Register of the Sam Hinton Papers
MSS.683
Finding aid prepared by Mandeville Special Collections Library
Mandeville Special Collections Library
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92093-0175
858-534-2533
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Copyright 2009
Title: Sam Hinton Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.683
Contributing Institution:
Mandeville Special Collections Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
11.8 Linear feet
27 archives boxes, 1 card file, and 6 oversize folders
Date: 1937-2006
Abstract: Papers of Sam Hinton, professional folksinger and teacher of literature and folklore. The collection is primarily composed
of song compilations from Hinton’s performances, collected songs, coursework from UC Folklore courses, and contracts and correspondence
regarding Hinton’s recording career. Also included is Hinton’s work with
Sing Out! Magazine; this material includes work written and edited by Hinton. The collection also includes drafts and research for Hinton’s
published articles and books, as well as drafts of his personal writings and unpublished materials. In addition, the papers
contain biographical materials, writings, correspondence, and artwork and calligraphy that Hinton created during his personal
and professional career.
Scope and Contents of Collection
The Sam Hinton Papers reflect Hinton's professional performance career. The collection includes personal and professional
correspondence; drafts and notes for published books, magazine, and newspaper articles; and engagement calendars and notebooks.
The materials also contain photographs and biographical memorabilia. Although the materials span from 1937 through 2006, the
bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s through the late 1980s.
The papers are arranged in eleven series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) SONGWRITING AND RECORDING, 3) PERFORMANCES, 4) COLLECTED SONGS,
5) TEACHING MATERIALS, 6) WRITINGS, 7) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 8) ARTWORK, 9) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 10) MISCELLANEOUS,
and 11) AUDIO CASSETTES.
SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE
The CORRESPONDENCE series is made up of letters between Hinton and the staff and faculty members of UCSD, personal mail, letters
about various workshops and performances in which Hinton performed, and fan mail.
One correspondence of significance are letters between Hinton and Pete Seeger, another well-known folksinger from the 1960s
and 1970s. Besides performing together at festivals such as the Berkeley Folk Festival, Hinton and Seeger shared a friendship
and wrote letters back and forth over the decades.
SERIES 2: SONGWRITING AND RECORDING
The SONGWRITING AND RECORDING series is arranged in two subseries: A) Songwriting, and B) Recordings.
A) The first subseries, Songwriting, contains songs written and composed by Hinton, and includes song lyrics, sheet music,
and song drafts.
B) The second subseries, Recordings, contains information about each album that Hinton recorded. Materials in this subseries
include contracts, album and liner notes, album reviews, and correspondence between Hinton and various record labels. This
subseries also contains discographies that provide a chronological outline of all the albums and recordings that Hinton created
over the years. The albums are arranged in chronological order.
SERIES 3: PERFORMANCES
The PERFORMANCES series comprises brochures and programs from 1939 through 1999 for multiple folk music festivals and workshops.
The collection also includes programs and flyers from various folk music festivals in which Hinton performed. This series
is arranged in alphabetical order.
A large part of this series is made up of performance engagement calendars, which cover Hinton's performing career during
the 1980s and 1990s. These documents contain a daily calendar for each year with accompanying performance and workshop information,
including an engagement calendar from 1937, when Hinton was a member of the
Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour. This series also includes oversize performance posters from 1964 through 1976 from multiple concerts and festivals.
The final part of this series is made up of song lists by date of performances, which contains the song lists from Hinton's
performances dating from 1957 to 2002. These lists are arranged chronologically. Hinton also created song list notebooks,
which range from 1951 to 1996. These personal notebooks list the date and location of the performances, as well as a brief
song list for each event.
SERIES 4: COLLECTED SONGS
The COLLECTED SONGS SERIES is arranged in two subseries: A) Lyrics and Sheet Music, and B) Song Titles.
A) The first subseries, Lyrics and Sheet Music, contains songs written by others that Hinton collected over his lifetime,
which are organized by subject, such as Irish Songs or Sea Shanties; or alphabetically by song title. This sheet music was
kept in Hinton's original order.
