APPALACHIAN-SCOTTISH & IRISH STUDIES COLLECTION
1957-97 and undated

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338

INTRODUCTION

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Appalachian-Scottish & Irish Studies Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia between 1988 and 1997 by Dr. Thomas G. Burton and Stevan Jackson, directors of the program at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). Additional material was donated by John and Carole Lebert, Knoxville, Tennessee, between 1994 and 1997.

Access Restiction: While loan copies of tapes may be borrowed, other reproduction of tapes in the collection is prohibited without the permission of the director of the Appalachian-Scottish & Irish Studies program or the head of the archives. In addition, any commercial recordings in the collection must be used in the archives and may not be borrowed or copied.

Processing Information: Georgia Greer, Ned Irwin, C.Lyke, Norma Myers, Christy Norris and Marie Tedesco completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers in September 1997.

HISTORICAL NOTE

The idea for a studies program examining the cultural and historical connections of Appalachia with Scotland (and later with Ireland) developed in the early 1980s when Barbara McDermitt, then a doctoral student at the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, began studying this connection in the area of storytelling. McDermitt worked with Dr. Thomas G. Burton, Department of English, ETSU, and subsequently invited him to Edinburgh to share his knowledge of folklore with faculty and students at the School of Scottish Studies. There Burton and McDermitt, together with the Edinburgh faculty, discussed the possibility of establishing an Appalachian-Scottish studies program.

Burton subsequently brought ETSU's Center for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS) into the program. The Appalachian-Scottish & Irish Studies program officially began in 1988 with the inaugural five-week program of study held at ETSU. In 1989, ETSU and the University of Edinburgh entered into a formal agreement which provides for the following: an ongoing program to be held each year, alternately at ETSU and the University of Edinburgh; exchange of faculty and students; the exchange of research materials; and the shared use of research facilities.

From 1988 until 1996 the program was known as the Appalachian-Scottish Studies Program. The name changed to its present form in 1996 to denote its expanded mission of also examining the cultural and historical connection between Ireland and Appalachia. Dr. Burton directed the program from 1988-96. Upon Burton's retirement in 1996, Stevan Jackson, holding a joint appointment with CASS and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, ETSU, became director. Dr. Ted Olson became the current director in Fall 1999.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Appalachian-Scottish & Irish Studies Collection focuses on the various components of the academic studies program examining the history and culture of Appalachia, Scotland, Ireland, and the interrelationships of the three locales. Materials document course work, lectures, field trips, student papers or projects, notes, schedules, and other aspects of the program. Documentation is found in manuscript records, audio and videorecordings, and photographs. The material provides insight on such subjects as folklore, storytelling and oral traditions, Appalachian and Gaelic language and literature, traditional music, migration patterns, and other aspects of Appalachian, Scottish, and Irish (including Ulster) history and culture.

Organization: The collection is divided into five series as follows: Series I, Course Materials, 1976-97 and undated; Series II, Student Papers/Projects, 1988-95 and undated; Series III, Photographs, 1988-97 and undated; Series IV, Audio Recordings, 1957-97 and undated; and Series V, Video Recordings, 1987-94 and undated. Collection materials are arranged chronologically within series. Undated materials are filed first, followed by dated material. The sequence of box numbers begins over with each series.

Important subjects in the collection include:

Appalachian Region--Population
Appalachian-Scottish Studies
Ballads
Banjo music
Bennett, Margaret, 1946-
Clans--Scotland
Edinburgh Tattoo
Folk dancing--Appalachian Region
Folk dancing--Scottish
Folk songs, Scots
Folklore--Scotland
Fraser, Ian
Gaelic language
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
Hicks, Orville
Hicks, Ray, 1922-
Hicks, Rena, 1899-1976
Ireland--History
Jack tales
McDermitt, Barbara
Northern Ireland--Description and travel
Northern Ireland--History
Northern Ireland--Population
Northern Ireland--Social conditions
Pipe music
Proffit, Frank, 1946-
Robertson, Stanley
Scotland--Church history
Scotland--Description and travel
Scotland--Economic conditions
Scotland--Emigration and immigration
Scotland--Population
Scotland--Social conditions
Silkie tales
Spalding, Susan Eike
Sports--United States--History
Storytelling
Storytelling--Technique
Travelers--Scotland
Williamson, Duncan

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Series I, COURSE MATERIALS, 1976-97 and undated, Boxes 1-4.

Included in this series are schedules and promotional materials, lists of lectures, performances, and instructors for the studies program, along with lectures, notes, maps, and other printed material related to such topics as migration, Jack tales, music, population studies, religion, folklore, crafts, and customs of Appalachia, Scotland, and Ireland, especially Ulster. The material is arranged chronologically with undated material filed before dated material.

Series II, STUDENT PAPERS/PROJECTS, 1988-95 and undated, Boxes 1-5.

