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Fast Folk Musical Magazine records

Creator:
Fast Folk Musical Magazine  Search this
Hardy, Jack, 1947-2011  Search this
Meyer, Richard , 1952-  Search this
Names:
Fast Folk Musical Magazine  Search this
Extent:
59.02 Cubic feet (compact discs, Audiotapes (AMPEX 467), digital audiotapes, phonograph records, Reel-to-reel audiotapes, VHS videotapes)
720 Folders (Business records)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Ephemera
Digital audio tapes
Videotapes
Financial records
Contracts
Correspondence
Phonograph records
Business records
Audiocassettes
Photographs
Audiotapes
Compact discs
Date:
1982-2002
bulk 1982-1995
Summary:
163 reel to reel tapes,136 VHS tapes, 188 cassette tapes, 100 DAT tapes, 20 467 tapes, 6 compact discs, 16 miscellaneous audio materials, all are mostly recordings of Fast Folk events or Fast Folk recording artists; 604 folders containing information and materials relating to magazines, recordings, events and business; objects related to the Fast Folk Musical Magazine
The Fast Folk Musical Magazine records, which date from 1982-2002, document the activities of Fast Folk Musical Magazine. The collection is comprised chiefly of audio/video materials and the paper business records of the company. Audio and video materials include phonograph records, reel-to-reel tapes, VHS videotapes, audiocassettes, digital audiotapes, compact discs and miscellaneous audio material. The paper records include press materials related to Fast Folk and Fast Folk recording artists, magazine source materials, recording agreements, lyrics, artist biographies, photographs, financial documents, correspondence, planning for events and other miscellany. Additionally, there is a Fast Folk t-shirt and a bag of Fast Folk pencils, pens and erasers.
Scope and Contents:
There are two main components of the Fast Folk Musical Magazine Collection: the audio and video materials and the paper records of the company. This finding aid is a guide to the paper records and related materials.
Biographical / Historical:
The Fast Folk Musical Magazine, previously known as The CooP, was a non-profit organization that published recordings with an accompanying magazine from 1982-1996. Fast Folk began as an outlet through which singer-songwriters could perform, as there were few venues that booked folk singers in New York City during that time period. Jack Hardy (1948-2011) headed this endeavor in the Speakeasy club, sharing space with a belly dance club and a falafel restaurant. A musician's co-op was created at the Speakeasy, meaning that everything in the club was to be done by the musicians, from booking to cleaning. The first show by the musicians' co-op at the Speakeasy was in September of 1982. It was considered the best place for a musician to get a gig if he or she did not already have a record deal.

Richard Meyer (1952-2012), who eventually became editor of Fast Folk in 1985, joined the project a couple months after its inception as a performer, writer and graphic designer for the magazine. Jack Hardy introduced himself to Meyer at a concert and invited him to sign up for the Songwriter's Exchange; another project organized by Hardy in which musicians performed songs for each other that they had recently written. Slowly, the number of people working on Fast Folk grew and Meyer trained others to do what he did. An important part of the organization was its community-oriented system; it was almost entirely run by an ever-changing group of volunteers. As the staff at Fast Folk increased, it became continuously involved in shows such as the Greenwich Village Folk Festivals which were used as fundraisers.

Fast Folk provided a good way for musicians to be able to make their own record or to be part of a record, since making a record on one's own was more difficult in that era. Many commercial recording artists such as Lyle Lovett, Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, Christine Lavin, Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin recorded some of their first songs with Fast Folk. While some musicians eventually became commercially successful, Fast Folk consistently stressed that this was not their organization's objective. By releasing many different artists' work on each recording, Fast Folk strove to expand the collective horizons of their audience and spread the power of individual songs as opposed to individual artists. Songwriters were incorporated into an issue of Fast Folk by sending in demo tapes or by being heard by Hardy and Meyer at a Songwriters' Exchange or other performance. The Fast Folk committee also had a significant input as to who was on each album. The magazine was used as an outlet for discussing current issues of songs and songwriting across the country, as well as reviewing albums and interviewing artists. Many issues were devoted to the music of different sections of the United States such as Boston, Los Angeles and the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts. The issues of Fast Folk were sold mostly through subscription, but also at the Speakeasy club. Around the time Richard Meyer contacted the Smithsonian, Fast Folk stopped producing records and magazines, mostly due to a lack of volunteers with enough time to devote to a business of Fast Folk's size.
Shared Stewardship of Collections:
The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://doi.org/10.25573/data.21771155.
Provenance:
The Smithsonian Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired these materials in 1999, when Fast Folk Musical Magazine donated its records to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. In 1996, Richard Meyer, on behalf of Fast Folk Musical Magazine, contacted Anthony Seeger, then Director of Smithsonian Folkways Records, offering the Fast Folk materials to the Smithsonian. After several years of correspondence, the Smithsonian received the collection. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage agreed to keep the recordings available commercially and to retain the records in the archive, as well as to leave Fast Folk with the option to restart publication of the magazine.
Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
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:
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Popular music -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Folk music -- United States  Search this
Folk singers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Ephemera
Digital audio tapes
Videotapes
Financial records
Contracts
Correspondence
Phonograph records
Business records
Audiocassettes
Photographs
Audiotapes
Compact discs
Citation:
Fast Folk Musical Magazine records, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.FFMM
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Fast Folk Musical Magazine records
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5060cea5e-a675-45e3-9a9e-17f441ffa5b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-cfch-ffmm

