Inventory of the Frank and Anne Warner Papers, 1899-2000 and undated, bulk 1933-1985
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Warner, Frank
Title
Frank and Anne Warner
Papers,
1899-2000 and undated,
bulk 1933-1985
Language of Material
Material
in English
Extent
12 Linear Feet
4934 Items
Abstract
4934 Items
Anne and Frank Warner
were folklorists and folk song musicians.
The Anne and Frank Warner Collection, with
materials from as early as 1899 to as late as 2000, documents the Warners'
active life of collecting, recording, and producing music and publications
associated with traditional American folk song culture, primarily from along
the eastern seaboard areas, in the Appalachian Mountains of western North
Carolina, and as far as New Hampshire to the north.
[top]
Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open for research.
However, collection may contain materials to which the
Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies.
Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in
Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour
delay in obtaining these materials.
Some of the materials in this collection are not immediately
accessible, because they require further processing before use.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred
to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank and Anne Warner Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Frank and Anne Warner Papers were received by the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift from 1985-2000.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Glynn and Schuy Weishaar, March 2004
Encoded by Chris Black and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico
Completed June 2004
Accessions November 22 1985, November 22 1985, June 10 1985, 90-046,
and 2000-0168 were merged into one collection, described in this finding
aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local
Style Guide.
[top]
Biographical Note
| 1903 | Frank Warner born, Selma, Ala. |
| 1921-1925 | Frank Warner attended Duke University |
| 1931 | Frank Warner moved to New York City to direct programs for the Grand Central YMCA |
| 1933 | Met Sue Thomas in Nag's Head, N.C.: the two traded songs informally, a precursor to the Warners' later song collecting |
| 1935 | Frank Warner and Anne Locher married |
| 1938 | Song collecting trip to Boone, N.C. and to Beech Mountain, N.C.; here the Warners met the Hicks family and Frank Proffitt, who taught them the song, "Tom Dooley" |
| 1939 | The Warners met "Yankee" John Galusha in Minerva, N.Y., and Rebecca King Jones, Crab Tree Creek, N.C. |
| 1940 | The Warners acquired a Wilcox Gay Recordio (a pre-tape recording device), which they used when they returned to Beech Mountain, N.C., to record songs at a "porch gathering" at Rena and Nathan Hicks's house. In July, the Warners met Lena Bourne Fish in Jaffrey, N.H. Other acquaintances the Warners made this year include: John and Alwilda Culpeper, Outer Banks, N.C.; C.K. ( "Tink" ) Tillett and his family, Wanchese, N.C.; Steve Meekins, Kitty Hawk, N.C.; and Joseph Henry ( "Uncle Joe" ) Johnson, Suffolk, Va. |
| 1941, Summer | The Warners traveled to see Frank Proffitt and family. Also met Curt Mann at Mann's Harbor, N.C. Struck up a friendship with Alan Lomax, head of Folk Archives in the Library of Congress. |
| 1945 | Death of Nathan Hicks. |
| 1946 | Joint meeting of the New York State Historical Association and the New York Folklore Society: Frank Warner presented ballads along with Alan Lomax and Huddie Ledbetter ( Leadbelly). Frank Warner's first album, Hudson Valley Songs, also issued this year on the Disc label. Pete Seeger played banjo on the album. The Warners visited "Yankee" John Galusha again in Minerva, N.Y. |
| 1948 | Dr. Louis C. Jones, Director of the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, N.Y., established the "Seminars on American Culture" : Frank Warner appointed as faculty and performed songs at the seminars |
| 1949 | Death of Leadbelly. Warners met "Colonel" Tom P. Smith in Greenwich Village, New York City |
| 1950 | The Warners again visited "Yankee" John Galusha in Minerva, N.Y.; later, Galusha died at 91. Carl Sandburg made the first of many visits with the Warners |
| 1951 | Warners met Captain Billy Payne in Nebraska, N.C. The Warners again visited the Hickses on Beech Mountain, N.C. |
| 1952 | Frank Warner Sings Folk Songs and Ballads, issued on Elektra Records |
| 1954 | Frank Warner's album, Songs of America's Wars, issued on Elektra Records |
| 1956 | The Warners began an association with the Pinewoods Camp, near Cape Cod, devoted to traditional American folk music. Also, Sam Fuller directed the Radio Keith Orpheum (RKO) Radio Pictures film, Run of the Arrow; Frank Warner had a small part in the movie |
| 1958 | Frank Warner's album, America’s Singing Heritage, issued on Elektra |
| 1961 | Frank Proffitt joined the Warners at the Pinewoods Camp and again the following year. Proffitt and Frank Warner performed at the first University of Chicago Folk Festival |
| 1963 | Frank Proffitt performed at the Newport Folk Festival. Warners again visited the Proffitts at their home in Pick Britches Valley, N.C. |
| 1965 | The Warners visited the Proffitts at their home in Pick Britches Valley, N.C. Later this year, Frank Proffitt died in his sleep |
| 1978 Feb. 27 | Death of Frank Warner |
| 1984 | Publication of Anne Warner's book, Traditional American Folk Songs |
| 1991 Apr. 26 | Death of Anne Warner |
Collection Overview
The Anne and Frank Warner Collection, with materials dating from 1899
to 2000, is a record of the Warners' active life of collecting, recording, and
producing music and publications associated with traditional American folk song
culture and African-American music traditions, primarily from along the eastern
seaboard areas, in the
Appalachian Mountains of western
North Carolina, and as far as
New Hampshire to the north. The bulk of the materials
date from the 1930s through the 1980s, and are organized into six series:
Correspondence; Subject
Files; Folk Materials; Writings; Audiovisual
Materials; and Prints and Negatives. Through
handwritten correspondence with a wide variety of folk singers and musicians,
subject files, printed materials, film, video, photographs, and the Warners'
own studio albums of folk songs, these materials document early methods for
recording and collecting songs - the 20th century development of American
ethnomusicology. Moreover, as an invaluable resource for studies in traditional
American folk life, the collection also includes field audio recordings and
photographs of folk singers, songwriters, and musicians in their element, at
home with their families, singing and playing their instruments. Notable
individuals referred to in the Warner Collection include:
William Rose Benet,
Carl Carmer,
Bill Doerflinger,
Lena Bourne Fish, (
"Yankee"
)
John Galusha,
David Grimes (of the
Philco Corporation),
Wayland Hand, Rena and
Nathan Hicks, Buna Vista and
Roby Monroe Hicks,
Ray Hicks, Peter and Beryl
Kennedy,
Alan Lomax, Bessie and
Frank Proffitt,
Carolyn Rabson,
Carl Sandburg,
Pete Seeger, Charles K. (
"Tink"
)
Tillett and family, and
Charles L. Todd. The Warners were actively
involved with a number of organizations, among them: the
American Folklore Society, the
Country Dance and Song Society of America,
Duke University, the
Library of Congress, the
Newport Folk Foundation, the
New York State Historical Association, and the
YMCA. The Warners published a number of essays
concerning traditional American folk culture and music in Think Weekly, the Appalachian
Journal, Country Dance and Song, the
Long Island Forum, A
Celebration of American Family Folklore, and Come
for to Sing. In addition to these, Ann Warner's book,
Traditional American Folk Songs in the Frank and Anne
Warner Collection, 1984, remains the authoritative compendium of the
Warners' research in and collection of traditional American folk music.
The Warners' personal and professional relationships with various
people and organizations can be traced through materials in the
Correspondence Series, 1934-1985. Significant
exchanges with the
American Folklore Society, the
Library of Congress, with
William Rose Benet,
Carl Carmer,
Wayland Hand,
Alan Lomax,
Carl Sandburg, and
Pete Seeger are extensively documented in the
files. More correspondence can be found elsewhere in the collection - organized
topically in the Subject Series, and according to correspondents' names in the
Folk Materials Series.
