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Series 4. Accrual from January 2020, 1939-2019 (continued)
Subseries 4. New Lost City Ramblers, 1961-2006
Contracts, promotional materials, album-related notes, band playlists, lyrics, fliers, and films about the New Lost City Ramblers band, of which John Cohen was a founding member.
BOX-FOLDER 71/6 Contracts, 1/3, 1965-1968
1 folder, 5 contact sheets (black-and-white); 82 negatives (black-and-white)
Recorded and annotated by Tracy Schwarz
BOX-FOLDER 71/7 Contracts, 2/3, 1965-1968
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 71/8 Contracts, 3/3, 1965-1968
1 folder
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0124 Historic Films: New Lost City Ramblers, undated
1 VHS videotape
BOX-FOLDER 71/9 Japan tour, 1990
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 71/10 NLCR album, 1/2, ca. 1996-1998
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 71/11 NLCR album, 2/2, ca. 1996-1998
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 71/12 NLCR and other folk revival concert fliers, ca. 1961-1966
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/1 NLCR film, ca. 2007
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/2 NLCR joke book, undated
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/3 NLCR miscellaneous materials, ca. 1963-1965
1 folder
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0125 New Lost City Ramblers: Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1988
1 VHS videotape
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0126 New Lost City Ramblers: short version for Folk Alliance, undated
1 VHS videotape
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0127 New Lost City Ramblers at Swannanoa, July 3, copy, undated
1 VHS videotape
BOX-FOLDER 72/4 Playlists, undated
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/5 Promotional photographs, ca. 1961-1995
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/6 Publicity, 1997-2006
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/7 Songs and words, undated
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/8 Tom Paley hwinx, undated
1 folder
Subseries 5. New York City-related materials, 1958-2016
Articles, notes, audiovisual materials and digital content related to John Cohen's film and photography work about communities vibrant in New York City, such as African American gospel churches in Harlem, Greek-Americans, and the beat poets and artists.
BOX-FOLDER 72/9 Beats and Harlem magazines, 1958-2005
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/10 Cheap Rents (downtown art scene between 1957 and 1963), ca. 1957-1964, 2014-2016, 2014-2016
1 folder
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0134 Fifty Miles From Times Square; Tompkins Corner Church Fair, ca. 1970
16 mm color film
BOX-FOLDER 72/11 Harlem: Jubilee Magazine and the Jazz Review, 1959
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 50/12 Journal: Mountain Music of Peru; Pericles in America, prints and videos, ca. 1984-1988
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 72/12 Pericles in America/Finishing notes, 1988
1 folder
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: SR661 Pericles in America sound track, undated
1 sound cassette
BOX-FOLDER 72/13 Photography: Beats/Robert Frank prints, undated
1 folder
Sub-subseries. Visions of Mary Frank
DIGITAL-CARRIER afc2011059_dc098 Visions of Mary Frank working files, 2009-2013
Extent: 7,520 files (1 hard drive): 2 TB
Digital ID: afc2011059_dc098_aip_01 through afc2011059_dc098_aip_03
Working digital files related to the making of Cohen's 2014 documentary film, "Visions of Mary Frank." Digital content includes Final Cut Pro project files and a range of audiovisual file formats and still image formats that Cohen accumulated in the process of putting together the film. Files are in their original directory structure. Many of the Final Cut Pro files are very short clips, edits, render files or capture scratch files. Includes files from the film's cinematographer, Harvey Wang. Includes licensed materials subject to their own copyright.
BOX-FOLDER 72/14 Visions of Mary Frank: Mary Frank, Dede Hallack DVDs (removed), 2012-2013
1 folder
Subseries 6. Morocco, ca. 1955-2000
1 folder
Paper prints of Cohen's photographs from Morocco organized topically, and draft materials for a photo book.
BOX-FOLDER 73/1 Morocco photographic prints, ca. 1955
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 73/2 Photo book prints, 1/2, ca. 1955
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 73/3 Photo book prints, 2/2, ca. 1955
1 folder
Subseries 7. There Is No Eye, ca. 2000
BOX-FOLDER 73/4 There Is No Eye, 1/2, ca. 2000
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 73/5 There Is No Eye, 2/2, ca. 2000
1 folder
BOX-FOLDER 73/6 Process "Music for Photographs," Folkways, ca. 2000
1 folder
Subseries 8. Bob Dylan materials, ca. 1962-2014
Materials related to Bob Dylan, including John Cohen's 1960s-1970s photographs and filming of Bob Dylan, as well as recorded interviews with Dylan.
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: SR677 Bob Dylan - the Studs Terkel Wax Museum, WFMT-Radio, Chicago, IL, May 3, 1963
1 sound cassette
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: SR678 Bob Dylan "Sally Gal" and Oscar Brand interview, undated
1 sound cassette
Item-ID: AFC 2011/059: SR189 Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, 2007
1 sound disc (CD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Digital files available. Death and Taxes Theme Time Radio Hour.
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0117 Dylan, rooftop, 1962
1 16mm film reel
BOX-FOLDER 73/7 Photo book: Here and Gone, ca. 1965-1972, ca. 2012-2014, 2012-2014
1 folder
Item-ID: AFC 2011/059: SR150 Sing Out! interviews: Bob Dylan Interview, 1, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/059: SR151 Sing Out! interviews: Bob Dylan Interview, 2, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
BOX-FOLDER 73/8 Young Bob materials, ca. 1962, ca. 2001-2003, 2001-2003
1 folder
Subseries 9. Personal/family history, 1948-2005
Unprocessed films from Cohen's early life, including at Camp Turkey Point in New York, and films of Cohen's children, Rufus and Sonya.
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0130 Camp 1949, 1949
1 16mm film
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0129 California 1948, 1948
1 16mm film
BOX-FOLDER 73/9 Camp Turkey Point remembrances book, 2005
1 folder
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0140 Pond - Moon - Kids: Sonya + Rufus + Frog, ca. 1968-1975
1 16mm film
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0139 Pond - Nudes - Moon - Kids, ca. 1968-1975
1 16mm film
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: SR715 Rufus and Sonya (Cohen) playing piano for film, ca. 1971
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
ITEM-ID AFC 2011/059: MV0118 Sonya and Rufus and piano, March, 1971
1 film reel
Subseries 10. Original artwork, 1939-1959
John Cohen's original artwork from childhood through work for his Master of Fine Arts at Yale University. Includes Cohen's drawings, paintings, and mixed media pieces. Reference images for pieces available in the Folklife Reading Room.
BOX-FOLDER 76/1-7 Child to art school, 1939-1951
7 folders
FOLDER OS09-OS11 Child to art school, 1939-1951
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