Included in this series are copies of student papers and projects completed for course credit. Topics examined include the Ulster Scots, harp music, Scottish and Appalachian dance, Highland festivals, the Scotch-Irish, Gaelic, farming, folk remedies, religion, food, storytelling, and transcripts of oral history interviews, among other subjects. Material is arranged chronologically with undated material filed before dated material.

Included in this series are prints (color) documenting participants and activities of the studies program. Among the subjects are Scottish dancing at Stone Mountain, Ga., and program activities of the 1995 and 1997 sessions held in Scotland. Photographs are arranged chronologically in folders or albums with undated material filed before dated material.

Series IV, AUDIO RECORDINGS, 1957-97 and undated, Boxes 1-34.

Included in this series are audio cassette and reel-to-reel recordings of lectures, music, storytelling, public performances, and other activities related to the studies program. Topics examined include ballads, oral traditions, traditional music, folklore and folktales, dance, migration patterns, among other topics and similarities of such topics between Appalachia, Scotland, and Ireland, especially Ulster. Recordings are arranged chronologically with undated material filed before dated material.

Included in this series are videorecordings of lectures, music, storytelling, public performances, and other activities related to the studies program. Topics examined include the Scots-Irish, traditional and bagpipe music, storytelling and oral traditions, travel scenes in the British Isles, Highland games at Grandfather Mountain, N. C., dance, dialect, among other topics and similarities of such topics between Appalachia, Scotland, and Ireland, especially Ulster. Recordings are arranged chronologically with undated material filed before dated material. Two commerical video have been placed at the end of the list.

ITEMS REMOVED

Nine 33 rpm phono discs of Scottish music recorded by the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland have been removed from the collection and catalogued into Special Collections. The albums were originally part of the School of Scottish Studies "Scottish Traditions" series.

Top of Series Description

BOX, FOLDER AND TAPE LIST

Series I, COURSE MATERIALS, 1976-97 and undated, Boxes 1-3.

Box 1

1. undated, Article - Fawn Valentine - "Aesthetics and Ethnicity: Scotch-Irish Quilts in West Virginia"
2. undated, The Appalachian Scottish Connection by Thomas G. Burton
3. undated, Brochures
4. undated, Thomas Burton - "Remains of the Day: Scottish Culture in Appalachia"
5. undated, Gaelic song lyrics
6. undated, "Migration of Scots to Ulster and Appalachia," map
7. undated, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, list of tapes
8. undated, Duncan Williamson: Jack Tales
9. 1976-1987, Duncan Williamson: Jack Tales
10. October 6, 1987-October 8, 1987, Tape Logs: WD007A-WD013A
11. 1988, Field log accounts
12. July 1988, Appalachian-Scottish Connection, calendar, course outline, Lectures
13. July 12, 1988, Margaret Bennett, "Folklore"
14. July 18, 1988, Barbara McDermitt: "Narrative"
15. July 20, 1988, Richard Humphrey: "The Scotch-Irish and Religion in the Southern

Appalachian Mountains"

16. August 3, 1988, Gerald Redmond: "Ethnicity and Sport: The Social Scot in North America"
17. August 4, 1988, Susan Spalding: "Scottish Antecedents of Traditional Appalachian Mountain Dance"

18. August 8, 1988, John B. Stephenson: "Place for Sale: Repopulation and Change in an Appalachian and a Highland Scottish Community"

19. August 10, 1988, Carl Ross: "Scottish Migration and Influence in the Colonies and United States in the 18th Century"

Box 2

1. 1989, Appalachian-Scottish Studies, Information Sheet
2. 1989, Duncan Williamson: Jack Tales
3. July 1989, Field Log sheets and Notes
4. August 1-August 14, 1989, Field Log Sheets and Notes
5. August 7, 1989, Emily Lyle - Lecture
6. 1990, Galloway: A Selection of Music from the South West of  Scotland
7. 1990, Duncan Williamson: Jack Tales
8. 1991, Appalachian Scottish Studies - Schedule
9. 1991, Ian Fraser: Lecture Notes, Geography and Settlement of  Scotland
10. 1991, Ian Fraser: Lecture Notes, Scottish Place names
11. 1991, Duncan Williamson: Jack Tales and List of  Transcriptions
12. 1992, Duncan Williamson: Jack Tales

Box 3

1. 1993, Appalachian-Scottish Studies - Course Packet
2. 1993, Appalachian-Scottish Studies - Schedule
3. 1994, Appalachian-Scottish Studies - Schedule
4. 1994, Ian Fraser - Lecture
5. 1995, Ewen A. Cameron, "Scotland and the American Civil War"
6. 1996, Appalachian-Scottish Studies - Course Packet
7. 1996, Appalachian-Scottish Studies Conference - Recording Release Statement
8. 1996, Appalachian Scottish Studies Conference - Lecture notes, bibliographies, course outline
9. 1997, Appalachian-Scottish & Irish Studies - Schedule

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Series II, STUDENT PAPERS/PROJECTS, 1988-95 and undated, Boxes 1-5.

