Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University-Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941-1942
- Author: Adams Jr., Samuel C.
- Author: Jones, Lewis Wade
- Author: Work, John W.
- Editor: Gordon, Robert
- Editor: Nemerov, Bruce
These original documents . . . paint a compellingly accurate portrait of the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s. . . . Work, Jones, and Adams are finally getting their due at a time when Mississippi... — More…
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Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface from Robert Gordone
- Introductory Chapter from Gordon and Nemerov
- Introduction to Jones by Nemerov
- 'The Mississippi Delta' by Lewis W. Jones
- Introduction to Work by Nemerov.
- John Work manuscript, untitled
- The discussion of Charles Haffer includes three sheets of his broadsides.
- 158 music original transcriptions.
- Introduction to Adams by Nemerov
- 'Changing Negro Life in the Delta' by Samuel C. Adams
- Appendices
- 1. The Natchez fire
- 2. A memorandum about the July trip to Coahoma County
- 3. Report on Preliminary Work in Clarksdale, Mississippi
- 4. Memorandum from Jones to Johnson
- 5. List of songs on Clarksdale jukeboxes
- Bibliography
- Index