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.
Lightnin' Hopkins--What'd I say--Can't stay in your town--Boogie woogie; Bill McAdoo- New York City; Harvesters--John Brown's body--Johnny is my darling--Somebody's darling--Billy Barlow--Two Brothers--Roll Alabama Roll; Bill McAdoo- Trouble that worry my mind--walk on Alabama--Carryl Chessman--John Henry
Track Information:
101 What'd I Say / Lightnin' Hopkins. Guitar.
102 Can't Stay in Your Town / Lightnin' Hopkins. Guitar.
103 Boogie Woogie / Lightnin' Hopkins. Guitar.
104 New York City / Lightnin' Hopkins, Bill McAdoo, Pete Seeger. Guitar,Banjo.
105 John Brown's Body / Pete Seeger, Harvesters (Musical group). Guitar.
106 Johnny is My Darling / Harvesters (Musical group), Ethel Raim. Guitar.
Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322 for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
3.83 Cubic feet (8 binders containing contact sheets, slides, and prints; 7 boxes (8.5"x10.75"x2.5") of 35 mm negatives; 2 binders of 35 mm and 120 format negatives; and 1 box of 11 oversize prints.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Contact sheets
Slides (photographs)
Black-and-white negatives
Photographic prints
Place:
New York (N.Y.)
Saint Simons Island (Ga. : Island)
Date:
1963-2009
Summary:
The Diana Davies photographs consist of images taken by Diana Davies at various stages of her career. Locations include the Festival of American Folklife, the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Poor People's Campaign, various peace and protest marches and outdoor performances, New York City, and the Georgia Sea Islands. The collection includes contact sheets, negatives, photographic prints, and slides.
Original photographs, negatives, and color slides taken by Diana Davies. Materials date from 1963-2009. Bulk dates: Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1969, 1987, 1992; Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1967-1968, 1987.
Scope and Contents:
The Diana Davies photographs, 1963-2009, consist of black and white negatives, contact sheets and prints, as well as color slides and negatives. The bulk of materials depict major festivals and protest movements (including the Poor People's March of 1968) documented by Diana Davies (located in Series 1: Newport Folk Festival, Series 2: Philadelphia Folk Festival, Series 6: Festival of American Folklife, and Series 11: Social Justice). Also well-represented are non-festival performances (in locations such as clubs, concert halls, and homes), recording sessions, and other music-related images, mainly of notable figures in the American folk music revival (located in Series 3: Broadside Magazine, Series 4: Sing Out! Magazine Concerts, Series 5: Miscellaneous Concerts and People, Series 7: Recording Sessions, Series 8: Instruction Book Shots, and Series 9: Jazz, Blues, and Salsa Musicians). Series 10: Georgia Sea Islands consists of photographs depicting the culture, environment, and daily life of these coastal islands in 1966. Series 12: New York City Scenes contains photographs taken on the street depicting everyday life in NYC in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection also contains related papers in Series 13: Miscellaneous Papers and Correspondence.
Arrangement note:
Each item in the Diana Davies Photographs has been assigned an accession number, and like materials have been put together such as the Newport Folk Festival photographs, in a chronological sequence as much as possible. Materials in the three more recent donation batches (1998, 2004, and 2006) were numbered and integrated into the collection. In some series, the accession numbers are in numerical order, and in others, the numbers are random because like items with different number sequences were pulled together in a series for subject coherence. The best way to find occurrences of a particular subject is to use the ctrl+F function. Please consult the archivists if you have any questions about the collection contents.
Contact sheets, slides, and prints arranged in 8 binders; negatives and oversize prints are stored separately.