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Indian Christian Songs; Making Our Own Songs

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Heartbeat Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Miller, Mark K., 1953- (recorder)  Search this
Mullen, Mary (recorder)  Search this
Artist:
Jumper, Betty Mae, 1923-2011  Search this
DeLaune, Dorothy Whitehorse  Search this
Jones, Celina  Search this
Barney, Geraldine  Search this
Ashley, Lillian  Search this
Performer:
Jumper, Betty Mae, 1923-2011  Search this
DeLaune, Dorothy Whitehorse  Search this
Jones, Celina  Search this
Barney, Geraldine  Search this
Ashley, Lillian  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Navajo Indians  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Americans  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Kiowa Indians  Search this
Cree  Search this
Atsina Indians  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Oklahoma
Florida
Hollywood (Fla.)
Anadarko (Okla.)
Arizona
Montana
New Mexico
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Tohatchi (N.M.)
Chinle (Ariz.)
Date:
1995 June 26
Track Information:
101 Indian Christian Songs / Betty Mae Jumper, Dorothy Whitehorse DeLaune. Hand drums.

102 Making Our Own Songs / Celina Jones, Geraldine Barney, Lillian Ashley. Water-drum,Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0490
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 26, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
American Indian  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Gospel music  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)  Search this
Hand drums  Search this
Water-drum  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Gender  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Religion  Search this
Assinboine Indians  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Identity (Philosophical concept)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0490
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 4: Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women / 4.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5ce103c5a-dcb2-4e8f-b957-9032a3ebf65c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref845

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Making Our Own Songs; Ways of Our Grandmothers; Contemporary Singer/Songwriters

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Heartbeat Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Miller, Mark K., 1953- (recorder)  Search this
Mullen, Mary (recorder)  Search this
Performer:
Barney, Geraldine  Search this
Ashley, Lillian  Search this
Wuttunee, Sandra  Search this
Torres, Bernice  Search this
Jumper, Betty Mae, 1923-2011  Search this
DeLaune, Dorothy Whitehorse  Search this
Hill, Elizabeth  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Navajo Indians  Search this
Iroquois  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Americans  Search this
Cree  Search this
Atsina Indians  Search this
Pomo Indians  Search this
Kiowa Indians  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Apache Indians  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Arizona
Montana
New Mexico
Tohatchi (N.M.)
Chinle (Ariz.)
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Florida
California
Sebastopol (Calif.)
Anadarko (Calif.)
Hollywood (Fla.)
Ontario
Canada
Ohsweken (Ont.)
Date:
1995 June 26
Track Information:
101 Making Our Own Songs / Geraldine Barney, Lillian Ashley, Sandra Wuttunee. Water-drum,Guitar.

102 Ways of Our Grandmothers / Bernice Torres, Betty Mae Jumper, Dorothy Whitehorse DeLaune.

103 Contemporary Singer/Songwriters / Geraldine Barney, Elizabeth Hill. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0491
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 26, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
American Indian  Search this
Folksong revival  Search this
Singer-Songwriters  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Water-drum  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Identity (Philosophical concept)  Search this
Gender  Search this
Assinboine Indians  Search this
Family  Search this
Medicine  Search this
Menstrual cycle  Search this
Generations  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0491
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 4: Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women / 4.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk549d6dd5d-9748-4234-99d2-55996ef35a83
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref846

Harry Warren Papers

Donor:
Riva, Julia  Search this
Jones, Jophe  Search this
Composer:
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981  Search this
Extent:
32 Cubic feet (70 boxes, 26 folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business records
Memorabilia
Awards
Sheet music
Correspondence
Scripts (documents)
Posters
Theater programs
Legal records
Programs
Date:
1894-2000, undated
bulk 1926-1980, undated
Summary:
The papers of popular songwriter Harry Warren, three time Academy Award winner and prolific contributer to the American songbook.
Scope and Contents:
The Harry Warren Papers consists of original music manuscripts, scores, song sheets, commercial sheet music, bound scores, scripts, business records, correspondence (business, personal and fan), clippings, magazines, photographs, cassette tapes, LP records, posters and programs and personal memorabilia. The material documents the personal life and professional career of composer, songwriter and lyricist Harry Warren from 1894 to 1981 and to a lesser extent the operation of his Four Jays Music Corporation, circa 1954-2000. The bulk of the collection covers the years 1927-1980. The collection is organized into eight series.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into eight series.

