Bosque County Collection, Meridian
John Lomax (top left) and his brothers. (Briscoe Center for American History, UT-Austin)
John Lomax (Briscoe Center for American History, UT-Austin)
Cowboy Songs by John Lomax, 1910. (Briscoe Center for American History, UT-Austin)
John Lomax at a recording session in Alabama, 1940 (Library of Congress)
Three generations of John Lomaxes, 1947. (Briscoe Center for American History, UT-Austin)
Established in 1983 by the Bosque County Historical Commission, the Bosque County Collection collects and preserves historic materials pertaining to the county. Among other local records on file here a portion of the papers and oral histories of musicologist John Lomax, who archived and recorded many of the cowboy songs from the trail. The first floor contains local history exhibits.
Bosque County Collection
- Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. – noon and 1- 5 p.m.
- Admission: None
- 101 N. Main St., Meridian, TX
- 254-435-6182
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- National Register of Historic Places
