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Size | 7 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2600 items) |
Abstract | The Elijah Wald Collection consists primarily of materials related to publications by American folk blues guitarist and music historian, Elijah Wald. Subjects of Wald's publications include the Narcocorrido folk music of northern Mexico; blues singer and guitarist, Robert Johnson; folk singer, Dave Van Ronk; blues singer, guitarist, and civil rights activist, Josh White; the evolution of popular music; and the various music genres found along the Mississippi River. Of particular note are the audio interviews that Wald conducted for select publications. Notable interviewees include Oscar Brand, Compay Segundo, Barbara Dane, Tom Glazer, Sam Hood, Ali Akbar Khan, Barry Kornfeld, Christine Lavin, Josephine Premice, Pete Seeger, Irwin Silber, Wavy Gravy, Izzy Young, and members of the Josh White family. The collection also contains interviews and transcripts for his writings on roots and world music for the Boston Globe and other publications, master audio recordings of Elijah Wald's commercial recordings, and other materials compiled by Wald, including writings on the 40th anniversary of Arhoolie Records, course materials, and publicity for Wald's music. |
Creator | Wald, Elijah. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English Spanish |
Processed by: Brad San Martin, April 2016; Asia Harman and Anne Wells, June 2017
Encoded by: Anne Wells, May 2016
Updated by: Anne Wells, June 2017
Updated by: Anne Wells and Mary Oliva, August 2017
Archival processing of the Elijah Wald Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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American folk blues guitarist and music historian, Elijah Wald, was born in 1959 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He started playing guitar at age 7, went to New York City at age 17 to study with folksinger Dave Van Ronk, and spent much of the next twenty years hitchhiking and performing all over North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, including several months studying with the Congolese guitar masters Jean-Bosco Mwenda and Edouard Masengo. He has worked as an accompanist to Van Ronk, Eric Von Schmidt, and the African American string band master, Howard Armstrong. He has also recorded two solo albums: "Songster, Fingerpicker, Shirtmaker" (1984, Reckless) and "Street Corner Cowboys" (2000, Black Rose Records).
In the early 1980s Wald began writing on roots and world music for the Boston Globe, publishing over a thousand pieces before he left in 2000. His work has appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines, and liner notes. Some of his books include Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties (2015), How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music (2009), Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues (2004), Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas (2002), Josh White: Society Blues (2000), and The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2005), a memoir with Dave Van Ronk that inspired the Coen Brothers' movie Inside Llewyn Davis.
He has won a Grammy Award for his album notes to The Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Box, for which he was also nominated as a producer. His books have also won awards, including an ASCAP-Deems Taylor award and an honorable mention for the American Musicological Society's Otto Kinkeldey award. He has an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in ethnomusicology and sociolinguistics, and taught for several years in the musicology department at University of California Los Angeles. He is currently based near Boston, and continues to write, travel to speaking engagements around the US and abroad, and perform in a duo with his wife, clarinetist Sandrine Sheon.
Back to TopThe Elijah Wald Collection consists primarily of materials related to publications by American folk blues guitarist and music historian, Elijah Wald. Publications represented in the collection include Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas (2002), Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues (2004), The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2005), Josh White: Society Blues (2005), How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music (2009), and River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi (2009). Of particular note are the audio interviews that Wald conducted for select publications. Notable interviewees include Oscar Brand, Compay Segundo, Barbara Dane, Tom Glazer, Sam Hood, Ali Akbar Khan, Barry Kornfeld, Christine Lavin, Josephine Premice, Pete Seeger, Irwin Silber, Wavy Gravy, Izzy Young, and members of the Josh White family. The collection also contains interviews and transcripts for his writings on roots and world music for the Boston Globe and other publications, master audio recordings of Elijah Wald's commercial recordings, and other materials compiled by Wald, including writings on the 40th anniversary of Arhoolie Records, course materials, and publicity for Wald's music.