The Subject Files Series, 1899-1984, houses
documentary materials that give a wider context to the Warners' life and work.
This series includes information about the Warners' genealogies, Frank Warner's
work with youth and his career in the
YMCA, material germane to the lawsuit that
developed over the song
"Tom Dooley,"
information on and clips about various performances and recordings, and other
materials.
The Folk Materials Series, 1938-1982,
contains correspondence between the Warners and many of the traditional
American
folk singers and musicians that they visited;
for some of the individuals there is more information than correspondence
alone. This series is organized by state, city or region, and then individual
or family, for example: North Carolina, Appalachia, Rena and Nathan Hicks. The
states represented are:
North Carolina,
New Hampshire,
New York,
Virginia, and
West Virginia. The Warners' correspondence with
both Rena and
Nathan Hicks and Bessie and
Frank Proffitt comprise the most extensive files.
The series materials provide essential documentation for understanding the
communities and the world views of the musicians.
The Writings Series, 1938-1985, contains a
variety of materials, including documents that the Warners published in
journals dedicated to
folk life; grant applications; materials germane
to the production and publication of Anne Warner's book, Traditional American Folk Songs; words to recorded and
unrecorded
folk songs in the collection, including some
songs by Frank Warner; and Anne Warner's hand-written field research journals
and notebooks.
An extensive collection of songs, interviews, and other recordings on
audio tape reels,
cassette tapes,
phonograph albums, and
compact discs are housed in the
Audiovisual Materials Series, 1940-2000. Several
motion picture films and
video tape recordings also document the Warners'
work and performances. Many of the items in the Audiovisual Materials Series
are documented in written form in the Writings Series, including the sound
recordings of
folk songs and interviews collected in the
Library of Congress master tapes, and which are
not included in Anne Warner's book, Traditional American
Folk Songs.
The Prints and Negatives Series, 1933-1969,
extends the Warner collection's scope to include photographic images as well.
There are 239 black and white prints, which are arranged alpha-numerically into
lots from Lot 1 through Lot 9E. Within the lots, the prints are identified by
number. In the pictures, the Warners have captured images of many traditional
American folk musicians and singers. The Warners themselves appear frequently
throughout the collection. The photographic documentation of the Warners'
travels contains pictures of
folk singers and their homes and families,
including: Nathan, Roby Monroe, Buna Vista, Ray and Linzy
Hicks;
Lena Bourne Fish; Bessie and
Frank Proffitt; the
Tillett family;
Louis Solomon; and
Carl Sandburg.
[top]
Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a
search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will
bring up other related research materials.
- Ethnomusicology.
- Folk music--Southern states.
- Southern states--Music.
- Folk music--United States.
- African Americans--United States--Music.
- Benet, William Rose, 1886-1950.
- Carmer, Carl Lamson, 1893-1976.
- Doerflinger, Bill.
- Fish, Lena Bourne.
- Galusha, John ( "Yankee" ).
- Hand, Wayland Debs, 1907-
- Hicks family.
- Hicks, Ray, 1922-
- Kennedy, Peter, 1922-2006.
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
- Proffitt, Frank.
- Rabson, Carolyn.
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
- Seeger, Pete, 1919-
- Tillett, Charles K. ( "Tink" ).
- Warner, Anne.
- American Folklore Society.
- Country Dance and Song Society of America.
- Duke University.
- Library of Congress.
- Newport Folk Foundation.
- New York State Historical Association.
- YMCA.
- North Carolina--History.
- North Carolina--Music.
- Appalachia--Music.
- New England--Music.
- A Celebration of American Family Folklore.
- Appalachian Journal (serial).
- Come for to Sing (serial).
- Country Dance and Song (serial).
- Long Island Forum (serial).
- Think (serial).
- Traditional American Folk Songs from the Frank and Anne Warner Collection.
- Audio tapes.
- Compact discs.
- Sound recordings.
- Videotapes.
- Audiocassettes.
- Photographs.
- Negatives.
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series, 1934-1985
(2 boxes)
Contains correspondence with many people and institutions over the
course of the Warner's involvement with American folk music. Organized
alphabetically according to the last name of the correspondent. There is also a
miscellaneous file for extra correspondence attached to the end of the list
that is not appropriated under a name category.
Box 1
1983-1984:
American Folklore Society
1953-1957:
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish
1958-1960:
Bartholomew, Marshall
1941-1950:
Benet, William Rose
1954-1968:
Beston, Henry
1948-1955:
Bowman, Lloyd R.
1959-1976:
Carmer, Carl
1946:
Carmer, Carl, and
Alan Lomax
1973-1984:
Copper, Bob
1975-1984:
Doerflinger, Bill
1971-1973:
Emrich, Duncan
1941-1943:
Grimes, David
1980-1983:
Hand, Wayland
1968:
Hudson, Arthur P.
1946-1951:
Jones, Louis
1960-1963:
Kaplan, Bruce
1974-1981:
Kennedy, Peter and Beryl
1972-1978:
Library of Congress
1941:
Locher, Mrs. W. H.
Box 2
1941-1984:
Lomax, Alan
1975-1983:
McDade, Scott
1977-1981:
Patterson, Dan
1968-1971:
Preyer, William Y.
1975-1983:
Rabson, Carolyn
1950-1985:
Sandburg, Carl
1965-1967:
Seeger, Pete
1941:
Solomon, Louis
1975-1985:
Todd, Charles L. (Lafe)
1934-1982:
Miscellaneous
Subject Files Series, 1899-1984 and undated
(5 boxes)
Contains documentary materials that give wider context to the
Warners' life and work, and includes: Warner family genealogies; materials on
Frank Warner's work with the
YMCA; legal papers concerning the lawsuit over
the song
"Tom Dooley"
; documents about
performances and recordings; information about Frank Warner's banjo; materials
concerning the
New York Folklore Society and the
Newport Folk Foundation; and items pertaining
to the Warners' research trips to
Britain.
Box 2
Genealogical and biographical materials
Frank Warner
"The Indian Captives: Abby
Byram and Her Father,"
1899, by Rev. John M, McElroy
Anne Warner
Box 3
Duke University
1942 Army
commission
YMCA and other youth work
Lists of appearances and other materials
Material regarding Frank Warner's banjo
"Tom Dooley"
lawsuit
Correspondence
Clippings and articles
Recordings
Sheet music
New York Folklore Society:
New York State Historical
Association
Box 4
Newport Folk Foundation
1959-1968
1969-1973
Recordings
Various
"Come All You Good
People"
Elektra
Performances
1940-1959:
Correspondence, etc.
1960-1977:
Correspondence, etc.
Box 5
1954: Abraham and Straus
Evening
1956:
Run of the Arrow, 1957 (a
Samuel Fuller film in which Frank Warner
appears and sings
"The Unreconstructed
Rebel"
)
1959:
Cultural Exchange Service
1959:
Hofstra Folksong Seminar
1963:
Wesleyan College lectures
1971: WLIW-TV
1972:
University of California
Programs, announcements, etc.
1940-1965
1966-1984
Undated
Jeff and
Gerret Warner [sons of the
Warners]
Public relations materials
Awards and diplomas
Trips to
Britain
1969
1973
Box 6
1976
Clippings
Contents of scrapbook
"The Ideal
Scrapbook"
1968:
"In Honor of Your Retirement"
Obituaries, condolences, etc.
1978: Memorial
Concert
Folk Materials Series, 1938-1982
(4 boxes)
Files contain information on traditional American
"folk"
singers and musicians from
North Carolina,
New Hampshire,
New York,
Virginia, and
West Virginia. Materials include
correspondence in which the Warners engaged with many of the musicians that
they visited; for some of the individuals, there is more information than
correspondence alone. Organized hierarchically by state, then city or region,
then individual or family.
