Finding aid for the Harry Smith papers, 1888-2010, bulk 1987-1990 2013.M.4
Annette Leddy
Special Collections
2013
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Harry Smith papers
Creator:
Naropa Institute
Creator:
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
Creator:
Smith, Harry Everett, 1923-1991
Identifier/Call Number: 2013.M.4
Physical Description:
229 Linear Feet
(340 boxes, 4 flatfile folders)
Date (inclusive): 1888-2010, bulk 1987-1990
Date (bulk): 1988-1990
Abstract: The archive was assembled after the death of Harry Smith, polymath filmmaker, painter, and collector of American vernacular
art, music, and artifacts. It contains correspondence from the last three years of Smith's life, a selection of Smith's manuscripts
and art, most of his original films, his final audio project,
Materials for the Study of Religion and Culture in the Lower East Side or Movies for Blind People, and a sizeable portion of his realia collections, including paper airplanes.
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Language of Material:
English .
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in eight series: Series I. Correspondence, 1974-1992, undated; Series II. Writings, research, and
artwork, circa 1920-1991, undated; Series III. Photographs, slides, and transparencies, 1940-2006, undated; Series IV. Printed
matter, 1943-2008, undated; Series V. Audio recordings, 1964-2010, undated; Series VI. Film projects, 1947-2003; Series VII.
Videos, 1964-2007; Series VIII. Collections, 1888-circa 1990, undated.
Related Archival Materials
Other Smith materials are held at the Smithsonian Folkways, the Anthology Film Archives, the Harry Smith Archives, and with
private collectors. Recordings of GRI-sponsored Harry Smith events are also held in Getty Institutional Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection, assembled by the Harry Smith Archives after Smith's death, comprises most of what remained of Smith's work
after an itinerate life. Correspondence in Series I is focused on the last few years of Smith's life, when he received mail
from former students, acolytes, and medical or social service institutions. Series II contains interesting examples of Smith's
poetry, photocopy collage art, and daily ramblings in his journals, though much of the written material is in the form of
photocopies. Series III contains a large number of photographs of Smith in a range of activities, some by notable American
photographers, and a number by Allen Ginsberg. Series IV contains biographical research, clippings from several decades about
Smith's work, and about the posthumous performances of his work organized by the Harry Smith Archives, which is also the primary
focus of the videos in Series VII.
Series V contains recordings by and about Smith, along with Smith's
Materials for the Study of Religion and Culture in the Lower East Side or Movies for Blind People, comprised of audio cassette recordings of collected sounds such as faucet drippings, wind, bird calls, and traffic. Series
VI contains most of the extant works in 16 mm film, and amply documents Smith's major film,
Mahagonny, which the Harry Smith Archives transferred to various formats. Smith's collections in Series VIII are the highlight of the
archive, where Smith's unique aesthetic strikingly emerges in the patterns that embrace multiple cultures, commercial and
handmade objects, and paper ephemera of every imaginable kind.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers with the following exceptions: audio visual material is unavailable until reformatted;
Box 340 is sealed.
Publication Rights
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Harry Smith Archives. Acquired in 2013.
Preferred Citation
Harry Smith papers, 1888-2010 (bulk 1987-1990), The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2013.M.4.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2013m4
Processing History
The collection was processed by Annette Leddy, Jan Bender, and Gary Echternacht in 2013, with Bender soley responsible for
rehousing and processing the objects in Series VIII. Annette Leddy cataloged the collection, incorporating into the Biographical/Historical
notes some sentences from Nancy Perloff and Rani Singh.
Four unopened, unused audio reels were deaccessioned from the collection in 2022.
Biographical Note
Harry Smith, polymath filmmaker, painter, and collector of American vernacular art, music, and artifacts, was born on May
23, 1923 in Portland, Oregon. Smith grew up in Washington state, moving between the small rural towns of Anacortes and Bellingham,
in the center of Pacific Northwest Coast Indian territory. Smith's father, Robert James Smith, worked in the salmon industry
successively as a marine engineer, boat captain, and night watchman. His mother, Mary Louise Hammond, taught on the Lummi
Indian Reservation from 1925 to 1932.
Inspired by his mother's work on the Reservation, Smith became fascinated with local Native American cultures. By age 15,
Smith had recorded songs and rituals of the Lummi, Salish and Swinomish peoples and compiled a dictionary of Puget Sound dialects.
He also began collecting early American folk records. This was the beginning of a lifelong interest in documenting the art
and language of diverse cultures on audio, film, and canvas. In 1944, Smith took a brief trip to the San Francisco Bay Area,
attended a Woody Guthrie concert and smoked marijuana for the first time. This proved a life-altering experience for him,
and Smith decided soon after to leave his studies at the University of Washington to move to San Francisco.
In the following two decades, Smith made the unique abstract experimental films that remain landmarks in the history of film.
He also compiled the influential
Anthology of American Folk Music, a compendium of vernacular music that emanated from a range of professional and non-professional, rural and urban musicians
who recorded for local audiences. This collection of heart-wrenching musical narratives from "the old weird America" would
become the foundation of the 1960s revolution in American folk and rock music.
Throughout the 1970s Smith focused on the four-screen film
Mahagonny, an imaginative reworking of the Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht opera. The film is Smith's portrait of New York City, where
he spent most of his adult life, otherwise recording the city's ambient sounds and collecting its detritus, always applying
the anthropologist's method together with his keen sense of aesthetics to gather items of unexpected beauty and fascination.
An itinerate who flaunted normative social expectations, Smith lived most of his life in cheap New York hotels like The Breslin
or The Chelsea, surrounded by his friends, acolytes, and collections. During the last few years, he moved to Boulder, Colorado,
where he taught at the Naropa Institute at the instigation of his longtime friend and colleague Allen Ginsberg.
Historical Note
The Harry Smith Archives was created in 1992 after Smith's death. Committed to the location, preservation and presentation
of the work of artist Harry Smith, it is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization registered in the State of New York since
1998. On December 2nd, 1991, five days after Harry Smith died at the Chelsea Hotel, a group of Smith's colleagues gathered
in the apartment of Raymond Foye. Attendees included Allen Ginsberg, Jonas Mekas, Joe Gross, Bill Breeze, Rani Singh, Deborah
Freeman and others. The focus of the meeting was to discuss an immediate plan to collect and catalog Smith's remaining belongings
and surmise about his continuing legacy.