Series 1: Music Manuscripts, 1928-1987

Subseries 1.1: Original Holographic Theatre and Motion Picture Music Manuscripts, 1930-1960

Subseries 1.2: Bound Presentation Scores, 1931-1982

Subseries 1.3: Original Individual Song Manuscripts, 1938-1965

Subseries 1.4: Published Sheet Music, 1930-1980

Subseries 1.5: Published Songs, Instrumentals, and Song Collections, 1928-1987

Series 2: Correspondence, 1930-1994

Series 3: Business Records, 1894-1996

Series 4: Scripts, 1946-1958

Series 5: Theatre Programs and Posters, 1915-1999

Series 6: News Clippings and Magazines, 1934-2000

Series 7: Recordings, Audio-Visual Materials, and Photographs, 1926-1977

Subseries 7.1: Recordings, Playback Discs, 1934-1961

Subseries 7.2: Cassette Tapes, 1933-1981, undated

Subseries 7.3: Photographs, 1930-1977, undated

Subseries 7.4: Reference Video Tapes, 1933-1957

Subseries 7.5: Compact Discs, undated

Subseries 7.6: Film, 1927-1964

Series 8: Memorabilia, 1918-1990
Biographical / Historical:
With the possible exception of Irving Berlin, no one has contributed as much material to the canon of American popular song in the 20th century as Harry Warren (1893-1981). Warren was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 24, 1893, to Italian immigrant parents. His birth name was Salvatore Anthony Guaragna. By the time he graduated from grade school, he was known as "Harry Warren". He legally changed his name in 1938. He was educated in the public schools of New York but had no formal musical training. He taught himself to play the organ and piano and also sang in the church choir. Both Warren's sister and brother were performers so the theatrical world was not unknown to him. He worked as an actor and assistant director for the Vitagraph film studio in New York and played mood music for actress Corinne Griffith. During World War I, Warren served in the United States Navy at Montauk Point, New York. For a few weeks after the war, he worked as an insurance examiner for The Travellers Agency.

In December 1918, Warren married Josephine Wensler (1897-1993). Their first child was a son named Harry Warren, Jr. (1920-1937). In 1920, Warren became a song plugger for the music publishing firm of Stark & Cowan. Warren continued writing and in 1922 along with lyricist Edgar Leslie produced his first song hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande." From that point on, Warren composed a continuous stream of hits introduced by such artists as Paul Whiteman and others. By 1925, a second child, Joan (1924-1991), nicknamed "Cookie", was born. Warren continued his success with such songs as "I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me)," "In My Gondola" and the very popular 1928 hit "Nagasaki."

By 1929, Warren was the director of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He held that position until 1933. He also served on the ASCAP Board of Directors. During this time Warren worked with various musicians including Gus Kahn, Bert Kalmer, and Harry Ruby. In 1930, he wrote his first motion picture score for the film Spring is Here. Al Jolson asked him to compose a song for the show, Wonder Bar (1931). During the 1930s, Warren composed three other Broadway shows, Sweet and Low (1930), Crazy Quilt (1931) featuring Fanny Brice, and Laugh Parade (1931) starring Ed Wynn.

In 1932, Warren was hired by Warner Brothers Studios to help write songs for the Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler film 42nd Street (1933). Along with lyricist, Al Dubin, Warren wrote such hits as "We're in the Money" and "The Shadow Waltz". Warren continued composing memorable songs for motion pictures such as Gold Diggers of 1933, The Singing Marine (1937), and Footlight Parade (1933). Gold Diggers of 1935 included Warren's first Academy Award winning song, "Lullaby of Broadway". Warren made cameo appearances in a few films during his stay at Warner Brothers. He and lyricist Dubin can be seen in 42nd Street, Go Into Your Dance (1935), and A Very Honorable Guy (1934). He also appeared in a Vitaphone short entitled Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer.

Warren left Warner Brothers for 20th Century Fox in 1940. At Fox he helped compose the scores for such motion pictures as, Sun Valley Serenade (1941), Orchestra Wives (1942), and The Gangs All Here (1943) that included the Carmen Miranda standard, "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat". During this period, he worked with lyricists Ralph Rainger, Mack Gordon and Leo Robin, and others. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) garnered Warren his second Academy Award for the song, "You'll Never Know". While at Fox, Warren composed "Chattanooga Choo Choo" a song that became the first gold record in the history of the recording industry.

In 1945, legendary musical film producer Arthur Freed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer courted Warren for his MGM production unit. Freed quipped that Warren would have the office right next door to his--and he did. For Warren the offer to write music at the studio that practically invented the movie musical was irresistible and he left 20th Century Fox for MGM. He joined Freed in writing the songs for Yolanda and the Thief (1945) starring Fred Astaire and Freed's protégée Lucille Bremer. The film was directed by the incomparable Vincent Minnelli. His next high profile score was for The Harvey Girls (1946) composed with renowned lyricist Johnny Mercer. The picture starred Judy Garland and John Hodiak. Directed by George Sidney, it was a major success, due in part to Warren's tuneful "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe". This song brought Warren his third and what would be his final Academy Award.