Box 7
North Carolina.
Appalachia (Western N.C.).
Rena and
Nathan Hicks.
Correspondence.
1938-1977
(8 folders)
Box 8
Sale of hooked rugs.
Buna Vista and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Correspondence.
1941-1979
Bessie and
Frank Proffitt.
Correspondence.
1940-1958
1960-1963
(4 folders)
Box 9
1964-1979
(5 folders)
Commercial recordings.
Morse Sewing Machine.
1965: Frank
Proffitt's death.
Box 10
Frank Proffitt Memorial
Concert.
Frank Proffitt's headstone.
Frank Proffitt's writings,
1941-1962: verses and
stories.
Clippings, articles, miscellany.
Crab Tree Creek.
Rebecca King Jones.
Correspondence.
1940
Coast and
Outer Banks.
John and Alwilda
Culpeper.
Correspondence.
1940-1945
Steve Meekins.
Correspondence.
1940
Sue Thomas and J. B. Sutton.
Correspondence.
1952-1964
Charles K. (
"Tink"
)
Tillett and family.
Correspondence.
1940-1981
New Hampshire.
East Jaffrey.
Lena Bourne Fish.
Correspondence (with Fish and her
family).
1940-1982
1941:
Notebook.
"Old Songs of
Erin"
and others.
New York.
Adirondacks.
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha.
Correspondence.
1940-1950
Virginia.
Suffolk.
Joseph Henry (
"Uncle
Joe"
) Johnson.
Correspondence.
1941
West Virginia.
Guyandotte Valley.
(
"Colonel"
) Tom P.
Smith.
Correspondence.
1949-1959
Writings Series, 1938-1985 and undated
(6 boxes)
Comprises a variety of materials connected with the Warners'
efforts to document American folk traditions. Includes journal articles and
essays, grant applications; materials related to the production of Anne
Warner's book, Traditional American Folk Songs,
1984; folk song lyrics, published and unpublished; and Anne Warner's
hand-written field research journals and notebooks. Some of the material in the
Audio-visual Materials Series can be found in this series in written form,
including transcribed sound recordings of
"folk"
songs and some interviews collected in the
Library of Congress master tapes, which are
not included in Anne Warner's book. Organized according to the subject matter
of each particular writing.
Box 11
"America's Song"
(Think Magazine, 1948 Apr.)
"Frank Noah Proffitt"
(Appalachian Journal, 1973 Autumn)
"Lena Bourne Fish"
(Country Dance and Song, 1979)
"Eastern Long Island
Folknotes"
(Long Island Forum, 1982
Oct.)
"How Many Are On Our
Side?"
(A Celebration of American Family
Folklore, 1982)
"The Musical
Life-Odyssey..."
(Come for to Sing, 1984
Summer)
"Frank Proffitt: From Watauga
County..."
(Country Dance and Song, 1985
Mar.)
NEH Grant / Applications
NEH Grant / Operations
Box 12
Traditional American Folk
Songs, 1984
Original manuscript (parts 1-7)
Box 13
Original manuscript (part 8)
Intermediate manuscript (parts 1-7)
Publishers' replies
Pantheon Books
Duke University Press
Box 14
Editing and publication
1982-1985 and
undated
(4 folders)
Miscellaneous correspondence
Prepublication
Postpublication
Lyrics to songs not in Anne Warner's book,
Traditional American Folk Songs
Library of Congress tape transcripts (see
cassette tapes, boxes 22-23, for listening copies)
Box 14
Reels 1-5
Box 15
Reels 6-28
Outer Banks, N.C. (The Tillett
family)
1951
1971
Steve Wadsworth(
Northville, N.Y.)
Unrecorded songs
South.
Northeast.
Frank Warner songs in other
books.
Correspondence
Miscellany
Journals and notes of folk music research trips
(transcripts)
Box 16
1938-1960: Notebooks of
folk music research
Audiovisual Materials Series, circa 1920-2000 and undated
(14 boxes)
Houses an extensive collection of songs, interviews,
presentations, and other recordings on
reel-to-reel tapes,
cassette tapes,
phonograph albums,
compact discs (CDs),
video cassettes, and
film reels of various sizes. The series is
organized into sound recordings and video recordings, and, within this, items
are roughly specified according to the medium by which information is conveyed:
reel-to-reel tapes,
cassette tapes,
discs (record albums),
compact discs (CDs).
Some of the material is documented in written form in the Writings
Series, including transcribed sound recordings of folk songs and some
interviews.
[Originals closed to use. Some use copies available in the
collection. Otherwise, Technical Services staff need to produce use copies
before contents can be accessed. Please contact Research Services staff before
coming to use the collection.]
Sound Recordings
Library of Congress master
reel-to-reel tapes
Box 17
Reels 1-14
Box 18
Reels 15-30
Box 19
Reel 31
Volume (description of Library of Congress
tapes)
Other
reel-to-reel tapes (not from Library of
Congress)
1940: G.
Frank Warner and Mabel Preston Warner.
Songs and interview
1951: Songs and
interviews.
Outer Banks, N.C.
(2 items)
1956:
Frank Warner. At Bonyuns,
Bellport
1959: WRCA-TV.
"Sunday Special."
Year of History,
New York State.
(2 items)
Box 20
1961: Douglas
Kennedy,
Frank Warner, and
Frank Proffitt,
Pinewoods Camp
1962:
Frank Warner and Sons. Recorded by E.H.
Swanson.
Upper Brookville, N.Y.
1962:
Billy Fair interview of Frank and
Anne Warner for
WBAI radio, memories of collecting. Two
7.5 inch reels (Use copies on cassette: WC-55 and WC-56).
1966:
Bernie Klay Interviews
Frank Warner.
1969:
Frank Warner. Wesleyan Notebook.
Macon, Ga.
1969: Frank, John, and
Gerret Warner performing at the Evening
Program for the Seminars in American Culture,
Cooperstown, N.Y. One
7.5 inch reel (Use copies on cassette
WC-48).
1970: Frank, Jeff, and
Gerret Warner.
Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.
Center for the Arts.
(2 items)
Box 21
1951: Songs and
Interviews.
Outer Banks, N.C.. Two
reel-to-reel tape duplicates of
masters.
1972:
Frank Warner, Guitar Workshop Concert at
My Father's Place,
Roslyn, N.Y. Two
7.5 inch reels (Use copies on
cassettes WC-53 and WC-54).
1974: Tape sent to the
Warners by
Buna Hicks; recorded on
Beech Mountain, N.C. by
Buna Hicks. One
five inch reel (Use copy on cassette
WC-44).
(Also housed here: WF-3: Frank Warner singing
"Blue Mountain Lake."
This
motion picture Film was used at the
Adirondack Museum at
Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.; exibit began
in 1974. 3.5 minute,
Super 8 film. See
Films, WF-3.)
Box 22 (WC-1 to WC-17) and Box 23
(WC-18 to WC-32)
Cassette Tapes (WC-1 to
WC-59)
WC1 - WC32:
Library of Congress listening copies (L
of C Tapes 1 of 31 - L of C Tapes 31 of 31).
There is a one-to-one correspondence between the
Library of Congress Masters (
reels) and the
Library of Congress Copies (
cassette tapes) until cassette 15.
Here, the correspondence becomes divergent with
cassette tape WC-14 (L of C Tapes 14
of 31 #1) and WC-15 (L of C Tapes 14 of 31 #2). Listening copies from 15
through 32 are numbered accordingly with a
"WC"
number one unit greater than the
"L of C Tapes"
number, for example, WC-16 (L of C Tapes 15 of 31).
