Alan Lomax: Folk Music Archivist

Alan Lomax was a folk music archivist but also a cultural archivist. From the 1930s until his retirement in 1996, he archived the folk music of America and Europe on audio, video and photos. The collection is currently being organized by the Library of Congress. You can get an insight into some of the remarkable work done by this amazing man at the Alan Lomax Collection web site.