Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Rae Korson papers, 1937-1982 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1937-1982 |
Call No. | AFC 1986/003 |
Creator | Korson, Rae, collector, creator |
Extent (whole collection) | approximately 1787 items |
Extent (whole collection) | 5 containers |
Extent (whole collection) | 2.5 linear feet |
Extent (manuscripts) | approximately 1774 sheets |
Extent (graphic materials) | 13 photographic prints : black-and-white ; various sizes |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | 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.af022005 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2022655202 |
Summary | Collection of correspondence, Library of Congress-related personnel documentation, and ephemera related to Rae Korson's tenure at the Archive of Folk Song. Correspondents include: Jan Brunvand, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Archie Green, Alta Fife, Austin Fife, Helen Hartness Flanders, Frank Gillis, Wayland Hand, Herbert Halpert, Joe Hickerson, Charles Hofmann, Charles Iler, Sandy Ives, Bruce Jackson, Maud Karpeles, George List, Judith McCulloh, Peter Nabokov, Bruno Nettl, Willard Rhodes, Ralph Rinzler, Ruth Rubin, Charles Seeger, Francis Lee Utley, Naomi Ware, Frank Warner, Dick Waterman, D.K. Wilgus, Henrietta Yurchenco, and others. |