B) The second subseries, Song Titles, contains undated compilations arranged by subject (i.e. Cowboy Songs or Work Songs)
or era (i.e. Depression Songs or Gold Rush Songs). Put together for various purposes, Hinton utilized these lists at his live
performances, at his workshops, and as a resource for others interested in folk music.
SERIES 5: TEACHING MATERIALS
The TEACHING MATERIALS series is made up of syllabi, lecture notes, course outlines and correspondence regarding several of
the music and literature courses that Hinton taught at UCSD and the UC Extension program. These documents are organized alphabetically
by course name.
Two of the courses included in this series, "Forms of Folklore" and the "Nature of American Folk Music," were taught over
consecutive years. The documents for these courses include lecture notes and outlines from various years that Hinton was employed
by UCSD. Lecture audio cassettes Hinton utilized for "Forms of Folklore" can be found in Series 11, AUDIO CASSETTES.
The final part of this series includes "Hinton’s Singing Through History" lectures, which he performed for local San Diego
County schools. These materials include sample programs by grade and by subject.
SERIES 6: WRITINGS
The WRITINGS series is made up of drafts and research materials for Hinton’s unpublished works, which include poetry, miscellaneous
essays, and multiple scientific and musical articles.
A significant portion of this series is Hinton's article entitled
Longevity of Fishes in Captivity. The papers concerning this article include correspondence regarding research and first and final drafts of the article.
Another part of this series contains the entire manuscript of the final draft of Hinton’s unpublished memoir
A Naturalist in Show Business.
SERIES 7: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS series contains three subseries: A) California Folklore Society, B) Other Organizations, and
C) Sing Out!.
A) The first subseries, California Folklore Society, consists of documents pertaining to Hinton's involvement with this organization
during the 1970s, and includes brochures, lecture topics, and general correspondence.
B) The second subseries, Other Organizations, contains information regarding various associations in which Hinton belonged.
These documents include correspondence, meeting minutes, and other organization information for Gifted and Talented Education
(GATE), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Aquarium Museum, the California Traditional Music Society, and the Scripps
Shoreline, Knoll and Underwater Reserve Committee.
C) The third subseries, Sing Out! is made up of documents pertaining to
Sing Out! Magazine. This subseries contains the mission statement and strategic plan for the organization, by-laws and a list of the board of
directors for the association, as well as correspondence for both Hinton and the board of directors for the organization.
SERIES 8: ARTWORK
The ARTWORK series is organized in two subseries: A) Calligraphy and B) Sketches and Drawings.
A) The first subseries, Calligraphy, contains Hinton’s original drafts of awards and pamphlets that were done on tracing paper
in addition to finished calligraphy works. This subseries also includes original gift tags that were made by Sam, his wife
Leslie, and their children Leanne and Matt.
B) The second subseries, Sketches and Drawings, consists of both Hinton's published drawings that appeared in newspapers and
magazines, and unpublished sample illustrations, drafts, portraits, and a sketch book.
SERIES 9: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
The BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS series contains selected files from Hinton’s UCLA undergraduate coursework, annual calendars, news
clippings, photographs, Hinton’s college diploma from UCLA, and various awards from Hinton’s professional career. A large
portion of this series is made up of daily planners dating from the mid-1950s through 1999 that contain Hinton's personal
and professional appointments. This series also contains news clippings and blurbs pertaining to Hinton’s life and his work
as both a professional musician and a faculty member at UCSD. Hinton also created a scrapbook of newspaper articles from his
time with the
Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour.
Another portion of this series contains the photographs and images folders, which are made up of promotional portraits of
Hinton used during his musical career, including photographs for album covers and promotional paraphernalia. These photographs
also contain negatives of promotional pictures. Also included with these images is a photolithographic plate done in the 1940s
of a promotional shot of Hinton and his guitar.
SERIES 10: MISCELLANEOUS
The MISCELLANEOUS series contains a scrapbook of signed photographs Hinton collected from the time he was on the
Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour. This series also contains blueprints, sketches, and written instructions on how to create different musical instruments.
