Born on March 24, 1938, in California, Melvin James Lyman was a writer and musician,
playing both the harmonica and banjo. During the 1960s, he joined Jim Kweskin’s jug band and performed as a soloist,
becoming a prominent figure in the folk scene. Mel Lyman’s recordings were released by Reprise records, a leading music
label, and he was regularly featured in The Broadside, Sing Out,
and other magazines of the folk revival. He died in 1978.
The Lyman collection consists of an extensive collection of sound recordings of folk,
country, and popular music, maintained by musician Mel Lyman (1938-1978). Among the hundreds of disks are rare 78 rpm
records of blues and country performers.
Born on March 24, 1938, in California, Melvin James Lyman was a writer and musician, playing both the harmonica and banjo. During the 1960s, he joined Jim Kweskin’s jug band and performed as a soloist, becoming a prominent figure in the folk scene. Mel Lyman’s recordings were released by Reprise records, a leading music label, and he was regularly featured in The Broadside, Sing Out, and other magazines of the folk revival. He died in 1978.
The Lyman collection consists of an extensive collection of sound recordings of folk, country, and popular music, maintained by musician Mel Lyman (1938-1978). Among the hundreds of disks are rare 78 rpm records of blues and country performers.
De 975 sb
OK 41486; OK 8703 (autographed by Armstrong), De 648 sb; De 666 sb; OK 41504; misc.
Br 7486; Br misc.
Br 7813
Vo 3378; Vo 3508; misc
Columbia misc.
Br 7363; De misc.
De 671 sb
Lon 1491 (DJ vinyl, master press)
Misc. 1936-37
Vi 24402; Vi 24484; misc.
Cap
Vi 22903; Vi 22801; Vi 22802
HMV B.4269
BB B-11497
ABC 9871
Vi 22593
De 29204
Br 7867; Br 7789; Br 7824
OK 3288; Vo S.93; misc.
De 883 sb; De 1036; Vi 24851
RCA/BB misc.
De misc.
MGM 12312
Sun 234
Sun 223
Rou R-4015 red; Rou R-4045 orange; BB B-5114
BB B-5114
Cap 3450
RAC mx PBS-072085 (The Army Air Corps)
All > 1936
BB B-6694 buff; BB B-6807 buff; BB B-6715 buff
Most > 1940
De 5311 sb; De 5071; De 5266 sb; De 5239 sb; De 5211 sb; De 5429; De 5233; De5209 sb; De 5260 sb
De 5604; De 5769
Sun 241
GS 1314 red label
Vi 23573; De misc.
De 6026
Cq 8599
BB B-5403 WW II press
Cad 1315; Cad 1337
Mt 6-03-53
Vo 04588; Vo 03413; Vo 03494
Cap 3628
De 5431
Vo/OK misc.
BB B-6052 buff
4Star 1209
BB B-6363 buff
Columbia
ARC misc.
De misc.
Cont. C-3021
Ab 148; RCA 20-6874
Misc. > 1944
BB B-11414
Vi 21142; Vi V-40014; Vi 22072; MW M-4723; Vi 21291; Vi 21757; Vi 22319; Vi 22421; Vi 21245; RZ MR.2200; BB B-556 (gold); Vi 21574; RZ MR. 3122; Vi 22554; Vi 21433; Vi V-400014; RZ T.5380; RZ MR. 1310
RCA 20-2780; sleeve autographed by Roy and Bob Nolan.
De misc.
De misc.
BB misc.
> 1945
Cap 40083
Vo 03281; Vo 3110
few blue De, rest later
BB
Cap
MGM
Fabor 117
LoC AAFS 2
Br 132
Cq 8682
Vi V-40089; De 5263 sb; MW M-4228 buff; De 5702
Vi 20502
De 5302 sb
Vi
De
Vi V-40267
Jewel
Misc.
Misc.
