Collection Summary
Bess Lomax Hawes collection circa
1890s-2009
circa 1890s-2009
AFC
2014/008
Bess Lomax Hawes, 1921-2009
13,480 items
45 containers
394 folders in 31
boxes
33 sound tape reels : analog ; various
sizes.
68 sound cassettes : analog.
1 sound disc (CD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4
in.
circa 2,000 photographic
prints : black and white, color ; various sizes.
circa 500 photographs :
film negatives.
circa 200
drawings.
8 videocassettes (VHS) :
color, sound ; 1/2 in.
2 video discs (DVD) : digital
; 4 3/4 in.
approximately 20 items ; various
sizes.
English
Collection material in English.
Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Papers and audiovisual materials relating
to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, filmmaker,
musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes, most from 1960-2001. Includes work produced by
Hawes in her work as a professor at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge,
California, and as head of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program in
Washington, DC. The collection includes writings, correspondence, business records,
musical transcriptions and photographs. Also includes artwork produced by her husband,
Baldwin "Butch" Hawes.
Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife
Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bergey, Barry--Correspondence.
Bulger, Peggy A.--Correspondence.
Cohen, Ronald D., 1940-
Dane, Barbara.
Duggan, Shirley Lomax, 1905-1996--Correspondence.
Dundes, Alan--Correspondence.
Elder, J. D. (Jacob Delworth), 1913-2003--Correspondence.
Hanks, Nancy, 1927-1983--Correspondence.
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009--Correspondence.
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009--Ethnomusicological collections.
Hawes, Butch, 1919-1971
Hawes, Butch, 1919-1971--Correspondence.
Hodsoll, Francis Samuel Monaise--Correspondence.
Jabbour, Alan--Correspondence.
Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984--Correspondence--Interviews.
Leadbelly, 1885-1949.
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Correspondence.
Lomax, Bess Brown, 1880-1931--Correspondence.
Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948--Correspondence.
Lomax, John A., Jr. (John Avery), 1907-1974--Correspondence.
Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)--Correspondence.
McCann, Gordon, 1931- --Correspondence.
Rinzler, Ralph--Correspondence.
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014--Correspondence.
Seeger, Toshi--Correspondence.
Willett, E. Henry, 1951- --Correspondence.
Organizations
Almanac Singers.
American Folklife Center.
American Folklore Society.
Association for Cultural Equity.
California Folklore Society.
California State University, Northridge.
Festival of American Folklife.
Festival of Pacific Arts (6th : 1992 : Rarotonga, Cook Islands)
National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program.
National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program.
National Endowment for the Arts. National Heritage Fellowship.
Sea Island Singers.
Subjects
African Americans--Music.
Arts administrators--United States--Biography.
Children's songs.
Ethnic arts.
Ethnomusicology.
Folk art.
Folk dancing--United States.
Folk festivals.
Folk music--United States.
Folk songs, English.
Folklore--California.
Folklore--Study and teaching.
Folklore--United States--Congresses.
Folklorists' writings, American.
Folklorists--United States--Correspondence.
Indians of North America--California--Music.
Music--Bermuda Islands.
Music--Cook Islands.
Music--Guam.
Music--Hawaii.
Music--Micronesia (Federated States)
Music--Northern Mariana Islands.
Music--Samoa.
Music--Trinidad and Tobago.
Music--United States.
Music--West Indies.
Public folklore--Washington (D.C.)
Shape-note singing.
Singing games--Antilles, Lesser.
Singing games--Sea Islands.
Women folklorists--United States.
Form/Genre
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Documentary films.
Drawings.
Field notes.
Interviews.
Manuscripts.
Oral histories.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Scores.
Scrapbooks.
Songbooks.
Sound recordings.
Speeches.
Videocassettes.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Sound
recordings; III. Graphic materials; IV. Moving images; V. Artifacts.
Acquisition
Donated by Naomi Bishop, Corey Denos and Nicholas Hawes in 2014.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Related Material
Bess Lomax Hawes Student Folklore Collection, 1958-1977 at the California State
University, Northridge
Processing History
Melissa Lindberg processed the collection, beginning in 2015 and completing work in
2016. The collection was organized by family members before it was transferred to the
American Folklife Center, and the processor maintained that order. In rare cases where
original order was not apparent, the processor assigned an order. Most of the collection
was rehoused. Unlabeled folders were assigned labels.
Copyright Status
Duplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other
restrictions.
Access and Restrictions
The collection is open for research use. Access restrictions apply. Please contact the
Folklife Reading Room before requesting materials: [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact]
Online Content
Part of the Bess Lomax Hawes Collection is available on the Library of Congress Web site at
[https://www.loc.gov/collections/bess-lomax-hawes/about-this-collection/]
Preferred Citation
Bess Lomax Hawes collection (AFC 2014/008), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife
Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Bess Lomax Hawes (1921-2009) was a folklorist, teacher, musician, writer, filmmaker, and
folk arts administrator. Named for her mother, Bess Brown Lomax, Jr. was exposed at a
young age to folk music performance and fieldwork through her father, John A. Lomax, and
brother, Alan Lomax. As a teenager she transcribed music from field recording sessions,
and provided assistance to her father, brother Alan, and composer Ruth Crawford Seeger
during their work on
Our Singing Country
(1941), a collection of American folk songs and ballads. After graduating from
Bryn Mawr College in 1941, she moved to New York City, where she performed with the
Almanac Singers, including Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, her future husband, artist Butch
Hawes, and others. She moved with her husband to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she
taught guitar lessons, wrote music and cared for her young children.
In 1952, Hawes moved with her family to California, where she taught guitar and courses
in folklore and anthropology at San Fernando Valley State College (now California State
University, Northridge). As professor, she wrote a number of academic papers and was an
active participant in the California Folklore Society, which she served as president
from 1971-1973. While on the faculty at San Fernando Valley State, Hawes completed her
M.A. in Folklore from the University of California, Berkeley, studying under folklorist
Alan Dundes. She made four films while working in California:
Georgia Sea Island Singers
(1964),
Buckdancer
(1965),
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
(1967) and
Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle
(1970).
In 1977, Hawes moved to Washington, D.C. to serve as head of the Folk Arts Program at
the National Endowment for the Arts, and stayed on for a fifteen-year tenure. At NEA she
raised the public profile of the folk arts, establishing apprenticeship and other grant
programs to support folk artists with skills as varied as music and dance, basketmaking,
and pottery. A crowning achievement at the NEA was the establishment of the National
Heritage Fellowship program to honor folk artists for lifetime achievement and
contributions to traditional arts in the United States. Hawes traveled widely for her
work at NEA, both nationally and internationally. She wrote several books:
Step It Down
(1972), co-authored with Bessie Jones;
Brown Girl in the Ring
(1997), co-authored with Alan Lomax and J.D. Elder; and
Sing It Pretty
(2008), a memoir. In 1993 Hawes received the National Medal of Arts from
president Bill Clinton.
Scope and Content
Collection of manuscripts, sound recordings, graphic materials, moving images and
artifacts representing the life work of folk arts administrator, folklorist, filmmaker,
musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes. The bulk of the collection materials date from
1960 through 2000 and document Hawes’s work as a professor in the anthropology
department at San Fernando Valley State College, as a coordinator for the Smithsonian
Institution’s Festival of American Folklife, and as the first head of the National
Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program. The collection also includes documentation of
Hawes’s family life and work as a musician and teacher.
Formats include correspondence, writings and speeches, musical transcriptions, school
records, memos, business records, reports, teaching materials, travel documentation,
field and research notes, clippings, awards, sound recordings, moving images,
photographs, and artwork.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/2014655281]
Container List
Series I: Manuscripts
Note: Some of Hawes’s San Fernando Valley State College (SFVSC) students’
papers are included in the series, though most are in the Bess Lomax Hawes Student
Folklore Collection at the California State University, Northridge (formerly
SFVSC).
01.01a
Finding aid, 2016
2016
01.01
California Festival (1975),
1975-1976
1975-1976
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01.02
Pacific Islands, Festival of American Folklife,
1975
1975
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01.03
Native Americans, Festival of American Folklife,
1976
1976
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01.04
Hispanic Week, Festival of American Folklife,
1976
1976
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01.05
Regional, Festival of American Folklife,
1975-1976
1975-1976
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01.06
Festival of American Folklife Evaluations,
1976
1976
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01.07
Children's Area, Festival of American Folklife,
1975-1976
1975-1976
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01.08
Names/addresses, Festival of American Folklife,
1976
1976
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01.09
Chronological file, Festival of American
Folklife, 1975
1975
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01.10
Chronological file, Festival of American
Folklife, 1975-1976
1975-1976
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01.11
Press releases, Festival of American Folklife,
1975
1975
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01.12
Trip reports, Nancy Hanks, 1977
1977
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Hanks was director of the NEA at the time.
01.13
Correspondence, 1968-1975
1968-1975
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Mostly concerning American Folklore Society and Festival of American
Folklife business.
01.14
Southern California Academy of Sciences,
1971
1971
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Correspondence mostly concerning annual meeting.
01.15
Society for Ethnomusicology,
1970-1974
1970-1974
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01.16
Regional festivals and meetings,
1963-1971
1963-1971
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02.01
Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest,
1962-1973
1962-1973
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Bess Lomax Hawes helped organize this event.
