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Series I: Manuscripts, ca. 1942-2015
Subseries A: Journals
Handwritten journals labelled by year. Sorted chronologically.
BOX 127 Journals, 1942-1964
12 items
Bound journals as well as loose pages from journals. Includes Young's middle school graduation journal with notes from family members and teachers, as well as a journal written during the time of the Folklore Center's opening.
BOX 1 Journals, 1952-1986
28 items
Includes journal written by Izzy Young's father, Philip Young. Includes journal with commentary by Izzy Young about the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. Also includes "Concerts 1969" journal with details about the concerts that Izzy organized.
BOX 128 Journals, 1955-1968
16 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, drawings, fliers, and newspaper clippings. Includes letters from Young to John Cohen, Happy Traum, and Bob Dylan.
BOX 9 Miscellaneous journals, 1957-1998
3 items
Bound poetry journal and journal including notes about international topics/politics. 1 folder containing "A New Secret History of Folklore U.S.A." by Izzy Young, February 1957. 1 folder containing miscellaneous portions of journals, ca. 1960-1970. 1 folder containing photocopy of Izzy Young's journal titled, Young's anecdotes, ca. 1960-1968. One journal encompassing from 1986-1998.
BOX 8 Miscellaneous bound journals, ca. 1966-2001
15 items
Includes poetry journal, calendars, address books, and manuscript for Israel G. Young Autobiography, 1928-1938.
BOX 129 Journals, 1968-1973
16 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, drawings, fliers, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 130 Journals, 1978-2008
7 items
Includes loose journal pages. Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, drawings, fliers, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 132 Journals, 1983-2015
12 items
Includes loose journal pages. Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, drawings, fliers, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 2 Journals, 1986-1995
16 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, drawings, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 131 Journals, 1988-2014
8 items
Includes loose journal pages. Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, drawings, fliers, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 3 Journals, 1995-1999
20 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, photographs, personal/business contacts, drawings, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 4 Journals, 2000-2002
13 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, photographs, personal/business contacts, drawings, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 5 Journals, 2003-2005
14 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, photographs, personal/business contacts, scheduling calendars, ticket stubs, drawings, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 6 Journals, 2005-2009
15 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, photographs, personal/business contacts, scheduling calendars, ticket stubs, drawings, and newspaper clippings.
BOX 7 Journals, 2010-2015
11 items
Interspersed within journals are correspondence, poetry, photographs, personal/business contacts, scheduling calendars, ticket stubs, drawings, and newspaper clippings.
Subseries B: Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks compiled, numbered, and notated by Izzy Young.
BOX 10 Scrapbook #1, 1959
1 item
Written on inside cover: "Folklore Center Scrapbook of Articles on Folkmusic That Appear in Newspapers, Journals of Popular Nature." Includes first preliminary sketch of new sign for Folklore Center by Ray Borgular. Includes newspaper clippings and correspondence (including a letter from Richard Dyer-Bennet).
BOX 11 Scrapbook #2, 1960-1962
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, drawings, programs from the Folklore Center, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young.
BOX 12 Scrapbook #3, 1962-1963
1 item
Includes handwritten notes, folk music news items and annotations by Izzy Young, newspaper clippings, telegrams and correspondence, drawings, "Frets and Frails" columns, fliers and programs.
BOX 13 Scrapbook #4, "Talking John Birch Blues", 1963
1 item
Lyrics of Bob Dylan song, "Talking John Birch Blues" pasted on page 47 of scrapbook and include notes by Izzy Young. Scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, drawings, concert fliers and programs, and correspondence.
BOX 14 Scrapbook #5, 1961-1963
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, drawings, fliers and programs, business cards, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young.
BOX 15 Scrapbook #6, 1963-1964
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, fliers, programs and calendars, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young.
BOX 16 Scrapbook #7, 1964
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, fliers, programs and calendars, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young.