Arranged in 14 series:
Missing Title
Series 1: Newport Folk Festival
Series 2: Philadelphia Folk Festival
Series 3: Broadside Magazine
Series 4: -- Sing Out! -- Magazine Concerts
Series 5: Miscellaneous Concerts and People
Series 6: Festival of American Folklife
Series 7: Recording Sessions
Series 8: Instruction Book Shots
Series 9: Jazz, Blues, and Salsa Musicians
Series 10: Georgia Sea Islands
Series 11: Social Justice
Series 12: New York City Scenes
Series 13: Miscellaneous Papers and Correspondence
Series 14: Oversize Materials
Biographical/Historical note:
Diana Davies is a well-known photographer of folk performers and festivals. Davies photographed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in its earlier years. Born in 1938, Davies grew up in Maine, the Catskills, New York City, and Boston. Her grandparents were local union organizers and Debs socialists; one grandfather was a gandy dancer with the railroad, and her grandmother was a textile worker in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Davies finds that her family background was later expressed in her own activist efforts.
Davies left high school at 16, and worked sweeping out coffeehouses, which gave her the opportunity to listen to music while she worked. She became interested in theater and music. In Greenwich Village, she began doing some sound technician work, and then got interested in photography. She taught herself how to develop and print photographs in a darkroom, and began photographing in theaters, shooting from behind the scenes. Her theater photos are at Smith College in Northampton, where she presently lives. In the early 1960s, she began working with the editors of Broadside Magazine, Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen. She developed an interest in human rights work, which grew from her contact with Sis and Gordon, and also her own family background. She also worked as a photographer in a wide range of settings, including night clubs, weddings, and doing portrait photography. This led her to work for major national and international media including the New York Times, covering such events as the war in Biafra, and traveling to Mexico, Cuba, and Portugal on assignment.
Davies' folk photographs represent about one-quarter of her body of work; her other major photographic work includes the Civil Rights Movement, the Peace Movement, and theater. Davies began photographing at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, which she covered for a number of years. She knew Ralph Rinzler, and found him a vibrant, alive person excited by all aspects of culture. He introduced her to Bessie Jones from the Georgia Sea Islands, and in 1966 she made a photographic journey to the islands. Her work from this trip is included in the collection. Davies has also been a musician. She became involved with the punk rock movement of the 1970s, and felt that there was a connection between the hard-hitting songs from the punk world and the songs being published in Broadside Magazine. In 1975, she became part of a folk/punk women's band in Boston, and later moved to Western Massachusetts. In addition to being a photographer and musician, Davies is also a writer. She wrote a play entitled "The Witch Papers" in 1980, which was produced in Boston and other locations. The play was a vehicle for her human rights activism, comparing the technology of inquisition with labor sweatshops. In 1998, her play "The War Machine" was produced in Amherst, Mass. She lives in Northampton, and enjoys and participates in street performance, which she describes as the "most essentially communicative stuff you can come up with."
General note:
All contact sheets from the collection are digitized and accessible through this finding aid. Series-level slideshows accessible through this finding aid represent a small sampling from the collection.
Provenance:
The Smithsonian Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired portions of the Diana Davies Photograph Collection in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Ms. Davies photographed for the Festival of American Folklife. More materials came to the Archives circa 1989 or 1990. Archivist Stephanie Smith visited her in 1998 and 2004, and brought back additional materials which Ms. Davies wanted to donate to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. These two more recent donations of additional photographs (contact sheets, prints, and slides) consisted of documentation of the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Poor People's March on Washington, the Civil Rights Movement, the Georgia Sea Islands, and miscellaneous personalities of the American folk revival. In a letter dated 12 March 2002, Ms. Davies gave full discretion to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to grant permission for both internal and external use of her photographs, with the provison that her work be credited in any use.
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Permission for the duplication or publication of items in the Diana Davies Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections.
Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Please contact the archives staff for further information.
File consists of postcards from Ethel Raim, letters of recommendation. Correspondents include: Ralph Rinzler, Frank Diaz of the New York State Council on the Arts, International Research and Exchange Board. File also includes letter on behalf of Raim and Martin Koenig.
Collection Restrictions:
Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.
Collection Citation:
Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
File consists of "Regional Vocal Styles of Bulgaria" and "Learning Ethnic Dances At a Festival in Queens".