Along with these instruction manuals, Hinton also kept materials that included instructions on how to create string figures
and play string figure games.
This series also contains documents given to Hinton by Theodore Folsom on Folsom's 1956 pipe harmonica patent. Included are
notes, correspondence, patent drafts, research, and pipe harmonica plans.
SERIES 11: AUDIO CASSETTES
The AUDIO CASSETTES series includes audio cassette tapes used by Hinton for the "Forms of Folklore," LIT 161 course taught
at UCSD. The tapes contain different instruments, song examples, and various cultural and ethnic recordings from around the
world.
Biography
Sam Hinton was born on March 31, 1917, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At an early age he began performing music, playing his button accordion,
harmonica and pennywhistle for the public. Hinton and his family moved to Crockett, Texas, when he was 12. In 1935, Hinton
began to perform with his two sisters, Ann and Nell, under the name of “The Texas Trio.” The Texas Trio performed on numerous
local radio programs, and in 1937 Sam was hired to perform on the popular radio program
The Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour.
Hinton enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1937. While he was studying zoology, he met Leslie Forster;
they were married in 1940. Hinton graduated from UCLA with a degree in zoology in 1941. While he pursued his degree, he appeared
in the musical revue,
Meet the People, from 1939-1940.
Hinton was the director of the Palm Springs Desert Museum for three years, until he was hired as an editor/illustrator for
the University of California Division of War Research in San Diego, California. He continued his career with the University
of California for the next 35 years, where he regularly taught courses on Folklore for UC San Diego and UC Extension. He spent
16 of those years as the director of Relations with Schools for UCSD. He retired from UCSD in 1980.
After Hinton retired from UCSD, he continued to perform full-time. He performed for local schools in San Diego, where he created
his classroom program, "Singing Through History." Hinton used his knowledge of the history of folklore to create playlists
and programs for the classroom. He also continued to travel throughout the United States, where he performed at national folk
festivals and musical workshops.
Hinton served as the director of the Aquarium-Museum at the Scripp’s Institution of Oceanography for almost 20 years. During
this time he wrote two books on marine biology,
Exploring Under the Sea; and
Seashore Life of Southern California. Besides his personal publications, Hinton served on the board of directors of
Sing Out! Magazine, and wrote numerous articles for various science and folklore journals.
Throughout his career, Hinton recorded 12 solo albums, which include
Singing Across the Land, 1956;
Whoever Shall Have Some Peanuts, 1964;
I’ll Sing You a Story, 1972; and
Sam Hinton: Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica, 2005.
Restrictions
Audiorecordings in Series 11: AUDIO CASSETTES are restricted. Researchers must request a listening copy to be produced.
Preferred Citation note
Sam Hinton Papers. MSS 683. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
OFF-SITE STORAGE
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS
Box 1, Folder 1
American Federation of Musicians
1963-2002
Box 1, Folder 2
Cohen, Ronald
1992-1993
General note
Letters between Hinton and Ronald Cohen, professor at the Department of History at Indiana University Northwest, regarding
a project compiled by Cohen entitled
Political Folk Recordings- 1923-1953.
Box 1, Folder 4
I Hear America Singing Exhibit
2000-2003
Box 1, Folder 6
Library of Congress
1938-1970
Box 1, Folder 9
Palm Springs Desert Museum
1981-1997
General note
Includes a Palm Springs Desert Museum announcement written and illustrated by Hinton.
Box 2, Folder 1
Sherline, Phee and Graydon, Ken
1983-1987
Box 2, Folder 2
United States. Department of Interior
1963-1966
Box 2, Folder 3
University of California
1959-1999
Workshops and performances
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 4
1937-1969
Language of Material:
English
SONGWRITING AND RECORDING
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 7
Songs by Sam Hinton
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes correspondence and contract information for songs written by Hinton.
