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Series 4. Accrual from January 2020, 1939-2019 (continued)
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
3 folders of oversized prints of mixed media: pencil, pastel, crayon, charcoal, watercolor, paint
BOX 77 Paintings and projects: Great Neck, Turkey Point, Williams College, 1948-1951
1 item: 12 x 16 inch oil painting
BOX 78 Paintings and projects: Great Neck, Turkey Point, Williams College, 1948-1951
2 items: 10 x 14 inch oil painting; 10.5 x 13 inch watercolor
BOX 79 Paintings and projects: Great Neck, Turkey Point, Williams College, 1948-1951
2 items: 9 x 12 inch oil painting; 8.5 x 9.5 inch mixed media
BOX 80 Paintings and projects: Great Neck, Turkey Point, Williams College, 1948-1951
2 items: 12 x 16 inch oil painting; 15 x 18 watercolor
BOX 81 Paintings and projects: Great Neck, Turkey Point, Williams College, 1948-1951
3 items: 18 x 24 inch oil painting; 12 x 16 inch oil painting; 12 x 16 inch oil painting
FOLDER OS12-OS13 Paintings and projects: Great Neck, Turkey Point, Williams College, 1948-1951
2 folders of oversized prints of mixed media: pencil, ink, pastel, watercolor
FOLDER OS14 Drafting, Yale, 1952-1953
1 folder of oversized prints in pencil from Cohen's art courses at Yale University
BOX-FOLDER 76/8 Yale & Norfolk, 1954-1955
1 folder of oversized prints in pencil from Cohen's art courses at Yale University
FOLDER OS15-OS17 Yale & Norfolk, 1954-1955
3 folders of oversized prints of mixed media: pencil, pastel, crayon, charcoal, watercolor, paint
FOLDER OS18-OS23 Yale-Norfolk, drawing class, 1958
6 folders of oversized prints of mixed media: pencil, pastel, crayon, charcoal, watercolor, paint
Subseries 11. Digital content, ca. 1980-2013
Files have been ripped from digital carriers, including CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, and floppy disks. For example, the CD-R afc2011059_dc001 has been ripped and turned into an archival information package (AIP), afc2011059_dc001_aip, that contains two files and is on long term storage.
For access to digital files, contact the Folklife Reading Room.
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc001 Elton's JC Portrait: scan of Rev. Davis on street, 2010
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc001_aip
Extent: 2 files
1 photographic image of John Cohen; 1 photographic image of Rev. Gary Davis
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc002 Rev. [Gary] Davis cover w. John Cohen credit, Undated
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc002_aip
Extent: 2 files
1 photographic image of layout for John Cohen's wire recordings of Rev. Gary Davis
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc003 Rev. [Gary] Davis wire 1952, sequenced, April 25, 2010
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc003_aip
Extent: 13 files
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc004 [Rev. Gary] Davis - Cohen, CD 1, Undated
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc004_aip
Extent: 15 files
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc005 [Rev. Gary] Davis - Cohen, CD 2, Undated
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc005_aip
Extent: 15 files
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc007 PPP announcement John Cohen, November 2010
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc007_aip
Extent: 7 files
Production files for Past Present Peru, published by Steidl.
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc008 John Cohen book signing for Past Present Peru, November 30, 2010
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc008_aip
Extent: 20 files
Images from book signing.
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc010 John Cohen Press Maces for France, Undated
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc010_aip
Extent: 21 files
Photoshop files.
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc011 John Cohen interviewed by Frank Arisman, March 22, 2011
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc011_aip
Extent: 61 files
John Cohen interviewed by Frank Arisman, ICP Publication Committee Meeting.
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc012 Holly Wissler, folders/files to print, dissertation, Undated
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc012_aip
Extent: 3 files
Maps of regions of Peru for Wissler dissertation (.doc files)
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc013 Holly Wissler, songs for discs, tracks 1-12 discs, Undated
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc013_aip
Extent: 17 files
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc014 Holly Wissler dissertation, 2008
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc014_aip
Extent: 7 files
Dissertation divided into 7 chapters (.doc files)
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc015 Sound/audio examples for Holly Wissler's dissertation, ca. 2008
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc015_aip
Extent: 17 files
Unit-ID: afc2011059_dc016 Comin' Home to Roost: Chickens, Crows, and 'Uncle John': a Conversation (and music) with John Cohen, WVBR-FM Ithaca, Noveber 25, 2001
BOX 84 Digital Carrier: 1 CD-R
Digital Content: afc2011059_dc016_aip
Extent: 3 files
John Cohen feature
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