Inventory of the Ronald D. Cohen Collection, 1914-2005Collection Number 20239![]() Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Biographical Note: Ronald D. CohenRonald Dennis Cohen was born in Los Angeles, Calif. on 3 August 1940. He graduated from North Hollywood High School and attended college at the University of California-Berkeley, graduating with a degree in history in 1962. He continued studying history as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, earning a masters degree in 1964 and a PhD in 1967. In 1965, Cohen married his first wife, with whom he had two children. In 1974, Cohen moved to Gary, Ind., where he taught history at Indiana University Northwest, Gary, beginning in 1970. Ronald Cohen has written numerous books and articles, chiefly on the subjects of education and American folk music. These works include Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970 (2002) and Folk Music: The Basics (2006). Cohen also edited many books, including Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography (1999), written by Agnes Cunningham (Sis) and Gordon Friesen. In 1996, Cohen co-produced (with Dave Samuelson) Songs for Political Action: Folk Music, Topical Songs and the American Left, 1926-1954, a ten-CD Bear Family Records box set. His other recording projects include The Best of Broadside: 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground From the Pages of Broadside Magazine, a five-CD box set released on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 2000. Ronald Cohen's other professional activities include serving as president of Historians of American Communism, 2000-2003, and acting as co-director of the Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana University Northwest. He became a Professor of History Emeritus at Indiana University Northwest, Gary, in 2004, and remarried in 2005. Back to TopBiographical Note: Agnes Sis Cunningham and Gordon FriesenSis Cunningham was born 19 February 1909 in Watonga, Okla. She grew up in a family of poor sharecroppers, playing and writing music from a young age. Cunningham attended Oklahoma State College for Women and taught music briefly after graduating. In 1931, Cunningham spent a summer at Commonwealth College, a socialist school in Mena, Ark. After leaving Commonwealth, Sis Cunningham organized for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, then worked briefly as music director at the Southern School for Women Workers in Asheville, N.C. In 1939, she became a founding member of the Red Dust Players, a traveling agitprop group that wrote and performed radical plays with the goal of mobilizing poor workers. In 1941, Cunningham met and married Gordon Friesen, a radical newspaper journalist and artist also from Oklahoma. Fleeing harassment because of Communist affiliations, Cunningham and Friesen moved to New York City. They moved into Almanac House, a Greenwich Village house shared by topical singing group the Almanac Singers. Sis Cunningham became a member of the Almanac Singers, which included Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Cunningham and Friesen moved to Detroit briefly, returning to New York City in 1944. Cunningham continued her association with the topical song movement, writing and playing songs with People's Songs, while Friesen worked for the Office of War Information. Their daughters, Jane and Agnes, were born in the late 1940s. Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen founded Broadside, a magazine that documented topical and folk songs, in the early 1960s. Broadside operated on a minimal budget and was published out of Cunningham and Friesen's apartment. Many topical folksingers, including Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Janis Ian, and Tom Paxton, had songs published in Broadside early in their careers, and the magazine played a central role in the folk revival. Back to TopCollection OverviewThe Ronald Cohen Collection consists of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to Ronald Cohen, Agnes Cunningham (Sis Cunningham), Gordon Friesen, and Broadside, a topical song magazine. Broadside papers, 1957-1999, include original artwork that appeared in the magazine; personal and business correspondence related to Broadside's operation, including correspondence between the magazine's founders, Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen, and its contributors, who included folk musicians Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, Ernie Marrs, and Malvina Reynolds; transcriptions of songs that were printed in Broadside; articles; press releases; and concert flyers. Ronald Cohen papers, 1932-2005, include personal and professional correspondence; materials related to Cohen's professional career, including recording and book projects; and research files, which document Ronald Cohen's studies of American topical songs and protest songs, the folk revival movement, and McCarthy-era Communism. Included are materials related to Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen's autobiography, Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography, edited by Cohen. Sis Cunningham papers, 1914-1998, include correspondence, family memorabilia, and original songs, plays, and writings. Some materials relate to Cunningham's role in the Red Dust Players, a 1939 agitprop group devoted to organizing for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Gordon Friesen papers, late 1930s-1983, include correspondence, drawings, and writings, many documenting his career as a newspaper journalist and novelist. Photographs consist of family photographs of Sis Cunningham, Gordon Friesen, their two daughters, their parents, and other relatives. Also included are a few unidentified images of old downtown storefronts and cars. Audiovisual materials include Ronald Cohen's collection of audiocassettes, which contain recordings of folk music radio programs, copies of 78 rpm records, recorded interviews, commercial recordings, and copies of Bear Family Records' Songs for Political Action, 1926-1953. Microcassettes include recordings of Ronald Cohen's interviews with various folk musicians and others associated with folk music. Other audiovisual materials include Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen's family films and videocassettes documenting the Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention, which took place in May of 1991. Back to TopArrangement of Collection
1.1. Broadside Papers 1.2. Ronald Cohen Papers 1.3. Sis Cunningham Papers 1.4. Gordon Friesen Papers 1.5. Photographs 2. Audiovisual Materials 2.1. Audiocassettes 2.2. Films 2.3. Videocassettes Items Separated
Photographs (P-4626-4692) Audiocassettes (FS-7370-FS-7571) Films (F-20239/1-14) Videocassettes (VT-20239/1-10) Back to Top Detailed Description of the Collection1. Papers, 1914-2005 (bulk 1940-2005). About 3400 items.
