THE THOMAS G. BURTON - AMBROSE N. MANNING COLLECTION
PAPERS AND TAPES 1899-1989
(PREDOMINANTLY
1967-1971)
Archives and Special Collections
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Title: Thomas G.
Burton-Ambrose N. Manning Collection
Collection Number: Accession No. 25; Library of Congress No.
82-552
Physical Description: 25.5 linear feet [23
manuscript boxes] [14 card file boxes]
155
seven-inch reel-to-reel audiotapes [originals)]
6
3/4" videocassettes
4
folders of oversized material
240
5x7 or 3 ˝ x 3 ˝ photographs
45
8x10 b&w photographs
598
35mm or 120 negatives or color positives
Creator: Thomas G. Burton and
Ambrose N. Manning
Repository: Archives of Appalachia,
Provenance: The papers and tapes of Thomas G. Burton and
Ambrose N. Manning were placed in the Archives of Appalachia by
Access: Recordings from the collection may not be
used in commercial productions without the permission of Thomas Burton. With the permission of the archives,
recordings may be duplicated or loaned for educational purposes. Recordings may be duplicated to provide
copies for speakers and performers or their families. Photographs may not be
duplicated without the permission of Dr. Burton. Two photos in Series IX taken
by Kenneth Murray may not be duplicated without
Processing Information: In 1979, Kay Anders processed the
original collection. In 1993 and 2001, additional materials were processed and
incorporated into the collection by Marie Tedesco and Thomas Sneed. Norma Myers processed the remaining
additional materials and revised the finding aid.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Thomas G. Burton and
Ambrose N. Manning, Department of English,
The tapes from these
interviews, together with other audio and videotapes on folklore, music, and
manners and customs in southern
From 1966 to 1971,
Professors Burton and Manning co-authored a column in the Johnson City
Press-Chronicle which was entitled "Singing Out." This weekly column dealt mainly with songs
and ballads. While some readers
contributed variations of ballads, others contributed their personal
collections of folklore.
Manning retired from the
English department in 1983.
The collection
resulted from Dr. Burton’s and Mr. Manning’s interests in Appalachian folklore
and related teaching, research, and service activities. A central
The collection
also includes correspondence concerning ballads, folk festivals, and taping of
songs; lists and photographs of informants; newspaper clippings from the
"Singing Out" column; plans for the folk festivals; and musical
notations of traditional ballads, manuscripts, and publicity for the books
which Professors Burton and Manning co-authored.
Organization: The collection is
divided into ten series as follows:
Series I, Correspondence, 1965-74, Boxes 1-4; Series II, Dub Sheets and
Transcripts, 1964-79, Boxes 4-11; Series III, Indices, 1932, 1965-71 and no
date, Boxes 12-14; Series IV, Project Publications and Project Publicity,
1966-71, Box 14; Series V, Research Materials, ca. 1969, Box 14; Series VI,
Community Contributions, ca. 1966-74, Boxes 14-19; Series VII, Folk Festivals, 1966-74, Boxes
19-20; and Series VII, Tapes: Audiotapes 1-157 and Videotapes BMV 3-6; 9-10,
1964-70; Series IX, Photographic Materials, 1925, 1932, 1956, 1968-1974 and No
Date, Boxes 22-24; and Series X, General Subject Files, 1899-1989, Boxes
25-27. (Oversized items have been
removed and placed in an oversized box and two oversized folders.)
Important subjects
covered in the collection are:
African Americans
Agriculture—Appalachian
Region
Alcohol Production
Animals--Folklore
Appalachian Region,
Southern--Economic conditions
Appalachian Region,
Southern—Social conditions
Ashley, Thomas Clarence,
1895-
Baird, Bertha
Ballads and songs
Banjo
Barker, Horton, 1889-
Bees (cooperative
gatherings)
Carter Family (Musical
group)
Children—Appalachian
Region
Clothing and hairstyles
Crime
Davidson, Homer L.
Dulcimer
Education—Appalachian
Region
Elephant hanging,
Fiddle music
Folklore
Food--Preservation
Funeral rites and
ceremonies
Games and contests
George,
Ghosts
Gospel music
Guitar
Handicraft
Harmon,
Herbs and herb gathering
Hicks, Buna
Hicks, Ray, 1922-
Hunting
Indians of
Jack tales
Kelly, Janette Carter
Ku Klux Klan--
Logging
Macon, Uncle Dave,
1870-1952
Marriage
McGee, Sam, 1894-
Midwives
Old time music
Presnell, Hattie, 1907-
Railroads--Songs and lore
Religion
Storytelling
Superstition
Traditional medicine
Ward,
Ward, Tab
Watson, Doc
Weather--Folklore
Wit and humor
Witchcraft
SERIES
DESCRIPTIONS
Series I, CORRESPONDENCE,
1965-74, Boxes 1-4.
Series I includes
general correspondence, oral history project correspondence, ballads
correspondence, biographical information on folklore contributors, and
correspondence concerning tape loans and the tape loan agreement forms. This series is arranged chronologically,
except for the ballads correspondence and the biographical data sheets, which
are filed alphabetically by contributor's name.
See also addition Series I-C for related materials.
Subseries I-A, GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1967-77,
Box 1.
Subseries
I-A includes letters written to Professors Burton and Manning and their
replies. Many are requests for
information. Correspondence is filed
chronologically.
Subseries I-B, BALLADS CORRESPONDENCE, 1965-70,
Boxes 1-2.
Subseries I-B includes
correspondence concerning ballads. The
letters are primarily from readers of the "Singing Out" column, who
are either requesting or contributing lyrics.
This correspondence is filed alphabetically by correspondent.
Subseries
I-C,
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEETS AND RELATED CORRESPONDENCE, 1968-69, Box 3.
Subseries I-c includes correspondence
and biographical data sheets on the persons featured on the Burton-Manning
tapes, or in their research. The letters
are filed chronologically and the biographical data sheets, alphabetically by
surname of contributor. See also
addition Series I-C for related materials.
Subseries I-D,
Subseries
I-D includes correspondence concerning the loan of the folklore tapes in the
Oral History Archives and the loan agreement forms. Both are filed chronologically.
Series II, DUB SHEETS AND
TRANSCRIPTS, 1964-79, Boxes 4-11.
Series
II includes the dub sheets and transcripts for the audio recordings in the
collection. The dub sheets provide a
listing of the contents of the tapes, while the transcripts provide a written
version of the spoken interviews. Much
of the material was collected by students and not all of it is
transcribed. Many transcriptions were
done by Manning's students as a class requirement. As a result, the quality and accuracy of
these transcriptions vary considerably.
The series is divided into two subseries according to type of document
as follows: Subseries II-A, Dub Sheets,
1964-74,
Subseries II-A, DUB SHEETS, 1964-74, Box 4.
Subseries II-A contains the dub
sheets for the tapes. The dub sheets list the contents of the tape, when and
where it was recorded, and by whom. They
are filed ten reels per folder and the number of sheets per reel is noted. Items for which there are typed
transcriptions are marked with an asterisk.
Items for which there are typed index cards are checked in pencil. An ink check denotes use in a
publication. Arrangement follows the
sequential numbering of the tapes.
Subseries II-B, TRANSCRIPTS, 1964-79, Boxes
5-11.
Subseries
II-B contains typed transcriptions for many of the audio recordings. Most of the transcripts were prepared by a
typist in the archives from hand-written copy prepared previously by Manning’s
students or by Burton-Manning project assistants. The quality of these transcriptions varies
substantially. Material on the first 5
reels was used in Collection of Folklore: Folksongs (1967) edited by
Series III, INDICES, 1965-71 and
no date,
Series
III contains the indices which
Series IV, PROJECT PUBLICATIONS
AND PROJECT PUBLICITY, 1966-71,
Series
IV includes project related publications and materials which publicized the
oral history project work. Included are
notes, proof sheets or paste-up sheets, music notations, and publicity
announcements relating to three books published from the project: Folk Songs I, Folk Songs II, and Some Ballad Folks. The musical notation
for ballads was transcribed by Annette L. Wolford Burton from informants tape
recorded performances of the ballads. Some files resulting from initial work on
an additional unpublished book on non-Child ballads is part of this series. There are news clippings and correspondence
relating to the “Singing Out” column published in local newspapers featuring
ballads. The series is arranged alphabetically by title or subject.