02.02
Regional folklore societies, miscellaneous,
1961-1975
1961-1975
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02.03
Smithsonian research publications,
1975-1976
1975-1976
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02.04
Festival of American Folklife,
1975-1977
1975-1977
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02.05
Smithsonian, 1973-1976
1973-1976
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02.06
Festival of American Folklife, regional recipes,
circa 1975
circa 1975
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02.07
Society for the Survey of North American
Culture, Festival of American Folklife, 1976
1976
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02.08
Family folklore, Festival of American Folklife,
1976
1976
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02.09
Bess's personnel papers, 1976-1977
1976-1977
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02.10
Correspondence, Smithsonian Festival of American
Folklife, 1975-1978
1975-1978
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03.01
Henry Willett, 1977-1989
1977-1989
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03.02
Indian holdings, Library of Congress,
1978-1985
1978-1985
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Mostly about Federal Cylinder Project.
03.03
Tennessee Tombigbee Project, Library of
Congress, 1978-1985
1978-1985
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03.04
In-house memos, NEA, 1978-1993
1978-1993
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03.05
NEA Folk Arts program reports,
1979-1995
1979-1995
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Includes annual reports and information about folk arts programming
history, NEA fellows and interview with BLH.
03.06
Commentary of the Folk Arts program,
1984-1991
1984-1991
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03.07
Staff/panel commentary, NEA,
1979-1980
1979-1980
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03.08
Folk arts public commentary,
1978-1992
1978-1992
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03.09
Folk Arts grants, 1980-1993
1980-1993
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03.10
Conference: Sustainable Folk Arts Programming,
1994-1995
1994-1995
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03.11
Tours: ethnic and overseas,
1979-1987
1979-1987
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03.12
Alabama trip field notes, 1992
1992
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04.01
Site visit reports, 1982-1991
1982-1991
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04.02
Correspondence, January-June, 1977
1977
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04.03
Correspondence, July-December, 1977
1977
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04.04
Correspondence, January-June, 1978
1978
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04.05
Correspondence, July-December, 1978
1978
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04.06
Correspondence, January-June, 1979
1979
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04.07
Correspondence, July-December, 1979
1979
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04.08
Correspondence, January-June, 1980
1980
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04.09
Correspondence, July-December, 1980
1980
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04.10
Correspondence, January-June, 1981
1981
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04.11
Correspondence, July-December, 1981
1981
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05.01
Correspondence, January-June, 1982
1982
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05.02
Correspondence, July-December, 1982
1982
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05.03
Correspondence, January-June, 1983
1983
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05.04
Correspondence, July-December, 1983
1983
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05.05
Correspondence, January-June, 1984
1984
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05.06
Correspondence, July-December, 1984
1984
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05.07
Folklife legislation and legal considerations,
1982
1982
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05.08
Feasibility study for touring folk arts,
1985
1985
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05.09
Folk Arts statistics, 1979-1994
1979-1994
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05.10
NEA-period correspondence,
1980-1987
1980-1987
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Includes professional and personal correspondence.
05.11
Policy letters, 1979-1987
1979-1987
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05.12
State Folk Arts Coordinator reports,
1981-1993
1981-1993
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05.13
Apprenticeship program, 1983-2001
1983-2001
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06.01
Barry Bergey speeches and publications,
1994
1994
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06.02
David Lowenthal publications,
1994-1995
1994-1995
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06.03
Wenner-Gren Conference, 1981
1981
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06.04
Woody Guthrie information,
1970-1972
1970-1972
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06.05
California Folklore Society,
1966-1974
1966-1974
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06.06
California Folklore Society meeting (1967),
1967
1967
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06.07
California Folklore Society meeting (1969),
1968-1969
1968-1969
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06.08
California Folklore Society meeting (1970),
1970
1970
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06.09
California Folklore Society meeting (1971),
1970-1971
1970-1971
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Bess Lomax Hawes was president of California Folklore Society from
1971-1973.
06.10
California Folklore Society meeting (1972),
1971-1972
1971-1972
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Includes copy of CFS constitution; Bess Lomax Hawes was president of
California Folklore Society from 1971-1973.
07.01
California Folklore Society meeting (1973),
1972-1974
1972-1974
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Bess Lomax Hawes was president of California Folklore Society from
1971-1973.
07.02
California Folklore Society meeting (1974),
1974
1974
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07.03
California Folklore Society meeting (1975),
1974-1975
1974-1975
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07.04
National Folk Dance, 1984
1984
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07.05
Tap and square dance, 1993-1996
1993-1996
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07.06
Ronald D. Cohen correspondence and papers,
1993
1993
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07.07
Western Folklore, 1967-1973
1967-1973
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Regarding editorial and other administrative matters.
07.08
Vita, 1975-2004
1975-2004
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07.09
Vita, 1976-1998
1976-1998
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07.10
Retirement tributes (NEA), 1992
1992
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07.11
Business records (1992), 1992
1992
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07.12
Business records (1993), 1992-1993
1992-1993
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07.13
Business records (1993), 1993
1993
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07.14
Correspondence (1993), 1991-1993
1991-1993
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Photograph of man laying sampietrini attached to note from Pete
Seeger.
07.15
Correspondence (1994), 1993-1994
1993-1994
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07.16
Business records (1994), 1994
1994
08.01
Business records (1994), 1994-1995
1994-1995
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08.02
Business records (1995), 1994-1995
1994-1995
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08.03
Correspondence (1995), 1995
1995
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08.04
Correspondence (1996), 1995-1996
1995-1996
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08.05
Consults (1995), 1994-1995
1994-1995
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08.06
Business records (1996), 1995-1996
1995-1996
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08.07
Business records(1996), 1995-1997
1995-1997
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08.08
Business records (1997), 1997-1998
1997-1998
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08.09
Consults/correspondence (1997),
1996-1997
1996-1997
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08.10
Business records (1998), 1998-1999
1998-1999
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08.11
Consults/correspondence (1998),
1998-1999
1998-1999
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08.12
Business records (1999), 1999
1999
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09.01
Business records (2000), 2000
2000
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09.02
Business records (2001), 2001
2001
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09.03
Correspondence (2001), 2001
2001
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09.04
Business records (2002), 2002
2002
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09.05
Correspondence (2002), 2002
2002
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09.06
Business records (2004), 2004
2004
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09.07
Business records (2006-2008),
2006-2008
2006-2008
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09.08
Dr. Bill Peck, 1983-1994
1983-1994
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09.09
Article about MTA song, 2008
2008
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Published in Dissent, Spring 2008.
09.10
American Folklore Society,
1970-1991
1970-1991
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Includes correspondence of Citizens Committee for an American Folklife
Center, and BLH "Fellow of the American Folklore Society" certificate.
09.11
American Folklore Society Fellows,
1993-1995
1993-1995
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09.12
Association for Cultural Equity,
1984-1997
1984-1997
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09.13
Association for Cultural Equity,
1997-1998
1997-1998
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09.14
Cowboy stuff, circa 1976-1996
circa 1976-1996
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09.15
Grantmakers in the Arts Conference,
1995
1995
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09.16
Lead Belly, 1965-1995
1965-1995
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09.17
Library of Congress, 1994-1998
1994-1998
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09.18
California State University, Northridge,
Emeritus, 1995-1998
1995-1998
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California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is the current name of the
former San Fernando Valley State College
09.19
Brown Girl in the Ring
, 1995-2001
1995-2001
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Correspondence with J.D. Elder
10.01
National Heritage Award Winners, circa
1996
circa 1996
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10.02
Oregon Historical Society: folklife program,
1999-2000
1999-2000
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10.03
Appreciation, 1978-1995
1978-1995
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10.04
Native American cultural retention,
1977
1977
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10.05
National Heritage Fellowship documentation,
1981-1985
1981-1985
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10.06
National Heritage Fellowship documentation,
1986-1987
1986-1987
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10.07
National Heritage Fellowship documentation,
1988-1989
1988-1989
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10.08
National Heritage Fellowship documentation,
1990-1991
1990-1991
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10.09
National Heritage Fellowship documentation,
1992-1997
1992-1997
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10.10
NEA Bess Lomax Hawes Award, 2000
2000
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10.11
National Medal of Arts, 1993
1993
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10.12
National Heritage Fellowship programs,
1983-1991
1983-1991
10.13
National Heritage Fellowship programs,
1992-2000
1992-2000
10.14
NEA retirement letters, 1992
1992
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Includes letters from a number of prominent individuals, including
President George H. W. Bush, Pete and Toshi Seeger, and Studs Terkel
11.01
Travel, general, 1982-1995
1982-1995
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11.02
Australia, 1990-1995
1990-1995
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11.03
Australia/South Pacific, 1981-1994
1981-1994
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11.04
Micronesia, 1981-1983
1981-1983
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11.05
Micronesia, 1987-1995
1987-1995
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Includes type-written notes by Alan Lomax
11.06
Bess's journal, Micronesia, 1980
1980
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11.07
Friends of Micronesia, 1973-1974
1973-1974
Fall 1971 and Winter 1974
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11.08
Guam, 1982-1995
1982-1995
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11.09
Hawaii, 1981-1987
1981-1987
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12.01
Hawaii, 1984-1994
1984-1994
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12.02
Hawaii, 1988-2000
1988-2000
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12.03
Hawaii visit correspondence, 1987
1987
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12.04
Bess's journal, Russia (U.S.S.R.),
1974
1974
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12.05
Travel--Caribbean, 1984-1991
1984-1991
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12.06
Bermuda, 1986-1989
1986-1989
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12.07
North Carolina Pottery, 1984-1991
1984-1991
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12.08
Northern Marianas, 1980-1987
1980-1987
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12.09
Northern Marianas, 1983-1994
1983-1994
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12.10
Pacific Festival, Cooks, 1991-1993
1991-1993
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12.11
Pacific Festival, Cooks, 1992
1992
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13.01
Pacific Festival, Cooks, 1992-1995
1992-1995
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13.02
Pacific islands travel diary, 1987
1987
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13.03
Northern Ireland, 1993-1996
1993-1996
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13.04
Samoa, 1987-1990
1987-1990
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13.05
Samoa, 1987-1992
1987-1992
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Map of Samoa removed to oversize box.