In the years that followed, the Harry Smith Archives held annual memorials and screenings at Naropa Institute, St. Mark's
Poetry Project, Anthology Film Archives, and other locations, with the goal of increasing awareness of Smith's work. The Archives
also continued researching, locating, identifying and collecting Smith's art objects that had been dispersed to various private
and public collections. The Archives co-produced with Smithsonian Folkways the 1997 reissue of the
Anthology of American Folk Music, with expanded notes and essays and CD-ROM capability, exposing it to an entirely new audience. Originally issued by Folkways
in 1952 as three volumes of two LPs each, (a total of 84 tracks), it had been commercially unavailable for many years. The
Archives also produced a series of concert events between 1999 and 2001. The first concert, precipitated by
Meltdown Festival guest director Nick Cave, was a salute to the influential and
idiosyncratic
Anthology and many of Smith's other interests. Similar concerts followed in New York at St Ann's Warehouse. This exploration continued
with a two day symposium at the Getty Research Institute
Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular, which featured a concert "No Depression in Heaven" at the GRI along with two five-hour concerts at UCLA's Royce Hall. The
Harry Smith Project box set issued by Shout! Factory Records in 2006 is a multi-media record of those concerts.
The Old Weird America, a documentary by Rani Singh produced by the Harry Smith Archives, traced the history of the
Anthology from its initial compilation of 78 records to its release on Folkways Records in 1952, when it helped to inspire the urban
folk revival of the 1960s. The film also considered the
Anthology's continuing influence on modern music.
Existence and Location of Copies
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Video recordings
Audiotapes
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
Photographs, Original
Motion pictures
Realia
Paper airplanes
Tarot
Folk art (traditional art)
Art and music
Experimental films -- United States -- 20th century
Correspondence, Series I.
1974-1992, undated
Physical Description: 2.09 Linear Feet(5 boxes)
Arrangement
Organized in two groupings: letters from friends and fans, arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the correspondent;
and bills and receipts, roughly grouped by type.
Scope and Contents
Consisting almost entirely of letters received, this series comprises the mail sent to Smith during the last four years of
his life, while he was mostly in residence at the Naropa Institute. The major portion of this material is financial, consisting
of bills and receipts. Some of the material is from friends and former students.
box 1, box 2
Letters from friends,
1974-1992
Scope and Contents
Letters written to Harry Smith while he was in residence at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado during the last four
years of his life. One highlight is the file of letters from Allen Ginsberg, who often berates Smith for over-spending. One
letter is from 1974; the rest are from the last four years of his life and the year after.
box 3, box 4, box 5
Bills and receipts,
1986-1992
Scope and Contents
Including medical bills, letters from Social Services, receipts, and miscellaneous files of random phone numbers, names, and
phone messages.
Writings, research and artwork, Series II.
circa 1920-1991, undated
Physical Description: 9.75 Linear Feet(17 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Consisting of Smith's research materials regarding string figures in various cultures of the world; inventories of his book,
record and audio cassette collections; and a sampling of his writings and artwork on paper.
Arrangement
Arranged by category of material.
box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10
String figure studies,
undated
Scope and Contents
Mostly original material comprised of Smith's anthropological studies of string figures in various cultures. Arranged in a
numerical system devised by Smith, the study appears in the form of a card catalog, with more lengthy descriptions featured
on similarly arranged sheets of paper. One box contains extra string. A mounted string figure is also in Series IV. Collections.
box 11
Assorted writings,
1942-1991, undated
Scope and Contents
Writing by Smith, including several letters of historic significance, such as those to Hilla Rebay at the Guggenheim Museum
from 1950 to 1951. Also of interest is a copy of a notebook in a black binder found in 1991, the original of which is in a
private collection; a copy of Smith's manuscript on alchemy, the original of which is with William Breeze, executor of the
Aleister Crowley estate; and a copy of a poetry manuscript, the original of which is at the Anthology Film Archives.
box 12
Assorted artwork,
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes examples of Smith's Border Art, specifically made for Darrin Daniel's chapbook
Alchemical Coffeehouse; typewriter drawings; collages on paper; Tarot drawings; and miscellaneous designs. These files include examples of Smith's
use of the photocopy machine as a medium, sometimes with felt pen additions. Included also are the Harry Smith Archive's laminates
of assorted Smith photographs and artwork.
box 13
Assorted notes and materials,
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes several notebooks with scant entries, egg brochures, jellies used in films, and Smith's freshman year high school
yearbook.
box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20
Library catalog and reading notes,
undated
Scope and Contents
Card catalog of books in Harry Smith's library, along with his reading notes pulled from specific books. Bill Morgan of the
Harry Smith Archives made the listing of all the books and cited the annotations found in the books.
box 21, box 22, box 23
Record covers,
circa 1920-1950, undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of the covers of records in Smith's collection. Arranged in numerical order according to a numbering system devised
by the Harry Smith Archives.
box 24
Audio cassette labels, notes, and ephemera,
1988, undated
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of audio cassette labels, along with material with recording notes and ephemera found in the cassette boxes.
box 25
Vintage box,
undated
Scope and Contents
Cardboard box with vintage design motif, formerly used to house string figure study notecards.
Photographs, slides, and transparencies, Series III.
1940-2006, undated
Physical Description: 2.46 Linear Feet(7 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged by medium.
Scope and Contents
This series consists of numerous photographs of Smith from every stage of his life, though the major portion of portraits
date to the decade before his death. Also included are views of colleagues, such as Allen Ginsberg, students, and friends.
Some are large format views by known American photographers.
box 26
Ethnographic slides,
circa 1942
Scope and Contents
Thirty-five original glass encased negatives, seven cracked.
box 27
Portraits of Smith and friends,
1940-1991
Scope and Contents
Black and white views of Harry Smith at work and at play. Includes a few original photographs from the 1940s, including a
famous one of Smith audio taping a Native American ceremony. There are also views of Smith in his San Francisco days at the
Jimbo Club, and numerous portraits of Smith, primarily from the 1980s, by known American photographers, including Steve Miles,
John Palmer, John Cohen, Scott A. Feero and Robert Tredici. Several photographs of Smith were taken by Allen Ginsberg, and
Ginsberg also appears with Smith in some photographs. There are some later views of Greil Marcus, and random views of Smith
artwork.
box 28, box 29, box 30
Portraits of Smith, friends, and collections,
circa 1942- circa 1992
Scope and Contents
Color snapshots, polaroids, transparencies, negatives and slides showing Harry Smith primarily in the last decade of his life,
with a few views from the 1940s through the 1970s. There are numerous views of Smith at the Naropa Institute, where he taught
for his last four years. His final quarters at the Chelsea Hotel are amply documented, including his books and collections.
