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1. Indian Neck Folk Festival collection

   6986 items ; 7 containers ; 4.5 linear feet.. 48 sound cassettes (DAT) : digital.. 284 sound cassettes : analog.. 65 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 10 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in.. 44 sound discs (CD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 3 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.. 3 video discs (DVD) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. moving images: 152 video files (MOV and MP4) : digital.. graphic images: 4453 photographs : digital, JPEG files, color.. graphic images: 54 photographs : film negatives, black-and-white ; 35 mm. graphic images: 654 photographs : photographic prints ; 8 x 11 in. and smaller.. sound recordings: 249 sound files : digital, WAV files.. manuscripts: 50 items (PDF, DOC) : text files.. manuscripts: 1050 items.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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.

2. Izzy Young collection, 1942-2016

   5,972 items. 53 linear feet (133 containers). 88 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 and 10 in.. 583 photographic prints : black and white, color ; various sizes. 130 containers. 8 objects. 28 sound and video discs (CD-R and DVD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   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 documentation about prominent musicians, poets, and dancers, and about concerts, music festivals, and music camps around the United States and in Sweden. Includes articles and writings about Bob Dylan and his musical career, and correspondence with significant figures in the folk music scene, such as Pete Seeger, Mark Moss, and Dick Waterman. Scrapbooks document concerts and other events, including the 1961 Washington Square Park Protest, which followed the New York Police Department's attempt to stop singing in the park. Audio recordings are of radio programs, and concerts that Young promoted, such as those with Hedy West, David Bromberg, Jean Ritchie, Elizabeth Cotten, and many others.

3. Milton Okun musical arrangements, 1954-1965

   approximately 60 items. 3 containers. 2.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Milton Okun (1923-2016) was an American arranger, singer, and record producer who founded the Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company in New York City in 1960. He arranged and produced the music of John Denver, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Brothers Four, and The Chad Mitchell Trio. The Milton Okun Musical Arrangements consist chiefly of holograph and printed scores of Okun's arrangements for The Brothers Four, as well as several songbooks with folk music by various composers.