Sidney Robertson Cowell Recordings: Warde H. Ford [sound recording]
name: label: recorder
content: Cowell, Sidney Robertson
label: artist
content: Ford, Warde H 1906-1979
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy Tape Info: These recordings feature Warde Ford, of Crandon, Wisconsin, near Wolf River. Warde and other relatives were involved in lumbering and many of the songs they sing are from the lumber camps. Warde was originally recorded by Sydney Robertson Cowell as part of the WPA Northern California Folk Music Project, begun in 1938, when Warde was in California to work on the Shasta Dam. Some of those recordings are in the CFCH Archives; all of them are in the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and are available on their website, identified as "California Gold." From 1952 - 1955, Sydney Robertson Cowell re-recorded Warde Ford and other family members, notably Warde's uncle, Robert Walker. Warde had enlisted in the Army, and in 1954 - 1955 was stationed in Munich, Germany, where he was recorded at the studio of Radio Free Europe, where -0690 through -0695 were made August 1954. Includes one song sung by Warde's uncle - Robert Walker. FW-ASCH-7RR-0696 tape box says, "These songs were recorded afresh 3 months after the first 6 tapes." But top of tape box has date of 9/21/55; perhaps that means this tape is a copy of tape made 10 months earlier. Many of these recordings, and those of his uncle and other family members, can be found on Wolf River Songs, FW04001. See FW-ASCH-7RR-0690 through -0693 for additional songs sung by Warde Ford. See other sheets for song lists and their durations.
label: Table of contents
content: Milwaukee fire--River driver's song--The Flying Cloud--dark eyed sailor
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0695
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in