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Series 3: Graphic materials (continued)
Subseries B: Oversize materials and unframed items (photographs and mixed media)
Items that arrived at AFC in frames were unframed and treated by Library of Congress Conservation staff.
BOX-FOLDER 103/1 Unframed photo 1, possibly circa 1947
1 photographic print : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller
The photo depicts items in a glass display case (Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miners and a price of $3 appears on a sign in the case), with copies of the book plus photos and artifacts arranged on a table.
BOX-FOLDER 103/2 Unframed photo 2, June 21, 1957
1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo of Korson and Alfred M. Gruenther, then president of the American Red Cross. The photo is inscribed to Korson, on the day of Korson's retirement from the Red Cross.
BOX-FOLDER 103/3 Unframed photo 3
1 photographic print : color ; 6 3/4 in. x 9 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo of items in a window display ("Coal Souvenirs" appears on a sign in the display). The colors in the photo have faded.
BOX-FOLDER 103/4 Unframed photo 4, May 1935
1 photographic print : black and white ; 10 1/2 in. x 13 1/4 in. or smaller
Mounted photo of miners in work clothing and helmets, in Chattanooga, TN. A typed caption is incorporated into the image beneath the photo (probably via copy negative).
BOX-FOLDER 103/5 Unframed photo 5
1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
The photo depicts items in a Gimbel's display window, to celebrate Pennsylvania week. This was the location of Gimbels (department store) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
BOX-FOLDER 103/6 Unframed photo 6, 1950-1959
1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Left to right: Korson, Arthur Kaufmann (who signed the photo), and a man holding Frank Warner's autographed banjo (which Korson also signed). Korson and Kaufman each hold a book.
BOX-FOLDER 103/7 Unframed photo 7, circa 1950-1959
1 photographic print : black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in.
Head shot of Korson (studio portrait).
BOX-FOLDER 103/8 Unframed photo 8, May 1935
1 photographic print : black and white ; 6 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.
Similar to #4 but smaller and without the caption. Image is cracked and has emulsion damage due to several creases.
BOX-FOLDER 103/9 Unframed photo 9, 1919
1 photographic print : black and white ; 4 1/2 in. x 6 in.
Korson and fellow soldiers posed near a plane in a hangar, in Palestine. Writing on the photo, including a small arrow mark, possibly in grease pencil.
BOX-FOLDER 103/10 Unframed photo 10, October 22, 1954
1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/4 in. x 7 1/4 in. (excluding the mat)
Matted photo with text affixed to mat in paper strips. The event was the dedication of the Boochever Library, at the American National Red Cross headquarters.
BOX-FOLDER 103/11 Unframed photo 11, circa April 29, 1957
1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo with two newsprint clippings affixed to the mat. The image shows Korson (incoming president of the Pennsylvania Folklore Society) shaking hands with Henry W. Shoemaker (retiring president). The clippings are from The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
BOX-FOLDER 103/12 Unframed photo 12, October 12, 1964
1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/2 in. x 7 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo with caption typed on paper and affixed to mat. Korson appears in a group photo, on the day of a luncheon in his honor.
BOX-FOLDER 103/13 Unframed photo 13, September 1965
1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo with caption typed on paper and affixed to mat. Left to right: Mary Barrett, Rev. Lane D. Kilburn, and Korson, on the event of his donation of his fieldwork and collections to King's College.
BOX-FOLDER 103/14 Unframed photo 14, July 18, 1958
1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo and caption. Left to right: Richard M. Dorson, Korson, R.D. Jameson, Vance Randolph, Archer Taylor, and Stith Thompson. Photo taken at a picnic in Brown County, Indiana, part of the Folklore Institute of America. Also in the folder: a sheet of paper noting that the item was (at that time) on loan to the Library of Congress (October 27, 1958) and program for the Folklore Institute of America (June 11-August 8, 1958).
BOX-FOLDER 103/15 Unframed photo 15, May 5, 1955
1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo and caption. Left to right: Mrs. Omar Burleson, Korson, Mrs. Daniel J. Flood).
BOX-FOLDER 103/16 Unframed photo 16, July 28, 1962
1 photographic print : black and white ; 5 1/2 in. x 9 in. or smaller (excluding the mat)
Matted photo with caption typed on paper and affixed to mat. Fellows of the American Folklore Society.
