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Series 1. Manuscripts, ca. 1956-2009 (continued)
Subseries 3. Writings and published works, 1956-2002 (continued)
Various writings, published work, and exhibits: writings, 1971-1999 (continued)
3 folders
Notes, articles, drafts of articles, drafts of liner notes, interview transcriptions, and correspondence. Includes correspondence with Allen Tullos, Ry Cooder, Mike Seeger, and Tracy Schwarz. Liner notes for Dillard Chandler, David Grisman, Roscoe Holcomb albums and other writings concerning The End of an Old Song, The High Lonesome Sound, High Atmosphere, and other of Cohen's projects.
BOX-FOLDER 19/281-283 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: writings, 1971-1999
3 folders
Notes, articles, drafts of articles, drafts of liner notes, interview transcriptions, and correspondence. Includes correspondence with Allen Tullos, Ry Cooder, Mike Seeger, and Tracy Schwarz. Liner notes for Dillard Chandler, David Grisman, Roscoe Holcomb albums and other writings concerning The End of an Old Song, The High Lonesome Sound, High Atmosphere, and other of Cohen's projects.
BOX-FOLDER 15/192 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: American Skyline, 1956
1 folder
1 book with illustrations by John Cohen. Tunnard, Christopher and Henry Hope Reed. American Skyline: The Growth and Form of our Cities and Towns. New American Library, New York (1956).
BOX-FOLDER 16/193 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: exhibits and articles, 1995
1 folder
Exhibit labels, catalog, clippings, and proofs. Includes program for exhibit, "Rebels: Painters and Poets of the 1950s," Bluegrass Unlimited article by Cohen, Intro to Peru photos by Herbert Matter, proofs for article, "The Beat Goes On," the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) show of Cohen's photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 20/284 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: exhibits and articles, 1995
1 folder
Includes Herbert Matter introduction to exhibit.
BOX-FOLDER 21/305 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: exhibits and articles, 1995
1 folder
Clippings and proofs for "The Beat Goes On" article about Beat culture.
BOX-FOLDER 16/194 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: articles and programs, 1957-1958, 1960, 1995
1 folder
Magazine clippings, 1 program. "Folk Furor" article in Mademoiselle, "On the Road Again" article in Vogue, "I Got a Witness" article in the Jazz Review, and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo program.
BOX-FOLDER 16/195 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: liner notes and exhibit programs, 1970-1971, 1977-1978, 1995
1 folder
Magazine clippings, liner notes, and exhibit programs. Includes "The Beat Goes On" interview, High Atmosphere LP liner notes, The Spirit of the New Landscape exhibit program, "Photographs of Peru," Helen Gee and the Limelight program, Carlton Gallery, Mountain Artisans Appalachia program, RISD Mountain Music of Kentucky liner notes.
BOX-FOLDER 20/285 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: liner notes and exhibit programs, 1970-1971, 1977-1978, 1995
1 folder
Magazine articles, interview (1995), exhibit programs, "The Beat Goes On" interview, High Atmosphere LP liner notes, Helen Gee and the Limelight program.
BOX-FOLDER 16/196 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: articles by Cohen, 1958-1959
1 folder
Exhibit poster, image gallery poster. John Cohen articles in Modern Photography and in Jazz Review magazines.
BOX-FOLDER 21/306 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: articles by Cohen, 1958-1959
1 folder
Image gallery poster.
BOX-FOLDER 16/197 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: various articles, 1954, 1958-1960
1 folder
Magazines and articles, and sample layouts. Articles from the New York Times Magazine, House Beautiful, Modern Photography, Pulse and Pressure: A Report of Current Views on Hypertension and Related Cardiovascular Disorders, and Jubilee.
BOX-FOLDER 20/286 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: various articles, 1954, 1958-1960
1 folder
Magazines and articles. Articles from the New York Times Magazine and House Beautiful, as well as Peru sample layouts.
BOX-FOLDER 20/287 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: Twen, ca. 1960
1 folder
2 magazines (October and November).
BOX-FOLDER 16/199 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: exhibits and articles, early years, 1958-1959
1 folder
Magazine articles, exhibit programs, correspondence, 35mm slides, and notes relating to Reverend Gary Davis. Includes articles from Modern Photography, as well as clippings from Esquire, Seventeen, and Vanity Fair, and New York Public Library Photography sampler booklets.
BOX-FOLDER 20/288 Various writings, published work, and exhibits: exhibits and articles, early years, 1958-1959
1 folder
Magazine articles from Esquire and Seventeen, and Image Gallery poster.
BOX-FOLDER 16/200 Ephemera: Caravan (folder 1 of 3), 1958
1 folder
Includes three issues of Caravan Folkmusic Magazine (or, Caravan: the Magazine of Folk Music), one of which Cohen is on the cover (with an article by Izzy Young). Also includes correspondence from Billy Faier (editor) regarding the May 1958 article.
BOX-FOLDER 16/201 Ephemera: Caravan (folder 2 of 3), 1958-1959
1 folder
Includes four issues of Caravan Folkmusic Magazine (or, Caravan: the Magazine of Folk Music).
