Dyer-Bennet audio recordings and papers
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: Creator
content: Dyer-Bennet Records
label: Creator
content: Dyer-Bennet, Richard
label: Creator
content: Cort, Harvey
label: Names
content: Dyer-Bennet Records
topic: label: Topic
content: Popular music -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Ballads
label: Topic
content: Folk music -- United States
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by the Dyer-Bennet family.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dyer-Bennet Records
label: Creator
content: Dyer-Bennet, Richard
label: Creator
content: Cort, Harvey
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content: Dyer-Bennet audio recordings and papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Dyer-Bennet audiorecordings, which date from 1955-1974, consist of phonograph records and master audiotapes from Dyer-Bennet Records. The collection also includes personal and business papers, most of which were accrued in 2024.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: English-born Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was a major figure in the American folk music revival of the 1940s-1970s. He performed English ballads and European and American folk songs, blending indigenous rural and traditional materials with a unique musicality and urban artistry. In 1955, Dyer-Bennet founded his own record company in partnership with Harvey Cort. The objective of the new company was to ensure that Dyer-Bennet's recordings would truly reproduce his voice and guitar as they sounded in live performance, and that the songs on each record would be grouped as on his concert programs. Dyer-Bennet Records were released to high critical acclaim. All fifteen albums in the collection were acquired for pressing and distribution by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in 1995.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9.85 Cubic feet (business records, audiotapes, phonograph records)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.DYER
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Phonograph records
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Business records
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in three series:
Series 1: Audio recordings
Series 2: Papers
Series 3: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Phonograph records
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records