Robert C. Malone photographs
odd: label: Shared Stewardship of Collections
content: The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://doi.org/10.25573/data.21771155.
name: label: Photographer
content: Malone, Robert C., 1931-2019
label: Names
content: Old Town School of Folk Music
label: Names
content: Weavers (Musical group)
label: Performer
content: Bikel, Theodore
label: Names
content: Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958
label: Performer
content: English, Logan
label: Performer
content: Gilbert, Ronnie
label: Performer
content: Gooding, Cynthia
label: Performer
content: Hamilton, Frank, 1934-
label: Performer
content: Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
label: Performer
content: Hellerman, Fred, 1927-2016
label: Performer
content: Houston, Cisco
label: Performer
content: Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
label: Performer
content: Koppelman, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1959-
label: Performer
content: Langhorne, Bruce
label: Performer
content: Odetta, 1930-2008
label: Performer
content: Schlamme, Martha
label: Performer
content: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
label: Performer
content: Sellers, John, 1924-
label: Performer
content: Stracke, Win, 1908-1991
place: label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.)
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Smithsonian Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired the Robert C. Malone Photograph Collection in 1998. In a letter dated 19 January 1999, Mr. Malone gave full discretion to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to grant permission for both internal and external use of his photographs with the request that his work be credited.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Malone, Robert C., 1931-2019
setName: label: See more items in
content: Robert C. Malone photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Original photographs and negatives taken by Robert C. Malone.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Robert C. Malone is currently retired and lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Between 1957-1961, Robert C. Malone moved between Chicago and New York photographing folk singers such as the Weavers and Cisco Houston.  

Through contact with Robert Koppelman, a scholar working with the Lee Hays Papers in the Rinzler Archives, Robert C. Malone heard about the Archives and wrote to offer his photos to the Archives collections.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Folder (papers)
label: Extent
content: 1 Binder (contact sheets and prints, black and white)
label: Extent
content: 1 Boxe (35 mm negatives, black and white, 8.5"x10.75"x2.5")
label: Extent
content: 0.44 Cubic feet (2 boxes contain the extent details for this collection, Box 1 is 0.24 cubic feet and Box 2 is 0.2 cubic feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957 - 1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.MALO
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Binders
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Contact sheets
label: Type
content: Black-and-white negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged in 6 series: (1) University of Chicago; (2) Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, Ill.; (3) One Sheridan Square, N.Y.; (4) Cisco Houston's Last Performance; (5) Miscellaneous People; (6) Correspondence and Miscellaneous. Contact sheets and prints arranged in 1 binder; negatives are stored in a separate binder. Series VI, Correspondence and Miscellaneous, is filed separately. Materials are arranged chronologically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Each item in the Robert C. Malone Photograph Collection has been assigned an accession number, and like materials have been put together, such as the Old Town School of Folk Music photographs.  Each photograph was given an accession number in numerical order based on the series number.  Materials are further arranged chronologically.
label: Processing Information note
content: The records were processed in 2005 by Meaghan McCarthy and updated by Stephanie Smith.

Encoded by Brittany Dunton, December 2011.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Contact sheets
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white negatives
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: http://folklife.si.edu/archives_resources/collections/malone.aspx
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Robert C. Malone photographs document the performances of folk singers. The collection dates from 1957 to circa 1961. Photographic materials include 16 rolls of negatives, contact sheets made from the negatives, and 14 prints. The collection features photographs of the Weavers and Cisco Houston. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, including two letters from Robert C. Malone to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage concerning the donation of the collection, and two letters from Lee Hays to Robert C. Malone. A handful of Malone's prints are housed with the Lee Hays papers in the Rinzler Archives and are not included in the finding aid.