4 FOLDER 120		Kunitz, Charlene
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; program.

BOX 4 FOLDER 121		Kweskin, Jim, and Jug Band
			Program; magazine write-up; news clipping; photoprint.

BOX 4 FOLDER 122		Lane, Lawrence
			Correspondence.

BOX 4 FOLDER 123		Langstaff, John
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; portrait printed on programs; news clipping; magazine write-ups.

BOX 4 FOLDER 124		Leadbelly
			Correspondence; portrait on record notes.

BOX 4 FOLDER 125		Ledford, Homer
			Portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 126		Lee, Archie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 127		Lee, Katie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print); news clipping.

BOX 4 FOLDER 128		Lloyd, A.L.
			Questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 129		Lomax, Alan
			Correspondence; news write-up; biography; article.

BOX 4 FOLDER 130		Long, Maud
			Questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 4 FOLDER 131		Loudermilk, Romaine
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 4 FOLDER 132		Lunsford, Bascomb
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint; program.

BOX 4 FOLDER 133		MacColl, Ewan
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program.

BOX 4 FOLDER 134		McCord, May Kennedy
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait, negative and print; news clipping.

BOX 4 FOLDER 135		McCurdy, Ed
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); news clipping.

BOX 4 FOLDER 136		McNeil, Brownie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portraits (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 137		Maples, Jo
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 138		Marais and Miranda
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 139		Marcotte, Will and Jean
			Questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 140		Mechau Family
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; news write-up; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 141		Meyer, Roy
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 142		Mickelson, Eric
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 4 FOLDER 143		Mills, Alan
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; news write-up; news clipping; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 144		Mitchell, Merlin
			Questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 145		Mobley, Pleaz W.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 146		Moon, Jacob and Winnifred
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 4 FOLDER 147		Morris, Jimmy (Driftwood)
			Correspondence; questionnaire; 2 song scores by J. Morris.

BOX 4 FOLDER 148		Morrison, Absie
			Questionnaire.

BOX 5 FOLDER 149		Moser, Artus
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprint.

BOX 5 FOLDER 150		Mueller, Joan
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography.

BOX 5 FOLDER 151		Murai, Jean
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); programs.

BOX 5 FOLDER 152		Murray, Jim and Carmen
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 153		National Music League Vocal Trio
			Program; portraits (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 154		Neal, Ruth
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); biography.

BOX 5 FOLDER 155		Neibarger, Nancy, and Pearl Kelly
			Photoprint.

BOX 5 FOLDER 156		Nickerson, Camille
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 157		Niles, John Jacob
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news write-up; biography; programs; portraits (print); news clipping; article.

BOX 5 FOLDER 158		Nye, Hermes
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print); program.

BOX 5 FOLDER 159		O'Bryant, Joan
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping.

BOX 5 FOLDER 160		O'Hara, Mary
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 5 FOLDER 161		Okun, Milt
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 162		Oldfather, Charles
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 5 FOLDER 163		Oster, Harry
			Correspondence; questionnaire; new write-up; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 164		Paley, Tom
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 5 FOLDER 165		Peacock, Ken
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 5 FOLDER 166		Pennington, John B.
			Song book: song texts only.

BOX 5 FOLDER 167		Powell, Desmond
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 168		Le Quatour, Alouette
			Correspondence; questionnaire; photoprints; program; biography, English and French; reviews.

BOX 5 FOLDER 169		Reed, Jared
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portraits (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 170		Reed, Susan
			Correspondence; program; news clipping; program.

BOX 5 FOLDER 171		Ritchie, Edna
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 5 FOLDER 172		Ritchie, Jason
			Correspondence; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 173		Ritchie, Jean
			Correspondence; program; news clipping; news write-up; portrait (print) and negative.

BOX 5 FOLDER 174		Ritchie, Jewel
			Correspondence; photoprint.

BOX 5 FOLDER 175		Ritchie, May
			Correspondence.

BOX 5 FOLDER 176		Ritchie, Una
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 177		Roberts, Robin
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 178		Robinson, Earl
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 179		Robinson, Frank V.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 180		Ross, Rob
			Correspondence; questionnaire; Folkways record notes: portrait, song texts.

BOX 5 FOLDER 181		Roth, Herbert
			Questionnaire; news clipping.

BOX 5 FOLDER 182		Rubin, Ruth
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; portrait (print).

BOX 5 FOLDER 183		Rudie, Robert
			Portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 184		Saletan, Tony
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 185		Sandburg, Carl
			Correspondence; biography; news clippings; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 186		Scammell, A.R.
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 187		Schlamme, Martha
			News clipping; portrait (print) on brochure; program; biography; reviews.

BOX 6 FOLDER 188		Scott, Molly
			Correspondence; news clipping.

BOX 6 FOLDER 189		Scott, Tom
			Correspondence; biography; program.

BOX 6 FOLDER 190		Seeger, Pete
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography; portrait (print); news clippings; program; his How to play the 5-string Banjo; Folkways record notes.

BOX 6 FOLDER 191		Sellers, John
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 192		Silverman, Jerry
			Correspondence; questionnaire; record notes.

BOX 6 FOLDER 193		Smith, Fred
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 194		Smith, Winifred
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 195		Sparks, Lloyd
			Questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 196		Starr, Mary Agnes
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography; program; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 197		Stekert, Ellen
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 198		Stone, Eleanor
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 199		Stracke, Win
			Correspondence; questionnaire; programs; portrait (print); reviews; news clippings; biography.

BOX 6 FOLDER 200		Sturgill, Virgil
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print); news clipping.

BOX 6 FOLDER 201		Summers, Andrew R.
			Questionnaire; program; portraits (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 202		Tarwater, Rebecca
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 203		Tate, Charles, and Family
			Correspondence; questionnaire; festival programs.

BOX 6 FOLDER 204		Temple, Pick
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; photoprint and portrait (print)s.

BOX 6 FOLDER 205		Terry, Sonny
			Photograph (print and negative).

BOX 6 FOLDER 206		Thomson, Paul S.
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 207		Tyler, Ruth
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 208		Usher, Alex
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portraits (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 209		Van Wey, Adelaide
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography; program; portraits (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 210		Vincent, Jenny Wells
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; programs; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 211		Warner, Frank
			Correspondence; questionnaire; biography; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 212		Washington, Jackie
			Correspondence; questionnaire; news clipping; program; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 213		Weissman, Dick
			Questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 214		Welsch, Roger
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 215		West, Harry and Jeanie
			Correspondence; portrait (print); program.

BOX 6 FOLDER 216		White, Josh
			Biography.

BOX 6 FOLDER 217		Whitmire, Ross C.
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 218		Wilder, Dick
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 219		Williams, Betty V.
			Questionnaire; news clipping; program.

BOX 6 FOLDER 220		Williams, Cratis
			Correspondence; questionnaire; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 221		Wilson, Stan
			Correspondence; questionnaire; program; portrait (print).

BOX 6 FOLDER 222		Wood, Theodore
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 223		Yarbrough, Glen
			Questionnaire.

BOX 6 FOLDER 224		Zeitlin, David
			Correspondence; questionnaire.

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Ray M. Lawless Collection

AFC 1970/003

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

April 1996

Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Scope and Content

Biographical History

Selected Search Terms

Personal Name

Subjects

Forms of Material

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Access

Acquisition

Preferred Citation

Collection Concordance by Format

Container List

Series I: Correspondence

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

Personal Name

Subjects

Forms of Material

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Access

Acquisition

Preferred Citation

Scope and Content

Biographical History

Collection Concordance by Format

Container List

Series I: Correspondence