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| | Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | John Avery Lomax, folklorist, the son of James Avery and Susan Frances (Cooper) Lomax, was born at Goodman, Mississippi, on September 23, 1867. |
 | | From 1910 to 1925 Lomax was secretary of the Alumni Association, which became the Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas, except for two years, 1917-19, when he was a bond salesman in Chicago. |
 | | Beginning in 1933 Lomax was honorary curator of the Archive of Folksong at the Library of Congress, which he helped establish as the primary agency for preservation of American folksongs and culture. |
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