Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection, 1901-1992 Span: 1901-1992 Bulk: 1936-1990 English collection 13 ft. 29 boxes Sidney Robertson Cowell (1903-1995) was a folksong and ethnic music collector and recordist, ethnographer, ethnomusicologist, teacher, writer, and wife of composer Henry Cowell. The collection consists of her personal papers, which document all aspects of her life and work. The collection includes correspondence relating to personal and professional matters; fieldwork reports, fieldnotes, songs lists and other materials from her field recording projects and trips; articles, essays, reviews, and papers written by Sidney Robertson Cowell; articles and narratives by and about Henry Cowell; autobiographical narratives and essays, clippings, family histories and other materials relating to her professional career and personal life; photographs; teaching materials; and song sheets and song books. In addition, the collection contains photocopies of a selection of Henry Cowell holographs, several annotated by Sidney Robertson Cowell, and a selection of folk songs with piano settings by Henry Cowell in his own hand. Clippings, correspondence, diaries, drafts, ethnography, field notes, memorandums, photographs, proposals, songbooks, music. 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. Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Cowell, Sidney Robertson Papers of the noted ethnographer and wife of composer Henry Cowell. Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Folk Music Ethnomusicologists Cowell, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Henry W. P. A. California Folk Music Project ML31.C78 Performing Arts Encyclopedia California Folk Music Project http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010010 IHAS 110202 loc.natlib.scdb.200033709