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Materials Relating to Fieldwork, 1936-1962 (continued)
Wolf River Songs and Ford-Walker Family, 1952-1957 (continued)
Drafts of article, notes, song sheets, lists of songs.
BOX-FOLDER 7/12 Cowell, Sidney Robertson. Wolf River Songs. New York: Folkways Records, 1956.
BOX-FOLDER 7/13 Typewritten drafts for Wolf River Songs, [1952-1954?]
BOX-FOLDER 7/14 Handwritten notes for Wolf River Songs, [1952-1954?]
BOX-FOLDER 7/15 Song sheets with accompanying notes and annotations
BOX-FOLDER 7/16 “Sidney Robertson Cowell Duplication Project,” 1957 Dec. 10
From Library of Congress. List of songs with names of performer, date and place of recording.
Songs from Cape Breton Island, 1950-1962
Drafts of article, song sheets, song transcriptions, list of recordings, correspondence, article, program sheets.
BOX-FOLDER 7/17 Cowell, Sidney Robertson and John P. Hughes. Songs from Cape Breton Island. New York: Folkways Records, 1955.
BOX-FOLDER 7/18 Drafts for sections of Songs from Cape Breton Island, undated
BOX-FOLDER 7/19 Song sheets with notes and annotations, undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 Transcriptions of songs recorded of North Shore Singers in Nova Scotia, Newton, Mass. and at Harvard, 1950-1953 or 1954
BOX-FOLDER 8/2 Lists of recordings from the project, including from a Library of Congress Sidney Robertson Cowell duplication project
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 Correspondence, 1953-1955
BOX-FOLDER 8/4 Abstract of “The Connection between the Precenting of Psalms on Cape Breton Island and in Colonial New England Churches,” 1962
BOX-FOLDER 8/5 Miscellaneous
BOX-FOLDER 8/6 Program sheets, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 8/7 Travel materials
Songs of Aran, 1955-1957
Song sheets and transcriptions with annotations.
BOX-FOLDER 8/8 Cowell, Sidney Robertson. Songs of Aran. New York: Folkways Records, 1957
BOX-FOLDER 8/9 Song sheets and transcriptions with notes and annotations, [1955-1956?].
Includes sheets of recordings from the Sidney Robertson Cowell Duplication Project at the Library of Congress.
Travels in Asia and the Middle East, 1955-1957
Final reports, drafts, anecdotes, notes.
Arranged alphabetically by country.
BOX-FOLDER 8/10 “A Note on Music in Colombo (Ceylon),” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/11 “Report on Music in Hong Kong,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/12 “A Note on Music in Macao (Macau),” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/13 “Report on Music in Madras and Bombay,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/14 “A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation on Music in Iran,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/15 “Persian Tales: SRC to S.E. Iran,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/16 “Persian Tales: Iranian WPA,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 8/17 “Persian Tales and Travelogue, cont’d.,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 “From SRC’s Notebook: Recording Session at Nomad Encampment outside Abadan,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 Random anecdotes, notes and comments about Iran, undated
Includes list of recordings from the Sidney Robertson Cowell Duplication Project at the Library of Congress.
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 “A Note on Korean Performances (Orchestra, Ballet) Heard in Hong Kong,” March 1957
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 “A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation on Music in Lebanon,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/5 “A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation on Music in Pakistan,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/6 “A Report on Music in Singapore,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/7 “Report on Music in Thailand,” undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/8 “A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation on Music in Turkey,” undated
BOX 9-16, 28 Materials Relating to Henry Cowell, 1915-1992
Personal narratives by Sidney Robertson Cowell on Henry Cowell's life and work; articles and essays by and about Henry Cowell; discographical material; and photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs with annotations by Sidney Robertson Cowell.
Miscellaneous Material by and about Henry Cowell, 1920-1992
Personal narratives by Sidney Robertson Cowell, discographical material, information about family, articles and essays by Henry Cowell, articles about Henry Cowell, clippings.
BOX-FOLDER 9/9 Narratives about Henry Cowell and Sidney Robertson Cowell written by SRC, 1971, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/10 Biographical essay on Henry Cowell (possibly written by SRC), undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/11 Narrative on honors bestowed upon Henry Cowell, written by SRC, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 9/12 “HC and Foreign State Department Assignments,” written by SRC, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 9/13 Material on Henry Cowell and Iran, 1957, 1975-1977, 1988, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/14 “HC and the National Institute of Arts and Letters,” written by SRC, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 9/15 Narrative on Henry Cowell’s wristwatch, written by SRC, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 9/16 Materials relating to Henry Cowell’s discography
Includes SRC’s addenda to American Music Recordings: A Discography of 20th-Century U.S. Composers, 1992
BOX-FOLDER 9/17 “Anniversary Pieces: Music by Henry Cowell for His Wife, 1941-1965,” list compiled in 1979
BOX-FOLDER 9/18 “Music photocopied for me in 1985, from a closed private collection, which I may not identify, in Northern California,” 1985
see also Container 29
BOX-FOLDER 9/19 Materials relating to Olive Cowell (Henry Cowell’s stepmother), 1976, 1990
BOX-FOLDER 9/20 “Henrietta,” by Sidney Robertson Cowell, undated
A narrative about Henry Cowell’s first stepmother.
