Press kit: HELEN SCHNEYER ... Ballads, Gospel, and Mining Songs ... (items described below)

by Schneyer, Helen

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Princeton, Ithaca, &c. various [1969]., 1969. All materials in very good to fine condition. Comprises: poster on yellow stock, 17" x 11", sketch of Schneyer at center, "The Cornell Folk Song Club presents Helen Schneyer, unaccompanied ballads, gospel, and mining songs, Friday, Nov. 7, 8:30 pm, Temple of Zeus."; flyer, 11" x 8.5", "Princeton Folk Music Society invites you to spend an evening with Helen Schneyer singing ballads, chanteys, hymns, mining songs .Friday, Jan. 10.Witherspoon Presbyterian Church."; press photo, 8" x 10", captioned: "Helen Schneyer, Folk-Legacy Recording Artist"; photocopies of articles on Schneyer by Nat Hentoff and Stephanie Faul. Helen Schneyer was known for decades as a collector and "sensitive interpreter of primarily traditional material" [Baggelaar & Milton, FOLK MUSIC, pages 335-336]. ".one of the living treasures of American traditional music. She began singing professionally a half-century ago with Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and others at New York hootenannies." [see MUSIC HOUND: FOLK, edited by Neal Walters & Brian Mansfield, page 704]. Illustrated by illus from photographs, &c. originals edition. Binding is portfolio.