13.06
Samoa, 1992-1994
1992-1994
afc2014008_ms_1306
13.07
Taiwan, 1993
1993
afc2014008_ms_1307
13.08
Trinidad/Tobago, circa 1996
circa 1996
afc2014008_ms_1308
14.01
Bess's teaching song sheets (1 of 5),
circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1401
14.02
Bess's teaching song sheets (2 of 5),
circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1402
14.03
Bess's teaching song sheets (3 of 5),
circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1403
14.04
Bess's teaching song sheets (4 of 5),
circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1404
14.05
Bess's teaching song sheets (5 of 5),
circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1405
14.06
Oh Mary and the Baby song sheets,
1960-1975
1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1406
14.07
"Northfield" song sheets, circa
1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1407
14.08
"The Promised Land"/"Gift to be Simple" song
sheets, 1960-1975
1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1408
14.09
New song sheets, circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1409
14.10
Woody Guthrie song sheets, circa
1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1410
14.11
Ballads song sheets, circa
1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1411
14.12
"Saints' Delight" song sheet, circa
1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1412
14.13
"Wondrous Love" song sheets, circa
1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1413
14.14
"Windham" L. M. song sheets, circa
1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1414
14.15
F minor shape note scale song sheets,
circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
afc2014008_ms_1415
14.16
Guitar teaching outlines and materials,
1958-1962
1958-1962
afc2014008_ms_1416
Includes syllabi and other materials for guitar classes Bess Lomax Hawes
taught at UCLA
15.01
San Fernando Valley State College syllabi,
lectures, exams, 1956-1973
1956-1973
afc2014008_ms_1501
15.02
Joan Rayfield correspondence,
1972-1973
1972-1973
afc2014008_ms_1502
Correspondence from Ivory Coast and Canada
15.03
American Folk Music, teaching course outline,
1968
1968
afc2014008_ms_1503
Fall course
15.04
Teaching, 1973
1973
afc2014008_ms_1504
Lecture notes for Ethnological Music course
15.05
San Fernando Valley State College student
support letters, 1965-1972
1965-1972
afc2014008_ms_1505
15.06
Brag sheet -- extracurricular activities (1 of
2), 1958-1968
1958-1968
afc2014008_ms_1506
15.07
Brag sheet -- extracurricular activities (2 of
2), circa 1965-1975
circa 1965-1975
afc2014008_ms_1507
15.08
San Fernando Valley State College faculty
support letters, 1965-1966
1965-1966
afc2014008_ms_1508
15.09
Graduate work and teaching,
1966-1970
1966-1970
afc2014008_ms_1509
Includes information about University of Colorado Summer Institute in
Anthropology; includes graduate school application information
16.01
Personnel papers, Bess, 1958-1974
1958-1974
afc2014008_ms_1601
16.02
UC Berkeley/UCLA, 1967-1972
1967-1972
afc2014008_ms_1602
16.03
UC Berkeley/UCLA, 1969-1972
1969-1972
afc2014008_ms_1603
16.04
UCLA Folk Belief Project, 1963-1975
1963-1975
afc2014008_ms_1604
16.05
University of Colorado seminar (1 of 2),
1967
1967
afc2014008_ms_1605
16.06
University of Colorado seminar (2 of 2),
1967
1967
afc2014008_ms_1606
16.07
Correspondence with students,
1964-1979
1964-1979
afc2014008_ms_1607
17.01
Student evaluations, circa 1970, circa
1970
circa 1970
Course evaluations
17.02
Interesting responses to exam questions,
1971-1972
1971-1972
17.03
SFVSC -- student papers, organized
alphabetically by song: A, circa 1970
circa 1970
17.04
SFVSC -- student papers, organized
alphabetically by song: B, circa 1963-1968
circa 1963-1968
17.05
SFVSC -- student papers, organized
alphabetically by song: C, circa 1963-1971
circa 1963-1971
17.06
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: D, 1963-1973
1963-1973
17.07
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: E, 1966-1973
1966-1973
17.08
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: F (1 of 2), 1962-1967
1962-1967
17.09
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: F (2 of 2), 1972-1973
1972-1973
18.01
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: G, 1971
1971
18.02
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: H, 1972
1972
18.03
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: J, 1965-1971
1965-1971
18.04
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: L, 1962
1962
18.05
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: M, circa 1970
circa 1970
18.06
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: O, 1964-1967
1964-1967
18.07
SFVSC – student papers, organized alphabetically
by song: P, 1966-1972
1966-1972
18.08
Films -- general, 1964-1987
1964-1987
afc2014008_ms_1808
Regarding distribution of Georgia Sea Island
Singers (1964), Buckdancer (1965) and
Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle (1970), and
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O (1967)
18.09
The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes, 2003
2003
afc2014008_ms_1809
Written introduction to the films of Bess Lomax Hawes: Georgia Sea Island Singers (1964), Buckdancer (1965), Pizza Pizza
Daddy-O (1967) and Say Old Man Can You Play the
Fiddle (1970)
18.10
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
legal matters/ownership, 1965-1973
1965-1973
afc2014008_ms_1810
18.11
Pizza Pizza Daddy-O
(1969), 1969-1975
1969-1975
afc2014008_ms_1811
18.12
Film --
Discovering American Folk Music
, 1969-1973
1969-1973
afc2014008_ms_1812
18.13
Sea Island footage, 1970-1974
1970-1974
afc2014008_ms_1813
Includes copies of Sing Out that contain
contributions from Bess Lomax Hawes, and includes references to Buckdancer, "Bright Star Shining in Glory" and
"Yonder Comes Day" projects
18.14
Sea Island Singers -- research and brochures,
1969-1974
1969-1974
afc2014008_ms_1814
Correspondence reflects Bess Lomax Hawes's role on Sing Out's advisory board
18.15
Sea Island Singers -- correspondence,
1967-1980
1967-1980
afc2014008_ms_1815
Includes a great deal of correspondence with Bessie Jones
19.01
Sing Out
, 1956-1961
1956-1961
afc2014008_ms_1901
Includes copies of Sing Out that include
contributions from Bess Lomax Hawes
19.02
Sing Out
, 1982-1999
1982-1999
afc2014008_ms_1902
Correspondence reflects Bess Lomax Hawes's role on Sing Out's advisory board
19.03
La Llorona in juvenile hall, 1968
1968
afc2014008_ms_1903
Article published in Western Folklore, July
1968
19.04
"Happy Birthday" read at American Folklore
Society meeting, 1970
1970
afc2014008_ms_1904
19.05
"Happy Birthday to You" research, circa
1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_1905
19.06
"Happy Birthday to You" research paper,
1970-1974
1970-1974
afc2014008_ms_1906
19.07
"Happy Birthday to You" research paper,
circa 1970-1998
circa 1970-1998
afc2014008_ms_1907
Includes draft of presentation given at California State University,
Northridge
19.08
"Law and order on the playground,"
1968-1972
1968-1972
afc2014008_ms_1908
19.09
"Law and order on the playground,"
1968-1975
1968-1975
afc2014008_ms_1909
19.10
"Folk teaching technique and learning a
traditional style," 1971
1971
afc2014008_ms_1910
Draft for California Folklore Society presentation
19.11
San Francisquito Dam disaster corrido,
1972-1974
1972-1974
afc2014008_ms_1911
19.12
San Francisquito Dam corrido, 1974
1974
afc2014008_ms_1912
19.13
"Folksongs and function: lullaby" (1 of 2),
1970-1974
1970-1974
afc2014008_ms_1913
Published in Journal of American Folklore,
April-June 1974
20.01
"Folksongs and function: lullaby" (2 of 2),
1970-1974
1970-1974
afc2014008_ms_2001
20.02
Society for Ethnomusicology talk, circa
1975
circa 1975
afc2014008_ms_2002
Given at Festival of American Folklife
20.03
"In celebration of ethnicity," 1976
1976
afc2014008_ms_2003
Article co-written with Susan Kalcik and published in Exchange, Summer 1976
20.04
"Folk arts" article, 1979-1981
1979-1981
afc2014008_ms_2004
20.05
Hawaii Council on the Arts, 1981
1981
afc2014008_ms_2005
20.06
"Preserving folk arts: the National Endowment
for the Arts," 1981
1981
afc2014008_ms_2006
Written for Festival of American Folklife program book
20.07
Smithsonian Festival brochure, 1982
1982
afc2014008_ms_2007
Text for brochure.
