- Date
- 1938-08-24
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- music-folkloremusicheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Clifton’s Crew — a recording held by American Folklife Center, dated 1938-08-24.
Performers recorded in the catalogue: Bonner, Patrick, 1882-1973, Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
Catalogue description
AFS 02271: Clifton’s Crew Beaver Island ballad; needs speed correction; Patrick Bonner wrote the ballad, approximately 14 years prior; Steamer Clifton wreck; Bonner discusses his composition of the song at the end of AFS 2271b
Rights
no-known-restrictions / NKC. Public domain (Library of Congress; no known restrictions) No licence is asserted: this is a copyright status, not a grant.
Open questions
None outstanding — this is a catalogue stub. Prose, subject links and depicts relations have not been written yet.
Sources
- Catalogue metadata from the holding institution; retrieved 2026-07-31.audio · lomax_michigan_1938_beaver_island · afc1939007_afs02271b · afc1939007_afs02271b
Added 3 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Clifton's Crew”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/documents/audio-clifton-s-crew-afc-1939-007-afs-02271-b/, accessed [date], citing American Folklife Center, Clifton's Crew.
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