Series V, RESEARCH MATERIALS,
ca. 1969,
Series
V includes sources of information to be used by folklore students who
participated in the oral history project.
Included are contact information on informants, taping instructions,
form letters, lists of ballads and commercially recorded ballads and
songs. Of especial interest is a discography of Edison, Victor, and various smaller
recording labels of “hillbilly” recordings made between 1922 and 1932. Arrangement
is alphabetical by subject.
Series VI, COMMUNITY
CONTRIBUTIONS, ca. 1966-74,
The
"Singing Out" column, the folklore classes, and the Folk Festival
sparked a great deal of interest in folklore.
Many persons voluntarily contributed materials which they thought might
be of interest. Included in this series
are those contributions and materials donated by folklore class students. There are songs, clippings, and material on
local events of interest. The series is divided into three subseries: Subseries
VI-A, Lyrics Sent In, ca. 1966-74, Boxes 14-16; Subseries VI-B, Individual
Contributions, ca. 1966-74, Boxes 16-19; and Subseries VI-C, Clippings, ca.
1966-74, Box 19.
Subseries VI-A, LYRICS SENT IN, ca. 1966-74,
Subseries VI-A includes lyrics
contributed by various individuals. They are arranged alphabetically by
title. Some sheets refer to pages in
individual donations contained in Subseries VI-B.
Subseries
VI-B, INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, ca. 1966 to 1974,
Subseries VI-B includes materials
gathered as a requirement for folklore class and subsequently donated to the
Burton-Manning collection. The
arrangement is alphabetical by contributor's last name or by subject. Major types of folklore included in each
contribution are noted. At times,
correspondence is attached to the contribution.
Subseries
VI-C, CLIPPINGS, ca. 1966-74,
Subseries VI-C includes newspaper,
magazine, and songbook clippings sent by correspondents to Professors Burton
and Manning. The files are arranged
alphabetically by surname of contributor.
Series VII, FOLK FESTIVALS,
1966-74, Boxes 19-20.
Series
VII includes materials related to folk festivals, including those held at East
Tennessee State University, 1966-72.
Included are brochures, clippings, correspondence, press releases,
financial accounts and memoranda that focus on folk festivals in
Subseries VII-A,
Subseries VII-A includes
correspondence, memoranda, financial reports, press releases, clippings, and
brochures concerning the East Tennessee State University Folk Festival. The files are arranged first chronologically
by year of the folk festival. For each
festival, files are then arranged alphabetically by type of document.
Subseries
VII-B,
Subseries VII-B includes information
gathered on folk performers, crafts persons, and toys and games. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subseries VII-C, OTHER FOLK
FESTIVALS, 1934, 1962-71,
Subseries VII-C includes listings,
brochures, and clippings about folk festivals held in various states and the
national folk festival. The listing of festivals has been placed first,
followed by brochures and clippings about the state festivals. Also included are correspondence,
newsletters, and programs related to the National Folk Festival Association. Arrangement
of these clippings and brochures is alphabetical by state name or national
festival.
Subseries
Subseries VII-D includes
correspondence, newsletters, memoranda, and grant proposals to the Tennessee
Arts Commission for folk festivals.
Arrangement is alphabetical by type of document.
Series VIII, FIELD RECORDINGS:
Audiotapes BM-1 through BM-201 and Videotapes BMV- 1 through BMV-12 1964-1989
Series VIII contains 164
reel-to-reel audio recordings, 6 audio cassettes, and three 3/4" u-matic
video cassettes. These tapes contain
interviews, musical performances and storytelling performances.
Series IX, PHOTOGRAPHIC
MATERIALS, 1925, 1932, 1956, 1968-1974 and No Date, Boxes 22-24.
Series IX contains black
and white photographic images created as part of the folklore and oral history
project or the resulting folk festival and book publication projects. Included in the series are black and white
prints (8x10, 5x7, and 3 ˝ x3 ˝ ), color prints (3 ˝ x 3 ˝ ), black and white
and color negatives (35 mm, 110 mm, and 120 mm), and 35 mm color positives
(slides) together with contact prints made from some of the negatives. Photos were taken by
Series X, GENERAL
SUBJECT FILES, 1899-1989, Boxes 25-27.
Series
X contains many general subject files from Thomas Burton and Ambrose Manning’s
files. Many subjects are included and are listed in alphabetical order by
subject or title. The files include news clippings, event programs, reading and
bibliography lists, transcripts, correspondence, and research papers relating
to Appalachian folk life and music, folk festivals, and the professor’s
research. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Oversized
items such as folk festival posters and publicity materials, sheet music,
newspapers, and family chart are placed in one oversized box and two oversized folders.
The folders are located in the map cabinets and arranged by accession
number. The box and folders contain the
following:
Ballad,
handwritten on cardboard.
McGuire family tree
Newspaper clippings
Photographs,
farm implements and tools (on scrapbook page).
Posters of folk
festivals
Publicity Packet: The
Earl Scruggs Revue.
Sheet Music
Transparencies from Some Ballad Folks
Series I, CORRESPONDENCE,
1965-74, Boxes 1-4.
Subseries I-A, GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1967-77,
Box 1.
2.
General correspondence, November 1968.
3.
General correspondence, December 1968.
4. General correspondence, January 1969.
5. General correspondence, February 1969.
6. General correspondence, March 1969.
7. General correspondence, April 1969.
8.
General correspondence, May 1969.
9.
General correspondence, June 1969.
10. General correspondence, July 1969.
11. General correspondence, August 1969.
12. General correspondence, September 1969.
13. General correspondence, October 1969.
14. General correspondence, November 1969.
15. General correspondence, December 1969.
16. General correspondence, January 1970.
17. General correspondence, February 1970.
18. General correspondence, March 1970.
19. General correspondence, April 1970.
20. General correspondence, May 1970.
21. General correspondence, June 1970.
22. General correspondence, July 1970.
23. General correspondence, August 1970.
24. General correspondence, September 1970.
25. General correspondence, October 1970.
26. General correspondence, November 1970.
27. General correspondence, December 1970.
28. General correspondence, February 1971.
29. General correspondence, March 1971.
30. General correspondence, May 1971.
31. General correspondence, January 1972.
32. General correspondence, March 1972.
33. General correspondence, July 1972.
34. General correspondence, September 1972.
35. General correspondence, October 1972.
36. General correspondence, February 1973.
37. General correspondence, December 1973.
38a. General
correspondence, February 1974.
38b. General correspondence, 1977
Subseries I-B, BALLADS CORRESPONDENCE, 1965-70, Boxes 1-2.
40. Correspondence concerning ballads - B.
41. Correspondence concerning ballads - C.
2.
Correspondence concerning ballads - E.
3.
Correspondence concerning ballads - F.
4.
Correspondence concerning ballads - G.
5.
Correspondence concerning ballads - H.
6.
Correspondence concerning ballads - I.
7.
Correspondence concerning ballads - J.
8.
Correspondence concerning ballads - K.
9.
Correspondence concerning ballads - L.
10. Correspondence concerning ballads - M.
11. Correspondence concerning ballads - Mc.
12. Correspondence concerning ballads - N.
13. Correspondence concerning ballads - P.
14. Correspondence concerning ballads - Q.
15. Correspondence concerning ballads - R.
16. Correspondence concerning ballads - S.
17. Correspondence concerning ballads - T.
18. Correspondence concerning ballads - V.
19. Correspondence concerning ballads - W.
20. Correspondence concerning ballads - Y.
Subseries
I-C,
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEETS AND RELATED CORRESPONDENCE, 1968-69, Box 3.
