Prints and Negatives Series, 1933-1969

Extent:

2 boxes

Scope and content:

Contains 239 black and white 4x5 prints, which are arranged alpha-numerically into lots from Lot 1 through Lot 9E. Within the lots, the prints are identified by number, for example, Lot 2A: 1, Lot 2A: 2. Through the photographs, the Warners captured images of many traditional American folk musicians and singers and often their families and homes as well. The Warners themselves appear frequently throughout the collection. There are several photographs in which Frank Warner is pictured playing and singing along with various musicians, among them: Nathan, Roby Monroe, Buna Vista, Ray, and Linzy Hicks and their families; Frank Proffitt; "Yankee" John Galusha; Lena Bourne Fish; the Tillett family; Louis Solomon and others from the Mohawk tribe at the St. Regis reservation (N.Y.); and Carl Sandburg. There are also interesting images that capture the Warners engaged in recording these sessions. The photographic documentation of the Warners' travels contains images from as far North as Vermont, as far East as the Outer Banks, N.C., and as far West as the western edge of North Carolina.

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