Photographs taken by Diana Davies at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. This series includes black-and-white contact sheets, negatives for the contact sheets, photographic prints, and slides. The photographs feature various performers and audience members at the Newport Folk Festival.
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only at the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.
Rights:
Authorization to publish or reproduce requires written permission from Diana Davies. Please contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections for further information.
Topic:
Folk festivals -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- Photographs Search this
Genre/Form:
Contact sheets
Collection Citation:
Diana J. Davies photographs, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
or
Photo by Diana J. Davies. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and COllections, Smithsonian Institution.
Radio Program on First Newport Folk Festival with Interviews; Pete Seeger, Odetta, Billy Faier, Moses Asch, Martha Schlamme, Frank Hamilton, Cynthia Gooding, Al Grossman, Ed McCurdy
South Australia / (A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl) --Lulle lullay / (John Jacob Niles) --Whiskey you're the Devil / (Liam Clancy and the Clancy Brothers) --I loved a lass / (Ewan MacColl) --Carraig donn / (Mary O'Hara) --Rosie / (prisoners of Mississippi State Pen) --Sail away ladies / (Odetta) -- Ain't no more cane on this Brazis / (Alan Lomax, collector) -- Railroad Bill / (Etta Baker) --Billy Boy / (Ed McCurdy) -- When I was single / (David Hammond) --Donna, Donna / (Italian brass band and chorus).
Track Information:
101 South Australia / A. L. (Albert Lancaster) Lloyd, Ewan MacColl. English language.
102 Lulle Lullay / John Jacob Niles. Appalachian dulcimer. English language.
103 Whiskey You're the Devil / Tommy Makem, Clancy Brothers. English language.
104 I Loved a Lass / Ewan MacColl. English language.
105 Carraig Donn / Mary O'Hara. Harp. English language.
106 Rosie / English language.
201 Sail Away Ladies / Odetta. English language.
202 Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos / Alan Lomax. Guitar. English language.
203 Railroad Bill / Etta Baker. Guitar. English language.
204 Billy Boy / Ed McCurdy. Guitar. English language.
205 When I Was Single / David Hammond. English language.
206 Donna Donna / Italian language.
Local Numbers:
FP-RINZ-LP-0607
Tradition.2
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Tradition New York 1960
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.
Whoa Buck / Bob Gibson (2:35) --Railroad Bill / The Homesteaders (3:40) --Red River / Sony Terry (2:25) --The E-ri-e was rising / Oscar Brand (2:34) --I know where I'm going / Cynthia Gooding (1:55) --A dying man's plea / The Staple Singers (2:48) --Made me a pallet on the floor / Odetta (3:46) --Bahaman Lullaby / Billy Faier (4:13) --Raise a ruckus / The Lonsesome River Boys (1:52) --Sunnyland train / Memphis Slim (3:56) --Hard, ain't it hard / Eric Weissberg and Dick Rosmini (2:01) --I rowed a little boat / John Lee Hooker (3:25).
Track Information:
101 Whoa, Back, Buck / Bob Gibson. Guitar.
102 Railroad Bill / Homesteaders (Folk group). Guitar.
103 Red River / Sonny Terry. Harmonica.
104 The Erie Was Rising / Oscar Brand. Guitar.
105 I Know Where I'm Going / Cynthia Gooding. Guitar.
106 A Dying Man's Plea / Staple Singers.
201 Make Me a Pallet on the Floor / Odetta.
202 Bahamian Lullaby / Billy Faier. Banjo.
203 Raise a Ruckus Tonight / Lonesome River Boys. Guitar.
204 Sunnyland Train / Memphis Slim. Piano.
205 Hard, Ain't it Hard / Dick Rosmini, Eric Weissberg. Guitar,Banjo.
206 I Rowed a Little Boat / John Lee Hooker. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-1194
Riverside.7539
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Riverside
General:
Sung by individual or group performers with added musicians.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.
What month was Jesus born in? / Odetta --Money crop / Malvina Reynolds --Legend of a girl child Linda / Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Mimi Farina --Universal soldier / Buffy Sainte-Marie --La Colombe / Judy Collins --To my countrymen / Viveca Lindfors --Vido, vido / The Pennywhistlers --Masters of war / Barbara Dane --Janey's blues / Janis Ian --Pans of biscuits / Hedy West --Oh, had I a golden thread / Joan Baez and Judy Collins.
Track Information:
101 What Month Was Jesus Born In? / Odetta. English language.
102 Money Crop / Malvina Reynolds. Guitar. English language.
103 Legend of a Girl Child Linda / Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Mimi Fariña. Guitar. English language.