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1.1. Broadside Papers, 1957-1999.
About 1200 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Broadside magazine, founded in 1962, documented the topical and folk song movement.
Papers relating to the magazine's production were maintained by Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen, Broadside's co-creators. Artwork includes original drawings by Agnes and Jane Friesen, daughters of Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen;
other original drawings and photographs that appeared in Broadside; and original paste-up magazine covers and pages, including Broadside's first cover and a page featuring Bob Dylan's song "Train A-Travelin'." General correspondence includes many letters to and from folk singer Pete Seeger. Other correspondence includes responses
to a 1974 profile of Sis Cunningham that appeared in Ms. Magazine; letters exchanged with the family members of folk singer Phil Ochs; letters and original articles by "Dylanologist" Alan J. Weberman; and letters from folk musicians Janis Ian, Ernie Marrs, Malvina Reynolds, and Sammy Walker. Legal materials consist of financial statements and documentation of a brief change of Broadside's ownership during the 1980s. Songs include lead sheets, lyrics transcriptions, and sheet music that appeared in Broadside. Writings consist of articles that appeared in Broadside magazine and in volumes of Broadside re-prints. Miscellaneous materials include press releases, newsletters, and concert flyers. Note that additional correspondence
appears in series 1.3 and 1.4.
Artwork: "Ag's and Jane's drawings"
Folder
2-6Artwork: General
Folder
7Clippings
Folder
8-9Correspondence: General, 1957-1970
Folder
10-13Correspondence: General, 1971-1979
Folder
14-16Correspondence: General, 1980-1999
Folder
17Correspondence: Harper and Row, 1964-1965
Folder
18Correspondence: Janis Ian, 1965-1997
Folder
19Correspondence: Ernie Marrs, 1962-1973
Folder
20Correspondence and related materials: Ms. Magazine, 1974
Folder
21Correspondence: Ochs family and estate, 1981-1982
Folder
22-25Correspondence: Dick Reuss, 1964-1985
Folder
26-27Correspondence: Malvina Reynolds, 1962-1972
Folder
28Correspondence: Bob Shelton, 1970-1971
Folder
29Correspondence: Sammy Walker, 1974-1981
Folder
30-34Correspondence and related materials: Alan J. Weberman, 1968-1971 and undated
Folder
35-37Legal Materials, 1965-1987
Folder
38-39Songs, 1964-1989 and undated
Folder
40Writings
Folder
41-42Miscellaneous related materials
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1.2. Ronald Cohen Papers, 1932-2005.
About 1200 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Processing Note: Papers related to Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography, by Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen, edited by Ronald Cohen, appear in this series. Cunningham and Friesen recorded notes
for Red Dust and Broadsides on a reel-to-reel tape recorder in the early 1970s. Transcriptions of these tapes formed the basis of the book's original
manuscript, which was edited in the 1970s and re-edited in the 1980s. Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen were unable to find
a publisher until Ronald Cohen read and edited the manuscript in the 1990s. Sections of the manuscript in the form of notes,
transcriptions, and drafts have been arranged chronologically (most recent to least recent) to the extent possible. Most,
however, are undated. Due to the process by which the book was created, it is difficult to determine the chronology of these
sections. Original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained. Also note that the name "Cohen," which appears on the original tape transcriptions refers to a Stu Cohen, who manned the tape recorder, not to Ronald Cohen.
Personal and professional correspondence includes correspondence with Broadside creator Sis Cunningham and Folklore Center founder Izzy Young. Materials related to professional projects document Cohen's recording projects, books he authored and edited, and conferences
he organized. Research files document Ronald Cohen's interest in American topical and protest songs, the folk revival movement,
labor history, and McCarthy-era Communism. These files include published works by and about Sis Cunningham, a copy of Gordon Friesen's
FBI file, and various interviews of important figures in the folk music scene in the 1960s and 1970s. Miscellaneous research
materials include folk newsletters, record company catalogs, record liner notes, and song books.
