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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Robert Yellin photographs, 1964-1966
Summary
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.YELL
- Creators:
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Yellin, Bob
- Dates:
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1964-1966
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Boxe35mm negatives54 Photographic prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Robert Yellin's fieldwork photographs document folk musicians and artisans. Yellin accompanied Ralph Rinzler on a number of fieldwork trips and provided the photographic record. The collection dates from 1964 to 1966. Photographic materials include 69 rolls of negatives, contact sheets made from the negatives, and 54 prints and features photographs of Doc Watson, Clarence Ashley, Clint Howard and Fred Price.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Each roll of negatives and their corresponding contact sheets in the Robert Yellin photographs has been assigned an accession number, and like materials have been put together. Each photographic print was given an accession number in numerical order based on the series number. Materials are arranged chronologically.
Administration
Author
Meagan Hughes with additions by Stephanie Smith
Processing Information
The records were processed in 2008 by Meagan Hughes with additions by Stephanie Smith.
Encoded by Brittany Dunton, December 2011.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired the Robert Yellin photographs in the late 1960s.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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
Robert Yellin photographs, Ralph Rinzler Folklikfe Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
More Information
Shared Stewardship of Collections
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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographic prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Folk musicians | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Contact sheets | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Folk artists | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Negatives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Watson, Doc | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Price, Fred, 1915-1987 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Howard, Clint, 1930- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
600 Maryland Ave SW
Washington, D.C.
rinzlerarchives@si.edu
