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Nero Ballads

Performer:
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this
Folkways Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-3649
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Folksong revival  Search this
Folk songs -- United States  Search this
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-3649
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk51e185308-743f-4465-90f0-9bd966844b11
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref25088

Child of the Snapping Turtle: Mike Fink

Artist:
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this
Folkways Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Phonograph record (analog, 78 rpm, 10 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Phonograph records
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-78-3913

Abelard Press.100
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Abelard Press
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-78-3913
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / 78 RPM
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk56f06b748-510f-4c9c-a646-c7517db959b1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref24529

Julian Lee Rayford- Street cries

Artist:
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this
Folkways Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 10 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Contents:
Street cries--Abraham Lincoln--Robert E. Lee--George Washington--Johnny Aplleseed--Sam Houston--Buffalo--Jack Demsey--Thomas Jefferson--Paul Bunyan--Davy Crockett--Mike Fink--Onconstant Lowyer--Farewell to St. Louis--Pretty Polly--Neil Hornback--Boatman's song--Little Jack Ass
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3300
General:
CDR copy

Poetry based on what Julian Rayford heard in the streets among the American poeple. Recorded 1964
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. rr.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-10RR-3300
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5532b0728-6dd2-413c-ab47-f0d3c27f8b7e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref24784

Julian Lee Rayford-1

Artist:
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Moses  Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this
Folkways Records  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 10 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Contents:
Whiskey for me Johnny--Uncle Bud--Frankie and Albert--Merrry golden tree (Golden Vanity)--Old man from the west--A ha, the merry tree--Poor boy--Sam Hall--Unreconstructed rebel--Springfield Mountain
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3301
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded at Cue Recordings, New York. Neumann U47 on Voice. 24 March 1964
General:
CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system

Julian Lee Rayford accompanied by Jerry Silverman on guitar - Rayford was a novelist and poet and also wrote non-fiction works on folklore and performed folk songs (1908-1980).
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-10RR-3301
See more items in:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5b2fb30a8-f728-4f65-9a9e-0ebe2efd2d9c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref24785

Margaret Casey Gates papers, 1934-1988

Creator:
Gates, Margaret Casey, 1903-1989  Search this
Subject:
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this
Lewis, John L.  Search this
Taylor, Prentiss  Search this
Gernand, John  Search this
Gates, Robert Franklin  Search this
Garrett, Alice Warder  Search this
Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert  Search this
Dove, Arthur Garfield  Search this
Knaths, Karl  Search this
Clark, Betty Jean  Search this
Phillips Collection  Search this
Phillips Memorial Gallery. Art School  Search this
Federal Works Agency  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Writings
Sketchbooks
Citation:
Margaret Casey Gates papers, 1934-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Post office buildings -- North Carolina  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6547
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215822
AAA_collcode_gatemarg
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215822
Online Media:

Julian Lee Rayford [Folder]

Contents:
Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs.
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Location:
Art & Artist files at the Smithsonian American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery Library
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILAF_34327

Margaret Casey Gates papers

Creator:
Gates, Margaret Casey, 1903-1989  Search this
Names:
Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Federal Works Agency  Search this
Phillips Collection  Search this
Phillips Memorial Gallery. Art School  Search this
Clark, Betty Jean  Search this
Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this
Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert, 1891-1969  Search this
Garrett, Alice Warder  Search this
Gates, Robert Franklin, 1906-1982  Search this
Gernand, John, 1913-1990  Search this
Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971  Search this
Lewis, John L.  Search this
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991  Search this
Extent:
1 Linear foot
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Writings
Sketchbooks
Date:
1934-1988
Summary:
The papers of Washington, D.C. painter Margaret Casey Gates date from 1934-1988, and measure 1.0 linear foot. Gates' papers document her work as a painter, her projects for the New Deal federal arts programs, the Phillips Memorial Gallery and its art school, where she attended school and later worked as secretary and where her husband Robert Franklin Gates was a teacher, and the Washington, D.C. arts scene. Found are scattered correspondence, seven sketchbooks by Gates and two sketchbooks of her divorced husband Robert Franklin Gates. Miscellaneous notes and writings, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs of Gates, her husband, friends, artwork, and views of the Virgin Islands are also included in the papers.
Scope and Content Note:
The papers of Washington, D.C. painter Margaret Casey Gates date from 1934-1988, and measure 1.0 linear foot. Gates' papers document her work as a painter, her projects for the New Deal federal arts programs, the Phillips Memorial Gallery and its art school, where she attended school and later worked as secretary and where her husband Robert Franklin Gates was a teacher, and the Washington, D.C. arts scene. Found are scattered correspondence, seven sketchbooks by Gates and two sketchbooks of her divorced husband Robert Franklin Gates. Miscellaneous notes and writings, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs of Gates, her husband, friends, artwork, and views of the Virgin Islands are also included in the papers.