Box 24
WC-33 - WC-35:
Steve Wadsworth: Interview and
Songs
WC-36 - WC-42:
"Unique"
Tapes
WC-36:
Frank Warner,
"Songs of the Erie Canal"
, undated
WC-37:
Frank Proffitt and
Frank Proffitt, Jr.,
Vilas, N.C.: 1965
WC-38:
Frank Warner and family.
"Listen to America."
(1975:
Folktracks Recordings, FSV-901)
[currently missing]
WC-39:
Helen Kennedy Memorial Folk Concert. (
Cecil Sharp House: 1976 June 19)
[currently missing]
WC-40:
Gerret Warner Interviews
Frank Warner on Run of the Arrow. (1976 Dec. 4) [currently
missing]
WC-41 and WC-42:
Frank Warner Memorial Concert. Two
items. (1978 Dec. 2)
WC-43 - WC-59: Miscellaneous
Cassette Tapes
WC-43: An unrehearsed evening with
Carl Sandburg at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y. Present:
Carl Sandburg, Frank and
Anne Warner,
Mari Jinishian, and
Jean Ritchie, and
Gregory d'Allessio. Includes
conversation, vending cries, stories, songs, etc. (Autumn 1950).
WC-44: Tape sent to the Warners in September of
1974 by
Buna Hicks; recorded on
Beech Mountain, N.C., by
Buna Hicks
WC-45: The
Warners interveiw Charles Horace Fish
(son of
Lena Bourne Fish),
Temple, N.H. (1976 Aug.
18)
WC-46: A visit with
Buna Hicks in 1971 of
Beech Mountain, N.C. Present: Frank,
Anne, Jeff, and Susan
Warner;
Frank Proffitt, Jr.; and
Buna Hicks. Side B: Four songs by
"Yankee"
John
Galusha from 1941
WC-47: Interview with Cliff and Marie
Tillett,
Wanchese, N.C. (1971 Feb.). Side B:
Dick
Tillett sings ten songs
(1971)
WC-48: Frank, Jeff, and
Gerret Warner perform at the Evening
Program for the Seminars in American Culture,
Cooperstown, N.Y. (1969 July
10)
WC-49: Frank Warner :
"Uncle Remus"
Stories (circa 1975): A:
"Squirrels,"
"Specie,"
and
"The
Lion."
B:
"Heyo House"
and
"Terrifying Racket"
WC-50:
"A Tribute to
Frank Warner,"
Lee Knight program, S.C. Educational Radio. Program I,
broadast 1978 Apr. 15; program II, broadcast 1978 Apr. 22
WC-51: A
Frank Warner Concert, 1 of 2: Concert
at Elizabethtown School Auditorium,
Elizabethtowm, N.Y. (1973 Apr. 21).
Recorded by Lee Knight
Box 25
WC-52:
Frank Warner Concert, 2 of 2: Concert
at Elizabethtown School Auditorium,
Elizabethtown, N.Y. (1973 Apr. 21).
Recorded by Lee Knight
WC-53:
Frank Warner, Guitar Workshop Concert
at My Father's Place,
Roslyn, N.Y. (1972 Feb. 6). 1 of
2
WC-54: Frank Warner, Guitar Workshop Concert at My
Father's Place,
Roslyn, N.Y. (1972 Feb. 6). 2 of
2
WC-55:
Billy Fair interviews Frank and
Anne Warner for
WBAI radio; memories of collecting
(1962). 1 of 2
WC-56:
Billy Fair interviews Frank and
Anne Warner for
WBAI radio; memories of collecting
(1962). 2 of 2
WC-57: Warner Recollections: Frank, Anne, Gerret,
and
Jeff Warner; interviewer is
Gerret Warner (1971 Dec. 27). 1 of 3
WC-58: Warner Recollections: Frank, Anne, Gerret,
and
Jeff Warner; interviewer is
Gerret Warner (1971 Dec. 27). 2 of 3
WC-59: Warner Recollections: Frank, Anne, Gerret,
and
Jeff Warner; interviewer is
Gerret Warner (1971 Dec. 27). 3 of 3
Box 26
Phonograph albums
"American Traditional Folk
Songs by Frank Warner."
Reissue of
Elektra 153. EKS-7153. 1
disc.
12 in.
"The Civil War Through Its
Songs and Ballads. With Frank Warner, Bill Bonyun and Others. "
Heirloom Records HL 503. 1961. 1
disc with notes.
12 in.
"Come All You Good People.
Frank Warner; with Jeff and Gerret Warner. "
Minstrel JD 204. 1979. 1
disc.
12 in.
"Darlin' Sportin' Jenny /
Theme from 'La Fayette' - Slowly, Slowly."
The Brothers Four.
Columbia 4-42391. 1
disc.
7 in.
"The Folk Music of the
Newport Folk Festival: Volume 2: 1959-60."
Folkways Records FA 2432. 1961. 1
disc with notes.
12 in.
"Frank Proffitt Sings Folk
Songs. Recorded by Sandy Paton; edited by Frank Warner."
Folkways Records FA 2360. 1962. 1
disc with notes.
12 in.
"Frank Warner Sings
American Folk Songs and Ballads."
Elektra EKL3. 1952. 1
disc.
10 in.
"Hudson Valley
Songs."
Disc Company of America 611 (5022-5024).
3
discs.
10 in.
"I'm on My Way / Whiskey
in the Jar."
The Highwaymen.
United Artists UA 439. 1
disc.
7 in.
"Our Singing Heritage:
Volume 3: Folk Songs Collected and Sung by Frank Warner. Additional
Accompaniments by Billy Faier."
Elektra 153. 1958. 1
disc.
12 in.
"Songs and Ballads of
America's Wars: From the French and Indian War to the Civil War. Sung by Frank
Warner."
Elektra EKL13. 1954. 1
disc.
10 in.
"Songs of the Civil War,
North and South. Sung by Frank Warner; with Jeff and Gerret Warner."
Prestige International 13012. 1
disc.
12 in.
"A Treasury of Folk Songs
for Children, with 'Color me' Pictures Inside."
Elektra EKL-223. 2
discs.
12 in.
Compact Discs (CDs)
Box 27
"Her Bright Smile Haunts
Me Still: The Warner Collection, Volume 1."
Appleseed Recordings (11587-1035-2),
2000
"Nothing Seems Better to Me: The Music of Ranks Proffitt and NC. The Warner Collection, Volume II."
Appleseed Recordings (11587-1035-2),
2000
"Jolly Tinker,"
Jeff Warner. Gumstump Records 101 (83707-18830),
2005
Video Recordings
Video cassettes
Frank Warner, film footage of
Greensboro, N.C., circa 1920. See
original
16mm film at
Films, WF-1
"Lyrics and
Legends,"
National Educational Television,
produced and directed by John Twaddle. Performers include:
E. G. Huntington,
Sam Eskin,
Frank Warner,
Phillip Merrill, Anne, Jeff, and
Gerret Warner, and others. Shot at
Old Mystic Seaport,
Mystic, Conn., circa 1961
Frank Proffitt at
Newport. Introduction by
Pete Seeger (1963 July). See
Films, WF-2
"Rainbow Quest--Pete
Seeger."
TV 26.
Frank Warner
"Music of Frank
Warner."
WLIW/Channel 21. See original
16mm film at
Films, WF-5
Films
WF-1:
Frank Warner,
film footage of
Greensboro, N.C., circa 1920.
16mm film. See VHS use
copy
WF-2:
Frank Proffitt at
Newport. Introduction by
Pete Seeger (1963 July).
16mm film
WF-3:
Frank Warner singing
"Blue Mountain Lake."
3.5 minute,
Super 8 film (see Box 21)
WF-4 and WF-4a:
"Music of
Frank Warner."
