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Series 1: Manuscripts (continued)
Personal miscellany, 1966-2006 (continued)
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BOX-FOLDER 25.09 Letters to Naomi, 1964-1969
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BOX-FOLDER 25.10 Seeger, 1954-1964
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Mostly correspondence about Pete and Toshi Seeger's travels through Eastern Europe
BOX-FOLDER 25.11 Seeger, 1955-1965
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Mostly about Pete Seeger's appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee and subsequent indictment for contempt of Congress
BOX-FOLDER 26.01 Bess Brown Lomax: letters and information about the child Bess Lomax Hawes, 1927-1930
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BOX-FOLDER 26.02 Alan Lomax-- family correspondence, 1955-1996
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Miscellaneous topics, including American Patchwork TV series and the Global Jukebox project, Alan Lomax's power of attorney and an essay written by Alan Lomax--"Unity and Diversity: a Sudanese Cultural Program"
BOX-FOLDER 26.03 Rounder's The Alan Lomax Collection, 1996-1997
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BOX-FOLDER 26.04 Alan Lomax—writings, 1975-1993
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Includes "Culture-style factors in face-to-face interaction," Song as a Measure of People, Folk Music in the Roosevelt White House, "Singing" entry in Encyclopedia Britannica, "A General Theory," "An Appeal for Cultural Equity," "A Future for Anthropology: Aesthetic Anthropology," and documents about the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife
BOX-FOLDER 26.05 Alan Lomax—professional, 1969-1997
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BOX-FOLDER 26.06 "Black Style in American Pop Music"—Alan Lomax, 1988
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BOX-FOLDER 26.07 C.C. Mansell house plans, 1940
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Blueprints removed to oversize box.
BOX-FOLDER 26.08 Alan Lomax, 1995-1996
BOX-FOLDER 27.01 Bess Brown Lomax alphabet certificate, 1924
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BOX-FOLDER 27.02 Book of verses made up by Bess Brown Lomax, Jr., 1925-1928
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BOX-FOLDER 27.03 Bess's early writing: "Just 1930," 1930
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BOX-FOLDER 27.04 Bess's early writing: "Eastwick: a community survey," 1941
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Term paper for Bryn Mawr sociology course
BOX-FOLDER 27.05 Bess's early writing: "Recipe for a Halloween party," circa 1929
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BOX-FOLDER 27.06 Family history, circa 1925
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BOX-FOLDER 27.07 Shirley's Book by Bess Bauman Brown Lomax, 1907-1990
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BOX-FOLDER 27.08 John A. Lomax letters to Shirley regarding Bess—copies (1935-1938), circa 1995
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BOX-FOLDER 27.09 Bess's singing and typing lessons, circa 1925-1930
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BOX-FOLDER 28.01 Butch—notes, circa 1960-1971
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Notes about art
BOX-FOLDER 28.02 Butch—notes, 1961
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Notes about art
BOX-FOLDER 28.03 Butch—notes, 1962
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Notes about art; handwritten timeline of events in English history from fourteenth through sixteenth century removed to oversize box.
BOX-FOLDER 28.04 Butch's art -- family notes, circa 1960-1973
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BOX-FOLDER 28.05 Butch -- song and book contracts, 1944-1966
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BOX-FOLDER 28.06 Butch -- legal, 1919-1987
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Includes birth certificate, electrical welding trade school certificate, general commercial photography certificate and voter registration form for Butch (Baldwin Hawes)
BOX-FOLDER 28.06a Notes following death of Butch Hawes 1971-1972
Includes birth and death certificates in addition to condolence letters, telegrams, poetry and obituaries.
BOX-FOLDER 28.07 Household accounts, Topanga, Canyon, 1953-1959
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BOX-FOLDER 28.08 Bess Lomax Hawes academic records, 1936-1970
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BOX-FOLDER 28.09 Politics, 1982-1995
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BOX-FOLDER 28.10 Bess at Office of War Information (1945), circa 2000
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Regarding accusations of Communist sympathies and subsequent recommendation for dismissal from position as Acting Chief of the Music Division of OWI Radio Overseas
BOX-FOLDER 28.11 Ted Carpenter correspondence, 1967-1988
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BOX-FOLDER 28.12 John A. Lomax business, 1987-1998
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BOX-FOLDER 28.13 Bess -- personal correspondence, 1940-2009
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BOX-FOLDER 28.14 Peter Hurd mural fresco event, 1989
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BOX-FOLDER 28.15 Postcards and cards collected and received, 1979-1997
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BOX-FOLDER 29.01 Recorded quotes, circa 1988
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BOX-FOLDER 29.02 Mechanical license for "Arthritic Blues," 2006
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BOX-FOLDER 29.03 Socialization seminar, 1969-1970
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Taken at UC Berkeley with Naomi
BOX-FOLDER 29.04 Alan Lomax archive, 2007
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BOX-FOLDER 29.05 Family clippings from Shirley, circa 1947-2008
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BOX-FOLDER 29.06 Passport, birth, marriage, voting documents, 1921-1995
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BOX-FOLDER 29.07 Santa Monica house, 1985
Photos removed to folder 35.06 in Series 3.
BOX-FOLDER 29.08 Family tree, circa 2005
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BOX-FOLDER 29.09 Bess Lomax Hawes interview with David King Dunaway (1977), 1977-1978
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BOX-FOLDER 29.10 Bess Lomax Hawes condolences and obituaries, 2009
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BOX-FOLDER 29.11 Responses to Bess Lomax Hawes's death (1 of 2), 2009
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BOX-FOLDER 29.12 Responses to Bess Lomax Hawes's death (2 of 2), 2009
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BOX-FOLDER 30.01 Bess Lomax Hawes biographical, 2007-2009
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BOX-FOLDER 30.02 Hawes family history (1878-1996), circa 1960-1996
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BOX-FOLDER 30.03 Lomax book rights -- estate settlement, 1974-1999
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BOX-FOLDER 30.04 Lomax estate settlement, 1948-1950
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BOX-FOLDER 30.05 Lomax estate settlement, 1948-1969
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BOX-FOLDER 30.06 Bess Bauman Brown's bible, 1897-1903
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, Oxford, printed at the University Press, The S. S. Teacher's Edition, circa 1890. Inscribed: "Bessie Bauman Brown from Auntie, Christmas 1897." Also includes a handwritten list of bible verses.
BOX-FOLDER 31.01 Sound recordings documentation: sound tape reels, circa 1960-1975
BOX-FOLDER 31.02 Sound recordings documentation: sound cassettes, circa 1975-2003
BOX-FOLDER 31.03 Sound recordings documentation: sound cassettes, circa 1975-2003
BOX-FOLDER 31.04 Moving images documentation, 1983-2008
Series 2: Sound recordings
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