Frederic Ramsey audiorecordings collection, circa 1950s
date: label: Date
content: 1950
label: Date
content: 1950-1959
label: Date
content: circa 1950s
name: label: creator
content: Ramsey, Frederic 1915-1995
notes: label: Notes
content: Frederic Ramsey's personal papers are available at Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies.
label: Notes
content: Frederic Ramsey Jr. (1915-1995), son of painter Charles Frederic Ramsey, was a jazz scholar and author who worked with a number of musicians in the South and the New York/New Jersey area, notably Lead Belly. After receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1953, Ramsey undertook a tour of the South in order to explore and document the African-American music environment. His goal was to record the speech and music of persons at least sixty years of age or older in an attempt to trace the evolution of the musical genre that would become jazz. Ramsey produced a number of recordings for the Folkways label in the 1950s-1960s.
label: Notes
content: Inventory is available.
label: Notes
content: Donated by Ramsey's daughter Alida Porter in 1996.
label: Organization
content: The tapes are organized and shelved by accession number
label: Summary
content: This collection contains audiotape recordings made by noted jazz scholar Frederic Ramsey during his tour of the American South in the 1950s.
label: Cite as
content: Frederic Ramsey audtiotape collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklikfe Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave. SW, Suite 2001, Washington, DC 20010. Call (202) 633-7322 to arrange an appointment
place: label: Place
content: Louisiana
label: Place
content: New Orleans
label: Place
content: Southern States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American musicians
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Jazz
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians
label: Topic
content: Music--African-American
label: Topic
content: Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
objectType: label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at (202) 633-7322 for additional information
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: Phonograph
label: Physical description
content: Audiotapes 8.83 cubic feet