Back to TopPapers and an audio recording related to Wald's book Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas (2002). The audio recording contains a speech by Wald on the Narcocorrido music of Mexico. Papers consist chiefly of annotated drafts of the book, in both English and Spanish. The series also contains the transcript of an interview with Jorge Hernandez (in Spanish), as well and correspondence about the related book tour and the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Corridos sin fronteras: A New World Ballad Tradition.
Box 1-2
Box 1Box 2 |
Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/70 |
Narcocorridos speech, 28 September 2003Audiocassette |
Acquisitions information: Received as Addition of May 2017
Papers related to Wald's book Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues (2004). Papers consist chiefly of annotated drafts of the book, with one folder of reviews of the book.
Box 3-4
Box 3Box 4 |
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues |
Arrangement: By format.
Papers and audiovisual materials compiled by Wald for Dave Van Ronk's memoir, The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2005), which he co-wrote. Papers consist chiefly of writing from chapters of the book cut into smaller segments and grouped together. Also contained are business records related to this project. Audio and video recordings consist of interviews conducted or compiled by Wald, as well as recordings of live performances by Dave Van Ronk. Also included are field notes found with select audio recordings, including a memo and a letter from Izzy Young, a noted figure in the world of folk music.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by folder subject.
Acquisitions information: Received as Addition of May 2017
Chiefly writing from chapters of the book cut into smaller segments and grouped together. Also contained are business records related to this project.
Box 5 |
The Mayor of MacDougal Street |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by format.
Acquisitions information: FS-20522/153-182, VT-20522/1-4, and corresponding field notes were received as Addition of May 2017.
Folder 1 |
Field notes: memos and letters (FS-20522/181, FS-20522/182)received as Addition of May 2017 Also includes loose papers found with unprocessed born digital materials. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/1 |
Roy Berkeley, Dave Van RonkAudiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Roy Berkeley |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/2 |
Roy Berkeley, 9 January 2003Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/3 |
Lenni BrennerAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/4 |
Len ChandlerAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/153 |
Tom Condit, 3 April 1998Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/5 |
Tom Condit, Marty Jukovsky, and Terri ThalAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/154 |
Al Graham, 8 April 1998Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/6 |
Lee Hoffman, Aaron RennertAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/7 |
Lee Hoffman, Aaron RennertAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/8 |
Sam Hood interview 1Audiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Sam Hood |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/9 |
Sam Hood interview 2Audiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Sam Hood |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/10 |
Hood II copyAudiocassette Likely copy of FS-20522/9. Note on original container reads "fast" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/11 |
Kornfeld interview 1Audiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Barry Kornfeld |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/12 |
Kornfeld interview 2Audiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Barry Kornfeld |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/155 |
Christine Lavin interview, 16 March 1997Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/13 |
Rod MacDonaldAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/14 |
Aaron Rennert interview 1Audiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Aaron Rennert |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/15 |
Aaron Rennert interview 2Audiocassette Likely Dave Van Ronk interviewing Aaron Rennert |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/16 |
Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane, 2 April 1998Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/17 |
Dave Van Ronk SUNY, 1964Audiocassette Likely concert recording |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/156 |
Dave Van Ronk interview by Mark Greenberg parts 2 and 3, 24 May 1980Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/157 |
Dave Van Ronk interview by Mark Greenberg part 4, 24 May 1980; Dave Van Ronk radio interview, 1980Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/173 |
