Bess Lomax Hawes, a musician and folklorist who tapped into the legacy of her influential family of archivists and became a prominent anthropologist at what is now California State University, Northridge, has died. Read More
Born a farmer's son in Goodman, MS, in 1867, John Lomax would play a central role in recording, preserving, and promoting ... Read the full John A. Lomax bio.