Neighbors, students and friends also appear in these photographs. A highlight of this documentation is a series of mounted
string figures that Smith collected. Only one of the mounted string figure objects is included in the GRI collection; the
others are held in private collections or at the Smithsonian Folkways.
box 31, box 32
Film stills and artwork,
circa 2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Two thick binders of color slides, transparencies and prints presenting selected views from nearly all of Smith's films and
artwork. While most of these images appear to have been made by the Harry Smith Archives, a small number may have been made
by Smith or during his lifetime.
box 143, item V156
String figures, zodiac, and jazz paintings,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videodisc (CD-R) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
box 143, item V153, V155
Heaven and earth magic,
February, 2005, undated
Scope and Contents
2 videodiscs (CD-R) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
box 143, item V157
Cohen contact sheet,
May 29, 2006
Scope and Contents
1 videodisc (CD-R) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
box 36, box 37
Harry Smith Concert views,
1999
Printed matter, Series IV.
1943-2008, undated
Physical Description: 5.92 Linear Feet(11 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This series comprises a mix of materials generated by Harry Smith, such as photocopies of fairytales and myths, or press about
Smith's work that appeared during Smith's lifetime in serials and mass market magazines. The remainder of the material comes
from the Harry Smith Archives, including research about the Pacific Northwest where Smith was raised, and press about concerts,
films, and other events that celebrate Smith's legacy.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order by year.
box 41
Serials,
1943-2006
Scope and Contents
Including little magazines containing articles about Harry Smith, such as
The American (1943),
Sing Out! (1966/1969), and
Show (1970).
box 43
Press clips,
1952-2008
Scope and Contents
A collection of mostly photocopies of clips from mass magazines, academic presses, and online forums, about Harry Smith's
work, the
Anthology, the
Anthology reissue, and activities of the Harry Smith Archives.
box 44
Anthology materials,
1952-1997
Scope and Contents
Materials pertinent to the reissue of the
Anthology of American Folk Music, including files of letters from contributors to the collected remembrances of those who knew Smith.
box 38, box 39, box 40
Assorted brochures,
1958-2003
Scope and Contents
Including photocopies of course readings on fairytales and myth; brochures for the Naropa Institute, Smithsonian Folkways,
and other institutions; and product catalogs.
box 45, box 46, box 47
Research,
1971-2008
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence related to the quest for further information about Smith's life and work, with a number of files
devoted to the region in which he was raised in Washington state. Also included are files of brochures, writings on Smith
that are not press clips, and documentation from assorted projects of the Harry Smith Archives.
box 37
Large format mixed materials,
1989-2007
Scope and Contents
Including a Mandala calendar, Harry Smith designs like those in Box 7, clippings, a map of the Heaven and Earth Library made
by Anthology Film Archives, and photocopies of Harry Smith concert photos found in Box 36.
box 42
Mass market magazines,
2000-2005
Scope and Contents
Including magazines containing articles on Harry Smith, also found in clippings collected by the Harry Smith Archives. Publications
include
Wired, Vanity Fair, Frieze, Art in America, Rolling Stone, Mojo, Oxford.
Audio recordings, Series V.
1964-2010, undated
Selected audio recordings from Series V. (digital version available on-site only): 1964-1995
Selected born-digital audio recordings from Series V. (digital version available on-site only)
Physical Description: 30.7 Linear Feet(56 boxes)
Scope and Contents
The larger portion of this series is the audio work,
Materials for the Study of Religion and Culture in the Lower East Side or Movies for Blind People, which Smith began in New York and continued in Boulder. For this last major project of his life, Smith recorded everyday
sounds ranging from a faucet drip, to the wind, to the sound of traffic, to a rock music performance -- auditory snapshots
that comprise a portrait of Smith's life in the city. Also in this series are recordings of Smith's lectures on ethnographic
and art historical themes, interviews with Smith, and assorted collected recordings. From 1991 on, recordings are by the Harry
Smith Archives, and include concerts, symposia and conferences, and selected or reformatted Smith recordings.
Arrangement
Lectures, interviews, collected recordings, and recordings of the Harry Smith Archives are arranged in chronological order.
Smith's audio work
Materials for the Study of Religion and Culture in the Lower East Side or Movies for Blind People, is separate from the other recordings and is arranged in chronological order by the date that Smith assigned to each cassette.
Note that while a given cassette may contain several recordings, only one title is listed for each cassette.
box 92, item D5
Smith at Sander's recording studio,
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 43/4 in.
John Cohen interview with Smith,
December, 1968
box 83, item C466-C467
2 sound cassettes : digital
box 92, item D6
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
John Cohen interview with Smith: 1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. (digitized version available on-site only)
Audio for film #22,
circa 1971
box 79, item C464-C465
2 sound cassettes : analog
box 93, item D38
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 92, item D7
Kiowa peyote meeting,
1973
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4in.
box 49, item R1-R2
Roderick?,
1976
Scope and Contents
2 sound tape reels (?min.): analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo; 7 in., 1/2 in. tape.
box 92, item D10-D11
First Blues, by Allen Ginsberg,
1976
Scope and Contents
2 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 92, item D12
Harry Smith at the Queens museum,
October 11, 1978
Harry Smith at the Queens museum, October 11, 1978, 1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. (digitized version available
on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 48, item D1-D2
Lords,
Thinkin 'Bout a Girl,
1979
Scope and Contents
2 sound discs, analog, 45 rpm, stereo ; 7 in.
box 48, item D4
Charles, Julius,
Gambeling Song,
circa 1940/1980
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc, analog ; laminated paper, 6.5 in.
Scope and Contents
Restricted. Traditional songs are not shared outside the Lummi Nation, and access to this recording is available only to the
family of Julius Charles or with their express written permission.
box 48, item D3
Col. Watson,
Mr. Carter Can,
1980
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc, analog, 45 rpm, stereo; 7 in.
box 50, item C1
A little bit more Harry Smith,
March, 1984
A little bit more Harry Smith, March, 1984 (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 93, item D22
The rationality of namelessness,
July 2, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 93, item D23
Is self-reference possible?
July 9, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 93, item D21
Mostly unintelligible,
July 23, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 92, item D13-D15
Smith being kicked out of Chelsea Hotel,
circa 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 92, item D16-D17
Smith interviewed by Clint Frakes,
9 October 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. On D16, tracks 2, 4, 6, and 7 are blank tracks and have been omitted due to lack
of content. On D17, tracks 2 and 3 are blank tracks and have been omitted due to lack of content. Complete digital masters
have been preserved.
box 93, item D18
Smith's audio selects,
circa 1988
Smith's audio selects, circa 1988 (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 93, item D26-D30
Native American cosmos,
July 8, 1990
Scope and Contents
5 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 79, item C435
Harry Smith Memorial, Naropa,
1991
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
Harry Smith memorial,
1992
box 79, item C436-C440
5 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 84, item C492-C493
2 sound cassettes : digital
box 94, item D39-D40
2 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
1992
Scope and Contents
From CD cases: D39: H.S. Memorial @ St. Marks Church pt. 1 of 2, 4-3-92, Speakers: Rani Singh, Steven Taylor, Eric Solstein,
Nick Amster, Herbert Huncke. D40: Written on CD case: H.S. Memorial @ St. Marks Church pt. 2 of 2, 4-3-92, Speakers: Peter
Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg, Steve Delachinsky (?), M. Henry Jones, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Teresa Coe.
