Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1978 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Field notes, manuscripts, photographs, booking contracts, correspondence, personal papers, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, interviews, and other research materials primarily relating to the history of American blues music. Collection documents the lives of significant blues musicians Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Mance Lipscomb; insight into the life, writings, and research practices of Robert "Mack" McCormick; and the business side of recording and selling the blues.
Scope and Contents:
The collection documents the life, writings, research practices, and business activities of blues scholar Robert "Mack" Burton McCormick who came to serve as a leading authority on the genre. Personal papers include diaries, curriculum vitae, biographical sketches, school papers, employment documents, correspondence, financial records, and an interview transcript. McCormick's writings consist of published magazine and journal articles, plays, essays, television scripts, short stories, and album liner notes. There are complete unpublished manuscripts, drafts with notes and research materials, and ideas for future work. McCormick's research practices and subjects of interest are documented in correspondence, field notes, annotated maps, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, city directories, interviews, photographic prints, negatives, slides, and contact sheets. American blues, Texas blues, and the music of significant blues artists, who McCormick served as an agent and manager for, dominated his extensive research efforts. In addition, the collection documents the recording, distribution and sale, and identification of consumer markets for American music in correspondence, contracts, agreements, music journals, publicity and promotional materials, music manuscripts, and interviews.
Throughout the collection preservation measures were performed to ensure long term use of the materials. Newspaper clippings were photocopied, and the originals were discarded. Audio cassette tapes have been reformatted and the digital copies will soon be available for research use.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into fifteen series.
Series 1: Photographic Negatives, Photographs and Slides, 1959-1998, undated
Subseries 1.1: Photographic Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1967-1977, undated
Subseries 1.2: Photographs, 1959-1998, undated
Subseries 1.3: Photographs, Texas Blues (TB), 1961-1964, undated
Subseries 2.11: Business Records, 1941-2006, undated
Series 3: Project Files, 1960-2003, undated
Subseries 3.1: Library of Congress, 1960-1964
Subseries 3.2: Newport Folk Festival, 1965-1969
Subseries 3.3: Hemisfair, 1968
Subseries 3.4: Smithsonian Institution, Festival of American Folklife 1966-1980, undated
Subseries 3.5: Other Blues Project, 2001-2003, undated
Series 4: Manuscripts and Writings, 1952-2015, undated
Subseries 4.1: Almost A Savage Joy, 1959-1980
Subseries 4.2: Another Fine Mess, 1981-1987, undated
Subseries 4.3: Blues: A New Look, 1965-1984, undated
Subseries 4.4: Blues Odyssey, 1971, undated
Subseries 4.5: Death and Tragedy, 1975-1980, undated
Subseries 4.6: Down in Texas Blues, undated
Subseries 4.7: Folk Songs of Men, 1952-1977, undated
Subseries 4.8: Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, 1958-1976, undated
Subseries 4.9: Henry Thomas, 1975-2002, undated
Subseries 4.10: Ira, George, Edward, and Lee, 1994, undated
Subseries 4.11: The Magic Room, 1961-1962, undated
Subseries 4.12: Origin of Blues, 1991-2004, undated
Subseries 4.13: Snake in the Belly, 1956-1957, undated
Subseries 4.14: Wiley, 1957-1984, undated
Subseries 4.15: Articles, Ideas and Drafts, 1961-2004, undated
Series 5: Artist Files, 1880-2010, undated
Series 6: Texas Blues Research, 1858-2011, undated
Subseries 6.1: Texas Blues Research, 1910-2010, undated
Subseries 6.2: Lead Files, 1962-1980, undated
Subseries 6.3: Trip Notes, 1960-1989, undated
Subseries 6.4: Song Histories, 1920-1982, undated
Subseries 6.5: Music, 1928-2011, undated
Subseries 6.6: Record Catalogs, 1963-2006, undated
Subseries 6.7: Maps, 1958-1989, undated
Series 7: Robert Johnson, 1910-2015, undated
Subseries 7.1: Research Materials, 1910-2015, undated
Subseries 7.2: Who Killed Robert Johnson Manuscript, 1955-2015, undated
Series 8: Office Files, 1938-2000, undated
Series 9: Correspondence, 1959-2015, undated
Series 10: Organizations, Groups and Buffs, 1961-2003, undated
Series 11: Festivals and Living Museums, 1960-2003, undated
Series 12: Music Journals, 1971-2006, undated
Series 13: Subject Files, 1896-2015, undated
Series 14: People Files, 1928-2014, undated
Series 15: Audio Cassette Tapes and Digital Files, 1941-2007, undated
Biographical / Historical:
Robert Burton "Mack" McCormick (August 3, 1930-November 18, 2015) was a self-taught folklorist who spent a lifetime researching, collecting, and writing about vernacular music in the United States. Most of his work focused on the blues and other musical traditions of Black, brown, and white communities living throughout Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. After experiencing a difficult, transient childhood and eventually dropping out of high school, McCormick settled in Houston, Texas and began to work a series of odd jobs while relentlessly pursuing his goal of becoming a successful writer. Although researching and writing about music came to occupy most of his time, he also pursued passions as a screenwriter and novelist. The volume of historical research and personal interviews he conducted from the 1950s through the early 1970s is remarkable, and his published writings during this period about music and the musicians he doggedly studied were lauded by his peers as among the best in the field. Along the way he worked for a time as a manager for the careers of the Texas songsters Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, and briefly ran his own record label. He made hundreds of hours of field recordings with musicians living throughout the South. He collaborated with colleagues such as Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records, and Paul Oliver, with whom McCormick spent over a decade researching and writing a manuscript on the history of Texas Blues. Beginning in the late 1960s, he was contracted by the Smithsonian Institution as a field worker for its annual Festival of American Folklife, and around the same time began researching the life of blues legend Robert Johnson for a manuscript that McCormick wrote and re-wrote but failed to publish in his lifetime.