2. Biographical data correspondence, April
1969.
3.
Biographical data correspondence, May 1969.
4.
Biographical data correspondence, June 1969.
5.
Biographical data sheets - A.
6.
Biographical data sheets - B.
7.
Biographical data sheets - C.
8.
Biographical data sheets - D.
9.
Biographical data sheets - E.
10. Biographical data sheets - F.
11. Biographical data sheets - G.
12. Biographical data sheets - H.
13. Biographical data sheets - J.
14. Biographical data sheets - K.
15. Biographical data sheets - L.
16. Biographical data sheets - M.
17. Biographical data sheets - N.
18. Biographical data sheets - O.
19. Biographical data sheets - P.
20. Biographical data sheets - R.
21. Biographical data sheets - S.
22. Biographical data sheets - T.
23. Biographical data sheets - V.
24. Biographical data sheets - W.
25. Biographical data sheets - Y.
Subseries I-D,
27. Tape loan agreements/correspondence, May
1967.
28. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
February 1969.
29. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
March 1969.
30. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
April 1969.
31. Tape loan agreements/correspondence, May
1969.
32. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
September 1969.
33. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
October 1969.
34. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
November 1969.
35. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
December 1969.
36. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
January 1969.
37. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
February 1970.
38. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
March 1970.
2.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, August 1970.
3.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, September 1970.
4.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, October 1970.
5.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, November 1970.
6.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, December 1970.
7.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, January 1971.
8.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, February 1971.
9.
Tape loan agreements/correspondence, April/May 1971.
10. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
September 1971.
11. Tape loan agreements/correspondence,
October 1971.
Series II, DUB SHEETS AND
TRANSCRIPTS, 1964-79, Boxes 4-11.
Subseries II-A, DUB SHEETS, 1964-74, Box 4.
13. Dub sheets for reels 11-20.
14. Dub sheets for reels 21-30.
15. Dub sheets for reels 31-40.
16. Dub sheets for reels 41-50.
17. Dub sheets for reels
51-60.
18. Dub sheets for reels 61-70.
19. Dub sheets for reels 71-80.
20. Dub sheets for reels 81-90.
21. Dub sheets for reels 91-100.
22. Dub sheets for reels 101-110.
23. Dub sheets for reels 111-120.
24. Dub sheets for reels 121-130.
25. Dub sheets for reels 131-140.
26. Dub sheets for reels 141-150.
27. Dub sheets for reels 151-152.
28. Dub sheets; index for videotapes, reels
1-10.
Subseries II-B, TRANSCRIPTS, 1964-79, Boxes
5-11.
2. Transcripts for Reel 2.
3.
Transcripts for Reel 3.
4.
Transcripts for Reel 4.
5. Transcripts for Reel 5 – Songs, Collection
of Folklore: Folksongs.
6.
Transcripts for Reel 6 – Songs, Folksongs II.
7. Transcripts for Reel 7.
8.
Transcripts for Reel 8.
9.
Transcripts for Reel 9 - Incomplete.
10.
Transcripts for Reel 10.
11. Transcripts for Reel 11.
12. Transcripts for Reel 12 - In
13. Transcripts for Reel 13.
14. Transcripts for Reel 14.
15. Transcripts for Reel 15 - In
16. Transcripts for Reel 16.
17. Transcripts for Reel 17 - In
18. Transcripts for Reel 18 - In
19. Transcripts for Reel 20.
20. Transcripts for Reel 21.
21. Transcript: "A Film about Ray
Hicks."
2.
Transcripts for Reel 23.
3. Transcripts
for Reel 25.
4. Transcripts
for Reel 26.
5. Transcripts
for Reel 28.
6. Transcripts
for Reel 29 - Incomplete.
7.
Transcripts for Reel 31.
8. Transcripts
for Reel 34.
9. Transcripts
for Reel 35.
10. Transcripts for Reel 36.
11. Transcripts for Reel 41 - In
12. Transcripts
for Reel 50.
13. Transcripts for Reel 51.
14. Transcripts for Reel 52.
2. Transcripts
for Reel 55.
3. Transcripts
for Reel 56.
4. Transcripts
for Reel 57.
5.
Transcripts for Reel 58.
6. Transcripts
for Reel 59.
7. Transcripts
for Reel 60.
8. Transcripts
for Reel 61.
9. Transcripts
for Reel 62.
10. Transcripts for Reel 63.
11. Transcripts for Reel 64.
2.
Transcripts for Reel 66.
3.
Transcripts for Reel 67.
4.
Transcripts for Reel 68.
5.
Transcripts for Reel 69.
6.
Transcripts for Reel 70.
7.
Transcripts for Reel 71.
8.
Transcripts for Reel 72.
9.
Transcripts for Reel 73.
2.
Transcripts for Reel 75.
3.
Transcripts for Reel 76.
4.
Transcripts for Reel 77.
5.
Transcripts for Reel 78.
6.
Transcripts for Reel 79.
7.
Transcripts for Reel 80.
8.
Transcripts for Reel 81.
9. Transcripts
for Reel 83.
10. Transcripts for Reel 84.
2.
Transcripts for Reel 86.
3. Transcripts
for Reel 89.
4. Transcripts
for Reel 92.
5.
Transcripts for Reel 94.
6. Transcripts
for Reel 95.
7. Transcripts
for Reel 101.
8. Transcripts
for Reel 102.
9. Transcripts
for Reel 103.
10. Transcripts for Reel 104.
11. Transcripts for Reel 112.
12. Transcripts for Reel 113.
13. Transcripts for Reel 114.
2. Transcripts
for Reel 119 - Incomplete.
3. Transcripts
for Reel 120 - Incomplete.
4. Transcripts
for Reel 124.
5. Transcripts
for Reel 125.
6. Transcripts
for Reel 126.
7. Transcripts
for Reel 127.
8. Transcripts
for Reel 128 - Incomplete.
9. Transcripts
for Reel 129.
10. Transcripts for Reel 132.
11. Transcripts for Reel 133.
12. Transcripts for Reel 134.
13. Transcripts for Reel 135 - In
14. Transcripts for Reel 136 - In
15. Transcripts for Reel 137 - In
16. Transcripts for Reel 138 - In
17. Transcripts for Reel 146.
18. Transcripts for Reel 148.
19. Transcript for Reel 157 – In
20. Transcript, Audrey Isabel Cook McGuire,
March 5, 1971
Series III, INDICES, 1965-71 and
no date,
Index box #2
Songs by Title, G-L
Index box #3
Songs by Title, M-S
Index box #4
Songs by Title, T-Z
Index
Index
Index box #8
Laws Ballads/Child Ballads
Index box #9
"Singing Out" Index
Box 13B Index box #10 Motif Index, B through GL-11-c
Index box #11 Motif Index, GL-11-d through GL-17-i
Index
Index
Critical
Exposition of Ballads, A-N
Index
Bibliography
Series IV, PROJECT PUBLICATIONS
AND PROJECT PUBLICITY, 1966-78,
3.
Child Ballad 7, “He Rode Up to the Old Man’s Gate”
4.
Child Ballad 10, “Two Sisters”
5.
Child Ballad 12, “Lord Randall”
6.
Child Ballad 13, “Little
7.
Child Ballad 17, “
8.
Child Ballad 18, “Abram Bailey”
9.
Child Ballad 46, “A Cherry When It’s Bloomin’”
10.
Child Ballad 53, “Young Beham”
11.
Child Ballad 68, “Heneree”
12.
Child Ballad 73, “Lord Thomas”
13.
Child Ballad 74, “Little Margaret”
14.
Child Ballad 79, “
15.
Child Ballad 81, “Matthey Grove”
16.
Child Ballad 84, “Barbara Allen”
17.
Child Ballad 85, “George Collins”
18.