WLIX/Channel 21. Two items (WF-4 and
WF-4a): 2 /
16mm film. See VHS use
copy
Prints and Negatives Series, 1933-1969
(2 boxes)
Contains 239
black and white 4x5 prints, which are
arranged alpha-numerically into lots from Lot 1 through Lot 9E. Within the
lots, the prints are identified by number, for example, Lot 2A: 1, Lot 2A: 2.
Through the photographs, the Warners captured images of many traditional
American folk musicians and singers and often their families and homes as well.
The Warners themselves appear frequently throughout the collection. There are
several photographs in which Frank Warner is pictured playing and singing along
with various musicians, among them: Nathan, Roby Monroe, Buna Vista, Ray, and
Linzy
Hicks and their families;
Frank Proffitt;
"Yankee"
John
Galusha;
Lena Bourne Fish; the
Tillett family;
Louis Solomon and others from the Mohawk tribe
at the
St. Regis reservation (N.Y.); and
Carl Sandburg. There are also interesting
images that capture the
Warners engaged in recording these sessions. The
photographic documentation of the
Warners' travels contains images from as far
North as
Vermont, as far East as the
Outer Banks, N.C., and as far West as the
western edge of
North Carolina.
Box 28
Prints Subseries, 1933-1969
Lot 1
: 1933
1A (1)
Nag's Head, N.C.
Print
1A: 1
Sue Thomas and
Frank Warner.
Lot 2,
1938
2A (6) County Sing,
Boone, N.C.
Print
2A: 1
Nathan Hicks;
Lewis Hicks;
Mary Hicks;
Bessie Proffitt; Unidentified (small
boy);
Rosa Hicks (wearing white dress);
Unidentified taller boy;
Rena Hicks, holding baby Roger Hicks;
Nell Hicks (small girl in front of Rena);
Anna Hicks (in front); Willis Hicks;
Unidentified (boy with hat).
Print
2A: 2
Bessie Proffitt (on porch),
Rena Hicks,
Anne Warner.
Print
2A: 3
Boone Court house.
Print
2A: 4
Rena Hicks (left, in back), holding
baby Roger Hicks; Oliver
Proffitt (standing in front of girl in
chair); Others unidentified.
Print
2A: 5
Mary and
Lewis Hicks.
Print
2A: 6
Boone County Court house.
2B (14)
Hicks porch gathering,
Beech Mountain, N.C.
Print
2B: 1
Rena Hicks (left, in back), holding
baby Roger
Hicks); Oliver
Proffitt (standing in front of girl in
chair); others unidentified.
Print
2B: 2
Ben
Hicks,
Frank Warner,
Frank Proffitt,
Nathan Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks (crouching, wearing
hat).
Print
2B: 3
Hicks family (and others):
Rena Hicks (far left), holding baby
Roger Hicks; Lewis and
Mary Hicks (standing together, right
of center, Mary wearing white shirt over dress); others
unidentified.
Print
2B: 4
Ben
Hicks,
Frank Warner,
Nathan Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks (crouching, wearing
hat).
Print
2B: 5
Ben
Hicks,
Frank Warner,
Nathan Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks (crouching, wearing
hat.)
Print
2B: 6
Ben
Hicks with two unidentified
girls.
Print
2B: 7
(A long distance photo; none really
identifiable.)
Print
2B: 8
Four unidentified singing girls. Behind them:
Frank and
Bessie Proffitt.
Print
2B: 9
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
2B: 10
Ben
Hicks, four unidentified singing girls.
Behind them: Frank and
Bessie Proffitt, and unidentified
woman.
Print
2B: 11
Several unidentified children,
Anne Warner (standing off of the
porch, right of center). In back:
Bessie Proffitt;
Rosa Hicks (standing in doorway);
Rena Hicks, holding baby Roger Hicks;
Unidentified (woman wearing white dress);
Ray Hicks;
Lewis Hicks; Unidentified (man in
overalls, far right).
Print
2B: 12
Lewis and
Mary Hicks with baby Roger
Hicks.
Print
2B: 13
Home of Nathan and
Rena Hicks.
Print
2B: 14
In back:
Anna Hicks, holding Jack Hicks; Willis
Hicks (in front), holding unidentified child; Nell Hicks (just right of center,
hands over mouth), two unidentified girls (flanking either side).
Lot 3
: 1939
3A (12)
Adirondacks, N.Y..
Print
3A: 1
Anne Warner with unidentified woman
and dog at Log House.
Print
3A: 2
Anne Warner (wearing stripe Jacket)
with Morris and Irene
Bennett (other adults). The three
Bennett children pictured here are otherwise unidentifiable.
Rome, N.Y.
Print
3A: 3
Frank Warner with a group of
unidentified people.
Print
3A: 4
Aiden Lair, a country inn, northwest of
Minerva, N.Y.
Print
3A: 5
Bennett cottage, unidentified
man.
Print
3A: 6
Silver Bay, N.Y. (a
YMCA resort and a favorite retreat of
the Warners).
Print
3A: 7
Aiden Lair.
Anne Warner (wearing stripe jacket)
with unidentified woman and dogs.
Print
3A: 8
Frank Warner and (
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha.
Print
3A: 9
Unidentified.
Print
3A: 10
Aiden Lair.
Print
3A: 11
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha.
Print
3A: 12
Anne and
Frank Warner (standing in back),
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha (seated).
3B (13)
Beech Mountain, N.C.
Print
3B: 1
Rena, Nathan, and Nell (little girl in front)
Hicks.
Print
3B: 2
Ray Hicks with groundhog.
Print
3B: 3
Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
3B: 4
Some of the
Hicks family: Ray; Willis, holding Jack;
Mary, holding Roger; Nathan; Rena; Nell; Anna; N.A.; Lewis.
Print
3B: 5
Two unidentified boys,
Frank Proffitt,
Roby Monroe Hicks (back to camera),
Frank Warner,
Nathan Hicks, Sam
Hicks, Vance
Presnell (leaning forward, legs
crossed),
Linzy Hicks (wearing hat), and
Ray Hicks (lying down).
Print
3B: 6
Home of Nathan and Rena
Hicks.
Print
3B: 7
Anna Hicks.
Print
3B: 8
Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
3B: 9
Willis Hicks and baby Roger
Hicks.
Print
3B: 10
Nathan Hicks.
Print
3B: 11
Nathan Hicks.
Print
3B: 12
Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
3B: 13
Home of
Roby Monroe Hicks and
Buna Hicks at
Beech Creek, N.C.
Lot 4
: 1940
4A (15)
Beech Mountain, N.C.,
Hicks porch gathering.
Print
4A: 1
Nathan Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks (in back, head
down),
Ray Hicks (in back),
Frank Proffitt,
Linzy Hicks.
Print
4A: 2
Back: Willis
Hicks, holding unidentified child;
Nathan Hicks;
Roby Monroe Hicks;
Ray Hicks;
Frank Proffitt;
Linzy Hicks. Front: Oliver
Proffitt; Nell
Hicks;
Bessie Proffitt;
Rena Hicks;
Rosa Hicks;
Anna Hicks, holding unidentified
infant; and
Mary Hicks.
Print
4A: 3
Back: Willis
Hicks, holding unidentified child;
Nathan Hicks;
Roby Monroe Hicks;
Ray Hicks;
Frank Proffitt;
Linzy Hicks. Front: Oliver
Proffitt; Nell
Hicks;
Bessie Proffitt;
Rena Hicks;
Rosa Hicks;
Anna Hicks, holding unidentified
infant; and
Mary Hicks.
Print
4A: 4
Unidentified child,
Nathan Hicks, and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
4A: 5
Nell
Hicks (seated bottom left),
Anne Warner (seated, next to Nell),
Unidentified man (leaning on post),
Anna Hicks (standing behind
Anne Warner), Unidentified man (seated
in chair on porch), Oliver
Proffitt (older boy, seated on porch,
center), Unidentified (smaller boy),
Ray Hicks (seated, right of center,
next to post), N.A.