McCormick's research, along with his personal archive, became the stuff of legend among fellow blues researchers and enthusiasts, particularly after his publishing output dwindled in the 1970s. He lived with a bipolar disorder that drew him into bouts of depression and paranoia. He came to distrust many of those colleagues working most closely with him, and sometimes shared untrue information to throw them off the trail of his research discoveries. He also "borrowed" heirloom photographs from the family members and descendants of blues artists and, in several cases documented in this collection, he refused to return them. Overcome with challenges that lay both within and without his control, he came to describe the massive archive in his Houston, Texas home as "the monster," and spent his final decades attempting with little success to publish his writings.
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Arhoolie Business Records and Audio Recordings, 1960-2016, CFCH.ARHO
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1926-1986, CFCH.ASCH
National Museum of American History's Division of Culture and the Arts
Artifacts acquired as part of the collection include:
Washburn style G guitar, serial number 46472, Accession number 2019.0234.01.
Set of quills (or panpipes) made and played by blues artist Joe Patterson. Accession number 2019.0234.02.
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Audio recordings acquired as part of the collection are listed in The Guide to the Mack McCormick Audio Tapes Collection prepared by Jeff Place, 2020-2022.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Susannah Nix to the Archives Center in 2019.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access to original materials in boxes 76-80 is prohibited. Researchers must use digital copies.
Additional materials have been removed from public access pending investigation under the Smithsonian Institution's Ethical Returns and Shared Stewardship Policy.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
If you ever go over to Ireland / Rakish Paddy --Tralee Jane / Maggie in the Wood --Rocks of Bawn --Casadh an t-sugain / Twisting of the hay-rope --Mountain road / Heather breeze --She moves through the fair --Smash the windows / Off she goes / Flannagan's ball / Frost is --Morissey and the Russian sailor --Maid I ne'er forgot --Boys of Blue Hill -- Jolly tinker --Spailpin Fanac --Swallow's tail / Sligo maid -- Bunch of keys --Blarney Stone --Reel.
Track Information:
101 If You Ever Go to Ireland / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
102 Rakish Paddy / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman, Seamus Ennis.
103 Tralee Jane / Michael Gorman, Paddy Breen.
103 Maggie in the Wood / Michael Gorman, Paddy Breen.
104 Rocks of Bawn / Joe Heaney.
105 Casadh an t-sugain / Seamus Ennis.
106 The Mountain Road / Michael Gorman.
106 Heather Breeze / Michael Gorman.
107 She Moves Through the Fair / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
108 Smash the Windows / Michael Gorman, Pat Howley.
108 The Frost is All Over / Michael Gorman, Pat Howley.
109 Morrissey and the Russian Sailor / Joe Heaney.
110 The Maid I N'er Forget / Michael Gorman, Tommy McGuire.
111 The Boys of Blue Hill / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
112 The Jolly Tinker / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
114 Spailpin Fanac / Joe Heaney.
115 The Swallow's Tail / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
116 The Bunch of Keys / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
117 The Blarney Stone / Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3043
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: London (England), England, March 17, 1970.
General:
Le Chant du Monde 53575
Recorded by Ralph Rinzler and Barry Murphy in The King's Arms, Kentish Town, London, and in The Bedford Arms, Camden Town, London.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Ground hog -- Everyday dirt -- Bonaparte's retreat -- The house carpenter -- I'm troubled -- Your long journey -- When I die -- The train that carried my girl from town -- Down the road -- The lone pilgrim -- Texas gales ; Blackberry rag -- Darling Cory -- The Triplett tragedy -- Muddy roads -- The lost soul.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-2571
XTRA.1082
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
London, England XTRA
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Deep Gap (N.C.), United States, North Carolina.