Child Ballad 92, “The Jolly Sailor”
19.
Child Ballad 93, “Bo Lamkin”
20.
Child Ballad 95, “Hangman”
21.
Child Ballad 155, “Little Son Hugh”
22.
Child Ballad 200, “Black Jack Davey”
23.
Child Ballad 209, “Geordie”
24.
Child Ballad 243, “House Carpenter”
25.
Child Ballad 248, “Pretty Crowin’ Chicken”
26.
Child Ballad 274, “Moustache on a Cabbage Head”
27.
Child Ballad 278, “The Old Man that Lived Under the Hill”
28.
Child Ballad 286, “Lonesome
29.
Child Ballad 289, “The Mermaid”
30.
Child Ballad 295, “Pretty Sarah” or “Pretty Sally”
31.
Folk Songs I: Paste-up, pp. 1-56,
1970
32. Folk Songs I: Paste-up, pp. 57-101,
1970.
33.
Folk Songs II: announcement and book
jacket, 1971
34.
Folk Songs II: Notes and printing
instructions, c.1970
35.
Folk Songs II: Proof sheets, 1971
2. Laws composites, undated
3. Music Notation, A-D, undated
4. Music Notation, E-H, undated
5. Music Notation, I-L, undated
6. Music Notation, M-P, undated
7. Music Notation, Q-T, undated
8. Music Notation, U-Z, undated
9. Non-Child publication, Work on, undated
10. Oral History Archives, 1969-1973
11. Project publicity, ETSU publications,
1968-1973
12. Sharp, Brown, undesignated ballads and
songs, undated
13.
"Singing Out," January 29, 1966 to January 7, 1967.
14.
"Singing Out," January 14, 1967 to September 1969.
15. "Singing Out," January 2, 1969
to December 27, 1969.
16. "Singing Out," January 3, 1970
to May 29, 1971.
2. Some
Ballad Folks, drafts and notes, c.1978
3. Some
Ballad Folks, paste-up, pp. 1-59, 1978
4. Some
Ballad Folks, paste-up, pp. 60-108, 1978
Series V, RESEARCH MATERIALS, CA.
1969, Box 14.
6. Ballad list, undated.
7. Discography:
8. Form letters, certificate of appreciation,
1969-1970.
9. Informants, contact information, undated.
10. Informants with record collections,
songbooks, undated.
11. Records and record companies, 1960-1970.
12. Taping instructions, undated.
13. Transcription index, undated.
Series VI, COMMUNITY
CONTRIBUTIONS, ca. 1966-74,
Subseries VI-A, LYRICS SENT IN, ca. 1966-74,
15. Lyrics sent in Ba-Be.
2.
Lyrics sent in C.
3.
Lyrics sent in D.
4.
Lyrics sent in E.
5.
Lyrics sent in F.
6.
Lyrics sent in G.
7.
Lyrics sent in H.
8.
Lyrics sent in I.
9.
Lyrics sent in J.
10. Lyrics sent in K.
11. Lyrics sent in La-Little I.
12. Lyrics sent in Little J-Ly.
13. Lyrics sent in M.
14. Lyrics sent in N.
15. Lyrics sent in O.
16. Lyrics sent in P.
2.
Lyrics sent in S.
3.
Lyrics sent in T.
4.
Lyrics sent in U-V.
5.
Lyrics sent in W.
6.
Lyrics sent in Y.
7.
Lyrics sent in Hymns.
Subseries VI-B, INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS, ca.
1966 to 1974,
9.
Anonymous - song.
10. Bullock, Stephen - songs.
11.
12. Carrier, Thelma - songs.
13. Carter Family songs -
A-L.
14. Carter Family songs -
M-W.
15. Coltrane Collection - letters,
certificates, ca. 1870.
2.
Danham, Mrs. Ed - songs.
3.
Elephant Hanging at Erwin.
4.
Fair, Mrs. June - songs.
5.
Fitzgerald, Mrs. J. - song.
6. Green, William F. - songs.
7.
Green, William F. - songs.
8.
Hagood,
9.
Hampton, Roy E. - songs.
10a. Harrell, Gloria - riddles.
10b. Harrison, Volney V. - songbooks, 1950
11. Henson, Etta R. - songs.
12a. Herron, Phyllis - dub sheets and
biographies.
12b. Hicks, Buna – hymnbook and children’s
book
13.
14. Kelley, Mrs. J. R. - songs.
15. Kelley, Susan - songs.
16. King, Anna M. - song.
17. Lewis, Mrs. Bernie - poems.
18. Lewis, Bessie - song.
19. Locke, June - song.
20. Martin, Reverend and Mrs. John L. -
songbooks.
21. McNally, Polly - song.
22. Miller, Mrs. O. L. - song.
23. Moody, Minnie - song, story.
24. Phillips, Viva Lou - song.
2.
Potter-Craig Collection - ballads.
3.
Potter, Mrs. James - songs.
4.
Price, Mrs. Eldridge - song.
5.
Rader, Mrs. A. F. - songs.
6.
Reeves, Barbara - song.
7.
Ritchey, Rodney - songs.
8.
Roark, Eddie - stories.
9.
Robertson, Jeannie - ballads.
10. Robinson, Mary Kay - song.
11. Rodgers, Charlie - song.
12. Smith, Perle - song.
13. Smith, Mrs. Thomas - song.
14. Stoneman Family Lyrics.
15. Sutherland, E. J. - song, article.
16. Sutherland, E. J. - ballads.
17. Sutherland, E. J. - ballads.
18. Sutherland, E. J. - ballads.
19.
20. Tolley, Mrs. Monroe - songs.
2.
Wood, Mrs. Larry - songs.
3.
Young, Minnie - songs.
Subseries VI-C, CLIPPINGS, ca. 1966-74,
5.
Clippings sent in - A-H.
6.
Clippings sent in - I-S.
7.
Clippings sent in - T-W.
Series VII, FOLK FESTIVALS,
1966-74, Boxes 19-20.
Subseries VII-A,
9.
1966 Folk Festival: finances.
10. 1966 Folk Festival: memoranda.
11. 1966 Folk Festival: publicity.
12. 1967 Folk Festival: correspondence A-L.
13. 1967 Folk Festival: correspondence M-W.
14. 1967 Folk Festival: finances.
15. 1967 Folk Festival: memoranda.
16. 1967 Folk Festival: publicity.
17. 1968 Folk Festival: correspondence A-L.
18. 1968 Folk Festival: correspondence M-Z.
19. 1968 Folk Festival: finances.
20. 1968 Folk Festival: memoranda.
21. 1968 Folk Festival: publicity.
22. 1969 Folk Festival: correspondence A-L.
23. 1969 Folk Festival: correspondence M-W.
24. 1969 Folk Festival: dulcimer workshop.
25. 1969 Folk Festival: finances.
26. 1969 Folk Festival: memoranda.
27. 1969 Folk Festival: publicity.
28. 1970 Folk Festival: correspondence A-L.
29. 1970 Folk Festival: correspondence M-Z.
30. 1970 Folk Festival: memoranda.
31. 1970 Folk Festival: finance.
2.
1970 Folk Festival: publicity.
3.
1970 Folk Festival: publicity-letters.
4.
1971 Folk Festival: correspondence and
notes.
5.
1971 Folk Festival: memoranda.
6.
1972 Folk Festival: correspondence.
7.
1972 Folk Festival: correspondence -
Rifle Match.
8.
1972 Folk Festival: finances.
9.
1972 Folk Festival: rifle Match.
Subseries VII-B,
11. Folk crafts persons: clippings, 1966-71 and ND.
12. Folk performers: catalogues and listings, 1969-70.
13. Folk performers: publicity, 1967-68, 1970.
14. Folk toys and games, 1961 and ND.
Subseries VII-C, OTHER FOLK
FESTIVALS, 1934, 1962-71,
16.
17.
18.
19. National Folk Festival: Correspondence,
1968-71.
20.
National Folk Festival: Memoranda and newsletters, 1968-70.
21. National Folk Festival: Programs,
publicity, 1969.
22.
23.
24.
Subseries VII-D
26. Grant Proposal Forms, 1968-70.
27. Memoranda, 1968-69.
28.
Series VIII, FIELD RECORDINGS:
Audiotapes 1-157 and Videotapes BMV 3-6; 9-10, 1964-1970.
Number
|
Content
|
Participants/Location |
Sides Used
|
|
BM-1 |
children's
songs and ballads |
Audrey
McGuire, Mattie Carr (Watauga Co., NC),Eva Roe ( |
1 |
|
BM-2 |
children's
songs and ballads |
Horton
Baker ( |
1 |
|
BM-3 |
children's
songs and ballads |
Mrs. Hogan
( |
1 |
|
BM-4 |
children's
songs and ballads |
Clarence
Tom Ashley (ETSU, Johnson City, TN), Ralph E. Fraiser (Morrison City, TN),
Mary E. Coyle, Marlyn Tolliver, Gerald Hawkins (Johnson City, TN), Doug
Foster (Kingsport, TN). |
1 |
|
BM-5 |
songs with
dulcimer |
Margaret
and Harold Winters ( |
1 |
|
BM-6 |
ballads and
songs with banjo |
Tab Ward
(Beech Mountain, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-7 |
ballads and
songs with banjo |
Tab Ward,
E. J. Blackman, Nathan Ward, Melissa and Albert Combs ( |
2 |
|
BM-8 |
Ballads |
Hattie
Presnell, Buna Hicks ( |
2 |
|
BM-9 |
ballads
with guitar |
Arlie
Watson, Ora Isaacs Payne ( |
2 |
|
BM-10 |
songs |
Royce
Brinkley, Gladys Bradford, Jim Grayson ( |
2 |
|
BM-11 |
songs with
guitar or banjo |
Sally and
Will Roberts (Banner Elk, NC), Betty and Phillip Frayle ( |
2 |
|
BM-12 |
songs with
guitar or banjo |
Calvin
Hartsell, Joe Dunn, Lula Jayne Hartsell, Dora
Hagood (ETSU, |
2 |
|
BM-13 |
songs with
autoharp |
Sara Carter
Bayes and Janette Carter Kelly (Hiltons, VA). |
2 |
|
BM-14 |
storytelling |
Ray Hicks
and Richard Chase ( |
2 |
|
BM-15 |
bawdy
ballads |
Royce
Brinkley ( |
1 |
|
BM-16 |
songs with
instrumental |
Ben Hicks,
Lonnie, Earl, Russell, and Berlie Ward, Ab Miller and W. H. Carter
(Greeneville, TN), James H. Falls and J. W. H. Goforth (Dante, VA), H. C.
Brumitt Hampton, TN), Mary E. Coyle (Johnson City, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-17 |
songs and
instrumental with fiddle, mouth-bow dulcimer |
Aaltje Van
Denberg, Jack Cox, |
2 |
|
BM-18 |
hymns and
service |
First
General Assembly Church congregation (Johnson City, TN), Estalee Miller
(Johnson City, TN), Loretta Brown (Johnson City, TN), Patricia Black (Johnson
City, TN), Lorraine Perry (Johnson City, TN), Lee Ella Anthony (Johnson City,
TN), Jackie Sharp (Johnson City, TN), Louella Collins (Johnson City, TN),
National Youth Corps, Vendora Williams (Johnson City, TN), Sheralee Taylor
(Johnson City, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-19 |
hymns and
service |
Paul
Wolfford, Warren Painter |
1 |
|
BM-20 |
tale-telling
and folklore |
Richard
Chase (ETSU), Lee Pennington ( |
2 |
|
BM-21 |
songs with
instrumental |
Guy B.
Lewis (Watauga, TN), Mrs. Bill Davis, Steve Whitlow, John Birchfield (Hampton
Creek, VA), Mrs. J. Birchfield (Hampton Creek, VA), Paul Gladney. |
2 |
|
BM-22 |
songs with
guitar |
Osie Owenby
(Gatlinburg, TN), LeRoy Cureton (Saint Tide Community, TN), Beecher NcGaha
(Bogard Community, TN), Alma Barnette (Belfast, VA), Mattie Carr (Seymour,
TN), Horton Barker (ETSU), Margaret Winters (Elk Park, NC), Harold Winters
(Elk Park, NC), Joseph S. Britt (Johnson City, TN), Mrs. Louise Pleasant
(Johnson City, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-23 |
songs with
guitar or banjo |
Mrs. J. W.
Shew, Dock Boggs (KY), Ray Trivette (Butler, TN), Lewis Hicks, Spring Valley
Ramblers, Tab Ward (Beech Mountain, NC), Mac Presnell (Beech Mountain, NC),
Albert Combs (Beech Mountain, NC), Buna Hicks and Hattie Presnell (Beech
Mountain, NC), Mrs. Frank Thomas (Johnson City, TN), Kathy Klepper, Ella
Lawson and Jenny Lawson (Kingsport, TN), Shirley Riner, Dimple Surgenor, Zora
Surgenor, Horton Barker (Marion, VA), Dr. Burton, Mrs. J. W. Shew. |
2 |
|
BM-24 |
hymns and
service |
|
2 |
|
BM-25 |
songs with guitar
or banjo |
Ed Burton
(Bristol, VA), Mrs. Joe W. Shew (Johnson City, TN), Mrs. Martha Street
Harrell (Johnson City, TN), Jenny Lawson (Kingsport, TN), Matilda Woodby
(Johnson City, TN), Vernon Sims
(Unicoi County, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-26 |
songs with
guitar and spoons |
Lit and
Bill Birchfield (Road Mountain, TN), Ethel and Bee Birchfield, Joe Birchfield
and Howard Gibbs. |
1 |
|
BM-27 |
|
|
1 |
|
BM-28 |
storytelling |
Tab Ward
and Jack Guy (Beech Mountain, NC), Amy Lee and Mrs. Olie Wagner Cummingham (Kingsport,
TN), Roy Wolf Sr., (Kingsport, TN), P. H. Flanary (Kingsport, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-29 |
songs with
fiddle and piano |
Jack Cox
(Kingsport, TN), Gus Washburn and the Toe River Valley Boys (Little
Switzerland, NC), Matheson Family, the Radio Play Boys (Beech Mountain, NC),
Lewis Hicks and Robert Edwards with Charles Moody and Russell Ward, Willard
Watson, E. J. Blackman and Tab Ward. |
2 |
|
BM-30 |
hymns with
guitar |
Jenny
Lawson (Kingsport, TN), Mrs. Eva Roe (Johnson City, TN), Beech Mountain
Ramblers (Beech Mountain, NC), Beech Mountain Old-time Gospel Singers (Beech
Mountain, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-31 |
songs with
guitar or banjo |
Sally
Roberts, Will Roberts, Frank Profitt, Nathan Ward, D. W. and Mary Bryen ( |
1 |
|
BM-32 |
hymns |
Blount
County Annual Old Harp Easter Sunday Singing (Maryville, TN), D. D. Keebler
and Rev. Earl Taylor (Maryville, TN). |
1 |
|
BM-33 |
storytelling
and ballads |
Vernon
Dalhart, Edith Clifford, Al Craver, George Reneau, Carter Family, Dock Walsh,
Cal Stewart, Riley Puckett, Peerless Quartet, Homer Rodeheaver, Kate Peters,
Dock Roberts, Kenneth Borton. |
2 |
|
BM-34 |
storytelling |
Ray Hicks ( |
2 |
|
BM-35 |
storytelling
and anecdotes |
Hattie
Presnell, Buna Hicks and |
1 |
|
BM-36 |
storytelling |
Hattie
Presnell, Buna and |
1 |
|
BM-37 |
storytelling |
Ab Miller,
Homer "The Hammer" Pinkins, D. L. Myers,
Alvie Snodgrass. |
2 |
|
BM-38 |
storytelling |
James F.
Laycock, Otto Roth, James C. West, Albert
Legg Sr. |
2 |
|
BM-39 |
railroad
storytelling |
Jake
Miller, Homer "The Hammer" Pinkins, P. H. Flanery. |
2 |
|
BM-40 |
songs with
fiddle and autoharp |
Mr.
Manning, Clarence Tom Ashley autoharp accompanied by Tex Isley, C. T. Ashley,
Dr. Burton, Horton Barker, Tab Ward with Jack Guy, Pat Patrick, Ora Payne,
Hattie Presnell and Buna Hicks, Salley and Will Roberts, Janette Carter
Kelly. |
2 |
|
BM-41 |
songs with
dulcimer |
Mr. Manning
(ETSU), Margaret Winters, Toe River Valley Boys, Dr. Burton, Ed Burton, Jim
Carmichael, Ab Miller and John Patton, James Gillespie, Reed and Robbie
Walsh. |
2 |
|
BM-42 |
songs with
guitar |
Dr. Burton,
Jean Ritchie, Horton Barker, Toe River Valley Boys, Beech Mountain Ramblers,
Ray Hicks, Jeanette Carter, Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton. |
2 |
|
BM-43 |
bawdy
ballads and hymns |
Dr. Burton,
Margaret Wright, MTSU Sacred Harp Singers, Wendy, Franklin George, Toe River
Valley Boys, Calladonian Pipe Band, Reed and Robie Walsh, Horton Barker,
Beech Mountain Ramblers, Buna Hicks, Hattie Presnell. |
2 |
|
BM-44 |
ETSU Folk
Festival '68 |
ETSU ( |
|
|
BM-45 |
ETSU Folk
Festival '68 |
Johnny
McConnell, Mrs. D. P. Culp, Margaret Wright, MTSU Sacred Harp Singers, Toe
River Valley Boys with Kittrell, Jean Ritchie, General Assembly Holiness
Church, Carter Family, Jeanette Carter, Joe Carter, Cross Road Boys. |
2 |
|
BM-46 |
songs with
guitar and harmonica |
Doc Watson |
1 |
|
BM-47 |
Pres.
Gilbreath speaks |
President
S. G. Gilbreath, Interviewer: P. W.
Alexander |
1 |
|
BM-48 |
ballads and
storytelling |
|
1 |
|
BM-49 |
hymns |
MTSU Sacred
Harp Singers. |
1 |
|
BM-50 |
storytelling
and ballads |
|
2 |
|
BM-51 |
songs with
piano-Rye Cove cyclone |
Mrs. Minnie
Young ( |
2 |
|
BM-52 |
Storytelling,
songs with instrumental |
Mrs. S. C.
Burkey (ETSU), Wiley Smith (Bristol, VA), Patsy Edmonds (Galax, VA), Jimmy
Edmonds, Mr. Edmonds, Mrs. Ellen Hilton (Johnson City, TN), Mrs. Eva Roe
(Johnson City, TN), Helen Barlow Siler (St. Paul, VA), Clarence John Siler
(St. Paul, VA), Ernest A. Combs (Washington County, VA), Linda Turnmire, Judy
Turnmire, Mrs. Hobert Crum (Chuckey, TN), Kenneth Dale Price and Clarence Wm.
Howard, (Shouns, TN) Clint Howard and Fred price (both playing) Peggy Street
(Kingsport, TN), Bruce Horner (Talbott, TN), Richard Foxx (Johnson City, TN),
Arnold Ward (Johnson City, TN), Miss Dorothy Douglas (Erwin, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-53 |
Ballads,
Songs, with instrumental and Discussion |
Clarence
Tom Ashley (ETSU). |
2 |
|
BM-54 |
songs {Square
dance songs), |
Dorothy
Douglas (Erwin, TN), Buena Owens(Bristol, VA), Elizabeth Kiser and Buena
Owens, Gloria Harrell, Benton Powers (Erwin, TN), G. B. Grayson, G. B.
Grayson and Whittier, Charles and Ricky Powers, Gloria Harrell, Charles C.
Carter (Carter County, TN), Bess G. Harris (Unicoi County, TN), Luther T.
Hampton (Elizabethton, TN), Christine H. Cardwell (Elizabethton, TN). |
2 |
|
BM-55 |
Storytelling,
songs with banjo |
Ira Harmon
(Banner Elk, NC), Tab Ward (Sugar Grove, NC), Bertha Baird (Matney, NC), Mrs.
Baird's daughter - Mrs. Charlie Wilson, William Smith (Matney, NC), Hester
Smith, Rosy Matney (Matney, NC), Walter Michael (Matney, NC), Marshall Ward
(Banner Elk, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-56 |
Songs with
banjo, fiddle Storytelling - Songs with
violin |
Tab Ward ( |
2 |
|
BM-57 |
Continuation
of Songs, Riddles and
Storytelling, Medicine
and cures |
Marshall
Ward (Banner Elk, NC), Lee Ward, Ekisa McGuire (Beech Mountain, NC), Bertha
Clawson (Beech Mountain, ND), Floy Story (Fall Creek, NC), Hobert and Fairy
Church (Fall Creek, NC), Viola Potter (Fall Creek, NC), Mary Parlier (Fall
Creek, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-58 |
Storytelling
and anecdotes |
Clay
Presnell (Banner Elk, NC), Marshall Ward (Banner Elk, ND). |
2 |
|
BM-59 |
Continuation
of Story- telling, Songs with dulcimer |
Marshall
Ward (Banner Elk, NC), Ray Hicks and Lewis Hicks ( |
2 |
|
BM-60 |
Storytelling
and anecdotes |
Ray Hicks,
Jonah Harmon and Ray Hicks. |
2 |
|
BM-61 |
Songs with
dulcimer, discussion, recites poems, reminiscences |
Della Ward,
Nell Cook (Beech Mountain, NC), Dillard Cook (Beech Mountain, NC), Lance Cook
(Beech Mountain, NC), Daniel Presnell (Beech Creek, NC), Ellen Guy (Flat
Springs, NC), Viola Potter (Fall Creek, NC), Fairy Church (Fall Creek, NC),
Ray Hicks (Beech Mountain, NC), Mrs. Rosa Hicks, Lewis Hicks. |
2 |
|
BM-62 |
Continue of
reminiscences |
|
2 |
|
BM-63 |
Jack tales
- Storytelling, Songs with dulcimer instrumental |
Marshall
Ward (Banner Elk, NC), Edd Presnell (Banner
Elk, NC), Nettie and Edd Presnell and Rebecca Carter (Banner Elk, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-64 |
Storytelling,
Jack Tales |
Marshall
Ward (Banner Elk, NC), Frost Michael (Banner El, NC), Uncle Will Shoemaker
(Banner Elk, NC), Willard Shoemaker (Banner Elk, NC), Marshall Ward (Banner
Elk, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-65 |
Storytelling,
Jack Tales |
Uncle Will
Shoemaker (Banner Elk, NC), Willard Shoemaker (Banner Elk, NC), Marshall Ward
(Banner Elk, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-66 |
Jack Tales
- Storytelling Game Songs |
Marshall
Ward (Banner Elk, NC), Jonah Harmon (Banner Elk, NC), Bessie Harmon (Sugar
Grove, NC), Ruby Presnell (Sugar Grove, NC), Ida Presnell (Sugar Grove, NC),
Ida Presnell, Virgie Trivette
(Sugar Grove, NC), Annis Hagaman (Sugar Grove, NC), Ina Hagaman (Sugar Grove,
NC), Ollie Ward. |
2 |
|
BM-67 |
Songs with
guitar, Storytelling |
Ollie Ward
(Sugar Grove, NC), Mrs. Robert Guy, Rena Hicks, Mrs. Monroe Harmon, Lee Ward
(Banner Elk, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-68 |
Storytelling |
Lee Ward
(Banner Elk, NC), Rebecca Carter (Banner Elk, NC), Marshall Ward, Vance
Harmon ( |
2 |
|
BM-69 |
Storytelling |