Victor album P-27; Asch 432-2; Gen 5016; Cub 3; Disc 5050; Disc 5052; Asch 432-2; Com CR-103/4; Disc 5010; Stinson 716; Com CR-105/6; Stinson 717; Asch 360-2; Asch 432-1; Stinson 628; Asch 5051; Disc 5011; Asch 346-3; Disc 5012; Stinson 625; Asch 432-4
Mt 6-06-51
Vi 20103; Vi 20171
Cap 421
SiW 621; RPM 359
OK 6315; Asch 345-2; De, Col misc.
Col 14504-D; Col 14303-D; Col 14520-D; Col 14425-D; Col 14343-D
Spt 9209; De 5025 sb; Mt M-12183
BB B-8559; Mus 226; ARC 16806-3 (Daddy I'm Comin' Back); Cap 10021; Pm 14017; Mus 223; Mus 224; Mus 227; Atl 917; Asch 343-1; Pm 14006; Cap A40038; Disc 726 album (6043, 6044, 6045); Asch 101, 102, 103 (Work Songs of the USA); Mus 31 (Negro Sinful Songs 223-227); Asch (Play Parties in Song and Dance); Vi P-50 (The Midnight Special, one with booklet, one without); Asch 343; Asch 101; Asch 102; Mus 310; BB B-8550 gold; BB B-8981; BB B-8570 gold; Asch 103; Asch 343-1; BB B-8709 gold; BB B-8559; BB B-8791; BB B-8981; BB B-8709 gold).
Mt M-12075
Col 147-D fleg
Cq 8316
Cq 8594; Cq 9250
Pe 12717; misc.
Vi 21704; Vi 21421
Col 14632-D
Vi 21657
Vi 21132
Col 15099-D
Col 15324-D; Col 15074-D; Col 15102-D; Col 15095-D; Col 15019-D flag; Col 15142-D; BB B-8258; Col 15005-D; Col 15033-D; BB B-5432 (gold); MW M-4551; Col 15125-D; Col 15040-D; Col 15226-D; Col 15088-D; De 5442 sb; De 5438 sb; Col 15073-D; Col 15055-D
Col 15114-D
De 5455 sb
Vi 19149
Col 15170-D
MW M-4466
Cont C-8037
Diva 2740-G; Diva 2705-G
BB B-7001 (post WWII)
De misc
Col 130-D flag
Vi, De, BB
Vi, De, BB
Bdcst 12
Vi 21309
Vi 87294; other Victors
Victors
Vi3p 60042
Vi
Spt 25204; Col 1869-D; Col, 2 De, Pe
Col A2557
Vi 20105
Col 395-D
2 De, rest 1910s-1920s
Col 2181-D
Vi 21238; RCA reissues
Vi 20221
Vi 17755
Vi 18717
UHCA 85/86
Col A3898; Col A3888 flag; Col A3936; Col 14083-D; Col 14312-D; Col 14250-D; Col A3939; Col 14663-D; Col A3900; reissued and damaged originals.
Vi 16960, 17302
OK
Vi 21274
King 4633
Ha 706-H
Vi 21099
KKK 75004
Gnt per 20081 (The Fiery Cross Record)
KKK K-35/K-36; KKK K-5/K-6 (We Belong to the Ku Klux Klan).
A Messge to American Youth
Col 15291-D
Disc 5066
Vi 20933
Ch 15876
Kirstall K412
Pe 15962 (The Big Bad Wolf is Dead)
LMS L284
Vi 3p 16460; Vi3p 16979
Vi3p 16402
Vi 17000
Col 2971-D
Vi V-38118
Vi 20466
Vi 4467 (In My Merry Oldmobile)
De sb 5097
Vi 24467
Little Tots 101
Re G20746
Vi3p 17034
Br 7308 b/s
Vi3p 17090
Col 5525-X
OK 40197
Vi3p 17063
Vi 24716
Br 55085 (black)
De sb 7291
Vi 22298
Vi 21462
Little Tots 104
Asch 550-3
The collection is open for research.
Gift of Jim Kweskin, 2019.
Processed by SCUA staff, 2024.
Cite as: Mel Lyman Collection (MS 1065). Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