Box 2, Folder 8
Discography
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 9
Album Reviews
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 10
Folksongs of California and the Old West
1951
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 11
Singing Across the Land
1955
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 12
A Family Tree of Folksongs
1956
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 13
The Real McCoy
1957
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 14
How the West Was Won
1960
Language of Material:
English
Box 2, Folder 15
The Song of Men
1961
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 1
Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts
1961
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 2
Newport Folk Festival Album
1963
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 3
The Wandering Folksong
1967
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 4
I'll Sing You a Story
1972
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 5
Cowboy Songs
1976
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 6
Personal Recordings
1981-1983
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes liner notes for albums recorded personally by Hinton. These albums were of live performances and were given to friends
as gifts or momentos.
Box 3, Folder 7
Of Frogs and Dogs and Such
1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 8
Sam Hinton: The Library of Congress Recordings, 1947-
1999
Language of Material:
English
General note
These songs were originally recorded in 1947 at the Library of Congress, but were not released until 1999 by Bear Family Records.
Box 3, Folder 9
Sam Hinton: Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica
2005
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 10
Decca Records - Contracts and Correspondence
1952-1957
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 11
Folkway Records - Correspondence
1960-1986
Language of Material:
English
PERFORMANCES
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 12
Idyllwild Arts Foundation
circa 1956-1964
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes program schedules and correspondence Idyllwild Arts Foundation's Folk Music Weekends from 1956-1964.
Performance Engagement Calendars
Box 3, Folder 13
1937
Language of Material:
English
Box 3, Folder 14
1985-1989
Language of Material:
English
1990
Language of Material:
English
Bin 3, Folder 15
Part 1
1990
Language of Material:
English
Box 4, Folder 1
Part 2
1990
Language of Material:
English
1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 4, Folder 2
Part 1
1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 4, Folder 3
Part 2
1991
Language of Material:
English
1992
Language of Material:
English
Box 4, Folder 4
Part 1
1992
Language of Material:
English
Box 4, Folder 5
Part 2
1992
Language of Material:
English
1993
Language of Material:
English
Box 5, Folder 1
Part 1
1993
Language of Material:
English
Box 5, Folder 2
Part 2
1993
Language of Material:
English
1994
Language of Material:
English
Box 5, Folder 3
Part 1
1994
Language of Material:
English
Box 5, Folder 4
Part 2
1994
Language of Material:
English
1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 5, Folder 5
Part 1
1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 5, Folder 6
Part 2
1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 1
1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 2
1998
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 3
1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 4, Map-case MC-137-03
7th Annual Berkeley Folk Music Festival
1964
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 5, Oversize FB-483-01
Oversize Posters
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 6
Performance Reviews
1954-1977
Language of Material:
English
Box 6, Folder 7
1939-1968
Language of Material:
English
Box 7, Folder 1
1970-1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 7, Folder 2
1957-1979
Language of Material:
English
Box 7, Folder 3
1980-1985
Language of Material:
English
Box 7, Folder 4
1986-1992
Language of Material:
English
Box 7, Folder 5
1993-2002
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 1
Not Dated
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 2
1951-1958
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 3
1960-1967
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 4
1968-1971
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 5
1972-1973
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 6
1974-1978
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 7
1979-1981
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 8
1982-1983
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 9
1984-1985
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 10
1986
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 11
1987
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 12
1988-1989
Language of Material:
English
Box 8, Folder 13
1990-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 1
1992
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 2
1993
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 3
1994
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 4
1995
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 5
1996
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 6
1997-1999
Language of Material:
English
COLLECTED SONGS
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 7
A Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 8
B Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 9
C Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 10
D Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 11
E Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 12
F Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 13
G Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 14
H Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 15
I Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 16
J Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 17
K Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 9, Folder 18
L Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 1
M Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 2
N Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 3
O Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 4
P Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 5
R Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 6
S Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 7
T Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 8
U and V Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 9
W Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 10
Y Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 11
Z Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 12
Untitled Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 13
African Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 14
American Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 15
British Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 16
Canadian Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 17
Cowboy Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 18
Dust Bowl Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 19
French Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 20
German Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 10, Folder 21
Irish Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 1
Jewish Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 2
Lithuanian Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 3
Mexican Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 4
Miscellaneous European Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 5
Modal Examples
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 6
Mormon Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 7
Native American Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 8
Negro Ballads and Spirituals
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 9
North East U.S.A.