American Roots Music video project, 1998-1999
Folder
45-47Bear Family Recording Project: Songs for Political Action, 1926-1953: Correspondence and notes, 1998-1999
Folder
48Best of Broadside 1962-1968 (box set): Promotional materials, 2000
Folder
49Correspondence: General, 1965
Folder
50Correspondence: Sis Cunningham, 1999-2002
Folder
51Correspondence and related materials: Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber, 1992-1998 and undated
Folder
52Correspondence and related materials: Agnes Friesen, 2001-2004
Folder
53-62Correspondence: Izzy Young, 1989-2005
Folder
63Sis Cunningham interview transcription, 1999
Folder
64-65Sis Cunningham Tribute, "Topical Songs from A (Almanacs) to B (Broadside): Tribute to Sis Cunningham," 1997
Folder
66-67Woody Guthrie Conference, "Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie," 1996-1999
Folder
68Alan Lomax Symposium, 1997-2000
Folder
69Phil Ochs Symposium and Tribute Concert, "I Ain't Marching Anymore: The Music of Phil Ochs as Social Protest," 1999
Folder
70Barry Olivier interview transcription, 1990-1994
Folder
71Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Chapter eight, 1991 (photocopy)
Folder
72Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: "Chapter twelve, three copies of Gordon's OWI and Yorkville"
Folder
73Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: "Broadside material to be incorporated into last third of book"
Folder
74Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Chapter twelve, early drafts
Folder
75Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: "Growing Old in New York" (photocopy)
Folder
76Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Chapter eleven manuscript, from "tape one"
Folder
77-78Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: "First sifting of Sis' early chapters"
Folder
79Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: "Tentative outline of book (detailed)" (photocopy)
Folder
80Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: "Tentative outline of book"
Folder
81Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Book proposal, first draft
Folder
82Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Notes made from taped interviews
Folder
83Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Early outlines and notes
Folder
84Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Correspondence with publishers, 1976-1978
Folder
85Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Correspondence, Sis Cunningham with Jane Fried, 1994
Folder
86-88Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Correspondence, Ron Cohen with Sis Cunningham, 1991-1999
Folder
89Red Dust and Broadsides: A Joint Autobiography: Miscellaneous related materials
Folder
90Dick and Joanne Reuss, Music With a Mission: American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957, 1998-2000
Folder
91Related Research: "Berkeley Folk Scene 1948-1957, Barry Olivier," 1948-1969
Folder
92Related Research: Chicago Labor
Folder
93-95Related Research: "Club 47: An Historical Ethnography of a Folk-Revival Venue in North America, 1958-1968," Mildred Rahn masters thesis, 1993
Folder
96-97Related Research: Bill Cunningham's novel Pretty Boy, 1936 (photocopy)
Folder
98-99Related Research: Sis Cunningham: Published works, 1977 and 1984
Folder
100Related Research: David Dunaway interview with Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane (transcription), 1977
Folder
101Related Research: Gordon Friesen's FBI file, 1945 and 1976
Folder
102Related Research: "The Green Corn Rebellion," Charles C. Bush masters thesis (photocopy), 1932
Folder
103Related Research: Bruce Kaplan, 1992
Folder
104Related Research: Harvey Job Matusow's memoir manuscript, "Cockyboo," bound copy, 1992
Folder
105Related Research: Dick Reuss interviews with Gordon Friesen and Sis Cunningham (transcriptions), 1965-1968
Folder
106-108Related Research: Dick Reuss interviews with Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane (transcriptions), 1966-1968
Folder
109-110Related Research: Dick Reuss interview transcriptions, 1962-1971
Folder
111-113Related Research: Dick Reuss interviews with Izzy Young (transcriptions), 1965
Folder
114Related Research: Sing Out! files, 1966-1990
Folder
115-116Related Research: Miscellaneous related materials
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1.3. Sis Cunningham Papers, 1914-1998.
About 400 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Papers relate to the life and career of Agnes Cunningham (Sis). Materials include photocopied newspaper clippings about Cunningham,
correspondence, legal materials, songs, and writings. General correspondence includes letters written and received after 1993;
additional correspondence appears in series 1.1. The scrapbook contains blurbs and reviews of Cunningham's songbook "Red Dust and Broadsides." Legal materials consist of song contracts and documentation of copyright disputes involving Cunningham's songs. There are
also original plays written and performed by the Red Dust Players, a traveling agitprop group founded in 1939 that wrote and
performed plays for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Red Dust Players materials also include some correspondence between
Cunningham and fellow Red Dust Players member Dorothy Schmidt in later years. Songs and songbooks include materials for Cunningham's
songbooks "Wall Street Suite" and "Red Dust and Broadsides," as well as lyrics and sheet music for other original songs, lyrics for traditional songs, and her transcriptions of songs
by other songwriters. Writings consist of manuscripts of original stories, plays, and articles. These include "The Northern Star," a play written for a drama club Cunningham founded when she worked for the Children's Aid Society in the Frederick Douglass
Housing Project. Notebooks contain political notes, quotations collected by Cunningham, and notes for books and stories. Miscellaneous
materials include Cunningham's second grade report card from 1916-1917 and other Cunningham family memorabilia.
