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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 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/10 | Notices of activities, 1951, 1959, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/11 | Miscellaneous notes, musings | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/12 | Articles about Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1957, 1980, 1982 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/13 | Clippings about Sidney Robertson Cowell and reviews of her work, 1929-1985, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/14 | Identity documents, 1921, 1969 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/15 | Leland Stanford Junior University diploma of graduation, 1924 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/16 | Miscellaneous biographical material | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/17 | Drawings by Sidney Robertson Cowell | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/18 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/19 | Hawkins and Morrison-Tonnelle family histories, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/23 | "Hawkins Family History" by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1987 | ||||||||||||
Transcribed from tape. | |||||||||||||
Includes a three-page document "About C.A. Hawkins and Mabel Hawkins," supplementary to tapes by SRC for family members, September 20, 1989 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/20 | Miscellaneous Hawkins family documents | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/21 | Documents relating to Odelia Comba Hawkins relatives, 1901 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 17/22 | Letter to John regarding the Binkley family relations, 1982 | ||||||||||||
BOX 18-20 | Writings and Publications, 1911-1990 | ||||||||||||
Published articles, essays, program notes, and reviews by Sidney Robertson Cowell; unpublished writings by Sidney Robertson Cowell, including drafts, anecdotes, personal narratives, project proposals, class notes, fiction and poetry; also includes books, journals, and reports written by others. | |||||||||||||
Published Writings by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1938-1988 | |||||||||||||
Articles, essays, program notes, reviews, and obituaries. | |||||||||||||
Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/1 | “The Songs of a Nation Collect a Forgotten Claim,” 1938 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/2 | “The Recording of Folk Music in California,” 1942 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/3 | American Folk Song and Folk Lore: A Regional Bibliography, 1942 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/4 | “White Spirituals,” 1943 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/5 | Program notes written for Boston Symphony Orchestra performance of Henry Cowell’s Short symphony no. 4, 1947 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/6 | “Old Harp Singing,” 1951 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/7 | Review of Dances of Early California Days, by Lucile K. Czarnowski, [1950?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/8 | Review of American Folk Songs of Protest, by John Greenway, [1953?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/9 | “Songs from Cape Breton Island,” 1955 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/10 | “Wolf River Songs,” 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/11 | “Songs of Aran,” 1957 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/12 | Review of The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. I, by Bertrand Harris Bronson, [1959?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/13 | Review of Shanties from the Seven Seas, compiled by Stan Hugill, 1961 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/14 | “The Connection between the Precenting of Psalms on Cape Breton Island and in Colonial New England Churches,” 1962 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/15 | Obituary of Percy Grainger, 1962 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/16 | Review of The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. II, by Bertrand Harris Bronson, 1963 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/17 | “Early American Spirituals,” 1967 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/18 | Obituary of Charles Seeger, 1979 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/19 | Introduction in Jaime de Angulo: The Music of the Indians of Northern California, 1988 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/20 | Two reviews attributed to Henry Cowell but were actually written by SRC, 1945, 1959 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 18/21 | Miscellaneous items, 1956, 1987, undated | ||||||||||||
Unpublished Writings by Sidney Robertson Cowell, 1911-1990 | |||||||||||||
Narratives on Collecting, 1986-1990 | |||||||||||||
Narratives, drafts of talks, notes, anecdotes, letters. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/1 | Narrative on California field collecting, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/2 | “Cinderella Kinnaird,” undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/3 | Narrative on Mrs. Dusenberry, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/4 | Narrative on California field collecting, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/5 | Narrative on field recordings, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/6 | “Fieldwork in Three Great Lake States,” undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/7 | “First Solo Field Recordings, Nov. 10, 1936,” undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/8 | Narrative on Leon Henderson, 1986 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/9 | “Lady on Wheels,” undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/10 | “Missing Uncle Charlie,” 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/11 | “My collection of folk music is unusual in these respects ...” undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/12 | “Random notes on SRC’s folksong collecting in late 1930s,” undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/13 | “The Walker-Ford Family of Singers,” 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/14 | Wayfaring Stranger—song sheet #9, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/15 | 1936 remembrance, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/16 | Resettlement Administration story, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/17 | Collecting anecdote, 1990 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/18 | Edson’s tune book, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/19 | Narrative about traveling in Japan, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/20 | Letters on folk singing, to Sam Eskin, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/21 | Handwritten narrative on folk song collecting, undated | ||||||||||||
Drafts of Reviews, Papers, and Reports, 1949-circa 1967 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/22 | Draft of review for American Folk Songs of Protest, [1953?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/23 | Draft of “The Connection between the Melismatic Psalm Singing of Cape Breton and of Colonial New England Churches,” 1961 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/24 | Draft of “Early American Carols,” [1967?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/25 | Draft of “Early American Spirituals,” 1966 | ||||||||||||
Includes letter from the editor, song sheets and other notes. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/26 | Draft of review for England’s Dances by Douglas Kennedy, [1949?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/27 | Draft of review for The English and Scottish Popular Ballads and Great British Ballads Not Found in Child, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/28 | Draft of paper on improvisation, rhythm in education and children’s music, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/29 | Draft of “Lessons with the Boston Symphony,” 1954 | ||||||||||||
This was ghost-written for Henry Cowell. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/30 | Drafts for “Music in Ghana,” [196-] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/31 | Draft of review for Negro Folk Music of Alabama, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/32 | Draft of review for Vance Randolph’s publications on the Ozarks, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/33 | Draft of an obituary for Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1954 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/34 | Draft of review for Shanties from the Seven Seas, [1961?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/35 | Draft of review for Songs of the Irish, [1960?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/36 | Drafts of “Three Generations of Folk Singers in the United States,” [195-?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/37 | Draft of review for The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. I, [1959?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/38 | Draft of review for The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. II, [1963?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/39 | Draft of a review for Wayfaring Stranger, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/40 | Draft and notes for “White Spirituals,” undated | ||||||||||||
Miscellaneous, 1911-1967 | |||||||||||||
Project proposals, class notes, fiction and poetry. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/41 | Materials related to project proposals, 1950-1951, undated | ||||||||||||
Includes correspondence, notes and draft reports. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/42 | Draft project proposals, 1937, 1951, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/43 | “Asia by Ear” notes, 1959 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/44 | Notes from Japanese language course, 1967, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/45 | Notes from Lycée de jeunes Filles class, 1922-1923 | ||||||||||||
In French. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/46 | “Anecdotes in the Chronicles of Matthew Paris,” [192-] | ||||||||||||
A graduate English course thesis. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/47 | Fiction by SRC, 1923 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/48 | Poems by SRC, 1911, [194-?] | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 19/49 | Miscellaneous notes, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 20 | Publications Written by Others | ||||||||||||
Books, journals, and reports. Two items are accompanied by explanatory narratives written by SRC. | |||||||||||||
BOX 21-22 | Subject Files, 1942-1990, bulk 1950-1988 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence, narratives, planning documents, programs, articles, clippings, and notes relating to individuals, organizations, and personal and professional interests and activities. | |||||||||||||
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, or topic. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 21/1 | Africa, 1954, 1966, 1974,1980 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence, SRC narratives, and a program. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 21/2 | The Boardman School Inc., 1949 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 21/3 | Cage, John, 1986 | ||||||||||||
Materials relating to 75th birthday celebration for Cage on the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln in Cologne, Germany. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 21/4 | Columbia University, Sixth Annual Festival of Contemporary American Music, 1950 | ||||||||||||
Correspondence, program, planning materials. | |||||||||||||
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