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 10
Occupational Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 11
Railroad Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 12
Rounds
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 13
Scottish Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 14
Sea Shanties
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 15
Southern Mountain Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 16
Swiss Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 17
Welsh Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 18
Westward Expansion Songs
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 19
White Spirituals
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 20
American Folksong Song Titles
1954-1958
Language of Material:
English
Miscellaneous
Language of Material:
English
Box 11, Folder 21
Part 1
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 1
Part 2
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 2
Albums
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes lists of albums and song titles that were released by other artists.
Box 12, Folder 3
By Subject
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 4
Songs I Know
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes an alphabetical list of approximately 2,000 songs that Hinton knew as of January 9, 2005.
TEACHING MATERIALS
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 5
American Balladry and Folk Song - Lectures
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 6
American Folk Music, LIT 106 - Outline and Syllabi
1964-1967
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 7
Folk Music Class
1950-1951
Language of Material:
English
Box 12, Folder 8
Folk Music in America
1970-1978
Language of Material:
English
Folk Musicians
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 1
Syllabi and Course Notes
1971-1972
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 2
Syllabi and Course Notes
1972-1973
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 3
Folk Songs Around the World, MUS 446 - Schedule and Lectures
1964-1965
Language of Material:
English
Folks Songs in the Classroom
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 4
1989-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 5
1993-1998
Language of Material:
English
Forms of Folklore, LIT 161
Language of Material:
English
Box 13, Folder 6
Outline and Syllabi
circa 1956-1983
Language of Material:
English
Lectures
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 1
1978-1983
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 2
1979- Part 1
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 3
1979- Part 2
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 4
1979-1981
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 5
Guitar for the Classroom Teacher, MUS 418 - Notes and Lectures
circa 1979
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Courses - Syllabi and Lecture Notes
circa 1954-1974
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 7
Miscellaneous Lectures
1969-2000
Language of Material:
English
Nature of American Folk Music
Language of Material:
English
Box 14, Folder 8
Outline and Correspondence
1967-1972
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 1
Lectures- Part 1
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 2
Lectures- Part 2
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 3
Oceanography 400
Language of Material:
English
Singing Through History
Language of Material:
English
Sample Programs
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 4
By Class Level
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 5
By Subject
Language of Material:
English
Box 15, Folder 6
Miscellaneous
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes miscellaneous song compilations and other research tools that Hinton utilized in his
Singing Through History workshops.
Tape Lectures
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes written transcripts of tape lectures for
Folk Music in the United States, compiled by Hinton in 1979.
Box 15, Folder 7
1979 - Part 1
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 1
1979 - Part 2
Language of Material:
English
WRITINGS
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 2
A Bird in the Book (1964)
1964
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 3
Book and Tape Reviews by Sam Hinton
1964-1993
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes album reviews written by Hinton for
Sing Out!
Box 16, Folder 4
A Descriptive Account of the Harmonica (1987)
1977-1987
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes correspondence from the original paper written in 1977 for 25th Annual California Folklore Society Meeting.
Box 16, Folder 5
Distribution of Three Genera of Land Snails in California (1957)
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 6
Exploring Under the Seas (1957)
1954-1963
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 7
Folk Music in the United States- Chapter Ten Draft
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 8
How to be a Seashore Animal
Language of Material:
English
Longevity of Fishes in Captivity (1956)
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 9
Drafts and Final (1956)
1956-1962
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 10
Correspondence
1955-1964
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 11
Research
1955-1956
Language of Material:
English
Box 16, Folder 12
Miscellaneous
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes quotes and proverbs Hinton utilized as research for articles and essays.
A Naturalist in Show Business
Language of Material:
English
General note
These folders contain a final draft of Hinton's unpublished book,
A Naturalist in Show Business.
