The ballad collectors of North America : how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity /
edited by Scott B. Spencer.
- Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
- 237 p. ; 24 cm.
- American folk music and musicians series, no. 15 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ballad collecting: impetus and impact / Scott B. Spencer -- Franz Boas, the phonograph, and the Columbia School / Erika Brady -- Ballad collectors in the Ozarks / Norm Cohen -- Songcatchers in the West: cowboy songs / Guy Logsdon -- Songcatchers in the West: other traditions / Guy Logsdon -- Folk song collectors in the Midwest / James P. Leary -- Ballad collectors in the Northeast / Nancy-Jean Ballard Seigel -- Four songcatchers in eastern Canada / I. Sheldon Posen -- The Lomaxes / Matt Barton -- Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul J. Stamler -- Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner -- Commodification and revival / Paul J. Stamler.