Clippings, 1925-1997 and undated
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5Correspondence: Address card file
Folder
119Correspondence: Oversized addresses from card file
Folder
120Correspondence: General, 1993-1996 and undated
Folder
121Correspondence: Scrapbook, 1990-1991 and undated
Folder
122-123Legal Materials: Copyright dispute with Warner Brothers Records and Ry Cooder, 1972-1973
Folder
124Legal Materials: Copyright dispute with Music Sales Corporation, 1988-1993
Folder
125Legal Materials: Song contracts and related correspondence, 1964-1993
Folder
126-127Red Dust Players, 1940-1988 and undated
Folder
128-131Songs and Songbooks, 1961-1997 and undated
Folder
132Writings: "Birdie O'Ferrall" ("Miss O'Quin - Sis' story")
Folder
133Writings: "The Northern Star," possibly November 1955
Folder
134-139Writings: "A Star for Darcy"
Folder
140Writings: Miscellaneous, 1979 and undated
Folder
141Writings: Personal journals, 1987-1994
Folder
142-144Writings: Notebooks
Folder
145Miscellaneous related materials, 1914-1998 and undated
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1.4. Gordon Friesen Papers, late 1930s-1983.
About 500 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject, then chronological.
Papers consist of correspondence, drawings, and writings. Correspondence includes a transcription of an interview with Gordon
Friesen conducted by David Dunaway, who was conducting research for a biography of Pete Seeger, and a photocopied article
about Friesen written by Allan Teichroew for the magazine Mennonite Life. Note that additional correspondence appears in series 1.1. Drawings include about 400 original drawings, some of which appeared
in Broadside magazine. Writings include a manuscript of Gordon Friesen's unpublished novel "Unrest," probably written in the late 1930s; a photocopy of Friesen's political pamphlet "Oklahoma Witch Hunt"; photocopies and manuscripts of published articles; and typed notes for stories or novels.
Correspondence: General, 1944
Folder
147Correspondence: David Dunaway, 1976
Folder
148Correspondence: Allan Teichroew, 1983
Folder
149Drawings
Folder
150-161Writings: "Unrest," late 1930s
Folder
162Writings: Sis Cunningham's notes on "Unrest"
Folder
163-164Writings: Miscellaneous, 1958-1962
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1.5. Photographs, 1916-1952 and undated.
About 60 items.
Includes photographs of Sis Cunningham, Gordon Friesen, and their children Agnes and Jane Friesen; photographs of Gordon Friesen's
parents; photographs of Sis Cunningham's family, including a 1916 photo of Sis Cunningham's first grade class; and other unidentified
photographs, probably of Cunningham's and Friesen's families. Also included are a few unidentified images of old downtown
storefronts and cars.
Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen family photographs
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2.1. Audiocassettes, 1942-2002.
202 items.
Arrangement: Audiocassettes (FS-7370-FS-7473) are arranged chronologically, by the content of the cassette, then alphabetically
for undated cassettes. Note that the original numbered titles of cassettes FS-7448-FS-7463 have been retained. See donor's
guide for a more complete listing of the content of these cassettes. Microcassettes (FS-7474-FS-7571) are arranged alphabetically,
by interview subject.
Content of audiocassettes dates from 1942-2002 and includes recordings of folk music radio programs from the 1940s to the 1990s; copies of 78 rpm records, chiefly folk
and topical songs; taped interviews; commercial recordings; and copies of Bear Family Records' Songs for Political Action, 1926-1953. Recordings of Bob Dylan are included, including what is probably a copy of a reel-to-reel recording made by Dylan for Broadside magazine. Copies of 78 rpm records include recordings by Woody Guthrie, the Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger, and the Weavers. Interview subjects include Phil Ochs, Sis Cunningham, Gordon Friesen, Bernice Reagon, Dave Van Ronk, and Izzy Young. Microcassettes consist of recorded interviews conducted by Ronald Cohen, including interviews with Eric Anderson, Oscar Brand, John Cohen, Sis Cunningham, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Studs Terkel, Peter Yarrow, and Izzy Young.