Box 1

1. undated, Betty Carmack, Interview with Mr. J. C. Chambers
2. undated, John Lebert, "A Look Back in Time"
3. undated, Christy Leftwich, untitled
4. undated, Wendy Lowry, "The Ulster Scots and America"
5. undated, Heather McDermitt, "The Harp is the Oldest Instrument of Scotland"
6. undated, Carol Ann McElwee, "Memories of Shepherd Monroe Dugger," 1 of 2
7. undated, Carol Ann McElwee, "Memories of Shepherd Monroe Dugger," 2 of 2
8. undated, Mary Milhizer, "Folk and Historical Drama"
9. undated, Donna Shedlarz, "A Life's Threads"
10. undated, Stephanie Perron Smith, diss., School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, Part I,

Chapters 1-3

11. undated, Stephanie Perron Smith, diss., School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, Chapter 4
12. undated, Mark F. Sohn, "English or Scotch, but not German: The Chicken and Dumplings

of Eastern Kentucky" (not a student)

Box 2 :

1. 1988, Lewis Burton, "Scotch in the Moonshine"
2. 1988, Betty Carmack - interview notes - Interview with Mr. J. C. Chambers
3. 1988, Dianne Hollander - Interview with Ruth Maxwell
4. 1988, Toddy Norris - Interview with Harvey Edward Ritch
5. 1988, Judy Parker - Interviews of Shannon Duncan and Larry Long
6. 1988, Ruth Ann Rupert - Interview with Daniel Ray Potter
7. Fall 1988, Completed Dance Survey Forms by LaVerne Castillo (organized by city)
8. March 1989, Student Research Papers, "Scottish Dancing in the Southern Appalachians"

by LaVerne B. Castillo

9. August 1989, Judith C. Parker, Comparison of Grandfather Mountain and Newtonmore,

Background material

10. August 14, 1989, Carol J. Propst, "George MacDonald: A Bibliography
11. August 30, 1989, Judith C. Parker, "A Comparison of the Grandfather Mountain Highland

Games in North Carolina and the Newtonmore Highland Games in Scotland"

12. Winter 1989, Completed Dance Survey Forms by LaVerne Castillo (organized by city)

Box 3

1. 1990, Ramond Burgin, Journal papers on Delmar Herington, Scott Boatright -

Index of Delmar Herington Manuscript and Tapes

2. 1990, Dianne Hackworth - Tape Transcription, Gaelic College, St. Ann's, Cape

Breton, Nova Scotia

3. 1990, Ruth Ann Rupert - Interview with Mr. David Clement, Subject of Scottish Gaelic
4. 1990, Robert Russell, "Deep in These Hills: The Scots Language as a Source of Appalachia
5. 1990, James Warren, "The American Enclosure Movement" (Includes Photos)
6. 1991, Evelyn Bales - Notes, letters, interview releases, paper "Women Fisherfolk"
7. 1991, Brian Chisom, "Coal-mining in Scotland"
8. 1991, Brian Chisom, "Modern-Day Scottish Revivalism"
9. 1991, Timothy G. Hayes, "A Separate Race" (notes, letters)
10. 1991, Katherine Kopp, "Overview of the Celts"
11. 1991, Anne Whitson, "Programs in Appalachian and Celtic Studies
12. 1992, Jerelee Benjamin, papers, comments, journals
13. 1992, Carole Boviall, "Like A Glove: The Scotch-Irish and the American Frontier"
14. 1992, Sophia Burt, journals, notes, reaction papers
15. 1992, Sylvia Nelson, "Influence of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians on Education in East

Tennessee 1775-1830"

16. 1992, Janice Wasson, "The Forgotten Coal-field: A History and Study of the Miners of

Dailly, South Ayrshire, 1900-1977"

Box 4 - Folder #:

1. April 8, 1993, unknown author - letter
2. July 17, 1993, Mary P. Abernathy - Criticisms of Readings for Scottish-Appalachian Studies
3. 1993, Steve Denyes, "The Traditional Music of the Pubs of Edinburgh"
4. 1993, Heifi Helfer, Journal and paper "Scottish Revivalism"
5. 1993, Robin Humphreys, "A Man of Letters"
6. 1993, Stevan Jackson, Analytical Comments and Analytical Journal
7. 1993, Ed Kitlowski, Journal and paper, "Piping in Scotland Today, Back to the future? and

an American Perspective"

8. 1993, Carole Lebert, Responses to Articles
9. 1993, Rebekah Lowery, "Once Upon a Time"
10. 1993, Susan Sewell, letter to Dr. Burton
11. 1993, Donna Shedlarz, Review of Appalachian-Scottish Studies Articles
12. 1993, Joanie Sommerfield, Preface to Critical Analysis
13. 1994, Amy Bordamd, "America As a Nation: It's Scottish-Irish Influence in the Appalachian

