Robert Winslow Gordon

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Robert Winslow Gordon, 1888-1961, American folksong collector. Gordon made nearly a thousand cylinder recordings, across the United States, and his collection includes sea shanties, religious songs and fiddle tunes. Bascom Lamar Lunsford was among the singers recorded by Gordon.

Folk-Songs of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932
This site from the American Folklife Center presents

articles on Gordon's work
sound-files of recordings originally made on wax cylinders, and released on the vinyl LP "Folk-Songs of America" in the 1970s
liner notes from the LP
photographs

Guide to the Robert W. Gordon Collection ca. 1906-1939 (University of Oregon Libraries)

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