Box 17, Folder 1
Prologue - Chapter 7
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 2
Chapters 8-14
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 3
Chapters 15-19
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 4
The Nature of Folk Music
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 5
Ocean World - Notes and Correspondence
1960-1989
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 6
Poetry and Prose
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 7
Research Materials
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 8
The Sea is Their Home (1955)
Language of Material:
English
Box 17, Folder 9
Seashore Life of Southern California (1969)
Language of Material:
English
General note
This folder contains a "Master Copy" of the published book from 1969, as well as a CD-ROM containing a final copy of the third
edition from 2003.
Box 18, Folder 1
The Shape Note Hymns (1972)
1972
Language of Material:
English
Box 18, Folder 2
Toward a Functional Classification of Traditional Mnemonics (1971)
1970-1971
Language of Material:
English
General note
Contains Hinton's research on mnemonics, including writings by others and research from his students for his "Forms of Folklore,"
LIT 161 course in 1972.
Box 18, Folder 3
Verbatim Articles
1977-1984
Language of Material:
English
Box 18, Folder 4
What Child is This?
1984-1986
Language of Material:
English
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Language of Material:
English
California Folklore Society
Box 18, Folder 5
Brochures and Lectures
1970-1977
Language of Material:
English
Box 18, Folder 6
General Correspondence
1972-1982
Language of Material:
English
Box 18, Folder 7
Presentation Topics
1973
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes presentation topics for the California Folklore Society's 21 Annual Meeting. Hinton served as the Program Chairman
for the event.
Box 18, Folder 8
California Traditional Music Society
1988-1993
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes correspondence and contract information for a staff position held by Hinton.
Box 18, Folder 9
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
1981-1998
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes correspondence and programming schedules.
Box 18, Folder 10
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Aquarium Museum
1955-1970
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes correspondence, newsclippings and aquarium plans and blueprints.
Box 19, Folder 1
Scripps Shoreline, Knoll, and Underwater Reserve Committee
1979-1989
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes correspondence and meeting minutes.
Box 19, Folder 2
Writings by Sam Hinton
1963-1967
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 3
General correspondence
1965-2002
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 4
Publishing guidelines
1971-1986
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 5
Board of directors meeting minutes
1983-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 6
Board member correspondence
1983-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 7
By-Laws and board of directors lists
1983-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 8
Newsletters
1984-1990
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 9
NPR radio transcripts
1985-1986
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 10
Song lists
1985-1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 11
Mission statement and strategic plan
1988-1994
Language of Material:
English
Collected reprints
Language of Material:
English
Box 19, Folder 12
Part 1
1997
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 1
Part 2
1997
Language of Material:
English
ARTWORK
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 2
Gift Tags
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 3
Finished Works
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 4
Tracing Paper
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 5
Finished Works
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 6, Map-case MC-137-03
Finished Works
1983
Language of Material:
English
General note
Contains one oversize miscellaneous award to recognize people with the Ellen and Roger Revelle Award, October 18, 1983.
Box 20, Folder 7
Tracing Paper
Language of Material:
English
Box 20, Folder 8, Oversize FB-483-02
Tracing Paper - Oversize
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 1
Finished Work
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 2
Tracing Paper
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 3
Works by Others
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 4
Illustrations
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 5
Portraits
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 6
Published Work
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 7
Science
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 8
Sketch Book
Language of Material:
English
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 9
Awards and recognitions
1956-1988
Language of Material:
English
Box 21, Folder 10
Biographical information
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes Hinton's yearbook from 1931, biographical blurbs and promotional material.