BOX-FOLDER 103/17 Unframed photo 17, August 1917
1 photographic print : black and white ; 4 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Photograph taken from on top of the Wilkes-Barre recording building. Left to right: Edward Seybold, Albert Lentz, Charles A. Berry, George Korson; photographed before going to serve in WWI. Removed from original mat (stored with the photo). Accompanied by a laminated card, with caligraphed information about the photo.
BOX-FOLDER 103/18 Unframed photo 18, March 9, 1924
2 photographic prints : black and white, silver process ; 3 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. or smaller (each, excluding the mat).
Two photos in one mat. Photos of men outdoors posing by a tipple shanty and other buildings, Oak Hill colliery, Minersville, Pennsylvania. See Series 3 for images from the same colliery.
BOX-FOLDER 103/19 Unframed photo 19, May 1935
1 photographic print : black and white ; 11 in. x 14 in. or smaller
A group of Pennsylvania anthracite miner "bards and folk minstrels," at the National Folk Festival.
BOX-FOLDER 104/1 Unframed photo 20, April 28, 1933
1 photographic print : black and white ; 6 1/4 in. x 21 1/2 in.
Panorama photo taken at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, at Lehigh University. Accompanying the item are an envelope addressed to Korson and a typed slip (signed) to acknowledge that Korson has applied for charter membership and paid annual dues.
BOX-FOLDER 104/2 Unframed photo 21 and related materials, November 5, 1965
1 black-and-white black and white (8 in. x 10 in. or smaller), a certificate (5 3/4 in. 4 1/2 in. or smaller), and a caption typed on paper
Korson receiving ribbon from Col. Ram Ron.
BOX-FOLDER 104/3 Unframed photo 22 and related materials, 1919
3 photographic prints : black and white photos ; 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller. 1 certificate (machine-printed and handwritten) : paper ; 7 1/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. or smaller. 1 slip of paper (typewritten) : paper ; 2 3/4 in. x 1 1/2 in.
Mementos of Korson's service in Palestine, affixed to a mat.
BOX-FOLDER 104/4 Unframed photo 23, 1946
1 photographic print : gelatin ; 6 1/2 in. x 9 in. or smaller
Matted photo. Korson with miners (one playing a fiddle) in Newkirk Tunnel, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, during a Library of Congress field trip.
Subseries C: Unframed materials and unframed items (graphic illustrations)
BOX-FOLDER 103/20 Unframed graphic item 1, before 1978
1 graphic illustration : paper ; 6 in. x 8 3/4 in. (excluding mat)
"New St. Nicholas Breaker," by Nicholas Bervinchak. Possibly an original etching.
BOX-FOLDER 103/21 Unframed graphic item 2, before 1978
1 graphic illustration : paper ; 8 3/4 in. x 11 1/2 in. (or smaller)
"Bootlegging Coal" (1938), by Nicholas Bervinchak. Possibly an original etching.
BOX-FOLDER 103/22 Unframed graphic item 3, before 1978
1 graphic illustration : paper ; 12 in. x 8 1/2 in. (or smaller)
"Belching Steel Stacks," 1939 (trial proof), by Nicholas Bervinchak. Item has two tears, now mended.
BOX-FOLDER 103/23 Unframed graphic item 4, March 19, 1961
1 graphic illustration : paper ; 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. (or smaller)
Color and pen illustration, with accompanying text: to Korson from Frances Lichten, via Katherine Milhous (her art and handwriting).
Series 4: Moving images
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/011: MV01 George Korson interview (with Charlie McCarthy), conducted by Franklin D. Coslett, October 12, 1964
1 film reel (8 min.) : polyester, sound, black and white ; 16mm
Series 5: Artifacts
Items have been rehoused by Library of Congress Conservation staff.
BOX 105 Coal carving, February 20, 1856
Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: AR01
Approximately 7 1/2 in. tall.
Bust depicting a woman from an African country, carved in 1856 by F.A. Weiser (a cutter; Minersville, Pennsylvania) Parts of the object are missing (e.g., it was originally mounted on a vase); photographic documentation suggests since at latest the 1950s. According to Korson, the bust was carved from anthracite coal. See box-folder 99/11 for details.
BOX 106 Commemorative plate, circa 1947
Item-ID: AFC 2003/011: AR02
Approximately 10 in. across.
The Fotoware plate was created as a souvenir of the coal fields. Vachel Davis painted the portrait of a miner, which appears on the plate's central area. The painting was copyrighted in 1947. The plate was broken and repaired before arriving as part of the Korson collection at AFC.
Appendix A: Publications retained with the collection

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