While at MGM, Warren worked with lyricists Mack Gordon, Ralph Blane, and others. In 1948, he and Blane composed the song score for Freed and director Rouben Mamoulian's ambitious film adaptation of Eugene O'Neills stage play Ah Wilderness entitled Summer Holiday (1948) starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven. This is reported to have been Warren's favorite film assignment, but the film was not an unqualified success. Warren remained at MGM until the 1950s composing for such films as The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), starring Astaire and Rogers, Summer Stock (1950), starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly and his final film for MGM, Skirts Ahoy! (1952), starring Esther Williams and Vivian Blane. After leaving MGM, Warren wrote the score for the Bing Crosby film, Just for You at Paramount. Warren also served on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Warren went on to write the music for two Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin films, The Caddy (1953) for which he composed "That's Amore", Artists and Models (1955) and for three Jerry Lewis films, Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958), Cinderfella (1960), and The Ladies Man (1961). Warren also composed instrumental pieces one being a "Mass in Honor of St. Anthony".

Warren returned to Broadway in 1956 with the musical Shangri-La, based on the novel Lost Horizon. The show was not a success and closed after fewer than thirty performances. He composed the title song for the Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr film, An Affair to Remember (1957); this song brought him his last nomination for an Academy Award. The song was later used in the motion picture Sleepless in Seattle (1993) starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

During the 1950s, Warren started his own music publishing company, Four Jays Music Corporation. After writing the songs for The Ladies Man, Warren retired from films but continued to write for piano, even composing the song for the Miss Oklahoma Pageant. His last film effort was to compose one song for the motion-picture Rosie (1968). During the last years of his life Warren composed and ran his music publishing business, but remained largely forgotten as the man who had composed a great deal of America's musical heritage.

With the resurgence in the appreciation of the movie musical in the early 1970s, the tunes composed during Warren's heyday were back in vogue, brought on in a large part by the phenomenal success of MGM's That's Entertainment! (1974). In 1980, he was asked to compose the musical numbers for an upcoming movie musical entitled, Manhattan Melody but it was never produced. 1980 brought the Warren name back to the marquees of Broadway with the David Merrick production of 42nd St.. The full budgeted big Broadway musical used the basic storyline from the 1933 film and drew upon the whole of the Warren and Dubin catalogue for the score. The production proved to be wildly popular, running in excess of five years on Broadway. Warren died in California on September 22, 1981. He was interred in the Sanctuary of Tenderness at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles beside his wife and son. After Warren's death, his daughter Joan "Cookie" Warren Jones administered the music publishing company until her death in 1991.
Key:
OF = Original Film, RV = Reference Video, MV = Master Video
Separated Materials:
The Division of Cultural History (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) has three dimensional objects related to Harry Warren.
Provenance:
Donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution by Julia Riva and Jophe Jones, granddaughters of Harry Warren, on December 15, 2000.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy existsContact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Occupation:
Composers -- 20th century  Search this
Topic:
Musical films  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Musical reviews, comedies, etc.  Search this
Genre/Form:
Business records -- 20th century
Memorabilia -- 20th century
Awards
Sheet music -- Manuscripts -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 20th century
Scripts (documents)
Posters -- 20th century
Theater programs -- 1910-1990
Legal records
Programs
Citation:
Harry Warren Papers, 1909-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of Jophe Jones and Julia Riva.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0750
See more items in:
Harry Warren Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep866a68fa0-73e3-4c39-9ce1-9425e269f431
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0750
Online Media:

W. C. Handy Collection

Creator:
Shurr, Robert L.  Search this
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958  Search this
Names:
Pace, Harry (song writer)  Search this
Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sheet music
Letters (correspondence)
Correspondence
Photographs
Personal papers
Date:
1928
1948 - 1948
Summary:
A photograph, letters written, and pieces of music by African American composer William Christopher "W.C." Handy (1873-1958) sometimes called the "Father of the Blues".
Scope and Contents note:
The collection consists of a photograph, several letters written by Handy, and several pieces of music which he published.

Handy remains among the most influential of American Blues songwriters. Handy is credited with giving Blues, its contemporary form. While Handy was not the first to publish music in the blues form, he took the blues from a regional music style with a limited audience to one of the dominant national forces in American music.

Handy was an educated musician who used folk material in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from several performers.
Arrangement:
Divided into 4 series: (1) Correspondence, 1928; (2) Photographs, 1948; (3) Sheet music, 1948; and (4) Robert L. Shurr papers.
Biographical/Historical note:
William Christopher Handy, a composer and music publisher, was born in Florence, Alabama on November 16, 1873. He is known as the "father of the blues" because he was the first person to collect and write the songs down which had been played by workers, illiterates, and share croppers. These original blues songs had a three line verse, a definite musical pattern which usually expressed a lament of some kind, and often ended in "ironical self -ridicule, fatalistic resignation, or absurd incongruous laughter" He also had a minstrel show band.

Among the more than sixty songs he wrote were "Memphis Blues, St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues, Mississippi Blues, and Joe Turner Blues." Handy wrote other secular songs, made arrangements of spirituals, and did orchestral work as a composer and conductor.

To get his music published. Handy, with Harry Pace, a songwriter, founded a music publishing house in Memphis in 1907 which was moved to New York in 1918. Among the songs his company published was "A Good Man is Hard to Find" which Sophie Tucker, a white singer, sang on Broadway and helped to make it a hit.