Anthology of American Folk Music,
1992-1997
Scope and Contents
Recordings produced by Smithsonian folkways. See also Harry Smith Anthology revisited, produced in 2006 by Harry Smith Archives.
box 79, item C429-C434
6 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape
box 84, item C494-C496
3 sound cassettes : digital
Compact Disc version,
1997
box 94, item D44-D47
4 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 95, item D83-D85
6 sound discs (257 min.): digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 94, item D41-D43
Twentieth anniversary of Naropa,
July 4, 1994
Scope and Contents
3 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 80, item C444-C451
Smith's phone messages,
1995, undated
Scope and Contents
8 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 80, item C441-C443
Stan Brakhage lecture,
December 10, 1995
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 81, item C452
Allen Ginsberg,
April 7, 1997
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
Nick Cave,
February 7, 1999
box 84, item C497-C498
1 sound cassette : digital
box 89, item C511-C522
12 sound cassettes : digital (DARS)
box 94, item D48-D50
Harry Smith's audio selections,
June 1999
Harry Smith's audio selections (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
3 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 84, item C499-C500
Harry Smith Project: Royal festival hall,
July 2, 1999
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes : digital
box 84, item C501
Meltdown: Hal Willner's Harry Smith project,
July 22, 1999
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : digital
Harry Smith tribute,
November 12, 1999
box 84, item D38
1 audio cassette : digital - empty
box 94, item D52-D56
5 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 97, item R6-R14
Harry Smith project,
2000
Scope and Contents
9 sound tape reels (min.?) : digital (DAT)
box 90, item C523-C532, box 91, Item C533-C541
Getty performances,
April 20, 2001
Selected video recordings from Harry Smith: The Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular / symposium sponsored by the Getty
Research Institute., April 20-21, 2001
Scope and Contents
19 sound cassettes: digital (DPD). Digitized version is from Public event recordings, 1998-2020, 2013.IA.69, April 20, 2001:
DVD1-DVD7 and April 21, 2001: DVD1-DVD5.
box 335, item R15-R16, box 336, item R17-R18, box 337, item R19-R20, box 338, item R21-R22, box 339, item R23-R24
Harry Smith audio,
April 25-26, 2001
Scope and Contents
10 sound tape reels (min.?) : digital (DAT)
box 81, item C456-C459
Harry Smith symposium,
May 31, 2002
Investigating Mahagonny / [conference sponsored by the Getty Research Institute]
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Digitized version is from Public event recordings, 1998-2020,
Tape 1-Tape 11.
box 94, item D57-D62
Heavenly tree grows downward,
2002
Scope and Contents
6 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited (Harry Smith Archives),
2006
Scope and Contents
Boxed set originally containing two DVDs now in Box 143 (
The Old Weird America and
Harry Smith Project Live Concert Film) and two CDs that feature recording of known American musicians playing selections from the Anthology and program notes that
remain with the cover.
box 95, item D86-D87
2 sound discs (? min.) : stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 48, folder 5
Cover of boxed set
Scope and Contents
Including program notes.
box 95, item D67-D72
Thanksgiving folk on KEXP-FM,
2006
Scope and Contents
6 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 94, item D63-D65
Northwest film forum,
February 11, 2006
Scope and Contents
3 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 95, item D73
Parallel anthology,
May 15, 2010
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 78, item C416
Charles Compo,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C417
Harald Gilland,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C418
Dock Boggs,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C419
Tarnat,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C420
Sonny Boy,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C421
Untitled,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C422
Alan Berliner,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C423
Medicine men and women,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 78, item C424-C428
Untitled,
undated
Scope and Contents
5 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 81, item C453
Harry Smith,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 81, item C454-C455
Sing out interview,
undated
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
Quotidian: Harry Smith final mix,
undated
Scope and Contents
No Subnote Content
box 81, item C460-C461
2 sound cassettes : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 84, item C502-C503
2 sound cassettes : digital
box 81, item C462
Harry Smith review,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 81, item C463
Pennebaker film (audio for?),
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 86, box 87, box 88
Untitled post 10/11/97 transfers,
undated
Scope and Contents
55 sound cassettes : digital. No labels or information about contents.
box 93, item D31-D37
Gregory corso dubs,
undated
Scope and Contents
7 sound discs : digital
box 96, item D88-D108
Untitled audio cassette CD transfers,
undated
Scope and Contents
21 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 95, item D74
Folkways files,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 95, item D75-D76
Harry Smith in conversation with Lisa Falour,
undated
Scope and Contents
2 sound discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 95, item D77
Front row (BBC radio),
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 95, item D78
Paper recordings,
undated
Scope and Contents
Possibly reformats of 1940 recordings of Northwest Indians.
