The Lomaxes went to Washington to examine the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

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In nineteen thirty-four, John Lomax became honorary consultant and curator of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

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In exchange,he agreed to travel throughout the United States to make recordings that would become the property of the archive at the library.

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