Vern Pantlow, 1942-1944
Audiocassette
FS-7371Side A: CIO Political Action Committee Program; Side B: CIO Department of Education & Res. - Tom Glazer, 1946
Audiocassette
FS-7372Side A: Margot Mayo WNYC Programs, 1946-1947; Side B: Almanac Singers
Audiocassette
FS-7373Risseldy Rosseldy, Betty Sanders, 1947
Audiocassette
FS-7374Earl Robinson, 1949
Audiocassette
FS-7375Charity Bailey - YPR, 1950
Audiocassette
FS-7376Side A: Lonesome Valley, Folkways, 1950; Side B: Citizen C.I.O., Asch, 1944
Audiocassette
FS-7377Vern Pantlow: Tape I, 18 May 1958-22 May 1958
Audiocassette
FS-7378Vern Pantlow: Tape II, 18 May 1958-22 May 1958
Audiocassette
FS-7379Bob Dylan with Cynthia Gooding - Folksinger's Choice, 11 March 1962
Audiocassette
FS-7380"With God on Our Side," 12 April 1963; "Seven Curses," circa 1963; other acetates
Audiocassette
FS-7381Herb Dexter, Folk Music (Magazine), New York City, 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7382J. Lester: Interview by Josh Dunson, 4 August 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7383Phil Ochs: Interview by Josh Dunson, 19 August 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7384Sis Cunningham/Gordon Friesen: Interview by Josh Dunson, 20 August 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7385Irwin Silber/Barbara Dane: Interview by Josh Dunson: Tape I, 11 September 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7386Irwin Silber/Barbara Dane: Interview by Josh Dunson: Tape II, 11 September 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7387Gil Turner: Interview by Josh Dunson, 16 September 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7388Bernice Reagon: Interview by Josh Dunson, 2 November 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7389Guy Carawan: Interview by Josh Dunson, 11 December 1964
Audiocassette
FS-7390Folk City U.S.A., WCRB, Boston: Tape 1, August 1965
Audiocassette
FS-7391Folk City U.S.A., WCRB, Boston: Tape 2, August 1965
Audiocassette
FS-7392Folk City U.S.A., WCRB, Boston: Tape 3, August 1965
Audiocassette
FS-7393WBAI-FM NYC, Steve Rathe program on Izzy Young, April 1973
Audiocassette
FS-7394Harold Levanthal: Tape 1, 9 June 1977
Audiocassette
FS-7395Harold Levanthal: Tape 2, 9 June 1977
Audiocassette
FS-7396Side A: Bob Gibson and Hamilton Camp, Studs Terkel program, 15 December 1978; Side B: Guy and Candy Carawan
Audiocassette
FS-7397David Dunaway, KPFA: People's Songs, People's Artists: Pacifica Tape Library: Tape 1, 1979
Audiocassette
FS-7398David Dunaway, KPFA: People's Songs, People's Artists: Pacifica Tape Library: Tape 2, 1979
Audiocassette
FS-7399David Dunaway, KPFA: People's Songs, People's Artists: Pacifica Tape Library: Tape 3 1979
Audiocassette
FS-7400Marcia Berman Sings Malvina Reynolds's "Rabbits Dance," 1985
Audiocassette
FS-7401Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, also featuring Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, 1986
Audiocassette
FS-7402Peace Bells, Job Matusow, 1987
Audiocassette
FS-7403Folk Songs and Ballads sung by Joe Hickerson with a gathering of friends, Joe Hickerson, 1988
Audiocassette
FS-7404Dave Van Ronk interview: Tape 1, New York City, 12 May 1989
Audiocassette
FS-7405Dave Van Ronk interview: Tape 2, New York City, 12 May 1989
Audiocassette
FS-7406The Best of Dick Cerri's Music Americana Showcases, May 1989
Audiocassette
FS-7407Dick Weissman, Boulder, Colo., November 1989
Audiocassette
FS-7408Dick Weissman/Journeymen, December 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7409Bob Fass, WBAI, New York City, 11 January 1991, Rosalie Sorrels
Audiocassette
FS-7410Copy of Mimi Farina and Bob Gibson Live at Bear's Place, 16 May 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7411Reuss Conference Concert: Tape I, 17 May 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7412Reuss Conference Concert: Tape II, 17 May 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7413Reuss Conference Concert: Tape III, 17 May 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7414Ronnie Gilbert, KPFA, 17 February 1994
Audiocassette
FS-7415Manny Greenhill Interview (by Jim Rooney), Folk Alliance, February 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7416Folk Legends panel, Folk Alliance, February 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7417George Wein (R. Cohen), New York City, 25 August 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7418Demo Cassette to accompany "And the Beat Goes On" by Michael Campbell, 1996
Audiocassette
FS-7419"The Tribute to Sis Cunningham," Ethical Culture Society, New York City: Tape 1, 2 November 1997
Audiocassette
FS-7420"The Tribute to Sis Cunningham," Ethical Culture Society, New York City: Tape 2, 2 November 1997
Audiocassette
FS-7421Fresh Air: Peter Goldsmith Biography of Moe Asch, broadcast 10 June 1998
Audiocassette
FS-7422Side A: Talk of the Nation: Billy Bragg, 1 July 1998; Side B: Billy Bragg/Nora Guthrie, "Anthem," 5 July 1998
Audiocassette
FS-7423Tom Paley in Spain playing banjo, May 1999
Audiocassette
FS-7424Ramblin' Jack Elliott Party, New York City, AMC Theater, 9 August 2000
Audiocassette
FS-7425Talk of the Nation: Alan Lomax, 24 July 2002
Audiocassette
FS-7426"78s & stuff": Les Baxter, Ronnie Gilbert, etc.