box 95, item D79-D82
Unidentified recordings,
undated
Materials for the Study of Religion and Culture in the Lower East Side or Movies for Blind People,
1987-1990
box 50, item C2
UK,
April 5, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C3-C4
Son Thomas,
April 16, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C5
Alan Golding,
April 17, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C6
Barber shop,
April 18, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C7
Birds, etc.,
April 18, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C8
Rob Bunce,
April 19, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C9
Bobby Raywater,
April 20, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C10-C11
G. Boswell,
April 23-24, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 50, item C12
Tangeants,
April 24, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C13
Syd and Harry's Happy Hour,
April 27, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C14
Bobby Ray,
April 27, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C15
Crawfish Club,
April 30, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C16
Birds,
May 9, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C17-C19
UK 1-3,
May 16, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C20
Christmas,
May 29, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C23
Chas and Andy,
June 6, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C21
Esterman,
June 19, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 51, item C22
Jazz,
June 19, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 52, item C24
C.B.G.B.,
June 30, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 52, item C26-C27
Hot Sundays,
July 5, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 52, item C28-C29
Pete Compo Trio,
July 9, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 52, item C30-C34
Roberto Clemente,
July 12, 1987
Scope and Contents
5 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C35
Prospect Park,
July 19, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C36-C37
Pier 16,
July 25, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C38
Nadia,
July 26, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C39
S. Taylor,
July 30, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C40
Al Brooks,
July 30, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C41-C43
Caribbean Cult,
August 9, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 53, item C44-C46
Jazz Cult,
August 10, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 54, item C47
French,
August 10, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 54, item C48-C51
J.C.T.,
August 12, 1987
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 54, item C52-54
Fugs,
August 21, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 54, item C55
Caruso,
August 21, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 54, item C56-C57
Prospect Park,
August 30, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C58-C60
I.L.G.W.V.,
September 7, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C61
St. Marks U.K. Festival,
September 20, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C62
Construction,
September 28, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette : analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C63
Columb,
September 29, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C64
Sanding bedroom floor,
September 30, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C65
Music room,
October 1, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 55, item C66-C67
Construction,
October 9, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C68
Mitch R. Practicing,
October 14, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C69-70
Fourth floor front wind,
October 15, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C71
Construction,
October 15, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C72-C75
4E.89,
October 18-19, 1987
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C76
Construction,
October 19, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C77
Columbus Place,
October 23, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C78-C81
437 E. 12th,
October 24, 1987
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C82
Ellis Duncan,
October 24, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C83
S.S. Compo,
October 25, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 56, item C84
Back winds at kitchen window,
October 25, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57A, item C85-C86
2195 Ocean Avenue,
October 29-30, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57A, item C87-C89
416 7th Avenue,
October 30- November 1, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57A, item C90-C91
336 9th Street bridge,
November 8-9, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 52, item C5
Cha at Synth,
November 11, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 87, item C92-C95
2195 Ocean Avenue,
November 11-15, 1987
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 87, item C96-C98
416 7th Avenue,
November 15-16, 1987
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57A, item C99
Canterbury Choral Society,
November 15, 1987
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57A, item C100-C101
Foolish pleasure,
November 17, 1987
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C102
Reunion,
January 10, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C102-C105
Sweet waters,
January 14-15, 1988
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C107-C108
Untitled,
February 7, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C109-C110
Jam session,
February 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C111-C113
Temp,
April 30, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C114
Steven Taylor,
June 12, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C115
Dancers,
June 19, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C116
Untitled,
June 19, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C117
Bedroom wind,
June 19, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C120
G. leaving,
June 26, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 57B, item C121
Boulder,
June 26, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C122-C126
Boulder,
July 4, 1988
Scope and Contents
5 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. Tape audio is ambient noise or ambient noise with unidentified
individuals talking.
box 58, item C127-C128
Untitled,
July 5-6, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C129
Door,
July 7, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C130
Table,
July 7, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C131-C132
Sisters,
July 8, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C133
Pennsylvania,
July 9, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C134-C136
Untitled,
July 9, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 58, item C137
Allison,
July 13, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 93, item D19-D20
Miscellaneous songs and audiolore,
July 15, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound discs: digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 59, item C138-C139
Untitled,
July 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C140-C141
Bali,
July 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C142-C143
Brad,
July 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C144-C145
Untitled,
July 19, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C146
Boulder,
July 21, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C147
White,
July 21, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 49, item C148
Girls,
July 21, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C149-C150
Kina Mama,
July 22, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C151
Party,
July 23, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C152
Dusty,
July 25, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 59, item C153
Native American,
July 25, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C154
Deck,
July 28, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C155-C156
Bedroom wind,
July 28, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C157-C158
Duct?,
July 29, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C159-C160
Bedroom window,
July 30-31, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C161
Gardening,
July 31, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C162-C163
Cricket,
August 1, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C164
Jay,
August 2, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C165-C166
Arapahoe,
August 3, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C167
Front step,
August 4, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 60, item C168
Greek festival,
August 4, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C169-C176
Front steps,
August 5-7, 1988
Scope and Contents
8 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C177
Bathroom window,
August 6, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C178-C179
Mall,
August 10, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C180-C182
City Hall Lawn,
August 11, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C183
Radio + Sparrows,
September 7, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C184
Liz and Alan,
August 15, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 61, item C185-C186
Liz and Beth,
August 16-17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C187-C188
Hi-Lo,
August 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C189-C190
Boulder County Fair,
August 20-21, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C191-C193
Sundance,
August 25-26, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C194-C195
Untitled,
August 26, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C196
Watchtower,
August 29, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C197
Untitled,
August 29, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 62, item C198-C201
Untitled,
September 8, 1988
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C202-C203
Football,
September 10, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C204-C205
Chat,
September 10, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C206
Roger Shore,
September 14, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C207-C209
P.A.C. Reading,
September 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C210
Constantine,
September 22, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C211-C213
Pick,
September 25, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C214-C216
B.L.H. Party,
September 25, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 63, item C217-C218
In car to Sundance,
September 30, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C219
Front steps,
October 1, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C220-C222
LAM,
October 1, 1988
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C223-C224
October festival,
October 1, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C225-C226
LAM dance,
October 3, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C227-C228
U.C. India,
October 6, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C229-C230
Bali class,
October 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C231
P.A.C,
October 21, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 64, item C232
Fairview vs. Cherry,
October 21, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C233-C234
P.A.C. Poetry,
November 18, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C235-C236
L.H.S.B.,
November 18, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C237
Drip + clock,
November 28, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C238
Front steps,
November 26, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C239-C240
Sunrise, etc.,
November 27, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C241
Drip at sunset,
November 27, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C242
Penny,
December 3, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C243-C244
Squirrels,
December 4, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C245-C247
Snowing,
