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Series 1: Correspondence (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Correspondence, 1969
Correspondents and recipients include Willard Rhodes, Helen Creighton, William N. Fenton, Helga Sandburg, Hilda Kring, Joe Glazer, Francis Utley, Theodore Grame, Dieter Christensen, and L. Quincy Mumford. A black-and-white photo of a house in this folder, sent by Hilda Kring.
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Correspondence, 1982
Correspondents and recipients include Willard Rhodes and Claire Marwick.
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Correspondence, undated
Correspondents and recipients include Charles Seeger and Carolyn Hester.
Series 2: Library of Congress and the Archive of Folk Song
BOX-FOLDER 3/1-2 LC Information Bulletin, circa 1950s-1960s
Includes complete and partial issues. Most are originals, with some photocopies, plus a typed draft notice for the April 1, 1966 issue.
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 LC press releases, 1962-1967, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 LC official communications, 1961-1969, undated
Includes memos, orders, regulations, announcements, and circulars.
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Recommending officers, 1960-1969, undated
Lists of LC staff members from various divisions and their area(s) of expertise.
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Music Division, Library of Congress: inventories, 1960-1969, undated
Includes inventories related to the Archive of Folk Song.
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Archive of Folk Song: descriptions and holdings, 1940-1966, undated
Also includes a page from the annual report, for the year ending 1959.
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Reading room visitors: Archive of Folk Song and Recording Laboratory, 1960-1967, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/9-10 Serial orders: administrative documents and notes, 1954-1966, undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Personnel file: Rae Korson, 1947-1969, undated
Korson's copy of documents related to her employment, rather than the official personnel file. Includes job descriptions, performance rating documents and notices related to promotions and advancements, handwritten notes, selected pages from the LC Information Bulletin, and other documents. The folder also includes the vita sheet for Donald H. Winkelman, and a copy of a memo to Mr. Berry, recommending the appointment of Alan Jabbour to the position of Head of the Archive of Folk Song.
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Travel, 1954-1968, undated
Travel itineraries, copies of official leave requests, and related documents.
Series 3: Folk studies and activities
Events, organizations, and promotional materials related to folk studies and activities.
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Professional meetings, organizations, and related documents, 1961-1969, undated
Documents related to meetings of the American Folklore Society (AFS) and the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), as well as travel-related documents.
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Institutional news, public events, and announcements, 1957-1982, undated
Includes a program inscribed and signed by Odetta.
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 Writings, reviews, and related documents, 1960-1967, undated
Includes typed and handwritten documents, most in draft form.
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 Notes, circa 1960s
Most are handwritten notes on various topics, probably transitory in nature.
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 Malapropisms, circa 1960s
Typed compilations from various sources.
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 New books and recordings, 1961-1968, undated
Includes announcements for new publications and sound recordings, and related promotional literature. A Passover haggadah (in Hebrew and English) is included; kept with related materials received together, to preserve the integrity of the materials as a group.
Series 4: News coverage
BOX-FOLDER 5/1-4 Clippings, circa 1950s-1960s
Includes magazine and newspaper clippings, and some complete sections.
Series 5: Offprints and serials
BOX-FOLDER 5/5-7 Offprints and serials, 1952-1968, undated
Offprints from various publications, selected complete issues of serials, and other publications. Includes music booklets, bulletins from folk music and folklore-related organizations, writings by folklore scholars including Archie Green and Benjamin A. Botkin, and Library of Congress publications. Some items are inscribed by authors to Rae Korson.
Series 6: Graphic materials
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Black-and-white photos
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH01 The family of Thomas Wolfe, before his birth, July 4, 1899
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 5 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller
Copy of the original image. The family of Thomas Wolfe; his siblings and parents, in front of their Asheville home at 92 Woodfin Street.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH02 Thomas Wolfe, circa 1937
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 5 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller
Assumed to be a copy of the original image.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH03 May Kennedy McCord, circa 1940s-1950s
1 photographic image : blue and white on coated paper stock, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller
Copy of a promotional image.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH04 Vance Randolph, July 1958
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 5 in. x 4 in. or smaller
Photo credit: Jan Brunvand
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH05 Archer Taylor, July 1958
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 5 in. x 4 in. or smaller
Photo credit: Jan Brunvand
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH06 Jim Smart and Rae Korson, July 1963
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. or smaller
Photo credit: H. Spivacke
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH07 Rae Korson, an unidentified man, and an unidentified woman, 1968
1 photo : black-and-white print, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller
Memento photo in a presentation/keepsake holder, printed with the words "Vacances 1968 / Courchevel 1850." Courchevel 1850 was and is a resort in Courchevel, France.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH08 Grotto at Old Economy Village, Cambridge, Pennsylvania, undated
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 4 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller
Handwritten on the verso: "The Grotto at old Economy, Cambridge, Pa. Enclosed is Myra's letter. Thought you could stay at the same place. Looking forward to seeing you. Fondly, Hilda." The photo is stored in Box-folder 2/6 with Hilda Kring's letter.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH09 Sam Holmes, June 1964
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 3 1/2 in. x 5 in.
Photo credit: Bruce Jackson
The photo is stored in Box-folder 1/7 , in the folder with the Bruce Jackson letter.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH10 Folklore store front, in Chamonix, France, July 1961
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 8 in. x 10 in.
Image of a store front with signage indicating its name or more likely what it sells is "Folklore." Photographed from the street, with people and goods in the photo. The photographer's name handwritten on the verso may be "Mr. Apivailu."
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH11 Rae Korson, probably at the Library of Congress, February 1963
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 8 in. x 10 in.
Rae Korson, seated in a chair next to crates of materials, posed as if filing a 10-inch commercial sound disc in its sleeve. Photo by Joseph Silverman (Star staff).
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH12 Retirement event for Pauline Bollenbacher, probably at the Library of Congress; from left: Robert S. Bray, Pauline Bollenbacher, Dr. L. Quincy Mumford, December 16, 1966
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 8 in. x 10 in.
Robert S. Bray was at that time the Chief of the Division for the Blind. Pauline Bollenbacher was the selection officer for the Library's Division for the Blind. Dr. Mumford was the Librarian of Congress (1954-1974). Photograph taken by Library of Congress staff.
Photo ID: AFC 1986/003: PH13 Burl Ives in the Library of Congress recording studio, 1950
1 photo : black-and-white gelatin emulsion print, 8 in. x 10 in.
Ives is posed before a mic and holding a guitar, as if singing to the young boy sitting on a desk. Photograph taken by Library of Congress staff. See the Prints and Photographs Division digital version of the same image.

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