The Robert C. Malone photographs, 1957 - 1961
date: label: Date
content: 1957
label: Date
content: 1957-1961
label: Date
content: 1957 - 1961
name: label: photographer
content: Malone, Robert C.
label: performer
content: Bikel, Theodore
label: Subject
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: Subject
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
label: Subject
content: Old Town School of Folk Music
label: Subject
content: Weavers (Musical group)
notes: label: Notes
content: During the late 1950's and early 1960's, Robert C. Malone moved between Chicago and New York photographing folk singers such as the Weavers and Cisco Houston. Through contact with a scholar working working with the Lee Hays papers, Robert C. Malone heard about the Rinzler Archives and wrote to offer his photos to the collections.
label: Notes
content: Finding aid is available.
label: Notes
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.
label: Organization
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
label: Summary
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 photograph collection features photographs of the Weavers and Cisco Houston. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondnece, 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.
label: Cite as
content: Robert C. Malone photographs, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Chicago (Ill.)
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
objectType: label: Type
content: Black-and-white negatives
label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Contact sheets
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 for additional information
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Copyright restrictions apply. Please contact the archivists for further information
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 16 contact sheets : black and white
label: Physical description
content: 14 photographic prints : black and white
label: Physical description
content: 16 negatives : black and white