The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field collection which includes nearly 700 sound recordings (102 of which are performed in Spanish), fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6, 502 mile trip through the Southern United States collecting folksongs.

The Manuscripts Department administers virtually all archival material held by the UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library. The Southern Folklife Collection, a component of the Manuscripts Department, documents the region's expressive traditions, especially in music.

General Information Search Collections Services Facilities Links Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University The Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University is the largest university-based ethnographic sound archives in the United States. Its holdings cover a wide range of cultural and geographical areas, and include commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental ...

International Library of African Music : over 40, 000 recorded items, online library, recordings for sale, information about african music ...