Photographs Archives - The Arhoolie Foundation

Down Home Music: The Stories and Photographs of Chris Strachwitz

A visual storytelling celebration of American roots music in its rich variety through unseen and newly scanned photographs by the founder of the legendary Arhoolie Records....

Announcing the Irene Tenney Cajun and Creole Culture Collection

By Clark Noone, Archivist We’re excited to announce the new Irene Tenney Cajun and Creole Culture Collection at the Arhoolie Foundation! Featuring a wide array of...

New Blog Shares Discoveries

The Arhoolie Foundation introduces This Ain’t No Mouse Blog to present stories from the Arhoolie Foundation’s extraordinary archive of American roots music and vernacular culture. Featuring...

The Arhoolie Foundation Year-End Letter

Looking back at this last year, the Arhoolie Foundation continues the work of promoting and preserving roots-based American music. From Mississippi to Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, and...

Record Store Clerk Turns Librarian

Record Store Clerk Turns Librarian and Takes a Deep Dive into the Strachwitz Archives By Jessica Luther, Archives Intern In high school, I had a lone...

Who Fired the First Shot?

By John Leopold, Managing Director Working with Chris Strachwitz is always a joyous adventure. From reviewing tapes he made in the 1960s to looking over posters...

On the Road with Chris Strachwitz in the Fall of ‘68

By Clark Noone, Archivist November 1968. It was the wake of a seismic presidential election and the end of a tumultuous year of political and cultural...

Chris Strachwitz Remembers Mance Lipscomb

That’s his name, is Mance Lipscomb. That’s the first time we ever heard his name. And he told him exactly where he lived on the Washington road and gave us the address. And we went there and of course he wasn’t home. It was kind of in the middle of the afternoon or late afternoon by then.

Chris Strachwitz Remembers Lightning Hopkins

“So we went over there and there he was just ferociously playing on his electric guitar and singing really powerful stuff, it was just really, really amazing. And shortly after we had come in, he just segued during his singing by pointing his hand at me and singing ‘Whoa, this man come all the way from California just to hear poor Lightning sing…'”

About Chris Strachwitz

The ripple effect of Chris Strachwitz in the world is immeasurable in preserving this music. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to not...

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