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Series 3: Graphic materials (continued)
Subseries 1: Photographic materials (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 38.01 Oldest family pictures album, circa 1880s-1940s
Includes early photos of Bess Bauman Brown and members of the Brown family, as well photos of Shirley Lomax, John Lomax Jr., Alan Lomax and Bess Lomax in childhood and early adulthood.
BOX-FOLDER 39.01 Oversize photographs, circa 1935-1980s
Includes photos of Bess Lomax Hawes as a teenager, and during NEA period; Pete Seeger in 1950s; photos of Butch Hawes sculptures.
Subseries 2: Butch Hawes artwork
Note: Butch Hawes's illustrated version of "The Cowboy and the Wheel," also known as "The Gol-Darned Wheel," was accepted for publication but never published.
BOX-FOLDER 40.01 Sketches, circa 1940s-1960s
Mostly pen and ink and pencil studies of human figure.
BOX-FOLDER 40.02 Sketches, circa 1940s-1960s
Mostly pen and ink and pencil studies of human figure and trees; includes notes on cartoon sketches.
BOX-FOLDER 40.03 Illustrations in various media, circa 1940s-1960s
Illustrations in pencil, pen and ink and/or paint; includes proof copy of illustration in Young Faces.
BOX-FOLDER 40.04 Bird sketches, circa 1940s-1960s
Pencil studies.
BOX-FOLDER 40.05 Come visit my ranch, circa 1950
Possibly clippings.
BOX-FOLDER 40.06 Prater Violet book jacket, circa 1940s
Proposed design for Christopher Isherwood novel.
BOX-FOLDER 40.07 Winter scenes and waiter, circa 1950s-1960s
Illustrations in paint and possibly pen and ink.
BOX-FOLDER 40.08 "Look Ma, he did it himself...," circa 1940s-1960s
Pencil drawings, possibly designed as advertisements.
BOX-FOLDER 40.09 Young Faces, 1952
Butch Hawes-contributed illustration for "From the gold-darned wheel," in Cowboy Songs by John Lomax, one of 14 folk story fragments that appear in Young Faces: an Illustrated Album of Type Faces for Children's Books (New York: Composing Room, 1952).
BOX-FOLDER 41.01 Illustrations, circa 1940s-1960s
Mostly pen and ink or pencil drawings of human figure; includes notes.
BOX-FOLDER 41.02 Illustrations, circa 1940s-1960s
"Glossy positive" printed in black ink; western theme.
BOX-FOLDER 41.03 Illustration, circa 1950s-1960s
Pencil and paint.
BOX-FOLDER 41.04 Woody Guthrie fiddle tunes album design, circa 1940s
BOX-FOLDER 41.05 John A. Lomax Jr. portrait, circa 1940s-1960s
Charcoal.
BOX-FOLDER 41.06 The Stuff Smith Trio album design, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 41.07 Bagpipes and nurse, circa 1950s-1960s
Painting.
BOX-FOLDER 42.01 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (1 of 13)
Cover illustration.
BOX-FOLDER 42.02 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (2 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.03 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (3 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.04 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (4 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.05 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (5 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.06 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (6 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.07 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (7 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.08 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (8 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.09 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (9 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.10 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (10 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.11 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (11 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.12 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (12 of 13)
BOX-FOLDER 42.13 "The Cowboy and the Wheel" (13 of 13)
Series 4: Moving images
Subseries 1: VHS
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV01 Washington, DC Heritage Festival, 1983
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV02 National Heritage Fellowships, September, 1989
Part I: National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program, Washington, DC
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV03 National Heritage Fellowships, September, 1989
Part II: National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program, Washington, DC
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV04 National Heritage Fellowships, September, 1993
National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program.
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV05 National Heritage Fellows at the Appalachian Stage, 2003
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife.
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV06 Early Years of Public Sector Folklore Forum, 2003
American Folklore Society.
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV07 The Fandango Project, undated
TAPE-ID AFC 2014/008: MV08 Banjo Frolic, undated
Video produced Belgian creators of American five-string banjo exhibit, which was financed by Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels.
Subseries 2: Digital files
Digital ID: afc2014008_mv009 The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes, 2003
Georgia Sea Island Singers (1964); Buckdancer (1965); Pizza Pizza Daddy-O (1967); Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle (1970).
25 video files (IFO, VOB, BUP) from 1 DVD
Digital ID: afc2014008_mv010 The Heritage Awards Ceremony and Concert, September, 2008
13 video files (IFO, VOB, BUP) from 1 DVD
Series 5: Artifacts
BOX-FOLDER 43.01 NEA Distinguished Service Award, 1987
BOX-FOLDER 43.02 NEA Distinguished Service Award, 1991
BOX-FOLDER 43.03 Bosque County Ballad Hunter, 1994
Includes a small branding iron in the shape of a letter "A."
BOX-FOLDER 43.04 CSUN Center for Visual and Performing Arts, 2002
Distinguished Achievement award.
BOX-FOLDER 43.05 Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest Music Legend Award, 2007
"In recognition of a lifetime of dedicated service to the folk and traditional music community."
BOX-FOLDER 44.01 Awards, 1970-2004
Collection of awards given to Bess Lomax Hawes by the White House Conference on Children, California State University, Northridge, National Endowment for the Arts, and Smithsonian Institution; also includes award given to filmmaker Bernard Wilets for work on Discovering American Folk Music.
BOX-FOLDER 44.02 National Heritage Fellow award template, circa 1982-1992
BOX-FOLDER 44.03 Guam award, 1983
Hawes was named a member of the Ancient Order of the Chammori.
BOX-FOLDER 44.04 UNC Chapel Hill doctorate diploma, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 44.05 NEA Certificate of Retirement, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 45 Address books and business cards, circa 1960s-1990s
Box includes eight items: two rolodexes and six books containing addresses and business cards.
BOX 46 Optical media
Optical discs containing digital files contained in this collection.

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