Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Title | Bess Lomax Hawes collection, 1894-2009 |
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Inclusive Dates | circa 1890s-2009 |
Call No. | AFC 2014/008 |
Creator | Bess Lomax Hawes, 1921-2009 |
Extent | 13,480 items |
Extent | 45 containers |
Extent (Manuscripts) | 394 folders in 31 boxes |
Extent (Sound Recordings) | 33 sound tape reels : analog ; various sizes. |
Extent (Sound Recordings) | 68 sound cassettes : analog. |
Extent (Sound Recordings) | 1 sound disc (CD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Extent (Graphic Materials) | circa 2,000 photographic prints : black and white, color ; various sizes. |
Extent (Graphic Materials) | circa 500 photographs : film negatives. |
Extent (Graphic Materials) | circa 200 drawings. |
Extent (Moving Images) | 8 videocassettes (VHS) : color, sound ; 1/2 in. |
Extent (Moving Images) | 2 video discs (DVD) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Extent (Artifacts) | approximately 20 items ; various sizes. |
Language | Collection material in English. |
Location | American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Location: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af016012 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014655281 |
Summary | Papers and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes, most from 1960-2001. Includes work produced by Hawes in her work as a professor at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge, California, and as head of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program in Washington, DC. The collection includes writings, correspondence, business records, musical transcriptions and photographs. Also includes artwork produced by her husband, Baldwin "Butch" Hawes. |
Online Content | Part of the Bess Lomax Hawes Collection is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://www.loc.gov/collections/bess-lomax-hawes/about-this-collection/ |