December 7, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C248
Warren,
December 9, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 65, item C249
G=8,
December 9, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C250-C251
Untitled,
December 10, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C252
Drip and wind,
December 13, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C253-C254
Drip and tea kettle,
December 15, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C255
Anne,
December 16, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C256
Party,
December 16, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C257
P.A.C. dance,
December 18, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C258
Jack,
December 17, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C259
Gas meter,
December 21, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C260
Water from roof,
December 18, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C261
Wind,
December 23, 1988
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C262-C263
New York,
December 24, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 66, item C264-C265
Untitled,
December 31, 1988
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 67, item C266
Sisters,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 67, item C267
We often wonder,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 67, item C268
R.E.M. Traxs,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 67, item C269-C273
Untitled,
undated
Scope and Contents
5 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C274-C277
Untitled,
January 1, 1989
Scope and Contents
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C278
Pyra,
January 20, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C279
Rici,
January 21, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C280
Untitled,
January 21, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C281-C282
Kit,
January 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C283
Smith and Michael Brownstein,
February 8, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C284-C287
Bedroom window,
February 13, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C288
Bedroom window,
February 15, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 68, item C89-C290
Bedroom window,
February 16, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 69, item C291-C293
Bedroom window,
February 21, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 69, item C294-C300
St. Mark's,
February 24-26, 1989
Scope and Contents
7 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 69, item C301-C302
Fls.prop.rehr,
March 7, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 69, item C303
Guitar,
March 17, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 69, item C304
Hen. St. set,
March 18, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 69, item C305-C307
Pidgeons,
March 22, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 70, item C308-310
Fls.prop.rehr,
March 28, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 70, item C311-C313
Wetlands,
March 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 70, item C314-C316
Gernon Rt.,
April 2, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 70, item C317-C319
Taylor Brown,
April 2, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 70, item C320-C321
Ritz,
April 8, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 70, item C22-C324
Con. div.,
April 18-19, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C325
Untitled,
April 24, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C326
Untitled,
April 25, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C327-C328
Front window,
April 27, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C329-C330
Mike,
April 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C331
Front room,
May 7, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C332
Bedroom,
May 2, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C333-C334
St. Marks,
May 6, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C335
Cafe,
May 7, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C336
Front window,
May 15, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C337-C338
Back window,
May 7-15, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C339
Front window,
May 19, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C340
Untitled,
May 19, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 71, item C341
Untitled,
May 22, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C342
Untitled,
May 22, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C343-C345
Back window,
May 27, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C346
Front window,
May 28, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C347-C349
Back window,
May 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C350
BDS,
May 30, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C351
ESPI,
May 30, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 72, item C352
Pre.J.C.,
May 31, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item C353
Jokes,
May 31, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item C354
Cliff,
June 1, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item C355
Dong break,
June 3, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item C356-C357
Jim,
June 3, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item C358-C359
Untitled,
June 5, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item C360
Edit,
June 5, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 73, item 361
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
Scope and Contents
No Subnote Content
box 83, item C468
1 sound cassette: digital
Front window,
June 10, 1989
box 73, item C362-C363
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C469-C470
1 sound cassette: digital
Party next door,
June 11, 1989
box 74, item C364
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C471
1 sound cassette: digital
Sink drain,
June 11, 1989
box 74, item C365
I sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C472
1 sound cassette: digital
Upstairs front window,
June 12, 1989
box 74, item C366
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C473
1 sound cassette: digital
Birds, etc., front window,
June 14, 1989
box 74, item C369
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C474
1 sound cassette: digital
box 74, item C367
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C476
1 sound cassette: digital
box 74, item C370
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C475
1 sound cassette: digital
Front bedroom window traffic,
June 27, 1989
box 74, item C368,C371
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C477-C478
2 sound cassettes: digital
box 74, item C372, box 75, item C382-C384
4 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C479
1 sound cassette: digital
Front steps,
July 4, 1989
box 74, item C373-C375
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C480-C481
1 sound cassette: digital
box 75, item C376
P.A.C. dance,
July 5, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
Warren rehearsal,
July 9, 1989
box 74, item C377-C378, box 75, item C385
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C483
1 sound cassette: digital
Cats crying, cats eating,
July 9, 1989
box 75, item C379
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C482
1 sound cassette: digital
box 75, item C380-C381
P.A.C.,
July 9, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 83, item C484-C487
Untitled,
July 9, 1989
Scope and Contents
5 sound cassettes: digital
box 83, item C488, box 84, item C489
Falling water/ plane,
July 13-14, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: digital
False prophets,
July 15, 1989
box 75, item C386-C387
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 84, item C490
1 sound cassette: digital
box 75, item C388
Guitar,
July 15, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 75, item C389-C390
G. Stein,
July 21, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 93, item D25
Lecture,
July 23, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
box 76, item C391
Breathing,
July 24, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C392
Untitled,
July 24, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C393
G. Tent,
July 25, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C394-C400
MA&G,
July 26-29, 1989
Scope and Contents
7 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C401
Thunderstorm,
July 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C402-C403
M.A. P.A.C.,
July 29, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C404-C405
M.A. Theater,
August 1, 1989
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C406
Untitled,
October 27, 1989
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C409
Drip,
March 20, 1990
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C407
Untitled,
March 21, 1990
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 84, item C491
Untitled,
March 20-21, 1990
box 76, item C408
Squirrels,
March 25, 1990
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C410-C411
Untitled,
March 26, 1990
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C412-C414
Indian peak pickers,
March 28, 1990
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 76, item C415
Rain drip,
March 28, 1990
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
Film projects, Series VI.
1947-2003
Physical Description: 29.91 Linear Feet(32 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Consisting of most of the extant films Smith made during his life.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order in three subseries: films by Smith,
Mahagonny, and films about Smith.
Films by Harry Smith, Series VI.A
1947-circa 1979
Physical Description: 7.92 Linear Feet(10 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents
Including a commercially available dvd of the films. Films are otherwise unavailable until reformatting is complete. Please
contact repository regarding access.
box 98, item F1
Unidentified (Film #1),
1947
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
box 99, item F2
Film #1, 2, 3,
1956
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (7 min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. Print.
box 100, item F3
Film #1-5, 7, 10
1956
Early Abstractions (digital version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (23 min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm. Print. Can: 12.5 in. dia.; reel: 12.25 in. dia.
box 130, item V64
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.,
1987
Early Abstractions No. 10
1956
Heaven and Earth Magic,
1964, 1999/2007
Scope and Contents
See also Series IV, VI, and VII.
box 101, item F4
1 film reel (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.,
1964
Scope and Contents
Only one reel of the two reel film Smith made.
box 130, item V67-70
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
1999
box 143, item V154
1 videodisc (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.,
November 2007
box 102, item F5
Late Superimpositions,
1964
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
box 103, item F6, box 104, item F7, box 105, item F8
Untitled animation of Seminole patchwork (Film #15),
1966/2001
Untitled animation of Seminole patchwork (Film #15) (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
3 film reels (? min.) : si., col. ; 16 mm.
1 film reel : si., col. ; 16 mm. Internegative.
1966 restored 2001
Scope and Contents
Can: 7 1/8 in. dia.; core: 6 in. dia.
box 107, item F10
Mirror Animation (extended version),
1979
Mirror Animations (extended version) (digital version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
box 108, item F11
Film #22,
197?
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
Selected films of Harry Smith
box 143, item V162
DVD
Scope and Contents
Commercially available 2013 transfer of films #1-5, 7 and 10:
Early Abstractions; Film 11:
Mirror Animations; Film #14:
Late Superimpostion; and Film #15:
Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork: 1 videodisc (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note: this DVD is also listed in Series VII. Videos, 1964-2007.
