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Highlights from the Ethnomusicology Archive: the D.K. Wilgus collection

Submitted by Maureen Russell on March 25, 2014 - 8:37pm

D.K. Wilgus and Wayland D. Hand established Folklore studies at UCLA, and together founded the Folklore and Mythology Program in 1965.  Wilgus was the Program’s first chair and served in that position for 17 years.  During his tenure at UCLA, Wilgus built an archive of folksong and folk music of over 8,000 commercial recordings and 3,000 field recordings. These recordings are now part of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.

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Highlights from the Ethnomusicology Archive: The Bette Cox Collection

Submitted by Maureen Russell on March 8, 2013 - 7:41pm

Bette Yarbrough Cox was a music educator in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, the founder of the BEEM (Black Experience Expressed through Music) Foundation for the Advancement of Music, a Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles, and a longtime friend of former Mayor Tom Bradley.

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