Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Robert C. Malone photographs
Malone, Robert C., 1931-2019
CFCH.MALO
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
papers
1 Binder
contact sheets and prints
black and white
1 Boxe
35 mm negatives
black and white
8.5"x10.75"x2.5"
0.44 Cubic feet
2 boxes contain the extent details for this collection
Box 1 is 0.24 cubic feet and Box 2 is 0.2 cubic feet
1957 - 1961
Original photographs and negatives taken by Robert C. Malone.
English
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Robert C. Malone photographs
Scope and Contents
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 collection features photographs of the Weavers and Cisco Houston. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, 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.
Processing Information
Each item in the Robert C. Malone Photograph Collection has been assigned an accession number, and like materials have been put together, such as the Old Town School of Folk Music photographs. Each photograph was given an accession number in numerical order based on the series number. Materials are further arranged chronologically.
Biographical/Historical note
Robert C. Malone is currently retired and lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Between 1957-1961, Robert C. Malone moved between Chicago and New York photographing folk singers such as the Weavers and Cisco Houston.
Through contact with Robert Koppelman, a scholar working with the Lee Hays Papers in the Rinzler Archives, Robert C. Malone heard about the Archives and wrote to offer his photos to the Archives collections.
Arrangement note
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.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Conditions Governing Use note
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.
Preferred Citation note
Robert C. Malone photographs, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Other Finding Aids note
http://folklife.si.edu/archives_resources/collections/malone.aspx
Processing Information note
The records were processed in 2005 by Meaghan McCarthy and updated by Stephanie Smith.
Encoded by Brittany Dunton, December 2011.
Shared Stewardship of Collections
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.
Chicago (Ill.)
Photographic prints
Correspondence
Contact sheets
Folk songs -- United States
New York (N.Y.)
Black-and-white negatives
Hamilton, Frank, 1934-
Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
Gilbert, Ronnie
Gooding, Cynthia
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
Koppelman, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1959-
Hellerman, Fred, 1927-2016
Langhorne, Bruce
Houston, Cisco
Stracke, Win, 1908-1991
Old Town School of Folk Music
Weavers (Musical group)
Odetta, 1930-2008
Schlamme, Martha
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
Sellers, John, 1924-
English, Logan
Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958
Bikel, Theodore
University of Chicago Concerts
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1957
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago: Odetta
FP-MALO-BWNE-0001
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1957 November 23
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago: Odetta
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago: Odetta and Linda Rosenburg
FP-MALO-BWNE-0002
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1957 November 23
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago: Odetta and Linda Rosenburg
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago: Odetta
FP-MALO-BWPR-0002-27
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1957 November 23
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1958 January
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers, Mahalia Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Hamilton, Win Stracke
FP-MALO-BWNE-0003
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers, Mahalia Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Hamilton, Win Stracke
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Pete Seeger of the Weavers
FP-MALO-BWPR-0003-6A
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Ronnie Gilbert of the Weavers
FP-MALO-BWPR-0003-19
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers, Mahilia Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Hamilton, Win Stracke
FP-MALO-BWNE-0004
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers, Mahilia Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Hamilton, Win Stracke
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Lee Hays of the Weavers
FP-MALO-BWPR-0004-22A
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers
FP-MALO-BWNE-0005
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers - Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert
FP-MALO-BWPR-0005-33
Archival Resource Key
2 Photographic prints
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers
FP-MALO-BWNE-0006
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: The Weavers - Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert
FP-MALO-BWPR-0007
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Fred Hellerman of the Weavers
FP-MALO-BWPR-0008
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1958 January 13
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Frank Hamilton
FP-MALO-BWNE-0009
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1958 February 16
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Frank Hamilton
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: Frank Hamilton
FP-MALO-BWPR-0009-5
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1958 February 16
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: hootenanny - Odetta, Martha Schlamme, Sonja Salvig
FP-MALO-BWNE-0010
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1958 February 16
Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago: hootenanny - Odetta, Martha Schlamme, Sonja Salvig
Unnamed Sheridan Square Club, New York
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961
One Sheridan Square [club], Greenwich Village, New York City: Theo Bikel, Cynthia Gooding, other singer
FP-MALO-BWNE-0011
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
circa 1961
One Sheridan Square [club], Greenwich Village, New York City: Theo Bikel, Cynthia Gooding, other singer
One Sheridan Square [club], Greenwich Village, New York City: Cynthia Gooding, Bruce Langhorne
FP-MALO-BWNE-0012
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
circa 1961
One Sheridan Square [club], Greenwich Village, New York City: Cynthia Gooding, Bruce Langhorne
Cisco Houston's Last Performance, Gerde's Folk City
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
FP-MALO-BWNE-0013
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
FP-MALO-BWNE-0014
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
FP-MALO-BWPR-0014-11
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston, Bruce Langhorne, and female performer
FP-MALO-BWNE-0015
Archival Resource Key
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston, Bruce Langhorne, and female performer
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
FP-MALO-BWPR-0015-14
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
FP-MALO-BWNE-0016
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston
FP-MALO-BWPR-0016-3
Archival Resource Key
2 Photographic prints
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston and Brother John Sellers
FP-MALO-BWNE-0017
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston and Brother John Sellers
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston, Charlie Close and Logan English
FP-MALO-BWNE-0018
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
1 sheet: negatives (photographs)
black and white
35 mm
1 Contact sheet
black and white
1961 February
Gerde's Folk City, New York: Cisco Houston, Charlie Close and Logan English
Miscellaneous People
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
Tuning up- Folk instrumentalist Frank Hamilton, Pete Seeger at left
FP-MALO-BWPR-0019
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
undated
Theodore Mckenna and other performer
FP-MALO-BWPR-0020
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
undated
Win Stracke, Sonja Salvig, and other performer
FP-MALO-BWPR-0021
Archival Resource Key
1 Photographic print
black and white
undated
Correspondence and Miscellaneous
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
Letter from Lee Hays to Robert C. Malone
FP-MALO-CORR-1-1
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
Letter from Lee Hays to Robert C. Malone
FP-MALO-CORR-1-2
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
Photocopy of email message from Robert S. Koppelman to Stephanie Smith
FP-MALO-CORR-1-3-p1-p2
Archival Resource Key
1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the Malone photos; includes earlier message from Stephanie Smith to Robert S. Koppelman
Letter from Robert C. Malone to Stephanie Smith
FP-MALO-CORR-1-4
Archival Resource Key
1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the donation of negatives and prints to the Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies (now the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage).
Letter from Robert C. Malone to Stephanie Smith
FP-MALO-CORR-1-5
Archival Resource Key
1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning rights and terms of use for Malone photographs.
Handwritten note on lined paper (notes on negatives)
FP-MALO-MISC-1-6
Archival Resource Key
1
Scope and Contents
Not proofed:
Weavers with Mahalia Jackson, Bill Broonzy seated on stage
Lee Hays puffing on cigarette, thoughtful
Lee Hays with Mahalia Jackson (not very good)
Lee Hays in background with Weavers, Mahalia Jackson solo