Hicks,
Linzy Hicks, and two unidentified men
(bottom right, crouching).
Print
4A: 6
Back: all unidentified. Front:
Frank Proffitt,
Nathan Hicks, Unidentified,
Unidentified,
Rena Hicks,
Linzy Hicks, Unidentified, N.A.
Hicks,
Ray Hicks, and
Lewis Hicks.
Print
4A: 7
Unidentified child,
Nathan Hicks, and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
4A: 8
Nathan Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks,
Frank Proffitt,
Ray Hicks, and
Linzy Hicks.
Print
4A: 9
Willis
Hicks (in back), Unidentified child,
Nathan Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
4A: 10
Bessie Hicks,
Rosa Hicks, Nell
Hicks (seated on porch), both men
unidentified.
Print
4A: 11
Anna Hicks.
Print
4A: 12
N.A.
Hicks, Willis
Hicks,
Roby Monroe Hicks,
Ray Hicks (in back, next to Roby),
Frank Proffitt,
Linzy Hicks,
Frank Warner, Oliver
Proffitt.
Print
4A: 13
Rosa Hicks,
Anna Hicks,
Anne Warner,
Rena Hicks,
Bessie Proffitt.
Print
4A: 14
Ray Hicks.
Print
4A: 15
Frank Proffitt,
Nathan Hicks, N.A.
Hicks,
Linzy Hicks, Nell
Hicks,
Anne Warner (in back, stripe jacket),
Rena Hicks, and
Anna Hicks.
4B (21) Northern Trip.
Print
4B: 1
Louis Solomon (
St. Regis Reservation,
N.Y.)
Print
4B: 2
Walter
Mallory’s house in
Dorset, V.T. Unidentified,
Anne Warner, Unidentified.
Print
4B: 3
Happy Lynch and
Anne Warner at Walter
Mallory's House in
Dorset, V.T.
Print
4B: 4
St. Mary's Church in
Irishtown, N.Y.
Print
4B: 5
Two Mohawk women and
Louis Solomon at the
St. Regis Indian Reservation,
N.Y.
Print
4B: 6
Stone House Inn in N.H.
Anne Warner in car.
Print
4B: 7
Happy Lynch.
Print
4B: 8
Log House, all unidentified.
Print
4B: 9
Anne Warner at a cottage in which the
Warners stayed at Saranac Lake in the
Adirondacks, N.Y..
Print
4B: 10
At Log House, all unidentified.
Print
4B: 11
St. Regis Indian Reservation, N.Y.:
Anne Warner (second from left, wearing
stripe jacket) and
Louis Solomon (man seated between
other two, wearing suspenders), others unidentified.
Print
4B: 12
Frank Warner with
Happy Lynch.
Print
4B: 13
Mrs.
Murphy (
Hogansberg, N.Y.).
Print
4B: 14
Louis Solomon and
Frank Warner.
Print
4B: 15
Louis Solomon (center) and two young
Mohawk men at the
St. Regis Reservation,
N.Y.
Print
4B: 16
Anne Warner (front left) and
unidentified woman (behind
Warner) with
Louis Solomon (center, wearing
suspenders) and two Mohawk men (otherwise unidentified) at
St. Regis Reservation,
N.Y.
Print
4B: 17
MacDowell Colony in N.H.:
Unidentified, Betty and Carl
Carmer, Marjorie
Flock, Bill
Benet,
Anne Warner, and Dorothy
Heywood.
Print
4B: 18
Happy Lynch.
Print
4B: 19
A sailing trip from Marblehead.
Unidentified.
Print
4B: 20
Frank Warner at cottage on
Lake Saranac in the
Adirondacks, N.Y.
Print
4B: 21
Anne Warner and unidentified woman
with
Louis Solomon and two otherwise
unidentified Mohawk men at the
St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation,
N.Y.
4C (6) Northeast.
Print
4C: 1
Lena Bourne Fish using the
Warners’
Wilcox Gay Recordio in her home in
East Jaffrey, N.H.
Print
4C: 2
Lena Bourne Fish at her home in
East Jaffrey, N.H.
Print
4C: 3
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha at his home in
Minerva, N.Y.
Print
4C: 4
Lena Bourne Fish in her home in
East Jaffrey, N.H.
Print
4C: 5
Lena Bourne Fish with kitten at her
home in
East Jaffrey, N.H.
Print
4C: 6
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha and
Anne Warner at a distance at
Galusha's home in
Minerva, N.Y.
4D (10) Southeastern Trip.
Print
4D: 1
Rebecca King Jones' home in
Crab Tree Creek, N.C.: Unidentified,
Anne Warner, and
Rebecca King Jones.
Print
4D: 2
Charles K. (
"Tink"
), Cliff, Eleazar, and Hub
Tillett with dog in
Wanchese, N.C.
Print
4D: 3
Rebecca King Jones.
Print
4D: 4
Bill Moss and Jesse McDonald in
Suffolk, Va.
Print
4D: 5
Home of Captain John and Alwilda
Culpeper at
Nag's Head, N.C.
Print
4D: 6
Unidentified and
Steve Meekins.
Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Print
4D: 7
Aunt Armise Spruille (standing), Bill Moss
(holding microphone), Joseph Henry (
"Uncle
Joe"
)
Johnson, and Jesse McDonald.
Suffolk, Va.
Print
4D: 8
Frank Warner,
Rebecca King Jones, and
Anne Warner at the
Warners’ house in
Durham, N.C.
Print
4D: 9
Rebecca King Jones' home in
Crab Tree Creek, N.C.: Unidentified,
Anne Warner (seated on floor),
Rebecca King Jones, unidentified, and
the otherwise unidentified soldiers.
Print
4D: 10
Anne Warner and Charles K. (
"Tink"
)
Tillett with Lemon (pony).
Roanoke Island, N.C.
Print
4D: 11
Mr. and Mrs. Tillett with son and nephew.
Wanchese, N.C., 1940
Lot 5
: 1941-1942
5A (4) Southeast.
Print
5A: 1
Anne Warner, Verdon Thomas (standing),
Sue Thomas, J.B. Sutton.
Elizabeth City, N.C.
Print
5A: 2
Anne Warner, Verdon Thomas (standing),
Sue Thomas, J.B. Sutton.
Elizabeth City, N.C.
Print
5A: 3
Captain John and Alwilda
Culpeper.
Nag's Head, N.C.
Print
5A: 4
Frank Warner with Alwilda and Captain
John
Culpeper on the porch of the
Culpeper's home at
Nag's Head, N.C.
5B (17)
Beech Mountain, N.C.
Print
5B: 1
Frank, Bessie, and Oliver
Proffitt on the steps of their first
house in
Pick Britches Valley,
Watuga County, N.C.
Print
5B: 2
Frank Proffitt (back, standing), Nancy
Prather (in front of Frank),
Bessie Proffitt (next to Nancy),
Oliver
Proffitt (front row, middle), and 8
otherwise unidentified
Proffitt relations.
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.
Print
5B: 3
Mary Hicks (in back),
Rena Hicks, and
Anne Warner.
Print
5B: 4
Anne Warner,
Frank Proffitt, and three unidentified
children.
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.
Print
5B: 5
Nell and
Rena Hicks.
Print
5B: 6
Dewey, Linzy, Buna, Roby Monroe, and
Rosa Hicks.
Print
5B: 7
The
Hicks' wintergreen still. Linzy (with
guitar), Nathan, two unidentified (with hats, right of center), and
Lewis Hicks.
Print
5B: 8
The Proffitts' first house in
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.
Anne Warner and
Frank Proffitt (in front). Others
unidentified.
Print
5B: 9
Unidentified child,
Frank Proffitt, and
Nathan Hicks.
