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Lomax, became a special consultant to the Music Division and was put in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song. Alan took over most of the day-to-day running of the archive, and by 1937 had a position at the Library and the title “Assistant-in-Charge.” He remained at the Library until 1942, when he left to serve in World War II. Either alone or with his father, Alan spent these Library of Congress years traveling throughout the United States carrying an instantaneous disk recorder and, often, a camera. His signature field trips were some of the earliest to document traditional music in Louisiana (including Cajun music), in Michigan and the Midwest (including music of numerous European ethnic communities), and in the American south (including ballads and fiddle tunes of the Appalachian Mountains and blues from the Mississippi Delta).

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