Mahagonny,
Series VI.B
1970-2002, undated
Physical Description: 17.83 Linear Feet(17 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Materials to do with Smith's creation of Mahagonny and other materials regarding the film's significance and restoration.
Includes also the film itself in 35 mm and a dvd version of it.
Arrangement
Arranged by media.
flatfile 1**, box 14, box 15, box 16
Notes and scripts
Scope and Contents
Notes, lists of numbers, film elements, and photocopies of the original scripts in scroll form.
box 33, box 34, box 35
Photographs, transparencies, and slides,
Scope and Contents
Photographs in black and white of the script scrolls of
Mahagonny, views of Smith working with the original scrolls, as well as stills from the film in color prints, transparencies, and slides.
Sound elements,
1970-2002
box 49, item R3-R5
3 sound tape reels (? min.): analog, ? ips, ? tracks, stereo?; 5 in. tape.
box 85, item C504-C510
7 sound cassettes: digital
Film
Scope and Contents
17 film reels (?min.) : sd?., col. ; 35 mm.
box 143, item V160-V161
DVDs
undated
Scope and Contents
2 videodiscs (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Reformatted from 35mm internegative.
box 126, item F34
Simon Lund,
Restoring Mahagonny,
2002
box 127, item V31-V34
4 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.,
box 128, item V58
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.,
undated
Scope and Contents
Inserts for film.
Films by others, Series VI.C
1950-2003
Physical Description: 4.16 Linear Feet(5 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Films about Harry Smith.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
box 109, item F12, box 110, item F13, box 111, item F14, box 112, item F15
Jordan Belson,
Autobiography,
circa 1950/2001-2003
Jordan Belson, Autobiography (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
4 film reels (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
box 106, item F9
M. Henry Jones,
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel,
1985
Scope and Contents
1 film reel (? min.) : sd., col. ; 16 mm.
Videos, Series VII.
1964-2007
Selected video recordings from Series VII. (Digitized version available on-site only)
Physical Description: 9.62 Linear Feet(16 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents
All but the first item in this series was created by Harry Smith Archives after Smith's death. The series consists of Rani
Singh's interviews with people who knew Smith (listed names indicate the interviewees), or recordings of performances of Smith's
Anthology, with selected video recordings of Smith's films or images.
box 127, item V1
Warhol screen test,
1964
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in. Copy from Warhol Foundation of film of Smith making string figures.
box 127, item V2-V3
Nick Cave,
Meltdown,
July 1999
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V4-V7
Philip Lamantia,
July 31, 2000
Scope and Contents
4 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V8-V9
Lionel Ziprin,
September, 2000
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V10
Bob Arihood,
September 26, 2000
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V11
Robert Haller,
September 26, 2000
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V12-V14
Jonas Mekas,
September 26, 2000
Scope and Contents
3 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V15-V16
Gregory Corso,
January 7, 2001
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V17
Ed Sanders,
April 20, 2001
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V18-V19
Bill Holm,
July 9, 2001
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V20
Gordon Tweit,
July 10, 2001
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V21-V23
Anthology film archives event,
November, 2001
Scope and Contents
3 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V24-V25
Patrick Hulsey,
March 25, 2002
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V26-V27
M. Henry Jones,
March 29, 2002
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V28
Jonas Mekas,
April 1, 2002
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V29
Stanley Bard at the Chelsea Hotel,
April 2, 2002
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V30
Chelsea Hotel exterior,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 127, item V35-V36
Jordan Belson,
June 3, 2002
Jordan Belson June 3, 2002 (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in. Videocassettes lack image and were digitized as audio-only.
box 127, item V37-V40
Peter Kubelka,
October 4, 2005
Scope and Contents
4 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V41-V42
Chuck Pirtle,
February 11, 2006
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V42
Bill Holm,
February 11, 2006
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V43
Anacortes interviews,
Spring 2006
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V44-V49
Jordan Belson,
undated
Jordan Belson, undated (digitzed version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
6 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V50-V52
Perri Fleishman,
undated
Scope and Contents
3 videocassettes (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V53-V54
Peter Fleishman,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V55
GRI video initiative,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V56
Harry Adam,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V57
On Mahagonny,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V59
Smith artwork at Anthology,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 128, item V60
Untitled,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (mini digital) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
box 129, item V61
Allen Ginsberg,
Household Affairs,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (video 8) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 129, item V62
Harry's memorial #1,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (video 8) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 129, item V63
Untitled,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (video 8) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 130, item V651
33rd Grammy awards,
1991
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 130, item V71
Harry Smith project promo video,
November 20, 2001
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 130, item V72
Harry Smith: the Avant-Garde in the American Vernacular,
2001
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 131, item V73
Harry Smith interview with P. Adams Sitney and Andres les Barthes,
1973
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (Beta SP) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 131, item V74
Patrick Hulsey, Boy am I in trouble,
1999
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (Beta SP) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 132, item V75-V76
Smith donating Seminole patchwork quilts to Smithsonian,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (Beta SP) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 132, item V77
Ginsberg on Harry Smith,
2001
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (Beta SP) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 133, item V78-V87, box 134, item V88, box 141, item V149
Nick Cave,
Meltdown,
1999
Scope and Contents
3 videocassettes (Digital Betacam) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 134, item V89-V97
UCLA Harry Smith project,
2001
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 135, item V98-V106, box 136, item V104-V114, box 137, item V115-V124, box 138, item V125-V133, box 139, item V134-V140
UCLA concert,
April 25, 2001
Scope and Contents
43 videocassettes (Digital Betacam) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 140, item V141-V148
Harry Smith concert at St. Ann's,
undated
Scope and Contents
8 videocassettes (Digital Betacam) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 142, item V150-V151
Slenderella system,
undated
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes (Beta) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
box 143, item V152
Steve Reinke,
Sad Disco Fantasia,
2000
Scope and Contents
1 videodisc (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
box 143, item V158
The Old Weird America
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videodisc (DVD)(? min.): digital, sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
box 143, item V159
Harry Smith Project Live Concert Film
undated
Scope and Contents
1 videodisc (DVD)(? min.): digital, sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
box 143, item V160-161
Mahagonny, parts 1-2
undated
Mahagonny, parts 1-2 (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
2 videodiscs (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Reformatted from 35mm internegative
box 143, item V162
Selected films
undated
Selected films (digitized version available on-site only)
Scope and Contents
1 videodisc (DVD) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
2013 transfer of films #1-5, 7 and 10:
Early Abstractions; Film 10:
Mirror Animations; Film #14:
Late Superimpostion; and Film #15:
Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork (silent).
This DVD is also listed in Series VI. Film projects, 1947-2003.
