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BOX 9-16, 28 | Materials Relating to Henry Cowell, 1915-1992 | ||||||||||||
Personal narratives by Sidney Robertson Cowell on Henry Cowell's life and work; articles and essays by and about Henry Cowell; discographical material; and photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs with annotations by Sidney Robertson Cowell. | |||||||||||||
Miscellaneous Material by and about Henry Cowell, 1920-1992 | |||||||||||||
Personal narratives by Sidney Robertson Cowell, discographical material, information about family, articles and essays by Henry Cowell, articles about Henry Cowell, clippings. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/9 | Narratives about Henry Cowell and Sidney Robertson Cowell written by SRC, 1971, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/10 | Biographical essay on Henry Cowell (possibly written by SRC), undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/11 | Narrative on honors bestowed upon Henry Cowell, written by SRC, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 | “HC and Foreign State Department Assignments,” written by SRC, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/13 | Material on Henry Cowell and Iran, 1957, 1975-1977, 1988, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/14 | “HC and the National Institute of Arts and Letters,” written by SRC, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/15 | Narrative on Henry Cowell’s wristwatch, written by SRC, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/16 | Materials relating to Henry Cowell’s discography | ||||||||||||
Includes SRC’s addenda to American Music Recordings: A Discography of 20th-Century U.S. Composers, 1992 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/17 | “Anniversary Pieces: Music by Henry Cowell for His Wife, 1941-1965,” list compiled in 1979 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/18 | “Music photocopied for me in 1985, from a closed private collection, which I may not identify, in Northern California,” 1985
see also Container 29 |
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BOX-FOLDER 9/19 | Materials relating to Olive Cowell (Henry Cowell’s stepmother), 1976, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/20 | “Henrietta,” by Sidney Robertson Cowell, undated | ||||||||||||
A narrative about Henry Cowell’s first stepmother. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/21 | Miscellaneous documents by SRC on Henry Cowell, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/22 | “The Composer’s World,” by Henry Cowell, 1961 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/23 | “International Music?” by Henry Cowell, 1961 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/24 | “Oriental Influence on Western Music,” by Henry Cowell, 1961 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/25 | “Piano Instruction Course,” by Henry Cowell, 1920 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/26 | “Music is My Weapon” essay by Henry Cowell, [194?] | ||||||||||||
Photocopy of essay from This I Believe (Series 2), ed. by Raymond Swing, 1954. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/27 | “Tonal Therapy,” by Henry Cowell, 1922 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/28 | “The Music of Henry Cowell,” by Hugo Weisgall | ||||||||||||
Reprint from The Musical Quarterly, October 1959. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/29 | Henry Cowell: March 10, 1912, 50th Anniversary/March 11, 1897, 65th Birthday. S.l.: Broadcast Music, Inc., 1962 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/30 | “Piano Music” by Henry Cowell. New York: Folkways Records, 1963 | ||||||||||||
Handwritten comment by SRC: “mostly by SRC.” | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/31 | “How May a Composer Live in the Whole World of Music?” by David Hall, 1964 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/1 | “Henry Cowell BMI.” S.l.: Broadcast Music, Inc., 1965 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/2 | Newspaper clipping annotated by SRC, 1987 | ||||||||||||
“Henry by Sidney” Material, circa 1980-circa 1990 | |||||||||||||
Draft material for a biography that Sidney Robertson Cowell was planning to write about Henry Cowell called “Henry by Sidney.” | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/3-26 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/1-15 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 12/1-23 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 13/1-18 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 14/1-16 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 15/1-12 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 16/1-9 | Draft material for biography | ||||||||||||
Music by Henry Cowell, 1915-circa 1950 | |||||||||||||
Photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs that are held in the Library of Congress Music Division. Many contain annotations by Sidney Robertson Cowell. | |||||||||||||
Arranged alphabetically by title. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/7 | “The Changes Change” Continuation, 1917 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 954. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/16 | Chrysanthemums, 1936 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 526. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/17 | Clusteriana no. 1: Analysis of tone cluster examples in the form of movement of one cluster, 1916-1917? | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 956. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/8 | Consecration, 1917 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 230. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/9 | For Violin, [1924-1926?] | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 962. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/10 | For Xmas ’20, 1920 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 312. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/18 | Japanese children’s song | ||||||||||||
A transcription of Chi Papa (The Bird) by Henry Cowell from SRC’s tape made circa 1950. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/11 | Letter [to J.O. Varian], [1915-1916?] | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 217. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/12 | Polyphonica no. 1, 1916 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 953. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/13 | Polyphonica no. 2, 1916 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 953. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/14 | System, 1918-1919 | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 258. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/15 | The Word Eternal, 1917? | ||||||||||||
