Performance Style and Culture Research Guide, Alan Lomax
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American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Performance Style and Culture Research Guide Alan Lomax Collection (AFC 2004/004) By Nancy Johnson (2008) Edited by Todd Harvey (2016) 1 Contents Collection overview......................................................................................................................... 5 Collection title ............................................................................................................................. 5 Collection creator ........................................................................................................................ 5 Extent .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Dates ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Arrangement ............................................................................................................................... 5 Biographical note ........................................................................................................................ 6 Abstract ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Repository ................................................................................................................................... 8 Administrative notes ....................................................................................................................... 8 Provenance ................................................................................................................................. 8 Collection processing .................................................................................................................. 8 Processing notes ......................................................................................................................... 8 Online content ............................................................................................................................ 9 Restrictions on access ................................................................................................................. 9 Cite as .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Related material .......................................................................................................................... 9 About the author ........................................................................................................................ 9 Manuscripts, subseries description .............................................................................................. 10 1. Groundwork .......................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Correspondence ............................................................................................................. 10 1.2 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 11 1.3 Progress reports ............................................................................................................. 12 1.4 Early voice quality study ................................................................................................. 12 2. Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Analytical framework ..................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Statistical method .......................................................................................................... 15 2.3 Societal traits .................................................................................................................. 16 2.4 Cultural geography ......................................................................................................... 16 2.5 Individual cultures .......................................................................................................... 16 2.6 Research materials ......................................................................................................... 16 3. Administrative ....................................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Staff ................................................................................................................................ 18 3.2 Funding sources, general ............................................................................................... 18 3.3 Grants ............................................................................................................................. 18 3.4 Expenses ......................................................................................................................... 19 4. Writings ................................................................................................................................. 20 4.1 Published material ......................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Unpublished writings ..................................................................................................... 26 4.3 Writings, unidentified .................................................................................................... 40 4.4 Notes .............................................................................................................................. 40 4.5 Book fragments .............................................................................................................. 41 2 5. Lectures and conferences ..................................................................................................... 46 6. Phonotactics .......................................................................................................................... 47 6.1 Groundwork ................................................................................................................... 47 6.2 Sources ........................................................................................................................... 47 6.3 Coding ............................................................................................................................. 48 6.4 Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 48 7. Cantometrics ......................................................................................................................... 50 7.1 Sources ........................................................................................................................... 51 7.2. Coding ............................................................................................................................. 53 7.3. Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 55 7.4 Teaching ......................................................................................................................... 57 8. Studies ................................................................................................................................... 60 8.1 Instrument study ............................................................................................................ 60 8.2 Voice qualities study ...................................................................................................... 61 8.3 Leadership study ............................................................................................................ 62 8.4 Work and song ............................................................................................................... 63 8.5 Minutage ........................................................................................................................ 64 8.6 Text study ....................................................................................................................... 65 8.7 Reports ........................................................................................................................... 66 9. Choreometrics ....................................................................................................................... 67 9.1 Groundwork ................................................................................................................... 68 9.2 Sources ........................................................................................................................... 69 9.3 Coding ............................................................................................................................. 75 9.4 Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 77 9.5 Films ............................................................................................................................... 79 10. Parlametrics ......................................................................................................................