Cohen, John, 1932-2019.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or records:
Collection
Found in:
American Folklife Center
John Cohen collection
Identifier: AFC 2011/059
Abstract
Collection of manuscripts, sound recordings, graphic images, and moving images created and collected by John Cohen. The materials document Cohen's parallel careers as a musician (member of the New Lost City Ramblers) and writer during the 1960s American folk music revival, and his celebrated work as a documentary photographer and filmmaker, producer, and artist from the 1950s to the present. Includes interviews made by Cohen with John Hartford, Harry Smith, Roger McGuinn, Pete Seeger, Bob...
Dates
circa 1939-2019
Collection
Found in:
American Folklife Center
Indian Neck Folk Festival collection
Identifier: AFC 2016/002
Abstract
Collection of audio recordings of folk festival concerts, workshops, and informal events, produced at various locations in Connecticut and Pennsylvania by the Indian Neck Folk Festival from about 1961-2015. The collection also includes papers, photographs, videocassettes, posters, and digital files.
Dates
1961-2015
Collection
Found in:
American Folklife Center
Izzy Young collection
Identifier: AFC 2015/040
Abstract
Collection of manuscripts, including correspondence, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, clippings, artwork, and ephemera; photographic prints; and audio recordings comprising the archive of Israel (Izzy) Goodman Young, who was proprietor of the Folklore Center, New York, N.Y. (beginning in 1957), and then, beginning in 1973, of the Folklore Centrum, Stockholm, Sweden. The collection documents the late 1950s and 1960s folk music revival, and Izzy Young's contribution to the scene. Includes...
Dates
1942-2015