BOX-FOLDER 9/21 Miscellaneous documents by SRC on Henry Cowell, undated
BOX-FOLDER 9/22 “The Composer’s World,” by Henry Cowell, 1961
BOX-FOLDER 9/23 “International Music?” by Henry Cowell, 1961
BOX-FOLDER 9/24 “Oriental Influence on Western Music,” by Henry Cowell, 1961
BOX-FOLDER 9/25 “Piano Instruction Course,” by Henry Cowell, 1920
BOX-FOLDER 9/26 “Music is My Weapon” essay by Henry Cowell, [194?]
Photocopy of essay from This I Believe (Series 2), ed. by Raymond Swing, 1954.
BOX-FOLDER 9/27 “Tonal Therapy,” by Henry Cowell, 1922
BOX-FOLDER 9/28 “The Music of Henry Cowell,” by Hugo Weisgall
Reprint from The Musical Quarterly, October 1959.
BOX-FOLDER 9/29 Henry Cowell: March 10, 1912, 50th Anniversary/March 11, 1897, 65th Birthday. S.l.: Broadcast Music, Inc., 1962
BOX-FOLDER 9/30 “Piano Music” by Henry Cowell. New York: Folkways Records, 1963
Handwritten comment by SRC: “mostly by SRC.”
BOX-FOLDER 9/31 “How May a Composer Live in the Whole World of Music?” by David Hall, 1964
BOX-FOLDER 10/1 “Henry Cowell BMI.” S.l.: Broadcast Music, Inc., 1965
BOX-FOLDER 10/2 Newspaper clipping annotated by SRC, 1987
“Henry by Sidney” Material, circa 1980-circa 1990
Draft material for a biography that Sidney Robertson Cowell was planning to write about Henry Cowell called “Henry by Sidney.”
BOX-FOLDER 10/3-26 Draft material for biography
BOX-FOLDER 11/1-15 Draft material for biography
BOX-FOLDER 12/1-23 Draft material for biography
BOX-FOLDER 13/1-18 Draft material for biography
BOX-FOLDER 14/1-16 Draft material for biography
BOX-FOLDER 15/1-12 Draft material for biography
BOX-FOLDER 16/1-9 Draft material for biography
Music by Henry Cowell, 1915-circa 1950
Photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs that are held in the Library of Congress Music Division. Many contain annotations by Sidney Robertson Cowell.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 28/7 “The Changes Change” Continuation, 1917
Lichtenwanger no. 954.
BOX-FOLDER 28/16 Chrysanthemums, 1936
Lichtenwanger no. 526.
BOX-FOLDER 28/17 Clusteriana no. 1: Analysis of tone cluster examples in the form of movement of one cluster, 1916-1917?
Lichtenwanger no. 956.
BOX-FOLDER 28/8 Consecration, 1917
Lichtenwanger no. 230.
BOX-FOLDER 28/9 For Violin, [1924-1926?]
Lichtenwanger no. 962.
BOX-FOLDER 28/10 For Xmas ’20, 1920
Lichtenwanger no. 312.
BOX-FOLDER 28/18 Japanese children’s song
A transcription of Chi Papa (The Bird) by Henry Cowell from SRC’s tape made circa 1950.
BOX-FOLDER 28/11 Letter [to J.O. Varian], [1915-1916?]
Lichtenwanger no. 217.
BOX-FOLDER 28/12 Polyphonica no. 1, 1916
Lichtenwanger no. 953.
BOX-FOLDER 28/13 Polyphonica no. 2, 1916
Lichtenwanger no. 953.
BOX-FOLDER 28/14 System, 1918-1919
Lichtenwanger no. 258.
BOX-FOLDER 28/15 The Word Eternal, 1917?
Lichtenwanger no. 955
BOX 17 Biographical Material, 1901-1989 , bulk 1929-1985
Autobiographical narratives and essays; anecdotes, personal thoughts and musings on various subjects; articles, clippings and reviews; family histories and documents; drawings; diary; passport; diploma from Stanford University.
BOX-FOLDER 17/1 Autobiographical narratives (drafts), 1970, undated
BOX-FOLDER 17/2 Autobiographical narratives (drafts), 1971, undated
BOX-FOLDER 17/3 Biographical essays and curriculum vita, 1978, undated
BOX-FOLDER 17/4 Anecdotes from travels in the 1930s, circa 1947
BOX-FOLDER 17/5 Diary--Ireland, London, Amsterdam, Lugano, Greece, 1956
BOX-FOLDER 17/6 Personal health history, 1984
BOX-FOLDER 17/7 Anecdotes from various dates
BOX-FOLDER 17/8 Personal thoughts
BOX-FOLDER 17/9 “What It Is to Grow Old,” handwritten by SRC, undated
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