20.08
Music Educators Journal
article, 1983
1983
afc2014008_ms_2008
20.09
"U.S. public policy for the folk arts,"
1983-1986
1983-1986
afc2014008_ms_2009
Presentation given at the East-West Center
20.10
"Folklore and power" conference paper,
1983-1988
1983-1988
afc2014008_ms_2010
Presentation at Fife Conference
20.11
"What shall we do about the folk arts?,"
1984
1984
afc2014008_ms_2011
Texas Folkore Society speech
20.12
"Folk arts and aging," 1984
1984
afc2014008_ms_2012
NEA speech
20.13
"Just an incredible country we live in,"
1984
1984
afc2014008_ms_2013
Bess Lomax Hawes was interviewed by Boris Weintraub for this
publication
20.14
"Aspects of federal folklife" in
Practicing Anthropology
, 1985
1985
afc2014008_ms_2014
20.15
Smithsonian Festival opening remarks,
1985
1985
afc2014008_ms_2015
20.16
"Hindsight and forethought," 1985
1985
afc2014008_ms_2016
Public Sector Folklore meeting
20.17
Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe, 1985
1985
afc2014008_ms_2017
Cultural Forum in Budapest, two speeches
20.18
"The growth of the profession of folkore,"
1985-1986
1985-1986
afc2014008_ms_2018
Social Science
20.19
Article for
Journal of Human Values and Aging
, 1987
1987
afc2014008_ms_2019
20.20
"Beyond necessity" speech, Philadelphia,
1989
1989
afc2014008_ms_2020
Presentation given at Balch institute on February 11, 1989
20.21
Aging, 1999-2002
1999-2002
afc2014008_ms_2021
20.22
"Practice makes perfect," 1992
1992
afc2014008_ms_2022
Society for Ethnomusicology conference; also published in Ethnomusicology, Fall 1992
20.23
University of North Carolina speech and
publication, 1989-1991
1989-1991
afc2014008_ms_2023
Regarding keynote speech given at UNC conference in 1989; subsequent
publication in book -- Songs of the South,
1991
20.24
National Council on the Arts Missouri speech,
1988
1988
afc2014008_ms_2024
20.25
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies speech,
San Francisco, 1988
1988
afc2014008_ms_2025
20.26
Museum of International Folk Arts, Santa Fe,
1988
1988
afc2014008_ms_2026
20.27
American Folklore Society speeches,
1988-1990
1988-1990
afc2014008_ms_2027
20.28
"Remember the arts," 1990
1990
afc2014008_ms_2028
Folklife Center News
20.29
Library of Congress speech, 1990
1990
afc2014008_ms_2029
20.30
"Why folk art," Ithaca, New York, speech,
1990
1990
afc2014008_ms_2030
20.31
Missouri Arts Council speech, 1990
1990
afc2014008_ms_2031
21.01
"Some characteristics and qualities of the folk
arts" speech, New Jersey/Colorado, 1990-1993
1990-1993
afc2014008_ms_2101
21.02
"Melting pots and mosaics," Hawaii conference,
1991
1991
afc2014008_ms_2102
21.03
"Funding African-American folk arts,"
1991
1991
afc2014008_ms_2103
Included in The arts of black folk: the arts of
black folk conference for community organizations: presenting African
American folk arts, published by Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture
21.04
National Council meeting, 1991
1991
afc2014008_ms_2104
21.05
"Multiculturalism" University of Wisconsin
speech, 1993
1993
afc2014008_ms_2105
21.06
"Apprenticing in the folk arts," creative
marriages, traditional arts apprenticeship, 1991-1998
1991-1998
afc2014008_ms_2106
21.07
"Reminiscences and exhortations,"
1993-1995
1993-1995
afc2014008_ms_2107
Seeger lecture for Society for Ethnomusicology ; originally written for
SEM lecture and subsequently repurposed as article in Ethnomusicology, Spring/Summer 1995
21.08
"Taking a breath," 1994
1994
afc2014008_ms_2108
Published in New York Folklore, Vol. XXI no.
1-2, 1995
21.09
"Speaking to teachers"/Musics of Hawaii,
1994
1994
afc2014008_ms_2109
Speaking to Teachers article was published in Musics of Hawai'i: "It All Comes from the Heart" -- An Anthology of Musical
Traditions in Hawai'i
21.10
"Cowboy poetry and song: collecting and
recollecting" Colorado/Nevada, 1985-1996
1985-1996
afc2014008_ms_2110
Written for "cowboy poetry connection program"
21.11
"Let's talk about aesthetics," 1995
1995
afc2014008_ms_2111
Maine Arts Sponsors Association
21.12
Rinzler celebration remarks, Highlander,
Tennessee, 1995
1995
afc2014008_ms_2112
21.13
Sustainable Folklore conference opening remarks,
1995
1995
afc2014008_ms_2113
21.14
"U.S. policies and cultural continuity" speech
for International Council for Traditional World Music Conference,
1995
1995
afc2014008_ms_2114
21.15
Appalachian State speech, 1995
1995
afc2014008_ms_2115
21.16
"That which endures" speech at Humboldt
conference, circa 1995
circa 1995
afc2014008_ms_2116
21.17
"When we were joyful," circa 1995
circa 1995
afc2014008_ms_2117
21.18
Denver speech, Chicano Humanities and Arts
Council, 1995
1995
afc2014008_ms_2118
21.19
Arlington, VA, civic celebration remarks,
circa 1996
circa 1996
afc2014008_ms_2119
21.20
"Archives and activism: aspects of reciprocity
between scholarly and local communities," 1997
1997
afc2014008_ms_2120
Society for Ethnomusicology
21.21
California State University, Northridge, Archive
remarks, 1998
1998
afc2014008_ms_2121
21.22
"Folk arts in the forefront: the agenda for the
year 2000," 1997
1997
afc2014008_ms_2122
Conference remarks
21.23
Gene Autry Museum speech, 1999
1999
afc2014008_ms_2123
21.24
Ruth Crawford Seeger talk, New York City,
2001
2001
afc2014008_ms_2124
21.25
"Yeast to Make the Bread Rise,"
1999-2002
1999-2002
afc2014008_ms_2125
Children's Music Network; published in Grantmakers in the Arts Reader,
Fall 2002
21.26
Speeches, 1967-1995
1967-1995
afc2014008_ms_2126
21.27
Writings, 1968-1995
1968-1995
afc2014008_ms_2127
22.01
Autobiography of Bess Lomax Hawes --
Administrative, 2006
2006
afc2014008_ms_2201
Regarding Bess Lomax Hawes's autobiography, Sing It
Pretty
22.02
Sing It Pretty
, Correspondence, 2007-2009
2007-2009
afc2014008_ms_2202
22.03
Step It Down
, Harper/Row: Fran McCullough, 1969-1975
1969-1975
afc2014008_ms_2203
McCullough was Hawes's editor on Step It
Down
22.04
Step It Down
, Harper/Row: Alfred E. Prettyman, 1969-1970
1969-1970
afc2014008_ms_2204
22.05
Step It Down
, Collins-Knowlton-Wing, Inc., Josephine Rogers, 1975
1975
afc2014008_ms_2205
Rogers was Hawes's literary agent
22.06
Step It Down
, Notes and data, circa 1967
circa 1967
afc2014008_ms_2206
22.07
"Pretty little girl" -- handwritten, transcribed
music, circa 1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_2207
22.08
Musical notation, notebook (1 of 2), circa
1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_2208
22.09
Musical notation, notebook (2 of 2), circa
1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_2209
22.10
Musical notation (1 of 3), circa
1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_2210
22.11
Musical notation (2 of 3), circa
1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_2211
22.12
Musical notation (3 of 3), circa
1970
circa 1970
afc2014008_ms_2212
22.13
Transcribed music and lyrics (1 of 2),
circa 1965
circa 1965
afc2014008_ms_2213
22.14
Transcribed music and lyrics (2 of 2),
circa 1965
circa 1965
afc2014008_ms_2214
22.15
Step It Down
correspondence, miscellaneous, 1966-1973
1966-1973
afc2014008_ms_2215
22.16
Step It Down
contracts and clearances, 1963-1982
1963-1982
afc2014008_ms_2216
23.01
Remaindering, 1982-1983
1982-1983
afc2014008_ms_2301
23.02
Step It Down
paperback, 1984-1987
1984-1987
afc2014008_ms_2302
23.03
Step It Down
University of Georgia Press, 1987-1989
1987-1989
afc2014008_ms_2303
23.04
Step It Down
Reviews and Correspondence, 1965-1975
1965-1975
afc2014008_ms_2304
Includes correspondence from Alan Lomax and Pete and Toshi
Seeger
23.05
Bessie Jones Transcriptions, 1961
1961
afc2014008_ms_2305
23.06
Bessie Jones transcriptions,
1962-1965
1962-1965
afc2014008_ms_2306
23.07
Bessie Jones estate, 1987-2002
1987-2002
afc2014008_ms_2307
23.08
John Avery Lomax papers at University of Texas
at Austin, 1961-1976
1961-1976
afc2014008_ms_2308
23.09
John Avery Lomax papers at University of Texas
at Austin, 1977-1979
1977-1979
afc2014008_ms_2309
23.10
John Avery Lomax papers at University of Texas
at Austin, 1979-1983
1979-1983
afc2014008_ms_2310
24.01
Bess Bauman-Brown Lomax correspondence,
1924-1965
1924-1965
afc2014008_ms_2401
24.02
John A. Lomax, 1948-1998
1948-1998
afc2014008_ms_2402
Includes official memorandum from Texas Governor John Connally
recognizing John A. Lomax removed to oversize box.
