Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Sam Agins in the form of correspondence, publications, music papers, and various personal effects, including a Stetson hat and other cowboy memorabilia.

Abstract Tapes, transcriptions of interviews, and musical notations of western songs, ballads, and poetry. Also includes bound typescripts of extracts concerning western folksongs from other collections: John Lomax papers (originals housed at the Texas Historical Society); Gordon Oregon collection (originals housed at the Library of Congress and Univ. of Oregon); Stella M. Hendren collection of western folksongs clipped from periodicals; Edwin Ford Piper collection (originals housed at University...