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The Waterford boys

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TypePhotograph
WithinSaint James · Beaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The Waterford boys, identified as afc9999005.9606. The held Library of Congress metadata classifies it as a digitized catalog-card photograph and assigns the call number AFS Number: AFS 02287 B02; AFS Number: AFS 02288 A01.

Catalog metadata

  • Library of Congress identifier: afc9999005.9606
  • Call number: AFS Number: AFS 02287 B02; AFS Number: AFS 02288 A01
  • Catalog date: 1938-08
  • Catalog contributor labels: Lomax, Alan (1915-2002) (Recordist); Green, J. W. (Singer)
  • Original format: photo, print, drawing
  • Catalog note: This is a digitized catalog card, not an audio recording.
  • Catalog note: Statement of responsibility: Sung by J. W. Green

The held JSON is the authority for this item’s catalog metadata. The card is represented as a Photograph source entity; its title and contributor labels are not independently expanded into song or biographical claims.

The card’s AFS call-number key matches Bonny highland soldier; Waterford boys (Bonny highland soldier; Waterford boys). This is a catalog cross-link based on the held call numbers; it does not assert that the card contains additional audio analysis. The card’s AFS call-number key matches Waterford boys; Harry Bale; Last fierce charge (Waterford boys; Harry Bale; Last fierce charge). This is a catalog cross-link based on the held call numbers; it does not assert that the card contains additional audio analysis.

The catalog’s image URL is the digitized card image.

Provenance and limits

This item belongs to the Beaver Island subset of the Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings (AFC 1939/007). The aggregate article at Alan Lomax Beaver Island catalog-card photographs (1933–1938) describes the full 108-card inventory and its relationship to the 71 held sound-recording records. The catalog card may preserve song, performer, or session information, but those details remain catalog metadata until independently compared with the held recording and other sources.

Open questions

None outstanding for the catalog-level audio cross-link.

See also

Sources

  1. Library of Congress, 'The Waterford boys', AFS Number: AFS 02287 B02; AFS Number: AFS 02288 A01, digitized catalog-card photograph, 1938-08.
    Held item.json identifies this item as a still image in the Traditional Music and Spoken Word Card Catalog and preserves its title, date, call number, contributor labels and LOC identifier.
    audio · lomax_michigan_1938_beaver_island · afc9999005.9606 · item