Twelve folders of scattered correspondence include letters from the Federal Works Agency and one or two letters each from friends and individuals that reflect Gates' wide range of interests and activities. Correspondents include Betty Jean Clark, Arthur G. Dove, D. R. Fitzpatrick, Alice Garrett, John Gernand, Karl Knaths, John L. Lewis, a Brazilian artist named Portinari, Julian Lee Rayford, Alfred Stieglitz, and Prentiss Taylor.

Artwork consists of seven of Margaret Casey Gates' sketchbooks and two of Robert Franklin Gates' sketchbooks of both abstract and figural sketches. Margaret's sketchbooks contain landscapes that illustrate her travels to Colorado, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Virgin Islands. Sketchbook #2 contains pencil, ink, and pastel drawings of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and an intimate drawing of Robert Franklin Gates, Mitchell Jamieson, and Prentiss Taylor asleep on a ship. Artwork also includes a fine caricature of Robert Franklin Gates by Karl Knaths.

Notes and writings primarily consist of scattered notes and brief descriptive accounts of Gates's experiences at the Phillips Gallery, and at the Colorado Springs Art Center. Her extensive descriptions of her travels to the Virgin Islands are also illustrated.

A scrapbook primarily contains clippings, but also includes an award certificate, letters concerning various topics including Pepsi-Cola's annual art competition and Federal Works Agency projects, brochures for the Phillips Gallery Art School and for the McLean Art Club, and a photograph of the mural at the Mebane, North Carolina post office.

Printed material consists of clippings including copies of the rare magazines The Washington Spectator and the American University publication Right Angle, announcements and catalogs for exhibitions of Gates's work, and miscellaneous booklets and brochures. There is also printed material concerning the Armory Show including a copy of the booklet The Story of the Armory Show by Walt Kuhn.

Photographs are of Margaret Casey Gates, Robert Franklin Gates, friends including Prentiss Taylor, her home, and her artwork. Photographs of Margaret and Robert Gates and their artist friends during their visits to the Virgin Islands in the 1930s are of primary interest, offering unique glimpses of that culture during the 1930s. These photographs include aerial photographs of St. Thomas and photographs by Prentiss Taylor.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 6 series. Each series is arranged chronologically.

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1934-1986 (Box 1; 12 folders)

Series 2: Artwork, 1935-1965 (Box 1; 12 folders)

Series 3: Notes and Writings, 1939-1984 (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 4: Scrapbook, 1938-1961 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1935-1988 (Box 1; 20 folders)

Series 6: Photographs, 1934-1976 (Box 1; 19 folders)
Biographical Note:
Margaret Casey was born in 1903 in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. She studied art in the studio of Bertha Perry, and from 1924 to 1926 at the Corcoran Art School. She later studied under Henry Varnum Poor at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

After working as a commercial artist from 1928-1929, Casey began studying at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in 1931 under C. Law Watkins. There, she met her husband, painter Robert Franklin Gates, and married on January 7, 1933. Robert Franklin Gates (1906-1982), who came to Washington, D.C. in 1930, also studied at the Phillips Gallery Art School and worked with Karl Knaths between 1934 and 1947.

Between 1934 and 1941, Robert Gates, with other artists including Mitchell Jamieson and Prentiss Taylor, made several painting trips to the Virgin Islands on a fine arts commission from the U. S. Treasury Department. Margaret Gates accompanied her husband and produced artwork of her own. She also documented their travels. During this same time, Robert taught at the Phillips Gallery Art School and Margaret was employed as the Art School's secretary. In 1937, they purchased a house in McLean, Virginia where Margaret lived until 1980.