Audiocassette
FS-7427Folk Music from BBC Archive
Audiocassette
FS-7428"Mordecai Bauman Sings Shakespeare Songs, Songs of American Sailormen, George M. Cohen Songs"
Audiocassette
FS-7429Allan Block: Ebenezer, "Tell It To Me" and "Alive & Well & Fiddling"
Audiocassette
FS-7430Mario Cassetta's 78 Collection: Tape I
Audiocassette
FS-7431Mario Cassetta's 78 Collection: Tape II
Audiocassette
FS-7432Broadside Tape From Reel: Bob Dylan/Gil Turner
Audiocassette
FS-7433Jack Elliott original recording: 912 Green
Audiocassette
FS-74349th Annual Folk Alliance Conference: "A Half Century of Folk Music"
Audiocassette
FS-7435Lee Hays bootleg recordings
Audiocassette
FS-7436"Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie & The Great Depression - A Radio Documentary by Danny Meltzer"
Audiocassette
FS-7437"Northwind"
Audiocassette
FS-7438Side A: Gabby Pahinui and Ry Cooder, "Hawaiian Songs Vol. 1"; Side B: Karen Dalton, Hank Williams
Audiocassette
FS-7439"Political Project": Tape I
Audiocassette
FS-7440"Political Project": Tape II
Audiocassette
FS-7441"Political Project": Tape III
Audiocassette
FS-7442Roll the Union On/Ballad of FDR
Audiocassette
FS-7443Songs from the Third Reich
Audiocassette
FS-7444Strange Funeral at Braddock, etc.
Audiocassette
FS-7445They'll Never Keep us Down: Women's Coal Mining Songs
Audiocassette
FS-7446Josh White, "Southern Exposure"
Audiocassette
FS-7447YPR Sampler
Audiocassette
FS-74488250/8251: Includes recordings by Josh White, Keynote recordings by the Almanac Singers, and Asch recordings by Pete Seeger
Audiocassette
FS-74498252: Includes recordings by Woody Guthrie ("Sally Don't you Grieve" and "Jim Crow"), Josh White, the Union Boys, Burl Ives, Tom Glazer, Earl Robinson, and Pete Seeger
Audiocassette
FS-74508253/8249: Includes Labor Arts Presents Ballads for Sectarians and recordings by Pete Seeger, Bob Hill/Fred Hellerman, the Weavers, and Joe Glazer
Audiocassette
FS-74517907: Includes recordings by the Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger, Bernie Asbel, Josh White, Earl Robinson, Beatrice Kay, Manhattan
Chorus, Goodson and Vale, and Sir Lancelot
Audiocassette
FS-74527908: Includes recordings by Saul Arrons, American Student Union Cast, Josh White, the Weavers, Bob Ferguson and His Scalawaggers,
Progressive Party Campaign, and Manhattan Chorus
Audiocassette
FS-74537915: "Political Tapes," including "We Shall Not be Moved," "Hammer Song," "Jim Crow," "Red Boogie," and "John I Hardly Knew You"
Audiocassette
FS-74547916: "Politcal Tapes," including recordings by the Weavers
Audiocassette
FS-74557919: Includes "Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore," recordings by Earl Robinson, and Chinese Army songs
Audiocassette
FS-74567937: Includes "We're All Dodgin'," "Blow the Man Down," "House of the Rising Sons," and recordings by Tommy Collins
Audiocassette
FS-74577950: Includes Polygram recordings by Barbara Lynn, Lonnie Donegan, and Woody Guthrie ("Mean Talking Blues," etc.)
