The Ballads, Blues and Folk Songs of Huddie Ledbetter: The Leadbelly Songbook: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Ballads, Blues and Folk Songs of Huddie Ledbetter: The Leadbelly Songbook: Date: 1962. Published by: Oak Publications, Inc., American, 1960 - 1967. Edited by: Alan Lomax, American, 1915 - 2002.
The object in the museum catalogue
The Ballads, Blues and Folk Songs of Huddie Ledbetter: The Leadbelly Songbook. The cover features black and white text printed on an ochre-colored background with photograph of Leadbelly taken by Blanding Sloan and Way Ming Chang in the center.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1962
- Published by: Oak Publications, Inc., American, 1960 - 1967
- Edited by: Alan Lomax, American, 1915 - 2002
- Edited by: Moses Asch, Polish American, 1905 - 1986
- Subject of: Huddie William Ledbetter, American, 1888 - 1949
- Type: songbooks
- Type: paperbacks
- Medium: ink on book paper
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 1/4 in. (23.5 x 15.6 x 0.6 cm)
- Place made: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Folk (Music)
- Object number: 2010.34.15
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1962 by Oak Publications, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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