Handy died on March 29, 1958 in New York City. Later that year a movie based on his life was issued. It was titled "St. Louis Blues" and Nat "King" Cole played the role of Handy.
Related Archival Materials:
Received with George Washington Carver Collection, same donor.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Robert L. Shurr.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Occupation:
Composers -- 20th century  Search this
Topic:
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
African American music -- 20th century  Search this
African American composers  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sheet music
Letters (correspondence) -- 1900-1950
Correspondence -- 20th century
Photographs -- 1900-1950
Personal papers
Citation:
W. C. Handy Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0132
See more items in:
W. C. Handy Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep889b345d0-64a5-43c8-be50-ef59e2676638
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0132

Jonas Bernholm Rhythm and Blues Collection

Creator:
Bernholm, Jonas, 1946-  Search this
Extent:
8 Cubic feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Articles
Notes
Correspondence
Newsletters
Press releases
Date:
1976-1991.
Summary:
Collection documents Jonas Bernholm's interest and work promoting African American Music, specifically rhythm and blues.
Scope and Contents note:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1972-1994, undated

This series is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1.1 (Artists), Subseries 1.2 (Collaborators), Subseries 1.3 (Douglas Seroff), and Subseries 1.4 (Record Companies). Subseries 1.1 (1972-1993) consists mostly of correspondence exchanged between Bernholm and recording artists, as well as letters about the artists from their agents, family members, etc. Other types of materials included in this subseries are: copies of newspaper clippings, death certificates, contracts, and receipts. This subseries is, mostly, in alphabetical order by the artist's last name. Subseries 1.2 (1978-1985) is largely a collection of letters between Bernholm and those helping him create his albums. Topics include: photos, financial transactions and technical information about creating an album. Bills and receipts are also found in the subseries. Two folders deal specifically with correspondence Bernholm exchanged between Felix Prochaska and Lou Doggett. Subseries 1.3 (1979-1986) documents the correspondence between Bernholm and independent music scholar, music producer and businessman Douglas Seroff. It includes an exchange of letters regarding the start of a new record label for gospel music and the creation and reissue of gospel LPs. It also includes auction results, bills, postage labels, and information on a 1985 Grammy nomination. Subseries 1.4 (1977-1990) consists of correspondence between Bernholm and such recording companies as Clanka Lanka, Rounder Records, Big J Records, Blues King Records, Bogus Records, J.D. Productions, Fleetville Records, La Val Records and Relic Records. Also included are contracts/agreements, statements, artist promotion, as well as information on taping sessions and royalties.

Series 2: Promotional/Publicity Materials, 1971-1991, undated

This series is divided into two subseries: Subseries A (Promotion and Collaborator Correspondence) and Subseries 2.2 (Fan Club Materials). Subseries 2.1 (1976-1991) consists mostly of correspondence about artist or album promotion; including published articles, photographs, and information about concerts, tours, and radio stations throughout the US and Europe. Subseries B contains artist biographies, newsletters, promotional material, and information regarding contemporary artist-related events from record companies, talent agencies and official fan clubs.

Series 3: Research Materials, undated

This series is divided into four subseries: Subseries 3.1 (Artists), Subseries 3.2 (Record Company), Subseries 3.3 (Ray Funk), and Subseries 3.4 (Record Labels). Subseries A is composed of album liner notes for individual artists, as well as photocopies of magazine/newspaper articles that detail biography and album information for several artists. Other information includes correspondence about artists, and album song listings. Subseries 3.2 is an alphabetical listing, by record company name, of their discographies. Subseries C includes music related articles and correspondence from and by Alaskan writer, music aficionado and radio host Ray Funk. Copies of artist photos from Norbert Hess are also available. Subseries 3.4 contains listings of songs from specific artists and the labels they can be found on.

Series 4: Production Materials, undated

This series is composed of production notes used in the assembly of albums. This includes artist biographies and discographies, as well as song listings for specific albums. This subseries is organized alphabetically by artist.
Arrangement:
Series 1, Correspondence, 1972-1994, undated

Series 2, Promotional/Publicity Materials, 1965-1991, undated

Series 3, Research Materials, undated

Series 4, Production Materials, undated
Biographical/Historical note:
Jonas Bernholm (1946-) is a music executive, and African-American music aficionado from Sweden. He is best known for reissuing works of jazz, blues, and R&B artists on his own labels; the most well-recognized being Route 66, and Mr. R&B. His passion was ignited by the energy and charisma seen in the likes of Elvis Presley and Little Richard. He began collecting music from abroad and eventually visited the United States during the summer of 1968. During his trip Bernholm realized that many recording artists from the 40s and 50s were out of work and their music was no longer in circulation. Upon his return to Sweden he resolved to reissue the work of many artists on his own labels. His labels included: Route 66, MR R&B, Jukebox Lil, Whiskey Women, Earth Angel , Dr. Horse, Crown Prince, Gospel Jubilee, and Blues Boy.
Related Materials:
The Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment(now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds artifacts related to this collection including: posters and sound recordings. See Accession #1996.0153.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Jonas Bernholm, 1996.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Blues musicians  Search this
African American music -- 20th century  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Rhythm and blues music  Search this
Genre/Form:
Articles -- 1950-2000
Notes
Correspondence -- 1970-2000
Newsletters -- 20th century
Press releases
Citation:
Jonas Bernholm Rhythm and Blues Collection, 1976-1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0551
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Jonas Bernholm Rhythm and Blues Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8258d8875-b8eb-4899-b519-10798fce1684
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0551