Lichtenwanger no. 955 | |||||||||||||
BOX 17 | Biographical Material, 1901-1989 , bulk 1929-1985 | ||||||||||||
Autobiographical narratives and essays; anecdotes, personal thoughts and musings on various subjects; articles, clippings and reviews; family histories and documents; drawings; diary; passport; diploma from Stanford University. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/1 | Autobiographical narratives (drafts), 1970, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/2 | Autobiographical narratives (drafts), 1971, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/3 | Biographical essays and curriculum vita, 1978, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/4 | Anecdotes from travels in the 1930s, circa 1947 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/5 | Diary--Ireland, London, Amsterdam, Lugano, Greece, 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/6 | Personal health history, 1984 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/7 | Anecdotes from various dates | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/8 | Personal thoughts | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/9 | “What It Is to Grow Old,” handwritten by SRC, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/10 | Notices of activities, 1951, 1959, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/11 | Miscellaneous notes, musings | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/12 | Articles about Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1957, 1980, 1982 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/13 | Clippings about Sidney Robertson Cowell and reviews of her work, 1929-1985, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/14 | Identity documents, 1921, 1969 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/15 | Leland Stanford Junior University diploma of graduation, 1924 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/16 | Miscellaneous biographical material | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/17 | Drawings by Sidney Robertson Cowell | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/18 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/19 | Hawkins and Morrison-Tonnelle family histories, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/23 | "Hawkins Family History" by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1987 | ||||||||||||
Transcribed from tape. | |||||||||||||
Includes a three-page document "About C.A. Hawkins and Mabel Hawkins," supplementary to tapes by SRC for family members, September 20, 1989 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/20 | Miscellaneous Hawkins family documents | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/21 | Documents relating to Odelia Comba Hawkins relatives, 1901 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/22 | Letter to John regarding the Binkley family relations, 1982 | ||||||||||||
BOX 18-20 | Writings and Publications, 1911-1990 | ||||||||||||
Published articles, essays, program notes, and reviews by Sidney Robertson Cowell; unpublished writings by Sidney Robertson Cowell, including drafts, anecdotes, personal narratives, project proposals, class notes, fiction and poetry; also includes books, journals, and reports written by others. | |||||||||||||
Published Writings by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1938-1988 | |||||||||||||
Articles, essays, program notes, reviews, and obituaries. | |||||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/1 | “The Songs of a Nation Collect a Forgotten Claim,” 1938 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/2 | “The Recording of Folk Music in California,” 1942 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/3 | American Folk Song and Folk Lore: A Regional Bibliography, 1942 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/4 | “White Spirituals,” 1943 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/5 | Program notes written for Boston Symphony Orchestra performance of Henry Cowell’s Short symphony no. 4, 1947 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/6 | “Old Harp Singing,” 1951 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 | Review of Dances of Early California Days, by Lucile K. Czarnowski, [1950?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/8 | Review of American Folk Songs of Protest, by John Greenway, [1953?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/9 | “Songs from Cape Breton Island,” 1955 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/10 | “Wolf River Songs,” 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/11 | “Songs of Aran,” 1957 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/12 | Review of The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. I, by Bertrand Harris Bronson, [1959?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/13 | Review of Shanties from the Seven Seas, compiled by Stan Hugill, 1961 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/14 | “The Connection between the Precenting of Psalms on Cape Breton Island and in Colonial New England Churches,” 1962 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/15 | Obituary of Percy Grainger, 1962 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/16 | Review of The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. II, by Bertrand Harris Bronson, 1963 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/17 | “Early American Spirituals,” 1967 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/18 | Obituary of Charles Seeger, 1979 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/19 | Introduction in Jaime de Angulo: The Music of the Indians of Northern California, 1988 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/20 | Two reviews attributed to Henry Cowell but were actually written by SRC, 1945, 1959 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/21 | Miscellaneous items, 1956, 1987, undated | ||||||||||||
Unpublished Writings by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1911-1990 | |||||||||||||
Narratives on Collecting, 1986-1990 | |||||||||||||
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