Audiocassette
FS-74587951: "Polygram Political": Includes recordings by the Almanac Singers, Josh White, Earl Robinson, and Tony Kraber
Audiocassette
FS-74597952/7917: Recordings by Earl Robinson and Harrison Dowd
Audiocassette
FS-74607953: Includes Commodore recordings by Peter Hawes, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, the Weavers, and the Folkcrafters; and recordings
by the Almanac Singers
Audiocassette
FS-74618165: "Pete's Stash": Includes various recordings by Pete Seeger, including "John Henry," "Union Song," "Midnight Special," and "East Virginia"
Audiocassette
FS-74628166: Includes recordings by Pete Seeger ("Live at Town Hall," "Talkin Politics," "Dark of the Moon,") and recordings by Josh White and the Weavers
Audiocassette
FS-74638167: Recordings by Pete Seeger: Includes "Which Side Are You On," "Talkin Atom Blues," "Ida Red," and "John Hardy"
Audiocassette
FS-7464Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 1
Audiocassette
FS-7465Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 2
Audiocassette
FS-7466Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 3
Audiocassette
FS-7467Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 4
Audiocassette
FS-7468Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 5
Audiocassette
FS-7469Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 6
Audiocassette
FS-7470Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 7
Audiocassette
FS-7471Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 8
Audiocassette
FS-7472Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 9
Audiocassette
FS-7473Songs For Political Action, 1926-1953, Bear Family Records: CD 10
Audiocassette
FS-7474Interview with Jackie Alper, 5 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7475Interview with Eric Anderson, Gary, Ind., 13 February 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7476Interview with Bernie Asbell, State college, Pa., 14 August 1992: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7477Interview with Bernie Asbell, State College, Pa., 14 August 1992: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7478Interview with Mordecai Bauman, New York City, N.Y., 13 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7479Interview with M. Berman and H. Cohen, Venice, 5 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7480Interview with Bob Black, Berkeley, Calif., 5 January 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7481Interview with Oscar Brand, New York, 29 September 1991: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7482Interview with Oscar Brand,, New York, 29 September 1991: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7483Interview with Les Brown, New York City, N.Y., 8 March 1994
Audiocassette
FS-7484Interview with Guy Carawan, 24 January 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7485Interview with Mario Casetta, 5 December 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7486Interview with Len Chandler, Los Angeles, Calif., 4 December 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7487Interview with H. Cohen, 2 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7488Interview with John Cohen, 3 October 1991: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7489Interview with John Cohen, 4 October 1991: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7490Interview with Sis Cunningham, New York City, N.Y., 4 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7491Interview with Bob DeCormier, Belmont, Vt., 9 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7492Interview with Art D'Lugoff, New York City, N.Y., 26 August 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7493Interview with Josh Dunson, Rolling Prairie, Ind., 25 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7494Interview with Billy Faier, Woodstock, N.Y., 8 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7495Interview with M. Fleischer, 1 December 1989
Audiocassette
FS-7496Interview with Raeburn Flerlage, Chicago, Ill., 15 July 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7497Interview with Hope Foye, 3 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7498Interview with Frank Fried, San Diego, Calif., 19 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7499Interview with Ronnie Gilbert, Milwaukee, Wis., 16 May 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7500Interview with Lou Gordon, New York City, N.Y., 3 May 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7501Interview with Arthur Gorson, Los Angeles, Calif., 3 December 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7502Interview with Lou Gottlieb, Los Angeles, Calif., 22 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7503Interview with Manny Greenhill, Santa Monica, Calif., 21 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7504Interview with Mitch Greenhill, Los Angeles, Calif., 27 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7505Interview with Dawn Greening, Fort Collins, Colo., 5 July 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7506Interview with Frank Hamilton, Atlanta, Ga., 2 November 1990: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7507Interview with Frank Hamilton, Atlanta, Ga., 2 November 1990: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7508Interview with Barry Hansen, Los Angeles, Calif., 28 June 1990: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7509Interview with Barry Hansen, Los Angeles, Calif., 28 June 1990: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7510Interview with Bess Hawes, Arlington, Va., 16 September 1994
Audiocassette
FS-7511Interview with F. Hellerman, New York City, N.Y., 27 September 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7512Interview with Carolyn Hester, Los Angeles, Calif., 3 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7513Interview with Joe Hickerson, 17 May 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7514Interview with Sam Hinton, San Diego, Calif., 20 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7515Interview with Moe Hirsch, Berkeley, Calif., 2 January 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7516Interview with Lee Hoffman and Aaron Rennert, Port Charlotte, Fla., 2 January 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7517Interview with Jac Holzman, Los Angeles, Calif., 27 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7518Interview with Joe Jaffe, Berkeley, Calif., 29 June 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7519Interview with Ed Kahn, Los Angeles, Calif., 25 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7520Interview with Orrin Keepnews, Berkeley, Calif., 19 October 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7521Interview with L. Kilberg, New York City, N.Y., 2 May 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7522Interview with Barry Kornfeld, New York City, N.Y., 27 April 1996
Audiocassette
