Publications of the John Edwards Memorial Foundation. The Center for Popular Music is the source for all remaining publication stock, other than sound recordings, of the John Edwards Memorial Foundation. Publication of the JEMF Quarterly ceased with Vol. Individual issues of the Quarterly, the JEMF Reprint Series and the JEMF Special Series are listed in a searchable database . To order, please use our order form.
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For much of his adult life he devoted himself to studying various aspects of American culture documented by commercial phonograph records of folk music from the period 1923-1941. Though he never visited the United States, he established himself as one of the world's experts on the subject of this music. Through correspondence with early recording artists, record company personnel, and fellow enthusiasts he amassed an important body of material in this field of study. Shortly before his death, John Edwards prepared a will stating that he wanted his records, tapes, correspondence, photographs, biographical and discographical compilations, and related ephemeral information to be used for the furtherance of scholarly interests. To these ends his friends and associates formed the John Edwards Memorial Foundation.