Collections, Series VIII
circa 1888- circa 1990, undated
Physical Description: 138.17 Linear Feet(191 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Comprising a selection of the realia that Smith collected over many years, this series consists of ceramics, toys, hand made
objects from various cultural communities (folk art), and printed material. The largest group of objects is the paper airplanes.
Arrangement
Arranged in alphabetical order.
box 144
Autograph books,
1928-1942
Physical Description: 4 items
box 145, box 146
Canes,
undated
Physical Description: 2 items
box 147, box 148, box 149, box 150, box 151, box 152, box 153, box 154, box 155, box 156
Ceramics,
circa 1950-circa 1990
Physical Description: 57 items
Scope and Contents
Including numerous chopstick rests that incorporate figures such as fish, boats, and fruit, and other figural ceramics in
the form of animals, vegetables, and household items.
box 157, box 158, box 159, box 160, box 161, box 162, box 163, box 164, box 165, box 166, box 167, box 168, box 169, box 170, box 171, box 172, box 173, box 174, box 175, box 176, box 177, box 178
Commercial toys,
circa 1940-circa 1990
Physical Description: 54 items
Scope and Contents
Including various wind-up toys in metal or plastic, such as a Donald Duck, a Chinese lion dog, a Russian doll, and an Educational
Phone House. There are also various kinds of manipulable toys, such as a metal alligator clicker, a plastic tree, plastic
cars, a plastic hamburger yo-yo, a plastic pinwheel, and a wooden puzzle.
box 179, box 180, box 181, box 182, box 183
Eggs, plain/mounted,
undated
Physical Description: 32 items
Scope and Contents
Mounted on cardboard tubes or painted glue bottles.
Folk Art,
undated
Scope and Contents
The items classified under the "Folk Art" heading are handmade traditional items from various cultural communities. There
is no evidence that Harry Smith himself used this category, but the Harry Smith Archives used it, and the cataloger has continued
its usage as a way of distinguishing the handmade from the mass produced items in the Realia collections.
box 184, box 185, box 186, box 187, box 188, box 189, box 190
Clay,
undated
Physical Description: 22 items
Scope and Contents
Including doll heads, horses, fish, birds, and other animals in white, black, tan, or red, with or without spots.
box 191, box 192
Eggs, Ukrainian,
undated
Scope and Contents
Including items of wood, alabaster, wax, and actual egg, that have been decorated with paint, incised, or set with beads,
in a range of designs, from the geometric to the figurative.
box 193, box 194, box 195, box 196, box 197, box 198, box 199, box 200, box 201, box 202, box 203
Fiber,
undated
Physical Description: 16 items
Scope and Contents
Including items from China, India, Himalaya, Senegal and Russia, such as woven shoes, cloth ornaments, straw ducks, and fabric.
box 205
Glass,
undated
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Contents
Including a reindeer, ram, bull and blue bird.
box 206
Jewelry,
undated
Physical Description: 3 items
Scope and Contents
Comprising necklaces made of seed and wood.
box 207, box 208, box 209, box 210, box 211, box 212, box 213, box 214, box 215, box 216, box 217, box 218, box 219, box 220
Masks,
undated
Physical Description: 17 items
Scope and Contents
Paper mache, from India and China.
box 221, box 222
Metal,
undated
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents
A scorpion stand and a balance toy, both from India.
box 223
Paper,
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents
Comprising origami peacocks.
box 224
Stone,
undated
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents
A single object portraying gods from India.
box 225, box 226, box 227, box 228, box 229, box 230, box 231, box 232, box 233, box 234, box 235, box 236, box 237, box 238, box 239, box 240, box 241, box 242, box 243, box 244, box 245, box 246, box 247, box 248, box 249, box 250, box 251, box 252, box 253, box 254, box 255, box 256, box 257, box 258, box 259, box 260
Wood,
undated
Physical Description: 55 items
Scope and Contents
Including Russian mechanical animal toys; bowls or other house ware from Scandinavia or elsewhere in the shape of fish or
birds; Russian nesting dolls or icons; and painted shrines or animals from India.
box 261
Glass box, commercial,
undated
box 262, box 263, box 264
Gourds,
undated
Physical Description: 48 items
box 266, box 267, box 268, box 269, box 270, box 271, box 272, box 273, box 274, box 275, box 276, box 277, box 278, box 279, box 280, box 281, box 282, box 283, box 284, box 285, box 286, box 287, box 288, box 289, box 290, box 291, box 292, box 293, box 294
Paper airplanes,
1961-1990, undated
Physical Description: 260 items
Scope and Contents
Presumably only a portion of the total number of found paper airplanes Harry Smith collected over his lifetime, this nonetheless
representative assortment comprises airplanes of various sizes made from a range of ephemera, including school math homework,
Hotel Albert stationary, a religious tract, a Betty Crocker card, a Sisterhood newsletter, and a Manhattan telephone book
cover. They bear the dates on which they were found and their locations. This collection was donated to Anthology Film Archives
from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
flatfile 2**, flatfile 3**, flatfile 4**
Posters,
circa 1964-1983, undated
Physical Description: 3 items
box 295, box 296
Printed material, bound,
1888-1987
Physical Description: 14 items
Scope and Contents
Including spiritual guidance books, such as the Cabala,
Dewitt's Horoscopes,
Dr. Pierce's Books of Fortune, and the
Flipbook of Revelations; found high school yearbooks, sales catalogs, and instructional books about gardening, cooking, and sewing.
box 297
String figure, mounted,
undated
Physical Description: 1 item
box 298, box 299, box 300, box 301, box 302, box 303, box 304, box 305, box 306, box 307, box 308, box 309, box 310, box 311, box 312, box 313, box 314, box 315, box 316
Tarot and playing cards,
circa 1970-1990
Physical Description: 181 items
Scope and Contents
Cards decks produced in America, France, and Italy, ranging from divinatory decks to tarot decks with motifs such as the Golden
Dawn, the Tree of Life, Cat People, and Wonderland. Playing cards include classics such as Old Maid, Hearts, and Go Fish,
as wells as Collectible decks with motifs such as the Iran Contra scandal or Country music.
box 317, box 318, box 319, box 320, box 321, box 322, box 323, box 324, box 325, box 326, box 327, box 328, box 329, box 330, box 331, box 332, box 333, box 334
Varia,
undated
Scope and Contents
One-of-a-kind items that do not fit into the collection's other categories, including a miniature crate filled with bubblegum
oranges, seven assorted buttons, two swim goggles, a pink cloth dice ornament, Harry Smith's fingernail, a stethoscope, a
seaman's cap, and a plastic CD organizer.