James Lithgow Ewin Patents

Creator:
Ewin, James Lithgow (inventor)  Search this
Extent:
1 Cubic foot (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Articles
Correspondence
Newsletters
Notes
Patents
Press releases
Date:
1873, 1874, 1879.
Scope and Contents note:
This collection includes an English patent paper #2126 for improved vulcanizable water-proof gum, 1873, to Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills; a U.S. patent paper #151,109 for improvement in the art of manufacturing horseshoes, 1874; and an English patent paper #1194 for improvement in street-lighting apparatus.
Provenance:
Collection donated by James Lithgow Ewin, March 13, 1894.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Vulcanization  Search this
Street-lighting apparatus  Search this
Rhythm and blues music  Search this
African American music -- 20th century  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Blues musicians  Search this
Horseshoeing  Search this
Inventions -- 1870-1880  Search this
Inventors -- 1870-1880  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Genre/Form:
Articles -- 1950-2000
Correspondence -- 1970-2000
Newsletters -- 20th century
Notes
Patents -- 1870-1880
Press releases
Citation:
James Lithgow Ewin Patents, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0051
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep887e17dc9-8df2-4d0d-acd9-70865221d22a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0051

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Making Our Own Songs; Called to the Drum

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Heartbeat Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Place, Janet L. (recorder)  Search this
Walker, Tracy (recorder)  Search this
Artist:
Hill, Elizabeth  Search this
Ashley, Lillian  Search this
Burch, Sharon  Search this
Shunatona, Gwen  Search this
Crying Woman Singers  Search this
Wabunoag Singers  Search this
Performer:
Hill, Elizabeth  Search this
Ashley, Lillian  Search this
Burch, Sharon  Search this
Shunatona, Gwen  Search this
Crying Woman Singers  Search this
Wabunoag Singers  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Malecite Indians  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Americans  Search this
Navajo Indians  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Apache Indians  Search this
Pawnee Indians  Search this
Oto  Search this
Cree  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Arizona
California
Ontario
Canada
Chinle (Ariz.)
Fairfield (Calif.)
Ohsweken (Ont.)
Montana
New Brunswick
Fredericton (N.B.)
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Date:
1995 June 24
Track Information:
101 Making Our Own Songs / Elizabeth Hill, Lillian Ashley, Sharon Burch. Guitar,Water-drum.

102 Called to the Drum / Crying Woman Singers, Wabunoag Singers, Gwen Shunatona. Drum.
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0482
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 24, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
American Indian  Search this
Folksong revival  Search this
Singer-Songwriters  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Water-drum  Search this
Drum  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Composition (Music)  Search this
Identity (Philosophical concept)  Search this
Gender  Search this
Passamaquoddy Indians  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0482
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 4: Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women / 4.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk531f1f623-ffc7-45fb-a5a4-e99308bd0148
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref837

Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Making Our Own Songs

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Heartbeat Program 1995 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Fries, Colin (recorder)  Search this
Thomas, Anne Elise (recorder)  Search this
Artist:
Hill, Elizabeth  Search this
Burch, Sharon  Search this
Performer:
Hill, Elizabeth  Search this
Burch, Sharon  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Indians of North America  Search this
Americans  Search this
Navajo Indians  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Apache Indians  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
California
Ontario
Canada
Ohsweken (Ont.)
Fairfield (Calif.)
Arizona
Date:
1995 June 23
Local Numbers:
FP-1995-CT-0478
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 23, 1995.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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
Singer-Songwriters  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Identity (Philosophical concept)  Search this
Gender  Search this
Composition (Music)  Search this
American Indian  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1995, Item FP-1995-CT-0478
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1995 Festival of American Folklife / Series 4: Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women / 4.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk57f1d2afc-7638-4846-a660-4390f7de23e6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1995-ref833

Festival Interviews: Kaui Zuttermeister, Nimrod Workman

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Grand Generation Program 1984 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Zeitlin, Steven J. (field worker)  Search this
Artist:
Zuttermeister, Emily Kauʻi  Search this
Workman, Nimrod  Search this
Performer:
Zuttermeister, Emily Kauʻi  Search this
Workman, Nimrod  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Songs and music
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Hawaii
Kaneohe (Hawaii)
Tennessee
Mascot (Tenn.)
West Virginia
Track Information:
101 Interview / Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister.