24.03
Ruby Terrill Lomax (Deanie),
1935-1998
1935-1998
afc2014008_ms_2403
24.04
Shirley Lomax Mansell, 1913-1996
1913-1996
afc2014008_ms_2404
24.05
Letters and clippings, 1927-1997
1927-1997
afc2014008_ms_2405
24.06
John Lomax, Jr. (Umpty), 1938-1993
1938-1993
afc2014008_ms_2406
Includes some copies of The Cotton Rag,
published by the Houston Folklore Society, removed to oversize box.
24.07
Margaret "Mimi" Lomax, 1942-1970
1942-1970
afc2014008_ms_2407
24.08
John Lomax III (Marable), 1981-1997
1981-1997
afc2014008_ms_2408
24.09
Bess Brown Lomax’s scrapbook, circa
1900-1920
circa 1900-1920
afc2014008_ms_2409
Bess Bauman-Brown Lomax materials
24.10
Joe Lomax, 1985-1988
1985-1988
afc2014008_ms_2410
25.01
Writings by John A. Lomax and Bess Bauman-Brown
Lomax (1 of 2), circa 1903-1994
circa 1903-1994
afc2014008_ms_2501
This folder contains the contents of a scrapbook
25.02
Writings by John A. Lomax and Bess Bauman-Brown
Lomax (2 of 2), circa 1903-1994
circa 1903-1994
afc2014008_ms_2502
This folder contains the contents of a scrapbook
25.03
John A. Lomax – letters, 1901-1947
1901-1947
afc2014008_ms_2503
25.04
John A. Lomax Gathering (1 of 2),
1971-1993
1971-1993
afc2014008_ms_2504
25.05
John A. Lomax Gathering (2 of 2),
1987-1997
1987-1997
afc2014008_ms_2505
25.06
Nolan Porterfield book on John A. Lomax,
1994
1994
afc2014008_ms_2506
Regarding Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John
A. Lomax, 1867-1948
25.07
Sister Virginia Margaret correspondence,
1992-1996
1992-1996
afc2014008_ms_2507
25.08
Personal miscellany, 1966-2006
1966-2006
afc2014008_ms_2508
25.09
Letters to Naomi, 1964-1969
1964-1969
afc2014008_ms_2509
25.10
Seeger, 1954-1964
1954-1964
afc2014008_ms_2510
Mostly correspondence about Pete and Toshi Seeger's travels through
Eastern Europe
25.11
Seeger, 1955-1965
1955-1965
afc2014008_ms_2511
Mostly about Pete Seeger's appearance before the House Un-American
Activities Committee and subsequent indictment for contempt of
Congress
26.01
Bess Brown Lomax: letters and information about
the child Bess Lomax Hawes, 1927-1930
1927-1930
afc2014008_ms_2601
26.02
Alan Lomax-- family correspondence,
1955-1996
1955-1996
afc2014008_ms_2602
Miscellaneous topics, including American Patchwork TV series and the
Global Jukebox project, Alan Lomax's power of attorney and an essay written by
Alan Lomax--"Unity and Diversity: a Sudanese Cultural Program"
26.03
Rounder’s The Alan Lomax Collection,
1996-1997
1996-1997
afc2014008_ms_2603
26.04
Alan Lomax—writings, 1975-1993
1975-1993
afc2014008_ms_2604
Includes "Culture-style factors in face-to-face interaction," Song as a Measure of People, Folk Music in the Roosevelt White House, "Singing" entry in
Encyclopedia Britannica, "A General Theory," "An Appeal for Cultural Equity,"
"A Future for Anthropology: Aesthetic Anthropology," and documents about the
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife
26.05
Alan Lomax—professional, 1969-1997
1969-1997
afc2014008_ms_2605
26.06
"Black Style in American Pop Music"—Alan Lomax,
1988
1988
afc2014008_ms_2606
26.07
C.C. Mansell house plans, 1940
1940
afc2014008_ms_2607
Blueprints removed to oversize box.
26.08
Alan Lomax, 1995-1996
1995-1996
27.01
Bess Brown Lomax alphabet certificate,
1924
1924
afc2014008_ms_2701
27.02
Book of verses made up by Bess Brown Lomax, Jr.,
1925-1928
1925-1928
afc2014008_ms_2702
27.03
Bess's early writing: "Just 1930,"
1930
1930
afc2014008_ms_2703
27.04
Bess's early writing: "Eastwick: a community
survey," 1941
1941
afc2014008_ms_2704
Term paper for Bryn Mawr sociology course
27.05
Bess’s early writing: "Recipe for a Halloween
party," circa 1929
circa 1929
afc2014008_ms_2705
27.06
Family history, circa 1925
circa 1925
afc2014008_ms_2706
27.07
Shirley’s Book by Bess Bauman Brown Lomax,
1907-1990
1907-1990
afc2014008_ms_2707
27.08
John A. Lomax letters to Shirley regarding
Bess—copies (1935-1938), circa 1995
circa 1995
afc2014008_ms_2708
27.09
Bess’s singing and typing lessons, circa
1925-1930
circa 1925-1930
afc2014008_ms_2709
28.01
Butch—notes, circa 1960-1971
circa 1960-1971
afc2014008_ms_2801
Notes about art
28.02
Butch—notes, 1961
1961
afc2014008_ms_2802
Notes about art
28.03
Butch—notes, 1962
1962
afc2014008_ms_2803
Notes about art; handwritten timeline of events in English history from
fourteenth through sixteenth century removed to oversize box.
28.04
Butch’s art – family notes, circa
1960-1973
circa 1960-1973
afc2014008_ms_2804
28.05
Butch – song and book contracts,
1944-1966
1944-1966
afc2014008_ms_2805
28.06
Butch – legal, 1919-1987
1919-1987
afc2014008_ms_2806
Includes birth certificate, electrical welding trade school certificate,
general commercial photography certificate and voter registration form for
Butch (Baldwin Hawes)
28.06a
Notes following death of Butch Hawes
1971-1972
1971-1972
Includes birth and death certificates in addition to condolence letters,
telegrams, poetry and obituaries.
28.07
Household accounts, Topanga, Canyon,
1953-1959
1953-1959
afc2014008_ms_2807
28.08
Bess Lomax Hawes academic records,
1936-1970
1936-1970
afc2014008_ms_2808
28.09
Politics, 1982-1995
1982-1995
afc2014008_ms_2809
28.10
Bess at Office of War Information (1945),
circa 2000
circa 2000
afc2014008_ms_2810
Regarding accusations of Communist sympathies and subsequent
recommendation for dismissal from position as Acting Chief of the Music
Division of OWI Radio Overseas
28.11
Ted Carpenter correspondence,
1967-1988
1967-1988
afc2014008_ms_2811
28.12
John A. Lomax business, 1987-1998
1987-1998
afc2014008_ms_2812
28.13
Bess -- personal correspondence,
1940-2009
1940-2009
afc2014008_ms_2813
28.14
Peter Hurd mural fresco event, 1989
1989
afc2014008_ms_2814
28.15
Postcards and cards collected and received,
1979-1997
1979-1997
afc2014008_ms_2815
29.01
Recorded quotes, circa 1988
circa 1988
afc2014008_ms_2901
29.02
Mechanical license for "Arthritic Blues,"
2006
2006
afc2014008_ms_2902
29.03
Socialization seminar, 1969-1970
1969-1970
afc2014008_ms_2903
Taken at UC Berkeley with Naomi
29.04
Alan Lomax archive, 2007
2007
afc2014008_ms_2904
29.05
Family clippings from Shirley, circa
1947-2008
circa 1947-2008
afc2014008_ms_2905
29.06
Passport, birth, marriage, voting documents,
1921-1995
1921-1995
afc2014008_ms_2906
29.07
Santa Monica house, 1985
1985
Photos removed to folder 35.06 in Series III.
29.08
Family tree, circa 2005
circa 2005
afc2014008_ms_2908
29.09
Bess Lomax Hawes interview with David King
Dunaway (1977), 1977-1978
1977-1978
afc2014008_ms_2909
29.10
Bess Lomax Hawes condolences and obituaries,
2009
2009
afc2014008_ms_2910
29.11
Responses to Bess Lomax Hawes's death (1 of 2),
2009
2009
afc2014008_ms_2911
29.12
Responses to Bess Lomax Hawes's death (2 of 2),
2009
2009
afc2014008_ms_2912
30.01
Bess Lomax Hawes biographical,
2007-2009
2007-2009
afc2014008_ms_3001
30.02
Hawes family history (1878-1996), circa
1960-1996
circa 1960-1996
afc2014008_ms_3002
30.03
Lomax book rights -- estate settlement,
1974-1999
1974-1999
afc2014008_ms_3003
30.04
Lomax estate settlement, 1948-1950
1948-1950
afc2014008_ms_3004
30.05
Lomax estate settlement, 1948-1969
1948-1969
afc2014008_ms_3005
30.06
Bess Bauman Brown's bible,
1897-1903
1897-1903
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New
Testaments, Oxford, printed at the University Press, The S. S.
Teacher's Edition, circa 1890. Inscribed: "Bessie Bauman Brown from Auntie,
Christmas 1897." Also includes a handwritten list of bible verses.