Dave Van Ronk interview by Mark Greenberg part 1, 24 May 1981; Dave Van Ronk interview by Mark Greenberg, 19 November 1998Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/158 |
Dave Van Ronk interview, WHRB, 15 May 1982; Dave Van Ronk live at Passim, 16 May 1982Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/159 |
Dave Van Ronk, Richard Shelby interview, 23 October 1984Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/160 |
Dave Van Ronk live at Coffeehouse Extempore, Minneapolis, Minn., 15 Jan 1985Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/161 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Jody Kolodzey, Philadelphia, Penn., 10 February 1985: tape 1 of 3Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/162 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Jody Kolodzey, Philadelphia, Penn., 10 February 1985: tape 2 of 3Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/163 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Jody Kolodzey, Philadelphia, Penn., 10 February 1985: tape 3 of 3Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/164 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Ronald Cohen, New York, N.Y., 12 May 1985: tape 1 of 2Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/165 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Ronald Cohen, New York, N.Y., 12 May 1985: tape 2 of 2Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/166 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Connecticut Public Radio, 1985; North Winds Fest, Toronto, CanadaAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/167 |
Dave Van Ronk, "Mayor"; Dave Van Ronk interview, KUNM, 18 October 1988Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/168 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Michael Schumacher, New York, N.Y., 15 May 1993Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/169 |
Dave Van Ronk, Rochester, N.Y., 14 March 1998: tape 1 of 2Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/170 |
Dave Van Ronk, Rochester, N.Y., 14 March 1998: tape 2 of 2Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/171 |
Dave Van Ronk interview with Mike Regenstreif, 16 July 1998Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/172 |
Dave Van Ronk, Princeton Folk Music Society, September 1998Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/174 |
Dave Van Ronk, WCRN, Miami, Fla., 16 February 2000Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/175 |
Dave Van Ronk, CKUT, Folk Roots, Folk Branches, Montreal, CanadaAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/176 |
Dave Van Ronk concert excerptsAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/177 |
Dave Van Ronk, EW /50!Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/178 |
Dave Van Ronk interview by Sonny Ochs at WFMU, East Orange, N.J., 3 January 1983Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/179 |
Dave Van Ronk, Kennedy CenterAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/180 |
Dave Van Ronk with Joan PlattAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/181 |
Wavy Gravy, 31 March 1998Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/182 |
Izzy Young, WBAI-FM, New York, N.Y., April 1973Audiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 Izzy Young letter found with recording is located in Folder 1 |
Videotape VT-20522/1 |
Dave Van Ronk in concert, Stefan Grossman, 1980VHS received as Addition of May 2017 |
Videotape VT-20522/2 |
Dave Van Ronk, Listening Place, January 1994VHS received as Addition of May 2017 |
Videotape VT-20522/3 |
Dave Van Ronk, St. John's Pub, Portland Or., 23 June 2000VHS received as Addition of May 2017 |
Videotape VT-20522/4 |
Dave Van Ronk performance and interview at Caffe LenaVHS received as Addition of May 2017 |
Papers, photographs, audio recordings and field notes related to Wald's biography on Josh White, titled Josh White: Society Blues (2005). Audio recordings consist of interviews that Wald conducted and compiled for the book. Also included is a field note, or memo, found with an audio recording. Papers consist chiefly of interview transcripts and other research materials for the book. Also included is a chronology of Josh White's life, related photographs, and Wald's notes for the book.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by folder subject.
Acquisitions information: Addition of May 2017 (Acc. 103073).
Chiefly interview transcripts and other research materials for the book. Also includes a chronology of Josh White's life, related photographs, and Wald's notes for the book.
Box 6 |
Josh White chronology |
Box 7-10
Box 7Box 8Box 9Box 10 |
Josh White: Society Blues |
Oversize Paper Folder 1 |
Collier's, 16 November 1946includes article about Josh White |
Oversize Image Folder 1 |
Josh White: Oversize print |
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Acquisitions information: FT-20522/10 was received as Addition of May 2017.