BOX-FOLDER 16/202 Ephemera: Caravan (folder 3 of 3), 1959-1960
1 folder
Includes four issues of Caravan Folkmusic Magazine (or, Caravan: the Magazine of Folk Music).
BOX-FOLDER 16/203 Ephemera: Chooog, Spring 1959
1 folder
Spring issue with an inscription from Lee Shaw.
BOX-FOLDER 16/204 Ephemera: Disc Collector, undated
1 folder
2 issues of Disc Collector magazine, one addressed to Israel Young.
BOX-FOLDER 16/205 Ephemera: Folk Music Guide USA, 1959-1960
1 folder
4 issues of Folk Music Guide USA, published monthly by the Folklore Center.
BOX-FOLDER 16/206 Ephemera: Folk Style, ca. 1959-1960
1 folder
Issue no. 10 with New Lost City Ramblers on cover.
BOX-FOLDER 16/207 Ephemera: Folkin' Around, 1965
1 folder
1 issue containing folk news and schedules.
BOX-FOLDER 16/208 Ephemera: Folkways, undated
1 folder
1 issue (issue 2).
BOX-FOLDER 17/209 Ephemera: Gardyloo, 1959
1 folder
Two issues, one with Mike Seeger on the cover, one with John Cohen on the cover.
BOX-FOLDER 17/210 Ephemera: Good News!, September, 1961
1 folder
1 issue (vol. 1, no. 5)
BOX-FOLDER 17/211-214 Ephemera: Little Sandy Review, ca. 1960
4 folders
No. 1-30 (with a couple of missing issues). Folk music reviews fanzine, published by Paul Nelson and Jon Pankake in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BOX-FOLDER 17/215 Ephemera: Hootenanny, undated
1 folder
1 promotional guide.
BOX-FOLDER 17/216 Ephemera: folk festivals, 1961-1962
1 folder
University of California Folk Music Festival staff list, University of Chicago Folk Festival program and schedule.
BOX-FOLDER 17/217 Ephemera: magazine clippings, 1959, 1979
1 folder
Includes article about Lloyd Loar and Esquire photocopied articles.
BOX-FOLDER 20/289 Ephemera: magazine clippings, 1959, 1979
1 folder
Includes Musician magazine cover and articles from Esquire magazine.
BOX-FOLDER 17/218 Ephemera: papers and programs, 1964, 1981, 1985
1 folder
Academic paper (by Alan Jabbour), Union Grove Fiddlers' Convention, and "How to Play the Cajun Accordion in No Time at All" (Michael B. McClellan).
BOX-FOLDER 23/307-309 Ephemera: promotional posters, ca. 1962-2005
3 folders
Promotional posters for the New Lost City Ramblers and other performances, as well as for exhibits of John's photographs, such as There is No Eye.
BOX-FOLDER 20/310-311 Ephemera: promotional posters, ca. 1959-1966
2 folders
Fliers and posters for New Lost City Ramblers, Friends of Old Time Music concerts, and other concerts, as well as drawing drafts for one of the flier designs. Many of the fliers were designed and/or printed by Cohen. GR001-GR040.
BOX-FOLDER 20/312 Ephemera: fliers and programs, ca. 1959-1964
1 folder
GR041-GR060. Fliers, posters, and programs for New Lost City Ramblers, Friends of Old Time Music concerts, and other concerts. Includes program for Alan Lomax and Louis Gordon's "Folksong '59" concert at Carnegie Hall
BOX-FOLDER 20/313 Ephemera: fliers and catalogs, ca. 1946-1965
1 folder
Fliers for New Lost City Ramblers and other performers' concerts, as well as catalogs for Folkways Records and for Disc Company of America. Includes sheet music for "Talking Folklore Center" by Bob Dylan. GR062-GR068.
BOX-FOLDER 20/314 Ephemera: fliers, promotional posters, clippings, ca. 1939-2002, undated
1 folder
Fliers for screenings of John Cohen's films, exhibits of his photographs, and magazine clippings. Includes tracing of a bronze piece from John Cohen's parents, ca. 1939, Sunnyside Folk Dance Group, Queens, NY. GR079-GR081, GR083-085, GR090, GR106-GR110, GR125, GR134.
BOX-FOLDER 20/315 Artwork, ca. 1955-1960
1 folder
Drawings, cut outs, and designs of the Hoot events Cohen hosted, made by Cohen during his time at Yale University Department of Design.
BOX-FOLDER 20/316 Old enclosures for fliers and promotional posters, ca. 1959-1965
1 folder
Original polyurethane sleeves that housed Cohen's fliers and promotional posters.
BOX 26 Fieldwork: Penny Cohen, Peru diary, ca. 1964
1 bound journal
Penny Cohen's diary during her and John Cohen's fieldwork in Peru.
BOX-FOLDER 17/220 Fieldwork: logbook of Peru recordings, 1964, 1979, 1980, 1982
1 folder
1 bound book relating to field recordings, as well as correspondence.
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