Keywords: Young Alan Lomax, playing the guitar.jpg en Alan Lomax became the Archive of Folk Culture's first federally funded staff member in 1936 and served as assistant in charge He made collecting expeditions for the Library of Congress in the South Midwest and New England; produced a seminal series of documentary folk music albums titled Folk Music of the United States ; conducted interviews with musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton; and over the years introduced Washington audiences and radio listeners nationwide to an array of traditional artists http //www loc gov/wiseguide/apr04/leadbelly html s 1940 Author PD-USGov Alan Lomax Library of Congress media without a digital ID |