Box 22, Folder 1
1957-1960
Language of Material:
English
Box 22, Folder 2
1960-1961
Language of Material:
English
Box 22, Folder 3
1961-1962
Language of Material:
English
Box 22, Folder 4
1962-1963
Language of Material:
English
Box 22, Folder 5
1963-1964
Language of Material:
English
Box 22, Folder 6
1964-1966
Language of Material:
English
Box 23, Folder 1
1966-1968
Language of Material:
English
Box 23, Folder 2
1968-1974
Language of Material:
English
Box 23, Folder 3
1975-1978
Language of Material:
English
Box 23, Folder 4
1979-1981
Language of Material:
English
Box 23, Folder 5
1980-1982
Language of Material:
English
Box 24, Folder 1
1981-1983
Language of Material:
English
Box 24, Folder 2
1982-1984
Language of Material:
English
Box 24, Folder 3
1984-1985
Language of Material:
English
Box 24, Folder 4
1985-1986
Language of Material:
English
Box 24, Folder 5
1986-1987
Language of Material:
English
Box 25, Folder 1
1987-1989
Language of Material:
English
Box 25, Folder 2
1989-1990
Language of Material:
English
Box 25, Folder 3
1990-1991
Language of Material:
English
Box 25, Folder 4
1992-1994
Language of Material:
English
Box 25, Folder 5
1994-1995
Language of Material:
English
Box 25, Folder 6
1997-1999
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 1, Oversize FB-483-03
Diploma - UCLA
1942
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 2
Genealogical Chart and Information
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 3
Memoir Draft
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 4
Hinton Family Newsletters
1998-2004
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 5, Oversize FB-483-04
Scrapbook
1937-1939
General note
Contains oversize scrapbook of newsclippings made by Hinton regarding his time with the Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Located
in Flat Box 483.
Box 26, Folder 6
1940-2004
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 7
Hinton with Others
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 8
KOGO Radio Interview
2002
Language of Material:
English
General note
This folder contains a CD-ROM with photographic images of Hinton from his radio interview with KOGO Radio in 2002.
Box 26, Folder 9
Photolithographic Plate
circa 1940
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
Contains one photolithographic plate circa 1940.
Box 26, Folder 10
Portraits - Promotional
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 11
Portraits - Sam and Leslie Hinton
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 12
Transcript of Adam Miller's Interview with Sam and Leslie Hinton
1999
Language of Material:
English
University Coursework
Language of Material:
English
Box 26, Folder 13
Part 1
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes scientific sketches done by Hinton for his zoological courses at UCLA.
Box 26, Folder 14
Part 2
Language of Material:
English
General note
Includes scientific sketches done by Hinton for his zoological courses at UCLA.
MISCELLANEOUS
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 1
Instruments - Plans and Diagrams
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 2
Scrapbook of Signed Photographs of Performers
circa 1939
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 3
String Figure Game
Language of Material:
English
Theodore Folsom Harmonica Patent
Box 27, Folder 4
Correspondence
1952-1963
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 5
Patent - Second Ammendment
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 6
First Draft
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 7
Oscillator Notes
Language of Material:
English
Pipe Harmonica Diagram
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 8
Pipe Harmonica Diagram
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 9, Oversize FB-483-05
Oversize
1959
General note
Includes an oversize copy of the pipe harmonica diagram drawn by Theodore Folsom.
Box 27, Folder 10
Pipe Harmonica Patent
1948-1960
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 11
Promotional Material
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 12
Research Materials
Language of Material:
English
Box 27, Folder 13
Whistle Notes
Language of Material:
English
AUDIO CASSETTES
Language of Material:
English
Forms of Folklore, LIT 161 - Lecture Resource Tapes
General note
Includes audio cassette tapes used for the "Forms of Folklore," LIT 161 course. Tapes contain different instruments, song
examples, and various cultural and ethnic recordings from around the world.
Box 28, Folder 1
Folk Music Style USA
1974
Language of Material:
English
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 2
Black Children's Play
Language of Material:
English
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 3
Folk Heritage
Language of Material:
English
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 4
The Seven Most Popular Ballads
Language of Material:
English
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 5
Jack and the Robbers
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 6
Lectures 2 and 3
1978
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 7
Foreign Language
March 1983
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 8
USA Music Style
1982
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 9
Style - Lecture 9
1978
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 10
American Indian
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 11
The Outlandish Knight
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 12
Style Samples
February 1979
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 13
Lit 161: Classifications of Musical Instruments
1978
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 14
Ballads - Intro
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 15
American Religious Music - White and Black
March 1983
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 16
Richard Chase -
Jack and the Robbers
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 17
Religious Music
1983
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply
