Molly in the Media
Photographs and Articles Featuring Aunt Molly |
New York Times, December 3, 1960. |
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Molly's arrival in the city was featured in this New York Herald Tribune article by Ben Robertson, December 2, 1931. See larger image. Source: Only a Miner. |
April 13, 1932, New York Times piece recounts a violent clash at a union meeting Molly attended in New York. Read the full article. |
The American Ballad Singers "obtain material from Aunt Molly Jackson, who comes from hill country," in this December 21, 1941, New York Times photo. See larger image. |
Composer Elie Siegmeister describes meeting Aunt Molly for the first time in this February 11, 1940, New York Times article. Read the whole article. |
Authentic folk: Leadbelly and Aunt Molly to perform in a relief concert for Dust Bowl refugees, March 3, 1940, New York Times. See larger image. |
Aunt Molly in the New York Times, November 21, 1935.
Performance announcement in the New York Times, February 11, 1940.
June 1, 1941, New York Times notice of Molly's performance in Cavalcade of American Song. View the whole page.
"Today on the Radio," January 23, 1940, New York Times. View the full day's program.
Aunt Molly invited to guest lecture in a ballad writing workshop, April 27, 1941, New York Times.
December 7, 1931, New York Times article describing the Dreiser Committee rally for the Harlan miners, at which Aunt Molly performed and Sherwood Anderson delivered the keynote address. Read the full article.