Folkways Records Becomes Part of SI
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PrintFolkways Records, a commercial record publisher of folk and tribal music and spoken-word recordings, becomes part of the Smithsonian Institution. In addition to purchasing the Folkways published catalog, the Smithsonian will receive the Folkways archives, an extensive collection of unreleased material, including books, tapes, original glass disks and correspondence. The transfer agreement between SI and the estate of Moses Asch was signed February 27, after three years of negotiations. Folkways was founded in 1947 by Asch.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
April 3, 1987