104 Universal Soldier / Buffy Sainte-Marie. Guitar. English language.
105 La Colombe / Judy Collins. Guitar. Spanish language.
201 To My Countrymen / Viveca Lindfors. English language.
202 Vido, Vido / Pennywhistlers (Musical group). Bulgarian language.
203 Masters of War / Barbara Dane. Guitar. English language.
204 Janey's Blues / Janis Ian. Guitar. English language.
205 Pans of Biscuits / Hedy West. Guitar. English language.
206 Oh, Had I a Golden Thread / Joan Baez, Judy Collins. Guitar. English language.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3026
Women Strike for Peace.001
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Women Strike 1967
General:
Judy Collins and Ethel Raim Dunson, producers for Women Strike for Peace; production, Ed Berger and Mary Clarke.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.
Joshua fought the battle of Jericho ; Cotton fields at home ; Great historical bum ; I've been driving on Bald Moutain ; Water boy (Odetta) -- Virgin Mary had one son ; We are crossing the Jordan River (Joan Baez and Bob Gibson) -- Beware, o take care ; When first into this country I came ; Hopalong Peter (The New Lost City Ramblers) -- Little Maggie ; Dink's blues (Barbara Dane) -- My baby done changed the lock on the door ; Pick a bale of cotton (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee).
Track Information:
101 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho / Odetta.
102 Cotton Fields / Odetta.
103 The Great Historical Bum / Odetta.
104 I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain / Odetta.
104 Water Boy / Odetta.
105 Virgin Mary Had One Son / Bob Gibson, Joan Baez. Guitar.
106 We are Crossing the Jordan River / Bob Gibson, Joan Baez. Guitar.
201 Beware, O Take Care / New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger, Tom Paley. Guitar,Banjo,Fiddle.
202 When First Into This Country I Came / New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger. Autoharp.
203 Hopalong Peter / New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger, John Cohen. Guitar,Banjo,Fiddle.
204 Little Maggie / Barbara Dane. Guitar.
205 Dink's Blues (Dink's Song) / Barbara Dane. Guitar.
206 My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door / Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee. Guitar,Harmonica.
207 Pick a Bale of Cotton / Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee. Guitar,Harmonica.
Local Numbers:
RA-RAMS-LP-0166
Vanguard.2054
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Vanguard 1959
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in Newport, R.I. on July 11-12, 1959.
General:
Program notes by Studs Terkel on container.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.
Recorded by Moses Moon (known at the time as Alan Ribback) and assisted by Norris McNamara during 1963 and 1964, the collection includes audio recordings of interviews with civil rights leaders and participants as well as free-style recordings of mass meetings, voter registration events, and other gatherings organized by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This collection provides a mostly unfiltered documentation of significant moments in the civil rights movement.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 115 reel to reel audio recordings containing interviews, mass meetings, demonstrations, and conversations concerning the civil rights movement, and in particular the voter registration drives organized by SNCC in Alabama and Mississippi in 1963 and 1964. Mass meetings were recorded in Greenwood, Mississippi; Americus, Georgia; Selma, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; Danville, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and Indianola, Mississippi. Major demonstrations recorded include the March on Washington in August of 1963, Freedom Day in Selma, Alabama in October of 1963, and Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in January of 1964. Interviews with SNCC workers include Julian Bond, John Lewis, James Forman, Bruce Gordon, Prathia Hall, Ivanhoe Donaldson, Bob Moses, Avery Williams, Willie Peacock, Bruce Boynton and his mother, as well as dozens of others involved in the movement, who are named in the collection inventory. Many of those interviewed were actively involved in strategizing and carrying out SNCC demonstrations and political actions, and many were victims of death threats, beatings, unlawful arrest, police brutality, and torture and abuse in prison. These interviews contain detailed eyewitness accounts and personal testimony regarding these experiences, as well as personal history and thoughts about the movement, the South, and the future.
It is clear from what we know of the dates and locations of these recordings, as well as from documentation of these events in other sources, that many of these recordings are unique documents of important events in American history, which may also contain the commentary of important political and cultural figures who were involved in the movement. For example, an article by Howard Zinn recounts how an unidentified man recorded James Baldwin on October 7, 1963, Freedom Day in Selma, on the steps of the courthouse. Baldwin was furious at the lack of support from nearby federal agents as state troopers advanced on peaceful demonstrators. One of the tapes dated October 7, 1963, originally labeled "courthouse interviews," appears to be this recoding, although Baldwin is not named. The same article (available in The Howard Zinn Reader) recounts the mass meetings which led up to that demonstration, at which actor Dick Gregory gave a rousing sermon as his wife sat in jail for demonstrating in Selma. The Moses Moon Collection may be the only existing audio recording of that sermon as well as many other sermons and speeches.
Moses Moon changed his name after these recordings were made. He is referred to in the finding aid as Alan Ribback because that name is used on the recordings.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in two series.Series 1 is in chronological order to the degree recording dates can be determined, and is based on the locations and dates provided by Moon in his description or gleaned from the recordings themselves and other secondary sources. Series 1 contains 17 groups of recordings.
