[Leslye Davis conversation]
name: label: Collection Collector
content: McCormick, Mack
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content: Robert "Mack" McCormick Collection
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content: Robert "Mack" McCormick Collection / Series 15: Audio Cassette Tapes and Digital Files
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cassette tape (Total Running Time: 31:00)
unitdate: label: Date
content: December 26, [2012-2013?]
container: label: Container
content: Box 165, Cassette OTC 1485.8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audio
label: Type
content: Cassette tapes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Side A: Leslye Davis conversation, December 26,[2012-2013?] 

Side B: Blank.

Side A: Leslye Davis conversation, December 26,[2012-2013?] 

Conversation is about the assignment, given to Davis by Nancy Donaldson for the New York Times, featuring a story about early blues music originating in Texas. Davis states that she has chosen to interview McCormick because of his work as a blues field researcher and historian. McCormick expresses numerous concerns about the four-hour video interview including not getting paid, wanting recognition for other work, concern that the New York Times does not allow subjects to edit content before publication, and rights issues associated with some of the photographs. In the beginning of the conversation Davis provides biographical information including growing up in Greensburg, Kentucky, teenage life, family and friends, interest in photojournalism, and her move to New York City. 

Side B: Blank.