- Date
- 1938-08-25
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- music-folkloreheritage
- Within
- Saint James · Beaver Island
- Media
- The first day of April
Summary
The Library of Congress catalogues First Day of April as a sound
recording, AFC 1939/007: AFS 02278 B, and dates it to 25 August 1938. The held
item is afc1939007_afs02278b. The catalog credits the performance to
Green, John W., 1871-1963. Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 is named as
collector.
Catalog metadata
- Library of Congress identifier:
afc1939007_afs02278b - Call number:
AFC 1939/007: AFS 02278 B - Catalog date: 1938-08-25
- Catalog contributor labels: Green, John W., 1871-1963 (Performer); Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
- Original format: sound recording
The held item.json is the authority for every field above. The contributor
labels are the catalog’s own, and this article does not claim that anyone has
checked them against the audio.
Provenance and limits
The recording belongs to the Beaver Island subset of the Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings, AFC 1939/007. Alan Lomax Beaver Island field recordings, 1938 covers all 71 sound recordings and the 108 catalog-card photographs held beside them. What is here is the catalog layer. Song texts and performance attribution beyond the labels are still open.
See also
Sources
- Held item.json identifies this record as a sound recording and preserves its catalog title, date, location, call number and contributor labels.audio · lomax_michigan_1938_beaver_island · afc1939007_afs02278b · item
Added 31 July 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “First Day of April”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/documents/lomax-afc1939007-afs02278b/, accessed [date], citing Library of Congress, 'First Day of April', AFC 1939/007: AFS 02278 B, recorded 1938-08-25..
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