Moon's original numbers are recorded in the column next to the descriptions. Following the first four Greenwood tapes, which are numbered sequentially, Moon's numbering system took the first two letters of the town in which the recordings were made, a one (1), a decimal, and then a tape number. Numbers preceding the town code refer to the recording day. "N" numbers were later assigned by Moon to the 7" reels only, after the original recordings were made, possibly during editing or when the tapes were made available to the Program in African American Culture.
Series 1, Original Tapes
1. Greenwood, Mississippi; Spring 1963; 4 7" reels
2. Chicago, Illinois; August 9, 12, 1963; 2 5" reels
16. Monroe County, Mississippi; August 1, 1964; 4 5" reels
17. Milton, Mississippi; August 16, 1964; 3 5" reels
Series 2, Preservation Masters consists of data DVDs for a portion of the collection.
Biographical / Historical:
Moses Moon was born Alan Ribback in 1928. During the 1950s until 1962, Ribback was the proprietor of the Gate of Horn, Chicago's premier folk music club, which featured performers including Bob Gibson, Odetta, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Jo Mapes, Peter, Paul and Mary, Lenny Bruce, and Shelley Berman. On December 5, 1962, Lenny Bruce was arrested during a performance at the Gate of Horn along with Ribback, George Carlin, and others. As a result of the arrest and Bruce's subsequent conviction for obscenity, the club was closed by the City of Chicago, and Ribback left Chicago with Norris McNamara, an audio technician, to record folk concerts taking place in the South as part of the growing civil rights movement. From the spring of 1963 until the summer of 1964, Ribback and McNamara recorded demonstrations and mass meetings and interviewed civil rights activists, primarily those involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Later, Ribback moved to New York and edited his recordings into an album called Movement Soul. Ribback married Delia Moon in 1971, took her last name and changed his first name to Moses. In 1979, Bernice Reagon Johnson, working with the Program on African American Culture at the Smithsonian, contacted Moon and borrowed the recordings of mass meetings for a 1980 program on the voices of the civil rights movement. In the late 1980s, Moon was stricken with a severe case of Guillain-Barre syndrome, which left him paralyzed. Moon donated the entire collection of original recordings shortly before his death in 1993.
Related Materials:
Materials at Other Organizations
The papers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee are held by the King Library and Archives in Atlanta, Georgia; archives@thekingcenter.org.
Provenance:
Donated by Moses and Delia Moon in 1995.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Reference copies must be used. Tapes noted in the container list have digital reference copies in the Smithsonian Institution Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but copyright status unknown. Contact Archives Center staff for additional information. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African American civil rights workers. Search this
Moses Moon Civil Rights Movement Audio Collection, 1963-1964, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Partial funding for preservation and duplication of the original audio tapes provided by a National Museum of American History Collections Committee Jackson Fund Preservation Grant.
1 Binder (contact sheets and prints, black and white)
1 Boxe (35 mm negatives, black and white, 8.5"x10.75"x2.5")
0.44 Cubic feet (2 boxes contain the extent details for this collection, Box 1 is 0.24 cubic feet and Box 2 is 0.2 cubic feet)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Binders
Photographic prints
Correspondence
Contact sheets
Black-and-white negatives
Place:
Chicago (Ill.)
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1957 - 1961
Summary:
Original photographs and negatives taken by Robert C. Malone.
Scope and Contents:
The Robert C. Malone photographs document the performances of folk singers. The collection dates from 1957 to circa 1961. Photographic materials include 16 rolls of negatives, contact sheets made from the negatives, and 14 prints. The collection features photographs of the Weavers and Cisco Houston. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, including two letters from Robert C. Malone to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage concerning the donation of the collection, and two letters from Lee Hays to Robert C. Malone. A handful of Malone's prints are housed with the Lee Hays papers in the Rinzler Archives and are not included in the finding aid.
Arrangement note:
Arranged in 6 series: (1) University of Chicago; (2) Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, Ill.; (3) One Sheridan Square, N.Y.; (4) Cisco Houston's Last Performance; (5) Miscellaneous People; (6) Correspondence and Miscellaneous. Contact sheets and prints arranged in 1 binder; negatives are stored in a separate binder. Series VI, Correspondence and Miscellaneous, is filed separately. Materials are arranged chronologically.
Biographical/Historical note:
Robert C. Malone is currently retired and lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Between 1957-1961, Robert C. Malone moved between Chicago and New York photographing folk singers such as the Weavers and Cisco Houston.
Through contact with Robert Koppelman, a scholar working with the Lee Hays Papers in the Rinzler Archives, Robert C. Malone heard about the Archives and wrote to offer his photos to the Archives collections.
Provenance:
The Smithsonian Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired the Robert C. Malone Photograph Collection in 1998. In a letter dated 19 January 1999, Mr. Malone gave full discretion to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to grant permission for both internal and external use of his photographs with the request that his work be credited.
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Permission for the reproduction or publication of items in the Robert C. Malone Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Consult the archivists for further information at (202) 633-7322.
Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Please contact the archivists for further information.