Folder 2 |
Field notes: memo (FS-20522/112) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/93 |
Enrico Banducci, Sam Fuller, and Bess HawesAudiocassette Bess Hawes is also known as Bess Lomax |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/94 |
Enrico Banducci, Sam Fuller, Bess Hawes, Beverly White and Josh White Jr.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/95 |
Oscar BrandAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/96 |
Oscar Brand excerpted, Carol WhiteAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/97 |
Jay Chase, Michael Meeropol, Bernie Asbell, and Ray FlerlageAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/98 |
Charles Chilton, Larry Adler, BBC NotesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/99 |
Liam Clancy, Vivienne Muhling, and Blondelle "Bunny" WhiteAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/100 |
Leonard de PaurAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/101 |
Martin EhrlichmanAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/102 |
Jack FallonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/103 |
Perry FullerAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/104 |
Perry Fuller, Mamie Norris and her sister, and Lila BrockAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/105 |
Rene Dannen GordonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/106 |
Rene Dannen GordonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/107 |
Davey GrahamAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/108 |
Jac HolzmanAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/109 |
Eddie Kaplan, Al GrahamAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/110 |
Bill LeeAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/111 |
Katie LeeAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/112 |
Lomax recording visitAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/113 |
Jo Mapes, Leon Bibb, Don McLeanAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/114 |
Ed McCurdy 1Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/115 |
Ed McCurdy 2, Bob Gibson, and KamenAudiocassette Kaman likely refers to Bill Kaman or Charlie Kaman |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/116 |
Devon McGovern Brenner 1Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/117 |
Devon McGovern Brenner 2Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/118 |
Don McLean with LenAudiocassette Len likely refers to Len Rosenfeld |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/119 |
Dan Morgenstern, Irwin Corey, New York, 8-14 December 1996Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/120 |
Josephine PremiceAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/121 |
Josephine Premice, Pete Seeger, Ms. White, and Oscar BrandAudiocassette Ms White likely refers to Carol White aka Mrs. Josh White aka Carol Carr. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/122 |
Chuck RamseyAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/123 |
Susan Reed, Ms. White 3bAudiocassette Ms White likely refers to Carol White aka Mrs. Josh White aka Carol Carr. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/124 |
Mark Rosenfeld, Donny Josh White Jr., Bernard Levine, Jerry Waitz, Ray Boguslav, Kelsey Marechal, DVR [Dave Van Ronk]Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/125 |
Pete SeegerAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/126 |
Creed Taylor, Bob ShaneAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/127 |
Beverly White and Don Josh White Jr., 1998Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/128 |
Blondelle "Bunny" WhiteAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/129 |
Blondelle "Bunny" White, Tom Glaser, and Jon HendricksAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/130 |
Carol White 1, 19 March 1997Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/131 |
Carol White 1 edited, 19 March 1997Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/132 |
Carol White 2, 19 March 1997Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/133 |
Elizabeth WhiteAudiocassette Note on tape reads: "Elizabeth White from Mike Seeger" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/134 |
Josh White at Katie Lee's 1, Hollywood, Calif., 1954Audiocassette Note on tape reads: "Katie's Tapes of Josh - 1954 - Hollywood" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/135 |
Josh White at Katie Lee's 2, Hollywood, Calif., 1954Audiocassette Note on tape reads: "Josh at Katie's 1954 Hollywood" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/136 |
Josh White and Katie Lee with Studs Terkel, Chicago, Ill., 1955Audiocassette Note on tape reads: "Josh and Katie with Studs Chicago - 1955" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/10 |
Josh White interview by Robert Shelton, 15 January 19631/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/137 |
2 Black 2 Strong MMG Burn Baby Burn ep, 1991; Josh White Jr. and Oscar BrandAudiocassette Side A is a dub of the 1991 Burn Baby Burn EP by the group 2 Black 2 Strong MMG. Side B just marked "Josh White Oscar Brand" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/138 |
Josh White Jr. bio radio dramatization, "Destination Freedom," NBC Radio; Studs Terkel Tribute to Josh White Jr., September, 1969Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/139 |
Josh White Jr.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/140 |
Josh White Jr.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/141 |
Josh White Jr. excerpts 2Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/142 |
Josh White Jr. and Beverly White 1Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/143 |
Josh White Jr. and Beverly White 2Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/144 |
Mrs. Carol White 1Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/145 |
Mrs. Carol White 2Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/146 |
Ms. Carol White excerptedAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/147 |
Mrs. Carol White , Oscar Brand edited, and Josh White Jr.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/148 |
Don Luck, Oscar BrownAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/149 |
Orlandus WilsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/150 |
Stan WilsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/151 |
Izzy Young, Tuli Kupferberg, 30 January 1999Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/152 |
NY notesAudiocassette |
Alphabetical by folder subject.