Eula
Trivette (Sugar Grove, NC), McKinley Trivette (Sugar Grove, NC), Smith Harmon
(Sugar Grove, NC), Carrie Smith Harmon (Sugar Grove, NC), Stanley Baird
(Banner Elk, NC), Marshall Ward (Banner Elk, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-70 |
Storytelling
(cont.) |
Marshall
Ward (Banner Elk, NC), Oscar Harman (Banner Elk, NC), Fairy Moody ( |
2 |
|
BM-71 |
Storytelling |
Rodah
Carender (Banner Elk, NC), Launa Carender (Banner Elk, NC), Marshall Ward
(Banner Elk, NC), William Winebarger (Meat Camp, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-72 |
Storytelling,
Songs with harmonica, Jack Tales |
William
Winebarger (Meat Camp, NC), Zeke Clawson (Pogy, NC), Lois Mitchell Trivette,
Duddly Trivette (Pogy, NC), Will Beard (Pogy, NC), Elsie Trivette (Norris
Road), Joe Potter (Pogy, NC), Roy McGuire (Beech Mountain, NC), Vergil Harmon
(Butler, TN), Abe Trivett (Pogy, NC), Capt. Hicks (Flat Springs, NC), Daniel Presnell
(Beech Creek, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-73 |
Storytelling,
Songs |
Tom Guy
(Beech Creek, NC), Dillard Cook (Beech Mountain, NC), Alice Guy (Pogy, NC),
Ethel Phillips (Flat Springs, NC), Pearl Phillips and Mattie Norris (Flat
Springs, NC), Nina Miller (Beech Mountain, NC), Bert Baldwin & Ethel
(Flat Springs, NC), Mertie Green (Flat Springs, NC), Ruby Trivette (Beech
Mountain, NC), Joe Potter (Beech Mountain, NC), Dudly Trivette (Beech
Mountain, NC), Winnie Trivette (Beech Mountain, NC), Floy Storie and Mattie
Jones (Fall Creek, NC), Troy Crawford (Fall Creek, NC), Frank Jones (Fall
Creek, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-74 |
Storytelling
and Songs |
Frank Jones
(Fall Creek, NC), Russell and Connie Norris (Poga, TN), Martha Harmon (Rush
Branch, NC), Bill and Beulah Dugger (Fall Creek, NC), Maggie Presnell (Fosco,
NC), Frank Jones (Fall Creek, NC), Mary Parlier (Fall Creek, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-75 |
Storytelling
and Songs |
Hobert
& Fairy Church (Fall Creek, NC), Grady Norris (Fall Creek, NC), Eliza
Norris, Arlie & Lillian Parlier (Fall Creek, NC), Viola Potter (Fall
Creek, NC), Record by Stanley Brothers (Fall Creek, NC), Russell & Caddie
Norris (Pogy, NC), Dudly Trivett (Beech Mountain, NC), John Presnell, Ray
Hicks, Smith Harmon, Mrs. Smith Harmon. |
2 |
|
BM-76 |
Storytelling,
songs with banjo and discussion |
Charlie
Matney ( |
2 |
|
BM-77 |
Storytelling,
songs with banjo, fiddle, guitar and ballads, banjo instrumental |
Arlie
Watson, Ora Watson & Gaither Carlton (Deep Gap, NC), Doc Watson (Deep
Gap, NC), Rosalee Watson (Deep Gap, NC), Burchett Family, Teresa Burchett, V.
R. Burchett. |
2 |
|
BM-78 |
Songs with
guitar, banjo instrumental, storytelling |
Burchett
Family, Doc Watson (Deep Gap, NC), Gaither Carlton, Willard Watson, Ora
Watson, Horatio Aldridge, John Calloway ( |
2 |
|
BM-79 |
Songs -
banjo instrumental, guitar instrumental, discussion |
Randall
Shook (Watauga County), Aud Wart (Sugar Grove, NC), Earl Calvert (Brush Fork,
NC), Mrs. Manily Williams (Brush Fork, NC), Lula James (Boone, NC), Don
Horton (Vilas, NC), Boss Anderson (Vilas, NC), Eunice Henson (Vilas, NC),
Nancy Ann Watson (Deep Gap, NC), Doc Watson (Deep Gap, NC), Dolly Greer
(Linny Greer on Banjo) (Parlier, NC), Bulea Broyhill (Parlier, NC), Dolly
Greer & Linny (Parlier, NC), Gaither Carlton (Deep Gap, NC), Tina Greer
(Deep Gap, NC), John Goodwin (Blowing Rock, NC). |
2 |
|
BM-80 |
Continuation
of interview, discussion, Instrumental - with fiddle and
mandolin and banjo |
John
Goodwin (Blowing Rock, NC), |
2 |
|
BM-81 |
Songs with
banjo, storytelling, songs with autoharp, discussion |
Frank
Proffitt, Sr., Viola Potter, Fred Price (fiddle), Kenneth Price (banjo),
Clint and Clarence Howard (guitars) ( |
2 |
|
BM-82 |
Songs with
guitar, home remedies, storytelling, discussion of politics |
Record of
the 1968 Gatlinburg Folk Festival,( |
2 |
|
BM-83 |
Storytelling,
discussion, Songs with fiddle, banjo, fiddle instrumental |
Rena Hicks
(cont.), Taft Ledford (Banner Elk, NC), Kermit sings while Taft plays. |
2 |
|
BM-84 |
Banjo and
fiddle instrumental, Songs with guitar, Storytelling, superstitions |
Taft
Ledford and Kermit Harpold (cont.), (Banner Elk, NC), and |
2 |
|
BM-85 |
|
Horton
Cooper (cont.) ( |
2 |
|
BM-86 |
Songs with
guitar, limber-jack, recorder, Ballads |
Friday
Afternoon Per. Bill Napier (Beech Mountain, NC), Ora Payne and Arlie Watson,
Lee & Jean Shilling, Tab Ward & Jack Guy, Sylvia Sammon, Jean
Ritchie, Friday Evening Performers (ETSU) Dr. DeRosier, Franklin George,
Horton Baker, Janette Carter Kelly, Hicks Family. |
2 |
|
BM-87 |
1969 ETSU
Folk Festival Songs with dulcimer, guitar, Clogging, introductions |
Hicks
Family, General Assembly Church group, Dr. DeRosier, Frank Proffitt, Jr.,
Willard Watson, Linville River Valley Boys, Avery County Dancers, Randy Grindstaff,
Jimmy Vance, Mrs. Vance, Mr. Manning, Franklin George, Jean Ritchie, Doc
Watson. |
2 |
|
BM-88 |
ETSU Folk
Festival (1969), introductions, Songs with dulcimer, Storytelling |
Franklin
George, Dr. DeRosier, Elizabeth Cotten, Jean Ritchie. |
1 |
|
BM-89 |
Interviews,
songs - spiritual, discussion Continuation of omens and superstitions,
Storytelling |
Rena Hicks
( |
2 |
|
BM-90 |
Reminiscences
of Lie-Hew |
Hattie
Presnell and Lena Harmon ( |
1 |
|
BM-91 |
Songs with
dulcimer, with guitar, banjo, fiddle, discussion and introduction, speech |
|
2 |
|
BM-92 |
storytelling,
discussion, |
Bud Jones,
Dr. Burton, Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, Mr. T. C. Monk, Mr. Kary Gouge and Gouge's
grandson - named Kary Gouge |
2 |
|
BM-93 |
Continuation
of Storytelling |
Kary Gouge
(Erwin, TN), James Treadway (Erwin, TN.), Mont Lilly (Erwin,TN), J. C. Monk
(Erwin,TN), W. H. Coleman (ETSU). |
2 |
|
BM-94 |
Storytelling,
discussion, various conversations |
Buna Hicks
( |
2 |
|
BM-95 |
Storytelling,
songs, discussion |
Mr. W. H.
