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Collection Overview
| Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 650 items) |
| Abstract | Adolph Bregman, mettalurgist with a specialization in non- ferreous metals, whose avocation was collecting and performing folk songs from all parts of the United States. Chiefly words, music, and audio recordings of songs collected by Adolph Bregman, many of which were published in "Songs of American Folk" (John Day Company, 1942), co-authored by Satis N. Coleman of the Lincoln School of Teachers College, N.Y. The book includes discussion of English folksongs in the United States, spirituals, and African-American music. Also included are notes on folk songs, scripts written by Bregman for a 1930s radio show about folk music, and a small number of photographs of Bregman, his friends, and family. |
| Creator | Bregman, Adolph, 1890-1951. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Adolph Bregman, mettalurgist with a specialization in non- ferreous metals, whose avocation was collecting and performing folk songs from all parts of the United States.
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Scope and Content
The collection has been divided into two series: Series 1 consists of the words, music, and audio recordings of songs collected by Bregman; Series 2 consists of other materials as detailed below. Biographical information about Bregman may be found in folder 10, and an extensive sketch of his life, written by his daughter, Cynthia Bregman King, is available from the staff.
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Series 1. Collected Songs and Recordings, 1941-1949 and undated.
Processing information: Instantenous discs were added to finding in February 2018.
Handwritten and printed versions of songs collected by Bregman from various sources, as well as audio recordings of Bregman performing select collected songs. Many of these songs, especially those in folders 8 and 9, appeared in Songs of American Folk.
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Series 2. Other Items, 1920s-1940s.
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, September 1990
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Anne Wells, February 2018
Paper extremely fragile throughout.
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