Acquisitions information: Received as Addition of May 2017
Papers related to Wald's book How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music (2009). Papers consist chiefly of folders of cut up paragraphs of text that Wald arranged by subject.
Box 11 |
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll |
Alphabetical by folder subject.
Acquisitions information: Received as Addition of May 2017
Papers related to Wald's book, River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi (2009), which he co-authored with John Junkerman to serve as a companion to the PBS documentary series of the same name. Papers consist chiefly of production materials from the original film production, interview transcripts, and drafts of the book.
Box 12-14
Box 12Box 13Box 14 |
River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi |
Papers, audio interviews, and field notes related to Wald's writings on roots and world music for the Boston Globe and other publications. Papers consist of transcripts, notes, and completed articles by Wald, while audio recordings consist of interviews conducted by Wald with musicians. Field notes include memos found with select audio recordings in the series.
Arrangement: Original order.
Acquisitions information: Received as Addition of May 2017
Transcripts, notes, and completed articles by Wald
Box 15-16
Box 15Box 16 |
Boston Globe interviews |
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Acquisitions information: FS-20522/183-184 and corresponding field notes were received as Addition of May 2017
Folder 3 |
Field notes: memos (FS-20522/25, FS-20522/26, FS-20522/44, FS-20522/88) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/18 |
Alice James, David AdamsAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/19 |
Johnny AdamsAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/20 |
Joseph Adi, Said KhouryAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/21 |
Haris AlexiouAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/22 |
Dave Alvin, Jo Carol PierceAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/23 |
Jacky AmbroiseAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/24 |
Jorge ArceAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/25 |
Maure Aronson, Black Umfolosi, Thomeki DubeAudiocassette Note found inside original container reads "Language: Ndebele, Place: Matabeleland, Zulu Kings: Chaka, Mzilakazi, School: George Silundika, Town: Bulawayo, Dance style: Isitshikitsa" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/26 |
Billy ArquimimoAudiocassette Note found inside original container reads "Olodum, Pelaourinho, Salvador, Bahia, Yoruba, Egyptians, Trio electricos, Neguinho do Samba, Aluja, Merengue, Salsa, Caetano Velaso, Escola Creativa" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/27 |
Susana Baca, Nana Danso AbiamAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/28 |
Hank BallardAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/29 |
Luther BarnesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/30 |
Allessandra BelloniAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/31 |
Jim Beloff, Paul SypherAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/32 |
Sophia BilidesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/33 |
Brother BlueAudiocassette Real name: Hugh Morgan Hill |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/34 |
Brother Cleve of Combustible EdisonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/35 |
Les Brown, Bad Livers, Eartha Kitt, and Daryl WatersAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/36 |
Clarence CarterAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/37 |
Otis Clay, David Amram, and John RossAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/184 |
Compay SegundoAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/38 |
George DalarasAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/39 |
Purna Das and Bapi, Jesus AlemanyAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/40 |
Geno Delafose and Ken and Patricia HaiAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/41 |
Hazel DickensAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/42 |
Big Chief, Bo DollisAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/43 |
Big Al DowningAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/44 |
Fain Sanchez Duenas, Geoff MuldaurAudiocassette Note found in original container reads "Tema (his word for theme, of piece), modal, Vincent Molina, Ramiro Amusategui, Benjamin Escoriza, La Musgana, Malicorue" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/45 |
Steve EarleAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/46 |
Barbaros Erkose, Michalis Skovlas, and Yiannis AlexanidrisAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/47 |
FantchaAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/48 |
Ali Ibrahim "Farka" ToureAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/49 |
Guillermo Gomez PenaAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/50 |
Nora GuthrieAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/51 |
Wayne HancockAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/52 |
Larry HarlowAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/53 |
David Harrington of Kronos QuartetAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/54 |
Ronnie HawkinsAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/55 |
Gary Hines of Sounds of BlacknessAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/56 |
Iron River Singers, Fatal MamboAudiocassette Iron River Singers interviewed are (in order of appearance) Paul, Rui, and Nelson |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/57 |
