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1. Robert Sonkin Alabama and New Jersey collection, 1937-1941

   7 manuscript folders in 1 box; 64 12-inch acetate-aluminum discs. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, field notes, reports, recording logs, transcripts of song texts, and sound recordings of African American music traditions and folkways, collected by Robert Sonkin, primarily in Gee's Bend, Alabama, in 1941.

2. John Vachon papers, 1913-1995

   4,000 items. 12 containers. 4.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer. Correspondence, family papers, writings, and miscellaneous material relating primarily to Vachon’s career as a photographer with the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, and Look magazine.

3. Jack Delano papers, 1927-1995

   700 items. 6 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, notebooks, caption books, and an oral history interview relating to Delano as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information. Also material related to Elizabeth Kenny.

4. Arthur Rothstein papers, 1936-2000

   3,150 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and lectures, articles, notes, subject files, transcripts, press clippings, and other material relating to Rothstein’s career as a photojournalist.

5. Sidney Robertson Cowell collection, 1901-1992

   5067 items. 28 containers. 13 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Sidney Robertson Cowell (1903-1995) was a folksong and ethnic music collector and recordist, ethnographer, ethnomusicologist, teacher, writer, and wife of composer Henry Cowell. The collection consists of her personal papers which document all aspects of her life and work. The collection includes correspondence relating to personal and professional matters; fieldwork reports, fieldnotes, song lists and other materials from her field recording projects and trips; articles, essays, reviews, and papers written by Sidney Robertson Cowell; articles and narratives by and about Henry Cowell; autobiographical narratives and essays, clippings, family histories and other materials relating to her professional career and personal life; photographs; teaching materials; and song sheets and song books. In addition, the collection contains photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs, several annotated by Sidney Robertson Cowell, and a selection of folk songs with piano settings by Henry Cowell in his own hand.

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6. Written records in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Collection

   12,750 items. 45 boxes. 14.7 linear feet. 23 microfilm reels. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Records relate to the FSA-OWI photo files that came into the custody of the Library of Congress in 1944. Includes office files (correspondence, budgets, etc.), captions for negatives produced by Resettlement Administration, Farm Security Administration, and Office of War Information photographers, supplementary reference files, and scrapbooks of magazine and newspaper clippings reproducing RA, FSA, or OWI photographs or pertaining to activities of the agencies. Four of the 45 boxes are not microfilmed: LC reference correspondence, 1944-1946, and duplicates (boxes 31-33, oversize box 12)