31.01
Sound recordings documentation: sound tape
reels, circa 1960-1975
circa 1960-1975
31.02
Sound recordings documentation: sound cassettes,
circa 1975-2003
circa 1975-2003
31.03
Sound recordings documentation: sound cassettes,
circa 1975-2003
circa 1975-2003
31.04
Moving images documentation,
1983-2008
1983-2008
Series II: Sound recordings
Note: Track lists and other documentation exist for some sound recordings,
and can be found in Series I, box 31.
Subseries A: Sound tape reels
Note: Many of the Sea Island Singers recordings are from summer workshops
at Idyllwild Arts Foundation in Idyllwild, California.
AFC 2014/008: SR001
Bess Hawes beginning guitar class,
circa 1960
circa 1960
AFC 2014/008: SR002
Bessie Jones, Barbara Dane and Georgia Sea
Island Singers, November 15, 1962
November 15, 1962
AFC 2014/008: SR003
Interview between Barbara Dane and Bessie
Jones, November 15, 1962
November 15, 1962
After Folk Song Concert at San Fernando Valley State
College.
AFC 2014/008: SR004
Bess Hawes's beginning guitar class,
1963
1963
Spring semester.
AFC 2014/008: SR005
Idyllwild concert; summer, 1964
1964
AFC 2014/008: SR006
Sea Island tape, 1965
1965
Tape 5-2-B.
AFC 2014/008: SR007
Sea Island Game tapes; Idyllwild,
1965
1965
Tape 5-3.
AFC 2014/008: SR008
Georgia Sea Island Children's Games,
Idyllwild, 1965
1965
Tape 5-4 AB; Tuesday, 2nd week.
AFC 2014/008: SR009
Sea Island Children's Workshop, Idyllwild,
1965
1965
Tape 5-5 AB; Thursday 2nd week
AFC 2014/008: SR010
Sea Island Childrens Games, Idyllwild,
1965
1965
Tape 5-6 AB; Wednesday, 2nd week.
AFC 2014/008: SR011
Sea Island; Interview at Ed Pearl's house,
July 26, 1965
July 26, 1965
Tape 5-7, with Bessie and Emma.
AFC 2014/008: SR012
Sea Island Singers; children's games,
1965
1965
Tape 5-8-A; Fri. 2nd week.
AFC 2014/008: SR013
Georgia Sea Islanders, July 29,
1965
July 29, 1965
Tape 5-9-AB.
AFC 2014/008: SR014
Georgia Sea Islands, July 29,
1965
July 29, 1965
Tape 5-10-AB.
AFC 2014/008: SR015
Georgia Sea Islands, August 3,
1965
August 3, 1965
Tape 5-11-AB; recorded at Fairview Hospital, last day of
stay.
AFC 2014/008: SR016
Tape #30, circa 1965
circa 1965
AFC 2014/008: SR017
Tape #31, circa 1965
circa 1965
AFC 2014/008: SR018
Tape #37, circa 1965
circa 1965
AFC 2014/008: SR019
Tape #38, circa 1965
circa 1965
Written on leader: Submitted by Joan E. Barber, Esthetics of
Non-Literate Peoples, January, 1962; "This is All Our Water".
AFC 2014/008: SR020
Georgia Sea Island Singers at Idyllwild,
circa 1965
circa 1965
AFC 2014/008: SR021
Bessie Jones, circa 1965
circa 1965
Tape Number 2.
AFC 2014/008: SR022
Bessie Jones, circa 1965
circa 1965
Tape Number 3.
AFC 2014/008: SR023
Bessie Jones, circa 1965
circa 1965
Tape Number 4.
AFC 2014/008: SR024
Bessie Jones, circa 1965
circa 1965
Tape Number 5.
AFC 2014/008: SR025
KPFK Hawes interview with Ed Cray,
circa 1965
circa 1965
AFC 2014/008: SR026
Sea Island clapping; John Greenway program,
University of Colorado, circa 1965-1967
circa 1965-1967
Summer.
AFC 2014/008: SR027
Negro children's games, November 2,
1967
November 2, 1967
75th St school.
AFC 2014/008: SR028
Georgia Sea Island Singers, May 21,
1969
May 21, 1969
AFC 2014/008: SR029
Georgia Sea Island Singers, May 21,
1969
May 21, 1969
AFC 2014/008: SR030
John Davis interview, Santa Monica,
May, 1972
May, 1972
Note: "Both of us exhausted."
AFC 2014/008: SR031
Molokan tape, circa 1975
circa 1975
May be a sample tape. Bess brought the Molokans to the California
Heartland segment of the Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, 1975
AFC 2014/008: SR032
Bessie Jones special dubs, circa
1965
circa 1965
AFC 2014/008: SR033
Dupe of 1965 recordings: Sea Island,
circa 1965
circa 1965
Tape 5-5 AB.
Subseries B: Sound cassettes
Note: SR072-SR087 are likely recordings for an ethnomusicology course
taught by Hawes at SFVSC.
AFC 2014/008: SR034
Albanian folk music, from A. L. Lloyd;
Chamarita, Cal RA 1975, 1975
1975
AFC 2014/008: SR035
Micronesian Music Project sampler, Truk and
Ponape; Kim Bailey, 1978-1979
1978-1979
AFC 2014/008: SR036
Pacific Trip August 1983, Hawaii/Guam,
Raymond Kane, 1983
1983
AFC 2014/008: SR037
2nd tape of notes, Pacific trip, Saipan,
1983
1983
AFC 2014/008: SR038
Bessie Jones funeral, sermon, graveside,
psychic; Ko Nimo (Ghana), 1984
1984
AFC 2014/008: SR039
Parsley, Sage and Politics: The Lives and
Music of Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, circa 1985
circa 1985
Side 1 and Side 2.
AFC 2014/008: SR040
Parsley, Sage and Politics: The Lives and
Music of Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, circa 1985
circa 1985
Side 3 and Side 4.
AFC 2014/008: SR041
Parsley, Sage and Politics: The Lives and
Music of Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, circa 1985
circa 1985
Side 5 and Side 6.
AFC 2014/008: SR042
The Ballad of John Axon (#1), circa
1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR043
Song of a Road (#2), circa 1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR044
Singing the Fishing (#3), circa
1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR045
The Big Hewer (#4), circa 1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR046
The Body Blow (#5), circa 1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR047
On the Edge (#6), circa 1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR048
The Fight Game (#7), circa 1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR049
The Travelling People (#8), circa
1985
circa 1985
AFC 2014/008: SR050
Bess's "Folklore and Power" lecture; Bess's
Fife Honor Lecture, Logan, Utah, 1986
1986
AFC 2014/008: SR051
South Carolina; prison interview; aerobics,
1986
1986
AFC 2014/008: SR052
Secretarial #1, February 3, 1986
February 3, 1986
AFC 2014/008: SR053
Bess Lomax Hawes's talk, East-West Center,
Honolulu, March 28, 1986
March 28, 1986
AFC 2014/008: SR054
Samoa, 1987
1987
AFC 2014/008: SR055
Samoa II, February 28, 1987
February 28, 1987
AFC 2014/008: SR056
Bess Lomax Hawes and C. J. Johnson on WCDU,
September 29, 1987
September 29, 1987
AFC 2014/008: SR057
Bess's trip to Bermuda, February,
1989
February, 1989
AFC 2014/008: SR058
Cook Islands #1, 1992
1992
Rarotonga Church and Atui.
AFC 2014/008: SR059
Cook Islands #2, 1992
1992
Festival Opening.
AFC 2014/008: SR060
Cook Islands #3, 1992
1992
Rarotonga religious music, 2nd Sunday.
AFC 2014/008: SR061
Cook Islands #4, 1992
1992
Festival stage (small) and hotel.
AFC 2014/008: SR062
Cook Islands #5, 1992
1992
Festival, daytime sites.
AFC 2014/008: SR063
Cook Islands #6, 1992
1992
AFC 2014/008: SR064
Cook Islands #7, 1992
1992
AFC 2014/008: SR065
Cook Islands #9, 1992
1992
AFC 2014/008: SR066
Tamburitza [Slonina], 1992
1992
AFC 2014/008: SR067
Arthur Galbraith Memorial, circa
1993
circa 1993
AFC 2014/008: SR068
"Taking a Breath" Bess Hawes keynote address,
1994
1994
New York Folklore Society, 50th Annual Fall Conference.
AFC 2014/008: SR069
Bess Lomax Hawes, Voices, January 15,
2000
January 15, 2000
At Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR; Tape 1 of 2, listening
copy.
AFC 2014/008: SR070
Bess Lomax Hawes, Voices, tape 2 of 2,
January 15, 2000
January 15, 2000
At Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR; Tape 2 of 2, listening
copy.
