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Series I: Manuscripts, ca. 1942-2015 (continued)
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
2 items
Includes articles and correspondence about Tim Buckley, and a 1967 writing by Izzy Young. Carol binder includes correspondence between Izzy Young and Carol Greene.
BOX 35 Professor Ronald Cohen, projects, 1989-1994
1 item
Primarily includes correspondence between Ronald Cohen and Izzy Young.
BOX 36 Professor Cohen, NYC folk museum, 1999, 1998-2000
1 item
Primarily includes correspondence between Ronald Cohen and Izzy Young. Also includes meeting information about the proposed Folk Music Museum in Greenwich Village.
BOX 37 Prof R[onald]. C[ohen]. II, 1994-1996
1 item
Primarily includes correspondence between Ronald Cohen and Izzy Young.
BOX 38 Ron Cohen III; Cohen Young letters, Sept. 1997, 1997-1999
2 items
Primarily includes correspondence between Ronald Cohen and Izzy Young.
BOX 39 Copyright notices, introductions, title pages; Copyright, more info., 1995-2012
2 items
Includes writings about Lead Belly and copyright, including an excerpt from "Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly," (1936) by John and Alan Lomax and a copy of the 1937 agreement between John and Alan Lomax and Lead Belly.
BOX 40 Diverse mm att katologisera; Diverse studies, ca. 1960-1996
2 items
Includes concert fliers, Folkways Records catalog, clippings, and copy of Bob Dylan drawing from Izzy Young's Feb. 22, 1962 notebook. 3 photographs removed from this binder and placed in Series III (Bob Dylan portrait by Bertil Hagert, Izzy Young photograph by Ed Grazda, and Big Joe Williams photograph by David Gahr and 3 slides removed and placed in Series III (slides of Bob Dylan drawing in Izzy Young's notebook). Diverse Studies binder includes academic articles about ethnomusicology and folk music and indentity. Also includes correspondence.
BOX 41 Bob Dylan, 1980-1990
1 item
Includes clippings about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 42 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 1991-1996
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 43 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 1997
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 44 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 1998-2000
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 45 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 2001
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English, Swedish, and Hebrew.
BOX 46 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 2002-2003
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 47 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 2004
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 48 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 2005
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 49 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 2006-2007
1 item
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish.
BOX 50 Bob Dylan Pressklipp, 2009-2010; Dylan Tom 2007? Misc., 1968, 1998-2010
2 items
Includes clippings and articles about Bob Dylan written in English and Swedish. Dylan Tom 2207? Misc. binder includes correspondence filed by topic/correspondent, which Izzy Young designated. Topics include 1960s folk revival and Bob Dylan. Includes "two sheets out of an old lined notebook," from Dec. 28, 1968.
BOX 51 Even Dozen Jug Band; Film - TV, sonnet, Downing, osv, 1963, 1987-1994
2 items
Includes Izzy Young's handwritten journal pages with notes about concerts he was organizing, contact names and information, and Young's general notes about the music and performers. Includes a 1994 note from Izzy Young on the first page of binder about finding these pages in his mother's basement. Film - TV, sonnet, Downing, osv binder includes correspondence, including from Jim Downing regarding a documentary film, and correspondence to and from Pete and Toshi Seeger.
BOX 52 Folklore Center, 1957-1968; Folklore Center, and Friends of Old Time Music, 1969-, 1957-1974
2 items
Includes original fliers and programs for concerts organized by the Folklore Center and the Friends of Old Time Music, including with Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Barry Kormfeld, Reverand Gary Davis, Jack Elliot, Clarence Ashley, Big Joe Williams, Victoria Spivey, Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Hobart Smith, Doc Watson, Joseph Spence, Lou Killen, and Mike Seeger.
BOX 53 Frets and Frails, 1959-; Gamla for Artiklar, 1959-2007
2 items
Includes Izzy Young's Sing Out! Magazine column, "Frets and Frails," as well as the Folklore Revisited column. Gamla for Artiklar binder includes fliers and other ephemera advertising concerts, a typed interview with David Grisman and with Phil Ochs and Tuli Kupferberg, and typed and handwritten journal entries.
BOX 54 Gellert - new material, old material, and correspondence; Ralph J. Gleason, 1939-2004
2 items
Includes correspondence with Steve Garabedian, Richard Reuss, and Joe Hickerson. Includes a 1939 song book from the collection of Lawrence Gellert, "Me and My Captain": Negro Songs of Protest. Ralph J. Gleason binder includes articles by jazz and pop music critic, Ralph Gleason.
BOX 55 Woody Guthrie and the Swedish Left; Irene, 1977, 1999
2 items
Correspondence and articles. Includes article on Guthrie in American Exile newsletter and a piece by Izzy Young about Woody Guthrie in Broadside issue number 87. Irene binder includes sheet music for "Good night, Irene." Included a 45rpm disc of "Good Night, Irene" by Lead Belly on Playboy Records (50028).
BOX 56 Lead Belly correspondence, 1995-1996
1 item
Primarily includes correspondence about Lead Belly, Alan Lomax, and copyright issues. Correspondents include Dick Weissman and Sean Killeen of Lead Belly Society.
BOX 57 Library of Congress, Folk Archive finding aid; Lomax, 1983-2005
2 items
LC Folk Archive Finding Aids and Reference Aids from 1983-1990. Lomax binder includes correspondence and articles critiquing Alan Lomax's work.
BOX 58 Lomax Anew, ca. 1958-2004
1 item
Includes correspondence, Lead Belly sheet music, and other writings about Alan Lomax and Lead Belly.
BOX 59 Miscellaneous articles, interviews, Izzy, 1957-2005
1 item
Includes articles, writings, and typed journal entries by Izzy Young. Includes articles from Promenade magazine by the American Square Dance Group. Also includes articles, writings about Izzy. Removed photograph from 1957 opening of Folklore Center and placed in Graphic Images series.
BOX 60 Miscellaneous articles on American musicians; Miscellaneous collections studies lists, etc., etc., ca. 1968-2005
2 items
Includes email correspondence, Folk Roots articles, articles/writings about folk musicians, and materials about calling square dances and contra dances.
BOX 61 Miscellaneous letters, articles; Miscellaneous revival materials: notebooks, letters, press cuttings, 1959-1991
2 items
Includes clippings about folk music and fliers for concerts. Miscellaneous revival materials: notebooks, letters, press cuttings binder includes a typed conversation between Izzy Young and Phil Ochs, articles about folk musicians (Dave Van Ronk, John Fahey) and about the Washington Square Park protest.
BOX 62 More old mail; My journal, 1960-1962, 2007
2 items
Printed email correspondence. Includes correspondence with Suze Rotolo and Ann Charters. My journal binder includes Izzy Young's typed journal entries, 1960-1962.
BOX 63 My journal, typewritten; NY UPPL press mm, invitations, konsertar mm, ca. 1962-2010
2 items
Izzy Young's typed journal entries. NY UPPL press mm, invitations, konsertar mm binder includes email correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera in Swedish.
BOX 64 A new attempt to keep up with email, 2006-04
1 item
Printed email correspondence and a couple of handwritten correspondence. Includes correspondence with Elijah Wald, John Szwed, and Rani Singh.
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