Print
5B: 10
Two unidentified boys.
Print
5B: 11
Bessie Proffitt,
Rosa Hicks, and Mae
Hicks.
Print
5B: 12
Frank, Oliver, and
Bessie Proffitt.
Print
5B: 13
Frank Proffitt,
Roby Monroe Hicks (back to camera),
Frank Warner,
Nathan Hicks, Sam
Hicks (with white hat, next to Nathan),
Ray Hicks (front center, in front of
Sam), Vance
Presnell (legs crossed),
Linzy Hicks (behind Vance), and
Lewis Hicks.
Print
5B: 14
Frank Proffitt.
Print
5B: 15
Anne Warner at a tobacco
farm.
Print
5B: 16
Linzy Hicks,
Lewis Hicks,
Frank Proffitt, and
Nathan Hicks.
Print
5B: 17
The
Proffitts' first house in
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.:
Anne Warner and
Frank Proffitt in front. Others
unidentified
5C (8)
New York.
Print
5C: 1
Anne Warner and a Mohawk woman at the
Warners' initiation into the Mohawk
tribe at the
St. Regis Indian Reservation,
N.Y.
Print
5C: 2
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha and
Frank Warner at
Galusha’s home in
Minerva, N.Y.
Print
5C: 3
Anne Warner (forth from left, wearing
head-dress and stripe jacket) and
Louis Solomon (far right) with
unidentified others at the
Warners' initiation into the Mohawk
tribe at the
St. Regis Indian Reservation,
N.Y.
Print
5C: 4
Frank Warner and
Carl Carmer at apartment at
144 W. 12th Street New York City,
N.Y.
Print
5C: 5
Richard O.
Hamilton at apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
5C: 6
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha and his dog Flash.
Print
5C: 7
Frank Warner and
Louis Solomon at the Warners'
initiation into the Mohawk tribe at the
St. Regis Indian Reservation,
N.Y.
Print
5C: 8
Louis Solomon's daughter at in
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Lot 6
: 1943-1949
6A (1)
1924
Print
6A: 1
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner.
6B (2)
1944
Print
6B: 1
Mae
Hicks and
Anne Warner in front of the
Warners' apartment building at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
6B: 2
Mae
Hicks in front of the
Warners' apartment building at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
6C (3)
1946
Print
6C: 1
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner, (
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha, and Flash at the
Galushas' home in
Minerva, N.Y.
Print
6C: 2
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha,
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner, and Lizzie
Galusha at the
Galushas' home in
Minerva, N.Y.
Print
6C: 3
(
"Yankee"
) John
Galusha.
6D (2)
1949
Print
6D: 1
Gerret, Jonathan (Jeff), and
Frank Warner at
New York Times Children's Book
Fair.
Print
6D: 2
Huddie Ledbetter (
"Ledbelly"
).
Lot 7
: 1951
7A (10)
Carl Sandburg.
Print
7A: 1
Jonathan (Jeff) and
Gerret Warner with two of
Carl Sandburg's grandchildren at
Connemara in N.C.
Print
7A: 2
Frank Warner,
Carl Sandburg, and Jean
Ritchie in the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 3
Gregory d'Allesio, Unidentified, Jean
Ritchie,
Frank Warner,
Carl Sandburg,
Anne Warner, and Mari Jinishian at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 4
Frank Warner,
Carl Sandburg, and Jean
Ritchie at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 5
Frank Warner,
Carl Sandburg, and Jean
Ritchie at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 6
Frank and
Anne Warner with
Carl Sandburg in the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 7
Carl Sandburg and Jean
Ritchie at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y. [with duplicate].
Print
7A: 8
Gregory d'Allesio, Unidentified, Jean
Ritchie (behind Frank),
Frank Warner,
Carl Sandburg,
Anne Warner, and Mari Jinishian at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 9
Carl Sandburg (back, seated on couch),
Anne Warner (just in front of
Sandburg), Mari Jinishian (seated in
chair, back right), and others Unidentified at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
Print
7A: 10
Mari Jinishian (on couch),
Anne Warner, and
Carl Sandburg at the
Warners' apartment at
144 W. 12th Street, New York City,
N.Y.
7B (24)
Beech Mountain, N.C.
Print
7B: 1
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner, Ronald
Proffitt,
Gerret Warner, and Franklin
Proffitt.
Print
7B: 2
Rosa, holding Jean; Ray, holding Leonard, and
Rena Hicks.
Print
7B: 3
Lee Monroe
Presnell.
Print
7B: 4
Lee Monroe
Presnell.
Print
7B: 5
Unidentified, two unidentified children (on
porch), Jack
Hicks, Gerret and
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner (backs to
camera),
Lewis Hicks (sitting against post),
Nathan Hicks (in chair), and
Linzy Hicks.
Print
7B: 6
Unidentified,
Buna Hicks, Unidentified.
Print
7B: 7
Lee Monroe
Presnell, Unidentified,
Buna Hicks, Unidentified (boy in
chair), Unidentified child,
Bessie Proffitt,
Mary Hicks, and three unidentified
men.
Print
7B: 8
A church on
Beech Mountain, N.C.: back:
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner,
Linzy Hicks. Front: Anne and
Gerret Warner, Mae
Hicks, and
Rena Hicks.
Print
7B: 9
Lee Monroe
Presnell and
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner.
Print
7B: 10
Roby Monroe Hicks, Lee Monroe
Presnell, Unidentified Child, and
Buna Hicks.
Print
7B: 11
Rosa and Leonard
Hicks at their home.
Print
7B: 12
Front:
Gerret Warner, Ronald
Proffitt, Phyllis
Proffitt, Franklin
Proffitt, and
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner. Back:
Bessie Proffitt (holding Eddie
Proffitt), and unidentified.
Print
7B: 13
Home of Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks at
Beech Creek, N.C.
Print
7B: 14
Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
7B: 15
Unidentified, Jack
Hicks,
Lewis Hicks,
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner (partially
blocked by Ray),
Ray Hicks,
Linzy Hicks and two unidentified
children.
Print
7B: 16
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
7B: 17
Unidentified, Jack
Hicks,
Lewis Hicks,
Linzy Hicks, Unidentified, and
Ray Hicks.
Print
7B: 18
J.C.
Hicks and
Gerret Warner.
Print
7B: 19
Frank Proffitt’s father's house (1941)
at
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.
Frank Proffitt (back, left) Nancy
Prather (in front of Frank), Bessie
(next to Nancy), and Oliver
Proffitt (in front of
Bessie).
Print
7B: 20
Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Print
7B: 21
The
Proffitts' House (1951). Anne and
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner (left), others
unidentified.
Print
7B: 22
Home of Buna and
Roby Monroe Hicks at
Beech Creek, N.C.
Print
7B: 23
All Unidentified.
Print
7B: 24
Roby Monroe Hicks.
Lot 8
: 1952, 1959,
1960
8A (5)
1952
Print
8A: 1
Unidentified.
Print
8A: 2
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner (far left) and
Anne Warner (center, wearing dark
jacket). Others unidentified.
Print
8A: 3
Orient Point, N.Y.: both
unidentified.
Print
8A: 4
Anne Warner (wearing white shirt) and
Jonathan (Jeff) and
Gerret Warner (back, visible between
Anne and the man standing with her).
Print
8A: 5
Anne Warner and (
"Colonel"
) Tom P.
Smith in
Carl Carmer's living room in his
apartment at
144 W. 12th Street New York City, N.Y.
(upstairs from the Warners' own apartment at the same address).
8B (21)
Beech Mountain, N.C.
1959-1960
Print
8B: 1
The
Proffitt family: Bessie (wearing white
dress, left side) and Frank (lower right). Warners: Anne (seated on stairs),
Jonathan (Jeff) (top of stairs, left), and Gerret (top of stairs, right).