AFC 2014/008: SR071
Alan Jabbour 1, circa 2003
circa 2003
AFC 2014/008: SR072
2/23, EM; #4, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR073
Wednesday, February 28, EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR074
Friday, March 2; Monday, March 5; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR075
Wednesday, March 7; Friday, March 9; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR076
Monday, March 12; Wednesday, March 14; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR077
Friday, March 16; Monday, March 19; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR078
Wednesday, March 21; Friday, March 24; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR079
Monday, March 26; Wednesday, March 28; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR080
Wednesday, April 4; Friday, April 6; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR081
Monday, April 9; Wednesday, April 11; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR082
Monday; Friday, April 13; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR083
Wednesday, April 25; Friday, April 27; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR084
Wednesday, [May 2]; Friday, May 4; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR085
Monday, May 7; Wednesday, May 9; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR086
Friday, May 11; no record Monday May 14, did
melodic from tape; Wednesday, May 30, part of last lecture,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR087
Wednesday, May 16; Monday, May 21; EM,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR088
Marshall Islands top 40, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR089
Heritage tour sampler, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR090
Folk masters #1 African roots,
undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR091
Clyde "Kindy" Sproat, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR092
Doug and Jack Wallin undated
undated
(Jacky Frazier); Jackero -- Doug Wallin, solo/[unaccompanied]; Golden
Vanity -- [Doug Wallin] (fiddle intro)
AFC 2014/008: SR093
Down Home Dairyland; Goose Island Ramblers;
"Wendy" Whitford, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR094
Down Home Dairyland, undated
undated
Religious music/"Dutchman" polka; the very musical Bruegger family;
Crying holy unto the Lord.
AFC 2014/008: SR095
Josh White, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: SR096
Northwest California Indian Music Project
sampler, undated
undated
Compiled by Richard Keeling; Side one -- Brush Dance songs; Side two
-- Deerskin Dance songs, Flower Dance songs, and others.
AFC 2014/008: SR097
Golden Gate Quartet, Wright Brothers,
undated
undated
GG -- Stand the test in judgment -- Swing down chariot --
Jezebel
AFC 2014/008: SR098
African American NPR, Nick Spitzer,
undated
undated
Side A -- 4 echoes, Washington DC -- Watch night, Georgia Sea Islands
-- Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans; Side B -- Chantez men of Beaufort, NC;
Zydeco Festival, Plaisance, LA; all produced by Nick Spitzer and Natioanl
Public Radio with support from the NEA Folk Arts Program.
AFC 2014/008: SR099
Rehearsal at Library of Congress for December
20, 1940 program, and concert same date, undated
undated
Wade Mainer, Burl Ives, Josh White, Golden Gate Quartet; Host, Alan
Lomax; courtesy Bluegrass Unlimited, Inc.; Duplicate.
AFC 2014/008: SR100
Rehearsal at Library of Congress and Program,
undated
undated
December 20, 1940; Duplicate.
AFC 2014/008: SR101
Alan Jabbour dub, undated
undated
April 22, 2003.
Subseries III: CD-R
AFC 2014/008: SR102
A tribute to Bess Lomax Hawes,
1992
1992
Includes contributions from Riki Saltzman, Barry Bergey, Peggy Bulger,
Nancy Nusz, Nick Spitzer, Dan Sheehy, David Roche, Ana Steele, Frank Hodsoll
and Ruth Draper.
Series III: Graphic materials
Subseries A: Photographic materials
32.01
Almanac Days, circa 1940s
circa 1940s
Includes photos of Bess Lomax Hawes, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie,
Arthur Stern, Butch Hawes, Sis Cunningham, Millard Lampell, Chisolm Trail
cast, among others.
32.02
Pete Seeger, 1958-1964
1958-1964
32.03
SFVSC, circa 1950s-1970s
circa 1950s-1970s
Includes official faculty photos and photos from Topanga Banjo Fiddle
Contest.
32.04
Performing, circa 1950s-1970s
circa 1950s-1970s
Includes photos from Newport Folk Festival. People include Bess Lomax
Hawes, Arlo Guthrie, Rev. Kirkpatrick, Butch Hawes and Oscar Brand, Guy
Carawan, Sis Cunningham, Woody Guthrie, Millard Lampell, Pete Seeger, Alan
Lomax and Arthur Stern, among others.
32.05
Bess guitar classes, Los Angeles, circa
1950s-1996
circa 1950s-1996
Most photos likely from 1950s and 1960s.
32.06
Films, circa 1960s-1970s
circa 1960s-1970s
Includes photos of Bessie Jones (Georgia Sea
Island Singers) and Earl Collins (Say Old
Man Can you Play the Fiddle?; includes handwritten note from
Frankie Quimby, Bessie Jones's relative.
32.07
Georgia Sea Island Singers, circa
1967-1974
circa 1967-1974
32.08
Carter inauguration, 1977
1977
Includes photos of Bessie Jones, Alan Lomax and Bess Lomax
Hawes.
32.09
Berkeley Folk Festival, circa
1960s-1970s
circa 1960s-1970s
Includes photos of Sam Hinton and Leslie Hinton, in addition to a
number of portraits of Bess Lomax Hawes.
32.10
Party, San Fernando Valley State College,
1975
1975
Spring party for Step It Down; includes
photos of Bessie Jones and Bess Lomax Hawes, among others.
32.11
Smithsonian Folklife Festival, circa
1975-1976
circa 1975-1976
32.12
Washington -- Smithsonian, NEA, circa
1975-2000
circa 1975-2000
32.13
American Folklife Center board of trustees,
1980
1980
32.14
NEA, 1977-2000
1977-2000
32.15
Conferences, 1981-2004
1981-2004
Includes meetings of American Folklore Society, Fife conference,
Wenner Gren conference, and Texas Folk Culture Program.
32.16
Bess's NEA retirement party,
1992
1992
32.17
National Medal of Arts family photos,
1993
1993
Includes photos of Nick Hawes, Lisa Hawes, Anecka Mihalik, Corey
Denos, Alan Lomax, Michael Mihalik, as well as Bess Lomax Hawes, among
others; includes note from Ann Stock, White House Social
Secretary.
32.18
Kenyon College honorary degree,
1994
1994
Photos taken at Kenyon College commencement, at which Bess Lomax Hawes
was awarded an honorary degree.
32.19
Bess Lomax Hawes Folklore Archive opening,
1998
1998
At California State University, Northridge (formerly SFVSC); includes
photos of Bess Lomax Hawes and Alan Dundes.
32.20
Phenomenal Woman award ceremony,
2004
2004
At California State University, Northridge (formerly SFVSC); includes
photos of Bess Lomax Hawes speaking at ceremony.
33.01
Trip to Hawaii and Micronesia,
1981
1981
With Corey Denos, Bess Lomax Hawes's daughter.
33.02
Hawaii, 1987
1987
33.03
Samoa and Saipan, circa
1987-1992
circa 1987-1992
Includes postcards in addition to photographs.
33.04
Cook Islands trip, Festival of Pacific Arts,
1992
1992
33.05
South Pacific, 1993
1993
Includes letter possibly about Festival of Pacific Arts.
33.06
Bess's balloon trip, circa
1993-1996
circa 1993-1996
Includes photos of Naomi Bishop, John Bishop and Amanda
Bishop.
33.07
New Zealand trip, 1994
1994
Includes photos of Naomi Bishop.
33.08
Australia trip, 1995
1995
33.09
Northern Ireland trip, 1996
1996
33.10
Trips, 1974-1998
1974-1998
Includes photos taken in Canada, Alaska and the Soviet
Union.
34.01
Bess, circa 1930s-2006
circa 1930s-2006
34.02
Lead Belly, circa 1933-1934
circa 1933-1934
34.03
Early married life and mothering,
1940s-1950s
1940s-1950s
Includes photos of Corey Hawes, Naomi Hawes, Nick Hawes, Danny Seeger,
Shirley Mansell, Bess Lomax Hawes, among others.
34.04
Cambridge to California trip,
1952
1952
34.05
Topanga Canyon, circa 1950s
circa 1950s
Includes photos of Topanga house and possibly Topanga Banjo Fiddle
Contest
34.06
Lomax family, circa 1890s-1950s
circa 1890s-1950s
Photos mostly of family members. People include Bess Bauman Brown
(Lomax), Ruby Terrill Lomax, Shirley Lomax, John Lomax Jr., John Nova Lomax,
Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Margaret Lomax among
others.
34.07
Lomax family, circa 1960s-2000s
circa 1960s-2000s
Photos mostly of family members. People include Nick Hawes, Naomi
Hawes, Core Denos, Jesse Denos, Lisa Smith, Shirley Mansell, John Bishop,
Butch Hawes, Mike Denos, Pat Mansell, Alan Lomax, Virginia Brown, John Nova
Lomax, Amanda Lomax, Isabelle Hawes, Joshua Hawes, Ornstein family members,
among others.
34.08
Baldwin (Butch) Hawes, circa
1940s-1970s
circa 1940s-1970s
34.09
Butch's art, sculpture, circa
1965-1973
circa 1965-1973
34.10
Alan Lomax, circa 1930s-1990s
circa 1930s-1990s
Includes photos of Joe Lomax, John Lomax Jr., John Lomax III, Charles
Seeger, Penny Seeger, Woody Guthrie, among others; includes photos from
Memphis Blues Festival in 1994.
34.11
Alan Lomax, circa 1960s-2000s
circa 1960s-2000s
Includes photos of Alan Lomax, Shirley Mansell, John Lomax Jr., Anna
Lomax, among others.
35.01
John A. Lomax Jr. and John Nova Lomax,
circa 1960s-1970s
circa 1960s-1970s
Includes photos of Alan Lomax, John Lomax III, Joe Lomax, Margaret
Lomax, Susan Mansell, Shirley Mansell, Anna Lomax, among others.
35.02
Corey's wedding shower, 1966
1966
Includes photos of Corey Lomax, Naomi Lomax, Margot Slocum, Nell
Rosenblum, among others.
