Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009

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Bess Lomax Hawes, Anglo-American folklorist and director of the Folk Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.

From the description of Archive collection, 1985. WorldCat record id: 27190343

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948. Lomax, John Avery, family papers, 1842-1986. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Southern Folk Cultural Revival Project Collection, 1965-1989 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009. Student folklore archive, 1958-1977. California State University, Northridge
referencedIn Archive Collection, 1989. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009. Archive collection, 1985. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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associatedWith Almanac Singers. corporateBody
associatedWith California State University, Northridge. corporateBody
associatedWith California State University, Northridge. Dept. of Anthropology. corporateBody
associatedWith Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921- person
associatedWith Kingston Trio. corporateBody
associatedWith Knott, Sarah Gertrude, 1895-1984. person
associatedWith Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. person
associatedWith Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948. person
associatedWith Los Angeles State College. corporateBody
associatedWith National Endowment for the Arts corporateBody
associatedWith San Fernando Valley State College. corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Folk Cultural Revival Project, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Los Angeles. University Extension. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
North Carolina
California
United States
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
United States
California--San Fernando Valley
Africa
Subject
African Americans
Anthropology
Ethnic folklore
Ethnomusicology
Folk art
Folklore
Folklore
Folklore
Folklore and children
Folklorists
Folk music
Folk music
Jews
Migrant agricultural laborers
Tradition (Judaism)
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1921-01-21

Death 2009-11-27

Americans

English

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