Coleman, Vergil Harmon. |
2 |
|
BM-96 |
Storytelling,
discussion |
Willard
Chrisawn |
2 |
|
BM-97 |
Songs, Ballads,
religious songs |
Clarence
Tom Ashley, CTA and others, G. Foster, Tarheels,
Doc Watson, CTA (Clint Howard, Fred Price, Doc Watson with Jean Ritchie, Tex
Isley). |
2 |
|
BM-98 |
Songs and
ballads |
Clarence
Tom Ashley, Eva Ashley Moore, CTA & Doc Watson, Tommy Moore, CTA &
Carolina Tarheels. |
2 |
|
BM-99 |
Songs,
ballads |
CTA &
Foster, Carolina Tarheels, Clarence Tom Ashley, Byrd Moore and Hot Shots,
CTA, C. Green, G. Foster, W. Davis, W. Abernathy, Ashley and Foster, G.
Foster, Blue Ridge Mountain Enter. |
2 |
|
BM-100 |
Tale
telling and biographical data and songs |
Eva Ashley
Moore (daughter of Clarence Tom Ashley), Tarheels, Ashley and Foster, Willie
Johnson and others, CTA (rec. by Jim Fisher) (Home of Robert and Eva Moore - |
2 |
|
BM-101 |
Children's
songs and ballads and discuss of performance |
Horton
Baker (Marion, VA), Royce Brinkley (Erwin, TN), Angeline Mashburn (Johnson
City, TN), Mrs. Rollins Justice (Johnson City, TN), A. J. Flye (Johnson City,
TN). |
1 |
|
BM-102 |
Children's
songs and ballads |
Eva Hester
( |
1 |
|
BM-103 |
Stories of
songs, subjects of songs, love songs vs. spiritual songs and discussion of
performance |
Lena Harmon
( |
1 |
|
BM-104 |
Ballads and
discussion of performance, instrumental on banjo, instrumental with fiddle,
banjo, and guitar. |
Lena Harmon
( Betty
Norris? ( |
1 |
|
BM-105 |
Bagpipe
instrumental, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, fiddle band, harmonica, and banjo,
jews harp, dobro |
Jim
Scancarelli, E. Scott, John Owens, D. M. Fox, Joe Gambill, Ruskin Ramblers,
Fiddlers, Five, Tennessee Tune Twisters, Julie Conner, Jim Scancarelli, H. J.
Harris, Arthur Kuykendahl, Jerry, Jordan, J. Paseley Hagood, Lena Hughes, Sam
Spencer, Jim Conner, Bill Wilson, Jim Conner, Jim Hayes, Bill Mitchell,
Bryson Wildman, Frazier Moss, J. T. Perkins. |
1 |
|
BM-106 |
Ballads -
With fiddle, guitar, banjo and dulcimer, mouth harp -(inst.) |
Kenneth
Borton, Earnest Stoneman, The Carter Family, Al Craver, Eva Davis, Alex
Dunford, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Jim Howard, Mrs. Lena B. Turbyfill, Edgar S.
Smith, Pete Steele, Jimmy Morris, Marvin E. Thornton, Sgt. Alexander Kirkheart,
Maynard Britton (Big Creek, Clay County, KY), Ed Morrison (Ashland, KY),
Curtis Dartey (Ashland, KY), 2 Girls (Pineville, KY), Willie Bledsoe &
John Hensley (Pineville, KY), Wade Hale (Middlesboro, KY), Herbert E. Roop
(Ft. Thomas, KY), Clay Walters (Salversville, KY), Mrs. D. L. Shepherd
(Cumberland, KY), James M. Mullins (Flores, KY), James M. Mullins (West
Liberty, KY), Nathan Hicks (Rominger, NC), Dock Walsh, Gid Tanner & Faith
Norris, Uncle Bunt Stephens (Mountain Dance Music), Oliver Sims, Frank Blevins
& Tar Heel Rattlers, East Texas Serenaders. |
1 |
|
BM-107 |
Ballads -
vocal, guitar, harmonica, ukulele, fiddle – instrumental (harmonica) |
Luther B.
Clarke (w/Blue Ridge Highballers (Highballers led by Charles LaPrade
(Fiddler), Frank Hutchison, Earl Johnson & Dixie Entertainers, Williamson
Brothers & Curry, Fiddlin' Powers & Family, Bob Skiles Four Old
Turners., Henry Whitter, Austin Harmon Hoppes (Estatoe, NC), Thaddeus C.
Willingham (Gulfport, MS), Mary Davis (Manchester, KY), Mary & Cora
Davis, Mary Davis (Manchester, KY), Maynard Britton (Big Creek), Walter
Williams (Salyersville, KY). |
1 |
|
BM-108 |
Vocal (two
guitars) (violin
& guitar) |
The Carter
Family Roy Harvey
& Leonard Copeland, Earl
Shirley & Roy Harper, Roy Harvey, Roy Harvey & The N. C. Ramplers. |
1 |
|
BM-109 |
Vocal
Ballads - with violin and guitar Ballads |
Roy Harvey
& N. C. Ramplers, The Highlanders, Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper, Vuell
Kazee, Sid Harkreader, Bodine & Resee, Harkans & Moran, Georgia
Yellow Hammers, Frank Hutchison Old Smokey Twins, Ray Bros, Georgia Organ
Grinders, McCartt Bros. & Patterson, Leake County Revelers, Luther B.
Clarke, Blue Ridge Highballers. |
1 |
|
BM-110 |
Ballads
(Inst.) |
Blue Ridge
Highballers, Weems String Band, Humphrey Bates, Possom Hunters, Humphrey
Bates & Possom Hunters, Bill Helms, B. Helms & Upston Company Band,
Leake County Revelers, Al Hopkins, Tenneva Ramblers, Brothers' String Bank,
Roe Brothers & Morrell. |
1 |
|
BM-111 |
Ballads |
Riley
Puckett |
1 |
|
BM-112 |
Ballads
(from records belonging to student) (Recordings
belonging to Patsy Swartz) |
The Carter
Family, Fiddlin' John Carson Mrs. Bonnie
Ball, Cal Steward, Mrs. Hardin Burnley, Stanley and Burr, J. W. Myers,
Smith's Sacred Singers, Al Craver, The Pickard Family, Earl Fuller's Rector
Novelty Orchestra, Homer Rodeheaver, Vernon Dalhart. |
2 |
|
BM-113 |
Collecting
old ballads, discussion on family life, love and old and new songs |
Linda and
Rose Fulks, Homer L. Davidson, Mildred Pope Bennett. |
1 |
|
BM-114 |
Children’s
songs & ballads |
Homer L.
Davidson. |
2 |
|
BM-115 |
Childrens
songs & ballads |
Homer L.
Davidson. |
1 |
|
BM-116 |
Planting by
signs & moon, home remedies, superstitions, funerals, births, weddings,
stories of families, ghost stories, square dance calling without music,
storytelling |
Atwell Lee
Marshall (Johnson City, TN), Oma Fleenor (Sullivan County, TN), Edna
Patterson Lola Orr (Emory, VA), J. M. VanNoy, Eugene Stephenson, Ray Love,
Eula Ramsey, Mr. Ray Hyder (Elizabethton, TN), Elizabeth Hyder (Elizabethton,
TN), Mary Latcher (Blountville, TN), Harry Dennis (Erwin, TN), Mrs. Ray Hyder
(Elizabethton, TN), Mr. & Mrs. Hyder. |
1 |
|
BM-117 |
Wayfaring
Stranger-acc. by
Mrs. D. P. Culp on saw ballads on saw, Religious songs on saw, instrumental
on saw, poems read by Carrie Bell & written by Carrie Bell. |