Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: H enry Cowell Correspondence,
Date (inclusive): 1937-1944
Collection number: ARCHIVES COWELL 1
Creator:
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Extent: Number of items: 13 letters
Repository: The
Music Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance
- Donor:
- Elizabeth Elkus, Berkeley.
- Date:
- November 13, 1986.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in
writing to the Head of the Music Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry Cowell correspondence, ARCHIVES COWELL 1, The Music
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
Principally with Albert Elkus, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, these
letters chiefly concern Cowell's imprisonment at San Quentin Prison, 1936-1940. Other
correspondents include Mrs. Olive Thompson Cowell, and Mrs. Sidney Robertson Cowell.