102 Interview / Nimrod Workman.
Local Numbers:
FP-1984-CT-0163-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1984.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Hula (Dance)  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Hula (Dance)  Search this
Coal mines and mining  Search this
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Mining -- Songs and music  Search this
Folk songs -- United States  Search this
Folk songs -- West Virginia  Search this
Function:
Labor unions
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1984 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1984, Item FP-1984-CT-0163-7
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1984 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1984 Festival of American Folklife / Series 4: The Grand Generation / Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk53b1b476b-b6e8-4d95-97c6-0788014a8a03
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1984-ref1865

Festival Recordings: Struggle Narrative Stage: Deaf President Now; How Struggle Songs Composed?; Percussion Styles

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Musics of Struggle Program 1990 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Performer:
Covell, Gerald L., 1965-  Search this
Malzkuhn, Mary, 1928-  Search this
Ryan, Steve, 1958-  Search this
Lira, Agustín  Search this
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011  Search this
Wells Solorzano, Patricia  Search this
Alma (Musical group)  Search this
Feria Educativa  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
West Virginia
California
Ecuador
Date:
1990 June 30
Scope and Contents:
Recording includes discussion related to disability rights.
Track Information:
101 Music in the Deaf President Now Movement / Gerald L. Covell, Mary Malzkuhn, Steve Ryan. Sign language.

102 How Songs of Struggle are Composed / Agustin Lira, Hazel Dickens, Patricia Wells Solorzano. Guitar. English language.

103 Comparative Percussion Styles / Alma (Musical group), Feria Educativa. Drum,Timbales (Drum),Conga (Drum).
Local Numbers:
FP-1990-CT-0129
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 30, 1990.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Bluegrass music  Search this
Political ballads and songs  Search this
Drum music  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Drum  Search this
Timbales (Drum)  Search this
Conga (Drum)  Search this
Struggle  Search this
Deafness  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Protest  Search this
Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970  Search this
Ecuadorians  Search this
Function:
Labor unions
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1990, Item FP-1990-CT-0129
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: Musics of Struggle / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5b9b2226d-644d-4b95-9baa-666e06b267d3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1990-ref563

Festival Recordings: Struggle Narrative Stage: Music as Organizational Tool; How Struggle Songs Composed?

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Musics of Struggle Program 1990 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Performer:
Mitterhoff, Barry  Search this
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011  Search this
Alexander, Sarah, 1942-  Search this
Ezzadin, Temo  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Israelis  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
West Virginia
New Jersey
Kurdistan
Israel
Date:
1990 July 6
Track Information:
101 Music as an Organizational Tool / Barry Mitterhoff, Hazel Dickens. Mandolin,Guitar. English language.

102 How Songs of Struggle are Composed / Sarah Alexander, Temo Ezzadin. Guitar,Tambour (Drum),Accordion.
Local Numbers:
FP-1990-CT-0141
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 6, 1990.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Bluegrass music  Search this
Political ballads and songs  Search this
Mandolin  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Tambour (Drum)  Search this
Accordion  Search this
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Coal  Search this
Struggle  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Function:
Labor unions
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1990, Item FP-1990-CT-0141
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: Musics of Struggle / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk574cd9015-2cde-4d60-9c77-7ef70604b173
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1990-ref575

Festival Recordings: Struggle Narrative Stage: Percussion Styles; How Struggle Songs Composed?; Deaf Protest Humor

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Musics of Struggle Program 1990 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Performer:
Ryan, Steve, 1958-  Search this
Muñiz, Harold, 1952-  Search this
Rodriguez, Ismael, 1953-  Search this
Madrigal, Mike, 1955-  Search this
Reagon, Cordell Hull, 1943-1996  Search this
Tshabalala, Mbongiseni, 1963-  Search this
Freedom Singers (SNCC)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
South Africans  Search this
Mexican Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
California
South Africa
Alabama
Date:
1990 July 7
Scope and Contents:
Recording includes discussion related to disability rights.
Track Information:
101 Deaf Protest Humor / Steve Ryan. Sign language.

102 Comparative Percussion Styles / Harold Muñiz, Ismael Rodriguez, Mike Madrigal. Drum. English language.

103 How Songs of Struggle are Composed / Freedom Singers, Cordell Hull Reagon, Mbongiseni Tshabalala.
Local Numbers:
FP-1990-CT-0147
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 7, 1990.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Wit and humor  Search this
Drum music  Search this
Political ballads and songs  Search this
Drum  Search this
Deafness  Search this
Struggle  Search this
Protest  Search this
Racism  Search this
Civil rights  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Apartheid & society  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1990, Item FP-1990-CT-0147
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: Musics of Struggle / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk524da345e-5f8c-4622-ac59-144fb2d6169a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1990-ref581

Festival Recordings: Struggle Narrative Stage: How Struggle Songs Composed?; Deaf President Now; Deaf Protest Humor

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Musics of Struggle Program 1990 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Performer:
Jubran, Kamilya  Search this
Turjman, Odeh  Search this
Alexander, Sarah, 1942-  Search this
Bourne, Bridgetta, 1967-  Search this
Covell, Gerald L., 1965-  Search this
Ryan, Steve, 1958-  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Palestinian Arabs  Search this
Israelis  Search this
Americans  Search this
Anglo-American  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Israel
Palestine
Date:
1990 July 8
Scope and Contents:
Recording includes discussion related to disability rights.
Track Information:
101 How Songs of Struggle are Composed / Kamilya Jubran, Odeh Turjman, Sarah Alexander. Guitar,Accordion,Zither,Bouzouki.