BOX 17 Scrapbook #8, 1965
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, fliers, programs, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young and others, including a write up by David Grisman about the Blue Grass Festival at Roanoke. Information about the Sing-In for Peace Committee.
BOX 18 Scrapbook #9 and #10, 1965-1966
2 items
Scrapbook #9 includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, fliers, programs, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young and others. Includes letter from Sing-In for Peace Committee. Scrapbook #10 includes handwritten notes/correspondence by Izzy Young and others, such as Dick Waterman, Patrick Sky, and Stefan Grossman. Includes program about Hedy West that is translated into Hebrew.
BOX 19 Scrapbook #11 and #12, 1966-1967
2 items
Scrapbook #11 includes newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young. Includes press release about Doc and Merle Watson's State Department tour. Scrapbook #12 includes a Folklore Center Folk Festival program with performances by Hedy West, Rosalie Sorrels, John Hammond, Joni Mitchell, and many others.
BOX 20 Scrapbook #13 and #14, 1968
2 items
Scrapbook #13 includes newspaper clippings, fliers and programs, press releases, correspondence, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young. Scrapbook #14 includes excerpts from Folklore Center newsletters, reviews of the 1968 Newport Folk Festival, and a ticket and program from the Newport Folk Festival.
BOX 21 Scrapbook #15, 1969
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, fliers and programs, press releases, correspondence, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young. Includes excerpts from Folklore Center newsletters, and Sing Out! Magazine.
BOX 22 Scrapbook of trip to New York City, 2005
1 item
Includes newspaper clippings, advertisements, fliers, and handwritten notes by Izzy Young.
BOX 23 Washington Square Park protest scrapbook, 1961
1 item
Oversized scrapbook about the Washington Square Protest, following the New York Police Department's attempt to stop singing in the park. Includes news clippings, correspondence, and other materials related to the event. Restored by Mitch Blank in 2009.
Subseries C: Topical binders
Topical binders sorted alphabetically by title, assigned by Izzy Young.
BOX 24 The Almanac Singers, 1941-1942; Hall of Fame, 1996; Hard Traveling, 1996; Article on Copyright, 1960-1990
2 items
Includes Pete Seeger's history of the Alamanac Singers, 1987, and the program from Hard Traveling, a Woody Guthrie event put on by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Woody Guthrie Archives. Article on Copyright binder includes articles about copyright law, public domain, and folk songs.
BOX 25 Articles: Seeger, Lomax, 2003-2006
1 item
Articles about Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and Alan Lomax.
BOX 26 Articles, more, 1959-2006
1 item
Articles/writings by and about Izzy Young. Includes writings about Bob Dylan and an excerpt from the Folk Music Guide USA (November 1959).
BOX 27 Articles, various (unsorted!), newly filed, April 2012, ca. 1973-2010
1 item
Includes writings by and about Izzy Young.
BOX 28 Artiklar on Izzy, T.O.M., 1999, ca. 1974-1999
1 item
Includes articles about Izzy Young in English and Swedish.
BOX 29 Bibliographies, scholarly articles, ca. 1934-1991
1 item
Includes articles about John and Alan Lomax and a Folklore Center reprint of "Folk Song Style" by Alan Lomax from American Anthropologist (2 copies).
BOX 30 Book reviews, articles, obituarites, etc.; Brev, ca. 1963-2012
2 items
Includes articles about Lead Belly and Alan Lomax in English and Swedish. Brev binder primarily includes correspondence.
BOX 31 Brev, ca. 1987-1988, ca. 1984-1988
1 item
Primarily includes correspondence.
BOX 32 Brev, 1989, ca. 1984-1989
1 item
Includes correspondence to/from Marc Silber, Mike Seeger, and Happy Traum, as well as correspondence regarding music sales and royalties.
BOX 33 Brev, 1994-1995; Brev Norden, ca. 1994-1996
2 items
Includes correspondence and hand written notes by Izzy Young.
BOX 34 Tim Buckley; Carol, 1967-2009
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