General:
Program notes (12 p.) inserted.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Johnson boys--Feast here tonight--Foggy Mountain Top (2x)--It's a shame to whip your ife on Sunday
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0070
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Sailor on the deep blue sea--Handsome Molly--I am a roving gambler--Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday (2 takes)--Fiddle duet--Rabbit in a log--It's a shame to whip your wife on Sunday--Poor Miss Liza Jane--Greenback dollar
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0071
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
102 Run Jimmy Run / Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley. Guitar,Banjo.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0262
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Tennessee, Deep Gap (N.C.), United States, North Carolina.
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Recorded in: United States, North Carolina, Deep Gap (N.C.).
General:
Folkways 40012
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Budded roses--Shout Lulu--May I sleep in your barn tonight, mister--House carpenter--Man who rode the mule around the world--Rude and rambling man--Whoa mule--Wild Bill Jones--Little log cabin in the lane--Cluck old hen--Frankie Silvers --The prisoner's song --Hard luck blues --Little hillside.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1526
General:
Folkways 2350
CDR copy American ballads; sung by Tom Clarence Ashley accompanying himself on banjo and guitar, with Larry "Tex" Isley, guitar and autoharp.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Rocks of bawn--Morrisssey and the russian--Irish reel #1--Irish reel #2
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1701
General:
Folkways 3575
CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system--
Heaney, Joe - "Irish Music in London Pubs" - 1965 - Full track Mono - 15 ips FW03575 / FG 3575 Full of lively music and uplifted voices, this collection of Irish music was released in 1965 after on-sight recording at The King's Arms and The Bedford Arms in London. Recorders Ralph Rinzler and Barry Murphy thank the proprietors of these buildings for giving them use of the recording machine and "the facilities of the place, including drinks." -Folkways
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
101 Crawdad Song / Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson. Banjo,Guitar,Fiddle.
102 Lee Highway Blues / Clarence Ashley, Doc Watson. Banjo,Guitar,Fiddle.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-1725
General:
Folkways 2359
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Sailor on the deep blue sea--Handsome Molly--Sun's gonna shine--Roving gambler--Johnson boys--Rabbit in a log--Foggy Mountain top--It's a shame to whip your wife on Sunday--Liza Jane--Greenback dollar--Colored aristocracy
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-1282
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Doc Watson--Looking toward heaven--Fiddle tune; Dock Boggs--Little black train; unknown--Banjo tune--String band; Gaither Carlton--House carpenter; Doc Watson--Down the road--Texas gales--Blackberry rag; Pop Stoneman--All I Got's gone--unknown; Roscoe Holcomb--Little birdir; Unknown--Fiddle tune--What'll I do with the baby-o--Wild Bill Jones
Track Information:
101 Looking Towards Heaven / Clint Howard, Doc Watson, Fred Price. Guitar,Fiddle.
107 Down the Road / Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton. Fiddle.
108 Texas Gales / Doc Watson, Ralph Rinzler. Guitar,Mandolin.
108 Blackberry Rag / Doc Watson, Ralph Rinzler. Guitar,Mandolin.
109 All I Got's Gone / Ernest V. Stoneman.
110 Unknown / Ernest V. Stoneman.
111 Little Birdie / Roscoe Holcomb. Banjo.
112 Fiddle Tune / Unknown. Fiddle.
114 What'll I Do with the Baby-O / Unknown.
115 Wild Bill Jones / Unknown.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3418
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Charles Giteau (5x)--Old pine (4x)--Way Over in the Promised Land (7x)--Gonna row my boat (4x)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3529
General:
Folkways 2375
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Merry golden tree (Golden vanity0 (8x)--Titanic (4x)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3530
General:
Folkways 2375
CDR copy. Multi-track tape
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Uncllouded day (6x)--Forsaken lover (7x)--Charles Giteau (12x)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3531
General:
Folkways 2375
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
I never will marry (12x)--My home along the hills (2x)--Just another broken heart (5x)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-3532
General:
Folkways 2375
CDR copy; Multi-track tape.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Old Molly Hare--Kicking mule--More pretty girls than one--Freight train
Track Information:
101 Old Molly Hare / Guitar.
102 Kicking Mule / Guitar.
103 More Pretty Girls Than One / Guitar.
104 Freight Train / Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1469
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Pennsylvania, United States, January, 1957.
General:
Folkways 2005
CDR copy Tape Info: On FW-ASCH-7RR-1469, Mike and Peggy Seeger and Ralph Rinzler perform three songs in January, 1957, recorded at the WSRN (Swarthmore College Radio), by Ralph Rinzler. The back of the tape box says, "Partial Master for FA2005," which is American Folk Songs Sung by the Seegers - FW02005; however, the tape box has negative comments for all three takes, and, having listened to FA02005, it's clear that none of the three takes on this tape were used on the LP.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Goodbye little Bonnie (More pretty girls than one)--My home's across the Smoky Mountains--Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (Child No. 73) (2x)--Water is wide
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4988
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
