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|| About the Collection ||
Sidney Robertson Cowell (1903-1995) was a noted ethnographer and the wife of composer Henry Cowell. The collection consists of Sidney Cowell's personal papers, writings, correspondence, transcripts, publications, photographs, and drawings (mostly photostatic copies relating to the California Folk Music Project). The earliest item is from 1912 (a letter to her mother while on a summer trip to Europe with her piano teacher); the latest is from 1991 (a letter to the Library of Congress).
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1912-1991
- Bulk Dates
- 1930-1990
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 5000
- Number of Containers
- 2
- Linear Feet
- 12
- Contents
- 4,500 papers; 100 music manuscripts and printed music
- Processing History
- Music Division materials are unprocessed. California Folk Music Project materials in the American Folklife Center are processed.
- Transfers
- In 1998, Music Division transferred to the Archive of Folk Culture in the American Folklife Center from the collection relating to Cowell’s work with the California Folk Music Project. This material joined other Cowell papers in the Folklife Center.
- Provenance
- The collection was given over a span of twenty years by Sidney Cowell.
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures. Note: a small number of personal papers were sealed until ten years after Sidney Cowell’s death; these papers became available in 2005.
- On Microfilm?
- No
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
