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Writings and Publications, 1911-1990 (continued)
Draft of “Lessons with the Boston Symphony,” 1954 (continued)
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.
BOX-FOLDER 21/5-7 East-West Music Encounter, 1960-1961
Correspondence, program, notes, planning documents, clippings related to Henry Cowell’s trip to Japan and Iran.
BOX-FOLDER 21/8 Friends of SRC, A-E
Obituaries and other materials relating to friends and colleagues of SRC.
BOX-FOLDER 21/9 Friends of SRC, H-S
Obituaries and other materials relating to friends and colleagues of SRC.
BOX-FOLDER 21/10 Gifts to libraries, 1971-1977, 1990
Materials relating to organizations receiving Cowell materials, including Library of Congress, New York State Historical Association and State University College at New Paltz.
BOX-FOLDER 21/11-13 Harvard University, Conference on Folk Music and Ballads, 1955
Correspondence, programs, clippings, notes.
BOX-FOLDER 21/14 Hayes, Roland, 1976 see also Container 3, Rooks, Shelby
Mostly correspondence between SRC and others regarding efforts to assist an ailing Mr. Hayes.
BOX-FOLDER 21/15 Hulme, Kathryn, 1984
Correspondence to various people in effort to reach Ms. Hulme.
BOX-FOLDER 21/16 International Folk Music Council, 1955-1979
Conference programs.
Iran see East-West Music Encounter
BOX-FOLDER 21/17-18 Ives, Charles, 1967-1988
see also Container 1, Bronson, Bertrand
see also Containers 1-2, Hitchcock, H. Wiley
see also Container 2, Kirkpatrick, John
Correspondence, narratives, articles, clippings.
Japan see East-West Music Encounter
BOX-FOLDER 22/1 Letters of introduction, 1953-1956
BOX-FOLDER 22/2 Mills College, 1944, 1950, 1955-1956
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 Pan American Union, 1942-1943
BOX-FOLDER 22/4 Photography of SRC, 1962-1965 see also Photographs Series
BOX-FOLDER 22/5-6 Ross, James, [195-?]
Letter from Mr. Ross and two works that he wrote: “The Sub-Literary Tradition in Scottish Gaelic Song-Poetry” and ”A Classification of Gaelic Folksong.”
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Saylor, Bruce, 1975-1976 see also Container 3, Saylor, Bruce
BOX-FOLDER 22/8-9 Spackman, Stephen, 1978-1983, undated
BOX-FOLDER 22/10 University of Southern California, 1950-1951
BOX-FOLDER 22/11 Miscellaneous clippings
BOX 26-28 Photographs
Chiefly black and white photographs of Sidney Robertson Cowell, Henry Cowell, their families, friends and colleagues in the music world, and musicians and performers that Sidney Robertson Cowell recorded throughout her career. Many of the photographs in this series were taken by Sidney Robertson Cowell. Includes artistic photographs taken by Cowell as well as photographs of the California Folk Music Project staff and offices.
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Sidney Robertson Cowell, alone
37 photographs
One negative
Includes photographs of SRC throughout her life.
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 Sidney Robertson Cowell, with others
see also Appalachian trip with Maud Karpeles
17 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/3 Sidney Robertson Cowell with Henry Cowell
4 photographs (one includes SRC's father)
BOX-FOLDER 26/4 Henry Cowell, alone
22 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 Henry Cowell, with others
12 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/6 Sidney Robertson Cowell’s family
16 photographs
Includes color photograph of Cowell house in Shady, N.Y.
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 California Folk Music Project (some with Sidney Robertson Cowell)
10 black and white photographs
Includes photographs taken by Sidney Robertson Cowell.
BOX-FOLDER 26/8 Notable individuals
16 photographs
Several of Vance Randolph, including one inscribed to SRC.
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 Performers that SRC recorded for the California Folk Music Project, 1937-1938
19 photographs
BOX-FOLDER 26/10 Performers that SRC recorded in North Carolina
6 photographs
Includes relatives of performers.
BOX-FOLDER 26/11 Performers that SRC recorded in Arkansas and Missouri
12 photographs
Includes photographs of Emma Dusenbury.
BOX-FOLDER 26/12 Performers that SRC recorded in Wisconsin and Michigan
11 photographs
Includes photographs of Warde Forde.
BOX-FOLDER 26/13 Appalachian trip with Maud Karpeles, 1950
see also Diaries and notes that identify individuals in these photographs
26 photographs
Includes photographs of SRC with Maud Karpeles. Some photographs are identified on back.
BOX-FOLDER 26/14 Harvard IFMC Conference, 1955
8 photographs
Includes photographs of the North Shore Singers, and one unidentified Cape Breton singer.
BOX-FOLDER 27/1 Street scenes, photo from plane, Ernest Bloch death mask, African people and musicians
Thirteen black and white photographs
Three negative strips (two photos from the negatives are in this file)
BOX-FOLDER 27/2 Natural scenes, landscapes
Seven black and white photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/3 Street scenes, landscapes, nature shots
Seventeen black and white photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/4 SRC’s cats
Twenty-six black and white photographs
BOX-FOLDER 27/5 SRC’s cats, animal shots, abstract shots
Sixteen black and white photographs
BOX 28/1-6 Miscellaneous oversize photographs
Seven black and white photographs
All taken by SRC, except for one of SRC as a baby.
BOX 22-23 Teaching Materials, 1948-1959
Notes, outlines, song sheets, reports and narratives relating to courses Cowell taught.
Arranged chronologically.
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