File consists of correspondence, auction catalog, handwritten note, consignment agreement and receipts. Correspondents include: Ruth Ziegler, Sarah Lewis, Ralph Rinzler, Marc Rosen. Materials relate to the auction of a James Abbott McNeill Whistler print entitled "The Forge" by Sotheby Parke Bernet.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
118 Say Old Man, Can you Play the Fiddle? / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Carroll Best. Banjo. English language.
119 Mississippi Sawyer / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Will Keys. Banjo. English language.
120 Sweet Fern / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Will Keys. Banjo. English language.
121 On My Mind / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Will Keys. Banjo. English language.
122 Evergreen / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Will Keys. Banjo. English language.
123 Nobody's Love is Like Mine / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Ralph Stanley. Banjo. English language.
124 Just Think I'll Go Away, I / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Ralph Stanley. Banjo. English language.
125 Children, Go Where I Send Thee / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Ralph Stanley. Banjo. English language.
126 Frailing Medley (I Got a Mule to Ride) / Dudley Connell, Laurie Lewis, Ralph Stanley. Banjo. English language.
Local Numbers:
FP-ARH-CD-0061-7
Arhoolie.421
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
El Cerrito, CA Arhoolie 1994
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.
Interviews conducted by Charles B. Hosmer with 54 persons involved in American historic preservation (used in preparation for his book Preservation Comes of Age) and restoration in the United States. Among the topics discussed are the development of the National Park Service, Williamsburg, National Trust, and projects in California, Charleston, S.C., Illinois, Missouri, New Orleans, La., Newport, R. I., New York State, San Antonio, Tex., and Wisconsin. A 98 p. index to the transcripts is included.
Interviewees are: Horace M. Albright, Edward P. Alexander, Roy Appleman, Joseph Booton, Paul V. Brown, John Albury Bryan, Helen D. Bullock, Orin M. Bullock, E. Milby Burton, Janet R. Cooley, William King Covell, Elbert Cox, Antoinette Downing, Newton B. Drury, Emily Edwards, Herbert Evison, J. Everette Fauber, Finlay Ferguson, Mrs. Jules Fontaine, O'Neill Ford, Milton Grigg, Mary Harral, Ethel Wilson Harris, Louis C. Jones, Herbert E. Kahler, Harnett Kane, Richard Koch, Richard Lawwill, Ronald F. Lee, Ralph Lewis, Clifford Lord, Walter M. Macomber, Mrs. George Maurice Morris, James J. Morrison, Vernon Aubrey Neasham, George A. Palmer, Erling Pederson, Thomas Pitkin, Charles Porter, Philip T. Primm, Frederick L. Rath, Jerome V. Ray, Martha Robinson, Albert Simons, Clyde F. Trudell, Charles Van Ravenswaay, Mrs. George Henry Warren (Katherine Urquhart Warren), Malcolm Watkins, Elsa Watson, Mrs. Walter P. Webb, Melvin J. Weig, Mrs. George Wells, Robert N. S. Whitelaw, Samuel Wilson, and Arthur Woodward.
Biographical / Historical:
Charles B. Hosmer (1932- 1993) was an historian and writer in Principia College, Illinois.
Related Materials:
Charles Hosmer papers also located at the University of Maryland, Special Collections. The collection may include original recordings for some of the interviewees, as well as many additional oral history interviews conducted by Hosmer for his book Preservation Comes of Age as well as interviews conducted for a separate historic preservation project funded by the Eastern National Park and Monument Association.
Provenance:
Donated 1975-1978 by Charles B. Hosmer.
Restrictions:
Brown, Cooley, Ferguson, Lawwill, Lewis, Morrison and Palmer are: ACCESS RESTRICTED: written permission required.
Topic:
Historic buildings -- United States -- Conservation and restoration Search this
Architecture -- United States -- United States -- Conservation and restoration Search this