Rafael Ithier, Wilson PickettAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/58 |
Wanda Jackson, Rosie FloresAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/59 |
Dennis KamakahiAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/60 |
Rev. Dennis KamakahiAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/61 |
Norman Kennedy, Waldemar BastosAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/183 |
Ali Akbar KhanAudiocassette received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/62 |
Louis KillenAudiocassette later Louisa Jo Killen |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/63 |
KyotoAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/64 |
Tom Lehrer 1Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/65 |
Tom Lehrer 2Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/66 |
Ricardo Lemvo, Perry RibeiroAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/67 |
Maure Aronson, Dana Westover and Flo MurdockAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/68 |
Daniela Mercury, Alan StivellAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/69 |
Buddy MilesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/71 |
Queen IdaAudiocassette Real name: Ida Lee Lewis |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/72 |
John RenbournAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/73 |
Jerry RicksAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/74 |
Les SampouAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/75 |
Tatiana SarbinskaAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/76 |
Danny SchechterAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/77 |
Warren Senders, Vijaya SundaramAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/78 |
Joseph Shabalala of Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Stella ChiweshaAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/79 |
Simon Shaheen, Naseer ShammaAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/80 |
Ravi ShankarAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/81 |
Bobby ShortAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/82 |
Terrance SimienAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/83 |
Lorin SklambergAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/84 |
Tabou ComboAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/85 |
Allen Toussaint, Dudley ConnellAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/86 |
Ulali (Soni Moreno)Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/87 |
Andrew VasquezAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/88 |
Caetano VelosoAudiocassette Note found inside original container reads "Joao Gilberto, Gilberto Gil, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Maria Bethania, Tropicalismo, Bossa Nova, Bahia (where he's from)" |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/89 |
Eric Von SchmidtAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/90 |
Dale WatsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/91 |
Doc WatsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/92 |
Michel Winter, Taraf de HaidouksAudiocassette |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Acquisitions information: FT-20522/1-9, DAT-20522/1-3, and corresponding field notes were received as Addition of May 2017
Master audio recordings of Elijah Wald's commercial recordings. Tapes include mixes, rough edits, and outtakes. Also included in the series are field notes found with select recordings. Field notes consist of tape logs and track sheets.
Folder 4 |
Field notes: Tape logs and track sheets (FT-20522/2, FT-20522/3, FT-20522/4, FT-20522/5)received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/1 |
Elijah Wald, 28 March 19831/4" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/2 |
Elijah Wald, 9 October 19911/4" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/3 |
Elijah Wald, cassette master, 19931/2" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/4 |
Elijah Wald, cassette roughs, 19931/2" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/5 |
Elijah Wald, cassette roughs, 1993: tape 11/2" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/6 |
Elijah Wald, cassette roughs, 1993: tape 21/2" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
Digital Audiotape DAT-20522/1 |
Elijah Wald, mixes, 26 October 2000Digital Audio Tape (DAT) received as Addition of May 2017 |
Digital Audiotape DAT-20522/2 |
Elijah Wald, master, 3 November 2000Digital Audio Tape (DAT) received as Addition of May 2017 |
Digital Audiotape DAT-20522/3 |
Elijah Wald, mixes late nite, production master, 3 November 2000Digital Audio Tape (DAT) received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/7 |
Elijah Wald, mix 11/4" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/8 |
Elijah Wald, mix 21/4" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20522/9 |
Elijah Wald, outtakes1/4" Open Reel Audio received as Addition of May 2017 |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Acquisitions information: Received as Addition of May 2017
Other materials compiled by Wald, including scattered papers and an audio recording of an interview with Peter Keane. Papers consist of materials related to Wald's book Riding with Strangers: A Hitchhiker's Journey (2006), writing on the 40th anniversary of Arhoolie Records, papers from classes Wald taught on the blues, publicity for Wald's music, and Wald's report cards and activities during school. There is also a folder of materials Wald collected related to Alan Lomax.
Box 17 |
Other Materials |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20522/185 |
Peter Keane interview, 1982Audiocassette |