Others unidentified.
Print
8B: 2
Frank Proffitt and
Frank Warner at the
Boone Hotel in
Boone, N.C.
Print
8B: 3
Frank Proffitt and
Frank Warner at the
Boone Hotel in
Boone, N.C.
Print
8B: 4
Ray Hicks (next to two small boys,
left),
Frank Proffitt (next to man wearing
hat),
Lewis Hicks (right, front row). Others
unidentified.
Print
8B: 5
A crowd of
Nathan Hicks' descendants and other
relatives at the
Hicks house, including:
Frank Proffitt (far left),
Ray Hicks (next to Frank),
Linzy Hicks (next to Ray), and Lewis
(next to Linzy),
Mary Hicks (to right of and behind
Lewis). Others unidentified.
Print
8B: 6
A crowd of
Nathan Hicks' descendants and other
relatives at the
Hicks house listening to a recording of
Nathan Hicks’s story of the bear hunt
recorded in 1940.
Print
8B: 7
A crowd of
Nathan Hicks' descendants and other
relatives at the
Hicks house.
Print
8B: 8
Frank and
Bessie Proffitt at their
home.
Print
8B: 9
Rena Hicks,
Anne Warner, and
Bessie Proffitt.
Print
8B: 10
Ray Hicks,
Rena Hicks,
Frank Proffitt, and
Buna Hicks.
Print
8B: 11
The
Proffitts' house.
Print
8B: 12
The
Proffitts' house.
Print
8B: 13
At the
Hicks house:
Rena Hicks (left, wearing sweater),
Frank Proffitt (sitting on porch with
guitar),
Frank Warner (sitting in chair with
guitar),
Lewis Hicks (next to Frank Warner),
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner (sitting on
porch with guitar),
Ray Hicks (back to camera, wearing
black hat). Others unidentified.
Print
8B: 14
Rena Hicks,
Buna Hicks,
Anne Warner,
Bessie Proffitt, Mae
Hicks,
Anna Hicks,
Mary Hicks, and an unidentified woman
(in front).
Print
8B: 15
Frank Proffitt with
TRO lawyer in front of the
Boone Hotel in
Boone, N.C.
Print
8B: 16
Rena and
Buna Hicks.
Print
8B: 17
Franklin
Proffitt with Gerret and
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner.
Print
8B: 18
Frank Proffitt and
Buna Hicks.
Print
8B: 19
Jonathan (Jeff) Warner,
Linzy Hicks, and
Gerret Warner.
Print
8B: 20
TRO lawyer and
Frank Proffitt (on the porch) at the
Proffitts' house.
Print
8B: 21
Jonathan (Jeff), Frank, and
Gerret Warner with
Frank Proffitt.
8C (5)
Beech Mountain, N.C.
1960
Print
8C: 1
Frank Proffitt recording in banjo
studio.
Print
8C: 2
George's Gap.
Print
8C: 3
Proffitt Children.
Print
8C: 4
Frank Proffitt in front of the second
house he built--his tobacco crop in the background.
Print
8C: 5
Frank Proffitt recording in banjo
studio.
Lot 9
: 1961; 1963;
1966; 1969
9A (7)
Frank Proffitt at
Port Washington (
Long Island, N.Y.) on the
Whitneys'
"Little Yankee"
. This is
Proffitt's first trip north to N.Y. and to
the sea.
1961
Print
9A: 1
Frank Proffitt.
Print
9A: 2
Frank Warner,
Frank Proffitt, and Douglas
Kennedy.
Print
9A: 3
Frank Proffitt.
Print
9A: 4
Frank Proffitt and Douglas
Kennedy.
Print
9A: 5
Frank Proffitt.
Print
9A: 6
Frank Proffitt working on a banjo in
yard at
Farmingdale.
Print
9A: 7
Frank Proffitt in
New York City, N.Y.
9B (9) Proffitts.
1963
Print
9B: 1
Proffitts working on new house at
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.
Print
9B: 2
Buna Hicks (front left) with two
unidentified women.
Print
9B: 3
Proffitts working on new house at
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.: far left,
Frank.
Print
9B: 4
Frank and
Bessie Proffitt in
Asheville, N.C. for the
Asheville Folk Festival.
Print
9B: 5
Picnic at the
Hicks house on
Beech Mountain, N.C.
Frank Proffitt (just left of center,
between a bearded man and a small boy).
Print
9B: 6
Frank and
Bessie Proffitt in
Asheville, N.C., for the
Asheville Folk Festival.
Print
9B: 7
Frank Proffitt,
Alan Lomax,
Anne Warner, And
Bessie Proffitt in
Asheville, N.C., for the
Asheville Folk Festival.
Print
9B: 8
Frank Proffitt (holding ladder) and
others working on the Proffitts' new house at
Pick Britches Valley, N.C.
Print
9B: 9
Phyllis
Proffitt.
9C (4).
1964
Print
9C: 1
Proffitt family on the porch of their
new house: Phyllis, Frank, and three unidentified others.
Print
9C: 2
Anne Warner (far right) and three of
the
Tillett family.
Print
9C: 3
At the Hicks house. Front:
Ray Hicks,
Frank Proffitt, Phyllis
Proffitt, and 5 unidentified others.
Back:
Frank Warner, Mae
Hicks,
Rosa Hicks, and
unidentified.
Print
9C: 4
At the Hicks house: Front:
Ray Hicks,
Frank Proffitt, Phyllis
Proffitt, and 5 unidentified others.
Back: Mae
Hicks,
Rosa Hicks, unidentified, and
Anne Warner.
9D (8)
Beech Mountain, N.C.
1966
Print
9D: 1
At Frank Proffitt's grave: two unidentified boys,
Bessie Proffitt,
Rena Hicks, Phyllis
Proffitt (holding Charlie),
Anne Warner, Nancy Wadsworth
Warner (holding infant), and
Gerret Warner.
Print
9D: 2
Hickses, Proffitts, and Warners:
Ray Hicks (back left),
Rosa Hicks (middle, in front of and to
right of man wearing cowboy hat),
Anna Hicks (next to Rosa, on right),
Gerrett Warner and Nancy (holding
infant, on left) Wadsworth Warner,
Anne Warner (just behind Nancy),
Phyllis
Proffitt (holding Charlie, just right
and in front of
Anna Hicks),
Rena Hicks (next to Phyllis
Proffitt),
Linzy Hicks (sitting with guitar),
Buna Hicks (sitting with fiddle),
Hattie
Hicks (next to Buna), others
unidentified.
Print
9D: 3
Back: Anne and
Frank Warner. Front: Linzy and
Buna Hicks.
Print
9D: 1
Phyllis Proffitt's son Charlie at Proffitts'
house.
Print
9D: 5
Buna and Hattie
Hicks at the Proffitts'
house.
Print
9D: 6
Bethel Baptist Church. Phyllis
Proffitt,
Rena Hicks, and
Anne Warner (far right), others
unidentified.
Print
9D: 7
Front: Linzy and
Buna Hicks. Back: Nancy Wadsworth
Warner and
Gerret Warner.
Print
9D: 8
Frank Proffit's grave.
9E (2).
1969
Print
9E: 1
Steve Wadsworth, in the home of
Charles and Margaret
Coffin in
Northville, N.Y.
Print
9E: 2
Anne Warner (behind chair), others
unidentified in the home of Charles and Margaret
Coffin in
Northville, N.Y.
Box 30
Miscellaneous Photographs: This box contains
photographs that have been reorganized into a separate storage unit from other
places in the Warner Collection. A photocopy of each photograph retains the
original's position in Anne Warner's own organizational structure of the
papers, and notes on the photocopies will direct researchers to Box 30,
Miscellaneous Photographs, if viewing the originals is necessary.