In 1939, Margaret Gates won honorable mention in a national mural competition held by the Section of Fine Arts of the U. S. Public Buildings Administration and was subsequently commissioned by the Federal Works Agency to execute a mural for the Post office at Mebane, North Carolina. The mural was completed and installed in 1941.

During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Margaret Gates wrote articles on art for Washington, D. C. publications including the column "The People vs. Art" for American University's Right Angle, and for the magazine The Washington Spectator.

Margaret and Robert Gates were divorced circa 1955. They had no children.

Margaret Gates exhibited her work in the first exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in 1941, as one of many winners of a national competition sponsored by the Federal Works Agency for artwork to decorate a Marine hospital for lepers in Louisiana. She also exhibited in the "Group Show of Washington Painters" at the Bignou Gallery in New York City, as well as at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Philips Collection, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. A retrospective of her work was exhibited at the Watkins Gallery of American University in 1981. Several of her paintings are in the collection of the Phillips Gallery.

Margaret Casey Gates died on November 4, 1989, in Mitchellville, Maryland.
Related Material:
Also found in the Archives of American Art are the papers of Gates' divorced husband Robert Franklin Gates dating from 1910-1988.
Provenance:
The Margaret Casey Gates papers were a bequest from Gates' estate in 1994, executed by her niece Joyce D. Svedberg.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Art teachers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Post office buildings -- North Carolina  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Writings
Sketchbooks
Citation:
Margaret Casey Gates papers, 1934-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.gatemarg
See more items in:
Margaret Casey Gates papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f80089c8-4115-494e-b66c-7dc572955a34
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-gatemarg

Chasin' the devil round a stump

Author:
Rayford, Julian Lee  Search this
Physical description:
167 p. illus. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mobile (Ala.)
Date:
1962
Topic:
Carnival  Search this
Call number:
GT4211.M7R26
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_102159

The Battle of Mobile Bay, (sculpture)

Title:
Battle of Mobile Bay Monument, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Rayford, Julian Lee 1908/10-  Search this
Subject:
Buchanan, Franklin  Search this
Farragut, David Glasgow  Search this
Medium:
Relief panel: bronze; Relief battleship: bronze; Wall: brick with granite posts and lintel
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Mobile Buildings & Grounds 111 South Royal Street Mobile Alabama 36602
Located Bienville Square Dauphin & St. Emanuel Streets Mobile Alabama
Date:
Dedicated Aug. 5, 1964
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Military--Commander  Search this
Occupation--Military--Admiral  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
Object--Weapon--Sword  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Warship  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75000040
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_361

Aline Bright, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Rayford, Julian Lee 1908/10-  Search this
Subject:
Bright, Aline  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Murphy High School Auditorium Mobile Alabama 36602
Topic:
Portrait female  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75000035
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_356

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, (sculpture)

Title:
Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Bienville, (sculpture)
Bienville, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Rayford, Julian Lee 1908/10-  Search this
Caster:
Ettl, Alex J. 1898-1902  Search this
Founder:
Sculpture House Casting  Search this
Subject:
Bienville, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne  Search this
Medium:
Bronze with patina
Culture:
French  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by State of Alabama Alabama
Located George C. Wallace Tunnel, Entrance, Church & Royal Streets Mobile Alabama
Date:
Commissioned 1972. 1973. Dedicated May 10, 1974
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--Governor  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Emblem  Search this
Architecture--Military--Fort Conde  Search this
Architecture--Military--Fort  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75000038
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_359

A Mobile Indian, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Rayford, Julian Lee 1908/10-  Search this
Caster:
Ettl, Alex J. 1898-1902  Search this
Founder:
Sculpture House Casting  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by State of Alabama Alabama
Located George C. Wallace Tunnel, Entrance, Church & Royal Streets Mobile Alabama
Date:
Commissioned 1972. 1973. Dedicated May 10, 1974
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Animal--Reptile--Snake  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Hand  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Eye  Search this
Object--Weapon--Spear  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75000037
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_358

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