35.03
Lomax family reunion, New Braunfels, Texas,
1962
1962
Includes photos of Nicholas Hawes, John Marabel Lomax, John A. Lomax,
Joseph Lomax, Anne Lomax, Antoinette "Toni" Lomax, Margaret Marabel Lomax,
Naomi Hawes,
35.04
Lomax family reunion, New Braunfels, Texas,
1988
1988
Includes photos of Corey Denos, Naomi Bishop, Noah Bishop, Amanda
Bishop, John Henry Faulk, Kristy Mihalik, Drew Mihalik among
others.
35.05
Lomax family reunion, Boulder Creek,
California, 2000
2000
Includes photos of members of Mihalik family, Mansell family, Hawes
family, Bishop family, Denos family, among others.
35.06
Santa Monica house, 1985
1985
35.07
Trip with Shirley and Pat, Panama Canal,
1992
1992
Includes prints and negatives, as well as small albums.
35.08
Old friends, 1940s-1997
1940s-1997
Includes photos of Guy Carawan, Evan Carawan, Fred Stone, Lee Hays,
Tinya Seeger, Jimmy Driftwood, Wayland Hand, Toshi Seeger, Brownie McGhee,
Alan Lomax, Henry Cowell, Tom Duggan, Fran Hood, Claire Bergey, Barry
Bergey, Marcia Berman, Vicki Lang, among others.
35.09
Unidentified, circa 1950s-2000s
circa 1950s-2000s
36.01
Shirley Mansell's family album (1 of 2),
circa 1920s-1975
circa 1920s-1975
Includes photos of Naomi Hawes, John Lomax Jr., Joe Lomax, Margaret
Marable Lomax, Chris Mansell, Susan Mansell, among others.
36.02
Shirley Mansell's family album (2 of 2),
circa 1920s-1975
circa 1920s-1975
Includes photos of John Lomax Jr., Mansell family members, Alan Lomax,
Corey Hawes, Anna Lomax, John Nova Lomax, Bob Gordon, Chris Gordon, Mihalik
family members, Shirley Lomax Mansell, Sister Virginia Margaret, among
others.
36.03
Shirley's album: weddings, birthday party,
Austin (1 of 2), circa 1910s-1980s
circa 1910s-1980s
Includes photos of John A. Lomax and Ruby Terrill's wedding, John
Lomax Jr.'s wedding, Bess Lomax and Butch Hawes's wedding, Naomi Hawes and
John Bishop's wedding, Tom Duggan and Shirley Mansell's wedding; Alaska
cruise; Tom's birthday.
36.04
Shirley's album: weddings, birthday party,
Austin (2 of 2), circa 1910s-1980s
circa 1910s-1980s
Includes photos of Shirley Lomax Mansell, Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr.,
Bess Lomax Hawes, Corey Hawes, Anna Lomax, Naomi Hawes, John Henry Faulk,
Mihalik family members, Chairetakis family members.
37.01
Shirley's album, circa
1970s-1980s
circa 1970s-1980s
Includes photos of Bess Lomax Hawes, Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr.,
Shirley Lomax Mansell, Lisa Gordon, Mihalik family members, Duggan family
members, Bishop family members, Corey Hawes.
37.02
Family album, 1948-1978
1948-1978
Includes photos of Naomi Hawes and John Bishop's wedding; Fred Stripp,
Corey Denos and Mike Denos, Peter Bishop, Nick Hawes, Jesse Paul Denos,
Butch Hawes, Megan Denos, Lisa Gordon, Shirley Lomax Mansell, Ralph Rinzler,
Kate Rinzler, Anna Lomax, Bob Jeffrey, Ted Carpenter, Alan Cary, Noah
Bishop, Amanda Bishop, Isabelle Hawes, Joshua Hawes,
38.01
Oldest family pictures album, circa
1880s-1940s
circa 1880s-1940s
Includes early photos of Bess Bauman Brown and members of the Brown
family, as well photos of Shirley Lomax, John Lomax Jr., Alan Lomax and Bess
Lomax in childhood and early adulthood.
39.01
Oversize photographs, circa
1935-1980s
circa 1935-1980s
Includes photos of Bess Lomax Hawes as a teenager, and during NEA
period; Pete Seeger in 1950s; photos of Butch Hawes sculptures.
Subseries B: Butch Hawes artwork
Note: Butch Hawes's illustrated version of "The Cowboy and the Wheel,"
also known as "The Gol-Darned Wheel," was accepted for publication but never
published.
40.01
Sketches, circa 1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Mostly pen and ink and pencil studies of human figure.
40.02
Sketches, circa 1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Mostly pen and ink and pencil studies of human figure and trees;
includes notes on cartoon sketches.
40.03
Illustrations in various media, circa
1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Illustrations in pencil, pen and ink and/or paint; includes proof copy
of illustration in Young Faces.
40.04
Bird sketches, circa 1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Pencil studies.
40.05
Come visit my ranch, circa 1950
circa 1950
Possibly clippings.
40.06
Prater Violet
book jacket, circa 1940s
circa 1940s
Proposed design for Christopher Isherwood novel.
40.07
Winter scenes and waiter, circa
1950s-1960s
circa 1950s-1960s
Illustrations in paint and possibly pen and ink.
40.08
"Look Ma, he did it himself...," circa
1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Pencil drawings, possibly designed as advertisements.
40.09
Young Faces
, 1952
1952
Butch Hawes-contributed illustration for "From the gold-darned wheel,"
in Cowboy Songs by John Lomax, one of 14 folk
story fragments that appear in Young Faces: an
Illustrated Album of Type Faces for Children's Books (New York:
Composing Room, 1952).
41.01
Illustrations, circa 1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Mostly pen and ink or pencil drawings of human figure; includes
notes.
41.02
Illustrations, circa 1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
"Glossy positive" printed in black ink; western theme.
41.03
Illustration, circa 1950s-1960s
circa 1950s-1960s
Pencil and paint.
41.04
Woody Guthrie fiddle tunes album design,
circa 1940s
circa 1940s
41.05
John A. Lomax Jr. portrait, circa
1940s-1960s
circa 1940s-1960s
Charcoal.
41.06
The Stuff Smith Trio album design,
1944
1944
41.07
Bagpipes and nurse, circa
1950s-1960s
circa 1950s-1960s
Painting.
42.01
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (1 of
13)
Cover illustration.
42.02
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (2 of
13)
42.03
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (3 of
13)
42.04
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (4 of
13)
42.05
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (5 of
13)
42.06
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (6 of
13)
42.07
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (7 of
13)
42.08
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (8 of
13)
42.09
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (9 of
13)
42.10
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (10 of
13)
42.11
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (11 of
13)
42.12
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (12 of
13)
42.13
"The Cowboy and the Wheel" (13 of
13)
Series IV: Moving images
Subseries A: VHS
AFC 2014/008: MV01
Washington, DC Heritage Festival,
1983
1983
AFC 2014/008: MV02
National Heritage Fellowships,
September, 1989
September, 1989
Part I: National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program, Washington,
DC
AFC 2014/008: MV03
National Heritage Fellowships,
September, 1989
September, 1989
Part II: National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program,
Washington, DC
AFC 2014/008: MV04
National Heritage Fellowships,
September, 1993
September, 1993
National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program.
AFC 2014/008: MV05
National Heritage Fellows at the Appalachian
Stage, 2003
2003
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife.
AFC 2014/008: MV06
Early Years of Public Sector Folklore Forum,
2003
2003
American Folklore Society.
AFC 2014/008: MV07
The Fandango Project, undated
undated
AFC 2014/008: MV08
Banjo Frolic, undated
undated
Video produced Belgian creators of American five-string banjo exhibit,
which was financed by Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels.
Subseries B: DVD
AFC 2014/008: MV09
The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes,
2003
2003
Georgia Sea Island Singers (1964); Buckdancer (1965); Pizza
Pizza Daddy-O (1967); Say Old Man, Can You
Play the Fiddle (1970).
AFC 2014/008: MV10
The Heritage Awards Ceremony and Concert,
September, 2008
September, 2008
Series V: Artifacts
43.01
NEA Distinguished Service Award,
1987
1987
43.02
NEA Distinguished Service Award,
1991
1991
43.03
Bosque County Ballad Hunter, 1994
1994
Includes a small branding iron in the shape of a letter "A."
43.04
CSUN Center for Visual and Performing Arts,
2002
2002
Distinguished Achievement award.
43.05
Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest Music Legend Award,
2007
2007
"In recognition of a lifetime of dedicated service to the folk and
traditional music community."
44.01
Awards, 1970-2004
1970-2004
Collection of awards given to Bess Lomax Hawes by the White House
Conference on Children, California State University, Northridge, National
Endowment for the Arts, and Smithsonian Institution; also includes award given
to filmmaker Bernard Wilets for work on Discovering
American Folk Music.
44.02
National Heritage Fellow award template,
circa 1982-1992
circa 1982-1992
44.03
Guam award, 1983
1983
Hawes was named a member of the Ancient Order of the Chammori.
44.04
UNC Chapel Hill doctorate diploma,
1995
1995
44.05
NEA Certificate of Retirement, 1992
1992
45
Address books and business cards, circa
1960s-1990s
circa 1960s-1990s
Box includes eight items: two rolodexes and six books containing
addresses and business cards.