Thomas & Katherine Detre Library & Archives Treasures: Jacob Evanson: Song Catcher

Abstract

In the late 1930s, when Jacob A. Evanson joined the staff of the Pittsburgh Board of Education as special supervisor of vocal instruction, folklorists and musicologists were scouring America in search of old songs before they disappeared.
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