Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center
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The Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center is a major archival repository of field recordings, photographs, films, and documentation of traditional music and oral culture gathered by folklorist Alan Lomax from around the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13222537 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center Context triple: [Alan Lomax, hasCollection, Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center]
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A.
Southern Folklife Collection
The Southern Folklife Collection is a renowned archival repository at UNC-Chapel Hill dedicated to preserving and documenting the music, art, and cultural traditions of the American South.
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B.
Loeb Music Library
Loeb Music Library is Harvard University's primary music research library, housing extensive collections of scores, recordings, and musicological resources.
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C.
United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
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D.
National Anthropological Archives
The National Anthropological Archives is a major research repository of the Smithsonian Institution that preserves and provides access to anthropological fieldnotes, photographs, recordings, and other primary materials documenting cultures around the world, especially Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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E.
Folk Archive
Folk Archive is a collaborative art project by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane that documents and celebrates contemporary British folk art and everyday creativity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center Target entity description: The Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center is a major archival repository of field recordings, photographs, films, and documentation of traditional music and oral culture gathered by folklorist Alan Lomax from around the world.
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A.
Southern Folklife Collection
The Southern Folklife Collection is a renowned archival repository at UNC-Chapel Hill dedicated to preserving and documenting the music, art, and cultural traditions of the American South.
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B.
Loeb Music Library
Loeb Music Library is Harvard University's primary music research library, housing extensive collections of scores, recordings, and musicological resources.
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C.
United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
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D.
National Anthropological Archives
The National Anthropological Archives is a major research repository of the Smithsonian Institution that preserves and provides access to anthropological fieldnotes, photographs, recordings, and other primary materials documenting cultures around the world, especially Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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E.
Folk Archive
Folk Archive is a collaborative art project by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane that documents and celebrates contemporary British folk art and everyday creativity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archival collection
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folklore archive ⓘ sound recording collection ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | available to researchers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Folklife Center
NERFINISHED
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Association for Cultural Equity NERFINISHED ⓘ Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collector | Alan Lomax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| digitalAvailability | partially digitized ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
correspondence
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field recordings ⓘ films ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ photographic negatives ⓘ photographs ⓘ research notes ⓘ transcriptions ⓘ video recordings ⓘ |
| language |
English
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multiple languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Library of Congress
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alan Lomax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American Folklife Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repositoryType | federal institution ⓘ |
| subject |
ballads
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blues ⓘ dance traditions ⓘ ethnomusicology ⓘ folk song ⓘ folklore ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ sacred music ⓘ spirituals ⓘ traditional music ⓘ work songs ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | 20th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center Description of subject: The Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center is a major archival repository of field recordings, photographs, films, and documentation of traditional music and oral culture gathered by folklorist Alan Lomax from around the world.
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