102 Music in the Deaf President Now Movement / Bridgetta Bourne, Gerald L. Covell. Sign language.

103 Deaf Protest Humor / Steve Ryan. Sign language.
Local Numbers:
FP-1990-CT-0150
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 8, 1990.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Political ballads and songs  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Wit and humor  Search this
Guitar  Search this
Accordion  Search this
Zither  Search this
Bouzouki  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Struggle  Search this
Deafness  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1990, Item FP-1990-CT-0150
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife / Series 2: Musics of Struggle / 2.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5949a4b8a-86fa-47d1-9c1f-933d35aff8db
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1990-ref584

Festival Recordings: Virgin Islands Learning Center: Calypso; Basketry (Access to Resources); Island Communities

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Virgin Islands Program 1990 Washington, D.C.  Search this
Weintraub, Sue (recorder)  Search this
Artist:
King Derby, 1938-  Search this
Performer:
King Derby, 1938-  Search this
Danet, Dorothy, 1921-2005  Search this
Caines, Felicia, 1918-2004  Search this
Emanuel, Anthon O., 1926-2005  Search this
Foy, Eddie, 1917-  Search this
McGregor, Oscar, 1925-  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
compact audio cassette
1 Sound cassette (analog.)
Culture:
Americans  Search this
Virgin Islands  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Virgin Islands of the United States
Date:
1990 July 8
Contents:
Track 101 Presenter: Catherine Hiebert-Kerst Track 102 Presenter: Karen Samuel Dorothy Danet is from St. Thomas. Felicia Caines is from St. John. Track 103 Presenter: Catherine Hiebert-Kerst Eddie Foy is from St. John; Anton Emanuel is from St. Thomas; Oscar McGregor is from St. Croix.
Track Information:
101 Calypso / King Derby.

102 Crafts: Access to Resources: Basketry / Dorothy Danet, Felicia Caines.

103 Island Communities / Anthon O. Emanuel, Eddie Foy, Oscar McGregor.
Local Numbers:
FP-1990-CT-0340
General:
1
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 8, 1990.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Oral history  Search this
Calypso (Music)  Search this
Popular music -- Writing and publishing  Search this
Dyes and dyeing  Search this
Basket making  Search this
Religion  Search this
Education  Search this
History  Search this
Gardening  Search this
Tourism  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.1990, Item FP-1990-CT-0340
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1990 Festival of American Folklife / Series 4: U.S. Virgin Islands / 4.3: Audio
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk574f85aeb-9934-4a14-83ae-6adc859b7fe1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1990-ref784

The Cambridge companion to the singer-songwriter edited by Katherine Williams and Justin A. Williams

Editor:
Williams, Katherine (Katherine Ann)  Search this
Williams, Justin A.,  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 366 pages illustrations, music 26 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Date:
2016
Topic:
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Popular music--Writing and publishing  Search this
Songs--History and criticism  Search this
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique  Search this
Musique populaire--Écriture et édition  Search this
Chansons--Histoire et critique  Search this
Music  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Songs  Search this
Liedermacher  Search this
Musique populaire--Édition  Search this
Compositeurs de chansons  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1116379

This business of music / by Sidney Shemel and M. William Krasilovsky ; edited by Paul Ackerman

Author:
Shemel, Sidney  Search this
Krasilovsky, M. William  Search this
Physical description:
xxviii, 575 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1977
Topic:
Music trade  Search this
Music--Economic aspects  Search this
Copyright--Music  Search this
Popular music--Writing and publishing  Search this
Call number:
ML3790 .S5 1977X
ML3790.S5 1977X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91277

The B side : the death of Tin Pan Alley and the rebirth of the great American song / Ben Yagoda

Title:
B-side
Author:
Yagoda, Ben  Search this
Physical description:
310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
United States
Date:
2015
Topic:
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Popular music--Writing and publishing--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046110

The story of the house of Witmark : from ragtime to swingtime / by Isidore Witmark and Isaac Goldberg

Author:
Witmark, Isidore 1871-1941  Search this
Goldberg, Isaac 1887-1938  Search this
Subject:
Witmark, M., & sons music publishers  Search this
Physical description:
xvii,480 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1976
1939
Topic:
Popular music--Writing and publishing  Search this
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)  Search this
Call number:
ML3561.P6 W55 1976X
ML3561.P6W55 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_88435

The story of the house of Witmark : from ragtime to swingtime / by Isidore Witmark and Issac Goldberg

Author:
Witmark, Isidore  Search this
Goldberg, Isaac 1887-1938  Search this
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Subject:
M. Witmark & Sons  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 480 p., [41] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1939
[1939]
Topic:
Popular music--Writing and publishing  Search this
Music--Publishing  Search this
Call number:
ML3561.P6 W55 1939
ML3561.P6W55 1939
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_365196

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