Region and Beyond"

14. 1994, Susan Ferguson, Interview-Highland Games and paper, "The Influence of Scotland's

Herding Dogs in America"

15. 1994, Sharon Foster, "Experiencing Appalachia Through the Senses"
16. 1994, Todd Garrett, "Southern Appalachia's Savage Hillbillies Stereotyped in American History: Yesterday and Today"

17. 1994, Lyndee Goodman, "Folk Remedies and Medicine: The Scottish Influence on Early Colonial America and Appalachia"

18. 1994, Sara Hallum, "The Contributions of the Scots-Irish and the Presbyterian Church to Appalachia"
19. 1994, Carol B. Johnson, "Expressions of the Soul: Protestant Worship Music from Scotland to Appalachia"
20. 1994, Debbye Kerns, "Appalachian Ballads: Songs of Family and Self"
21. 1994, Betty E. Lawley, "An East Tennessee Scotch-Irish Pioneer, His Influence and Legacy"
22. 1994, Beth Laws, "Reinvention of Tradition"
23. 1994, Renee Leach, Journal and Research Paper 1994, "Treasures from a Trunk"
24. 1994, William T. McNutt, "The Art and Joy of Genealogy" - Interview, Dr. Darryl Brown at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games

25. 1994, J. B. Pectol, "Scotch-Irish Moonshiners"
26. 1994, Clementina I. Penley, "Uses of Quilting"
27. 1994, Ruth Perrin, "The Talking Literature - Appalachian/Scottish Jack Tales"
28. 1994, Robin White, "Crying Over Bonny Clabber - A Comparison of Scottish and Appalachian Foods" - Interview at Highland Games, Claire Campbell

29. 1994, Jody Whittimore, "Revivalism and Survivalism: Characteristics Passed from Scottish to

Appalachian Women"

30. 1994, Paul Wolford, "Lost and Found: The Scottish Dirk's American Cousin"
31.Keith Young, "The Highland Tradition in Appalachian Folktales" - Interview at Highland Games, Mr. and Mrs. William Scury

Box 5

1. 1995, Lou Ann Copas, "Transition of Gaelic Psalmody to Old Harp"
2. 1995, James Crawford, "In Search of Identity: Bagpipes, Kilts, and the Langholm Common Riding"
3. 1995, Marty S. Dean, "Jack Rebour: A Comparison of Appalachian and Scotch-Irish Jack Tales"
4. 1995, Clay Dishon, "Dry Stone Dykery" (includes photos)
5. 1995, Helen B. Elrod, "The Similarities Between Gaelic Church Music and Old Harp"
6. 1995, Jann Gouge, "Links in Time"
7. 1995, Rochelle L. Harris, "Mirror Images: An Identity Crisis"
7a. 1995, Carey Mickalites, "A Small but Diverse Sample of Edinburgh Pubs and Their Pints of Interest"
8. 1995, Carey Mickalites, "Whisky Sails: Parallels and Influences of Scotch-Irish Distilling Practices in Southern Appalachia"
9. 1995, Shelby Miller, "The Wee Gray Fergie"
10. 1995, Clementine Penley, "Memories of Grandma"
11. 1995, Janyce R. Westerman, "A Comparison of Scottish Pubs to American Taverns and Bars"
12. 1995, Paul Wolford, "The Highland Heritage of America's Bowie Knife"

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Series III, PHOTOGRAPHS, 1988-97 and undated, Boxes 1-4.

Box 1

1. undated, Photos of Dr. Burton with Clyde Neff and Dr. Burton with Sam Church
2. October 1988, Photos - Scottish Dancing on Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain, Georgia
3. July 14-August 6, 1995, Photo Album - School of Scottish Studies
4. July 14-August 6, 1995, Photo Album - School of Scottish Studies

Box 2

1. July-August 1997, Photo Album - Appalachian Scottish Studies 1 of 3
2. July-August 1997, Photo Album - Appalachian Scottish Studies 2 of 3

Box 3

1. July-August 1997, Photo Album - Appalachian Scottish Studies 3 of 3

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Box 4

1. 1989, Stop at Winsor, England
2. 1989, Auchtermuchty Folk Festival
3. 1989, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. Undated, Highland Games
5. Undated, Edinburgh and Johnson City
6. Undated, Grant by AT&T
7. Undated, Photo Album, Edinburgh, Scotland

Series IV, AUDIO RECORDINGS, 1957-97 and undated, Boxes 1-34.

50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350
Click on a number to go to that tape number in the list.

*(C)=Cassette
M)=Microcassette
(R)=Reel to Reel
(DAT)=Digital Audio Tape