Collection Restrictions:
Large portions of this collection are digitized, and while these materials are being prepared for public access through this finding aid, researchers can request digital copies by contacting the Rinzler Archives at rinzlerarchives@si.edu or (202) 633-7322.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.
Collection Citation:
Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
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Extent:
1 Sound recording
sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Greece
Date:
1974 July 11
General note:
DPA number 74.403.08
Local Numbers:
FP-1974-7RR-0209
General:
CDR copy
74.403.08
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 11, 1974.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Gerry Parsons discussion of rugmaking (Parsons,Englar,Glotfelty,Weir,Pierce;); Rosalie Sorrels, Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens, Sara Cleveland-Q&A; Hazel Dickens--Man of constant sorrow; Libba Cotten--interview
General note:
DPA number 72.101.08
Local Numbers:
FP-1972-7RR-0008
General:
CDR copy
72.101.08
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 1972.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Elizabeth Cotten--Wilson rag; Sara Cleveland--interview--James Bird; Ola Belle Reed--interview--Look down that lonesome road--Banjo tune; Jean Ritchie--interview--What'll I do with the baby-o; Rosalie Sorrels--interview--Joy of Cooking song; Hazel and Alice--My better years; Fat City String Band--Seven and a half--Orange blossom special--Yellow rose of Texas (frag)
Track Information:
101 null / Guitar,Fiddle,Banjo.
General note:
DPA number 72.101.09
Local Numbers:
FP-1972-7RR-0009
General:
CDR copy- Look Down That Lonesome Road used on SFW 40202
72.101.09
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 1972.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (7 inch reel, 1/4 inch tape)
sound-tape reel (analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Maryland
Date:
1972 July 1
Contents:
Ennis Family--Keep looking for the bright side--Lift him up--I decided to make Jesus my choice--Up above my head--Precious Lord take my hand--I just want to celebrate--There is a God--I'm standing on God's promises--Jesus saves--Faith faith faith--99 1/2 won't do--Show me the way; Going to America discussion with Ethel Raim, Manny Mastromalonis, Anna DiBlassi, Mike Farinacci, Erwin Thieberger, Martin Koenig
General note:
DPA number 72.103.03
Local Numbers:
FP-1972-7RR-0024
General:
CDR copy
72.103.03
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 1, 1972.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Going to America discussion with Ethel Raim, Manny Mastromalonis, Anna DiBlassi, Mike Farinacci, Erwin Thieberger, Martin Koenig; Kate Rinzler- presenter- Children's games from the Sea Islands; Bessie Jones-Mama lama--Josephine--Little Sally Walker--Ronald McDonald--Here we go zodiac--Zing, zing, zing--Alabama, Mississippi--Nana thread needle--Old lady from Brewster; Frankl Hovington--90 going north--Lonesome road--Show me the way to go home--Red river--Sing sing prison blues--Keep it quiet--Red River Valley--Ain't got no loving baby blues--Railroad Bill
General note:
DPA number 72.103.04
Local Numbers:
FP-1972-7RR-0025
General:
CDR copy
72.103.04
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 1, 1972.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Going to America discussion; Italian singing; children's games from the Sea Islands
General note:
DPA number 72.103.06
Local Numbers:
FP-1972-7RR-0027
General:
CDR copy
72.103.06
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 2, 1972.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
The Veney Singers--Praise God, from whom all blesings flow--I couldn't keep it all to myself--Everytime I feel the spirit--I feel good--What manner of man is this--I'll fly away--Lean on God; Going to America Discussion pt. 3 with Ralph Rinzler, Sergio and Anna Brotto, Mike Farinacci, Manny Mastromalonis, Angelo and Anna DiBlassi, Ethel Raim and Martin Koenig
General note:
DPA number 72.103.10
Local Numbers:
FP-1972-7RR-0031
General:
CDR copy
72.103.10
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 1972.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
