This is a wonderful collection. Rev up your RealAudio plugin and enjoy!! Judy Graves > ANNOUNCING > VOICES FROM THE DUST BOWL: >THE CHARLES L. TODD AND ROBERT SONKIN MIGRANT WORKER COLLECTION > AVAILABLE ON THE AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER WEB PAGES > >The American Folklife Center announces the release of its latest 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, >[log in to unmask] 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: > >American Folklife Center >Library of Congress >January 7, 1998 > >This message has been posted to the following listserves and newsgroups: >Anthropology, Folklore, Oral Tradition, Ethnomusicology, AFS Women, >Publore, CARTS, Folk Archives, and rec.Music.folk > > ------------------------------------------------------- Judith K. Graves Instructional Technology Designer Educational Services National Digital Library Program Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540-1320 [log in to unmask] 202/707-2562 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/