FS-7523Interview with Bernie Krause, Highland Park, Ill., 18 August 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7524Interview with Julius Lester, Amherst, Mass., 10 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7525Interview with Harold Levanthal, 3 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7526Interview with E. Lieberman, 30 September 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7527Interview with Jo Mapes, Chicago, Ill., 15 December 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7528Interview with Gerry McCabe, Venice, 7 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7529Interview with Country Joe McDonald, Berkeley, Calif., 24 April 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7530Interview with J. Meizner, New York City, N.Y., 1 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7531Interview with Moses Moon, Bodega Bay, Calif., 5 July 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7532Interview with Ray Nordstrand, Chicago, Ill., 1 August 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7533Interview with Odetta, New York City, N.Y., 5 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7534Interview with Milt Okun, Beverly Hills, Calif., 2 December 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7535Interview with Barry Olivier, Berkeley, Calif., 2 July 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7536Interview with Barry Olivier, Berkeley, Calif., 1 July 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7537Interview with Noel Osheroff, 31 July 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7538Interview with Tom Paley, Stockholm, Sweden, 29 May 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7539Side A: Interview with Sandy Paton; Side B: Interview with Caroline Paton, 29 January 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7540Interview with Ed Pearl, Los Angeles, Calif., 25 June 1990: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7541Interview with Ed Pearl, Los Angeles, Calif., 25 June 1990: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7542Interview with Mary Ann Pollar, Oakland, Calif., 13 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7543Interview with Ethel Raim, New York City, N.Y., 12 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7544Interview with Susan Reed, New York City, N.Y., 29 April 1996
Audiocassette
FS-7545Interview with Ralph Rinzler, 15 May 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7546Interview with Robin Roberts, Old Tappan, N.J., 19 June 1997
Audiocassette
FS-7547Interview with Dick Rosmini, Los Angeles, Calif., 7 August 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7548Interview with Paul Rothchild, Los Angeles, Calif., 26 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7549Interview with Harry Schacter, New York City, N.Y., 8 March 1993
Audiocassette
FS-7550Interview with Teddi Schwartz, New York City, N.Y., 12 August 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7551Interview with J. Sebastian, Woodstock, N.Y., 4 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7552Interview with Peggy Seeger, Gary, Ind., 8 November 1994
Audiocassette
FS-7553Interview with P. Siegel, 2 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7554Interview with Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane, Oakland, Calif., 2 July 1990: Tape 1
Audiocassette
FS-7555Interview with Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane, Oakland, Calif., 2 July 1990: Tape 2
Audiocassette
FS-7556Interview with Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber, Oakland, Calif., 5 July 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7557Side A: Interview with Mark Silber; Side B: Interview with Rita Weill, Berkeley, Calif., 6 July 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7558Irwin Silber "Hootenanny," Oakland, Calif., 13 December 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7559Interview with J. Silverman, 30 September 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7560Interview with G. Sprung, New York City, N.Y., 26 June 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7561Interview with Chris Strachwitz, El Cerito, Calif., 6 July 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7562Interview with Studs Terkel, Chicago, Ill., 1 August 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7563Interview with Happy Traum, Woodstock, N.Y., 5 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7564Interview with George Wein, New York City, N.Y., 25 August 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7565Interview with Eric Weissberg, Woodstock, N.Y., 4 October 1991
Audiocassette
FS-7566Interview with Stan Wilson, Berkeley, Calif., 2 July 1992
Audiocassette
FS-7567Interview with Peter Yarrow, Chicago, Ill., 3 December 1995
Audiocassette
FS-7568Interview with Izzy Young, Stockholm, Sweden, 3 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7569Interview with Izzy Young, Stockholm, Sweden, 4 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7570Interview with Izzy Young, Stockholm, Sweden, 5 June 1990
Audiocassette
FS-7571Interview with Henrietta Yurchenco, New York City, N.Y., 10 March 1993
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2.2. Films, .
14 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Films consist of home movies made by the family of Sis Cunningham and Gordon Friesen. Most are undated. Note that original
film titles and descriptions have been retained. Also note that F-20239/9 is broken, and that F-20239/13 and F-20239/14 contain
no labels or descriptions.
Airplane & William X
Film
F-20239/2Animals
Film
F-20239/3Chris & Josh; "begins with beautiful shots of Jane - Mom and Japanese"
Film
F-20239/4Clambake, Cat, Mom, Mice
Film
F-20239/5Clambake, Cats, too light; "alright at distance"
Film
F-20239/6Clambake in park with Eric and family/Gordon, Eric, Sis, Jane in park
Film
F-20239/7Ellie, Julie, Jane, Grandma; "taken by Jane and Grandma, Winter 1970-1971"
Film
F-20239/8Ellie, Julie, Willie, Jane, Ag
Film
F-20239/9Jane and Baker in Park (broken)
Film
F-20239/10Martins in Park/Willie and Julie, Fall 1969
Film
F-20239/11Matt McGinn/Matt and P. Kaplan
Film
F-20239/12Mom, Dad, Ag, Jane, Baker, Art
Film
F-20239/13Unlabeled
Film
F-20239/14Unlabeled
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2.3. Videocassettes, May 1991.
10 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Videocassettes document the Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention, which took place in May of 1991. Note that original
video titles and descriptions have been retained.
The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Courtyard Camera: Tape 1
Videotape
VT-20239/2The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Courtyard Camera Day 2: Tape 1
Videotape
VT-20239/3The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Courtyard Camera Day 2: Tape 2
Videotape
VT-20239/4The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Lobby Camera: Tape 1
Videotape
VT-20239/5The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Lobby Camera: Tape 2
Videotape
VT-20239/6The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Lobby Camera, Hootenanny: Tape 1
Videotape
VT-20239/7The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Lobby Camera, Hootenanny: Tape 2
Videotape
VT-20239/8The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Lobby Camera Day 2: Tape 2
Videotape
VT-20239/9The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Panel Discussions, Square Dance Musicians
Videotape
VT-20239/10The Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Convention: Square Dance
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