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TitleSidney Robertson Cowell collectionNoteRelated material: W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection, 1936-1991 is located in the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.Related material: Resettlement Administration recordings collection, 1937-1939, containing items related to Sidney Robertson Cowell's work with the RA, is located in the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.Related material: The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress has additional materials related to Sidney Robertson Cowell. It holds sound recordings containing folk songs, ethnic music, and interviews that Sidney Robertson Cowell recorded in the United States, Canada, Ireland, the Middle East, and Asia, during the 1950s and 1960s. These materials may be accompanied by documentation, including correspondence, journals, logs, notes, postcards, transcriptions, and articles. In addition, the Sidney Robertson Cowell Collection of Writings and Reminiscences contains her recollections about doing fieldwork and folksong collecting. It ranges from the 1950s to 1990 and includes additional biographical, music, and research material. Finally, there is one tape of Wisconsin fiddle tunes originally recorded on disc in 1937 and one disc containing songs sung by Ford-Walker family members recorded in Wisconsin in 1937.Biographical data: Sidney Robertson Cowell (b. June 2,1903, in San Francisco, California; d. February 23, 1995, in Shady, New York) was a pioneering ethnomusicologist, folk song and ethnic music collector and recordist, ethnographer, teacher, and writer. She was the wife of modernist composer Henry Cowell.Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and atCould not render: bf:electronicLocatorExtent5067 items (28 containers, 13 linear feet)Usage And Access PolicyOpen to research.Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visitCertain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.Could not render: bf:electronicLocatorPreferred CitationSidney Robertson Cowell Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.