SOUTHERN SONGBIRDS: THE WOMEN OF EARLY COUNTRY AND OLD TIME MUSIC

SOUTHERN SONGBIRDS: THE WOMEN OF EARLY COUNTRY AND OLD-TIME MUSIC TAPES
1989-1990

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

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

INTRODUCTION

Title:	Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old-Time Music
Collection Number:	Accession No. 387
Physical Description:	Seven 30-minute Audio Cassettes
Creator:	Rachel Anne Goodman of Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky
Repository:	Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Southern Songbirds tapes, copies of the originals, were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Rachel Anne Goodman in 1991.

ACCESS RESTRICTION: Copies of these tapes may not be used in broadcast or commercial publication. Otherwise, the tapes are open for research.

Processing Information: Processing of the collection was completed in 1992 by Marie Tedesco.

HISTORICAL NOTE

"Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old-Time Music" was a 13-part radio series developed in the late 1980s by Rachel Anne Goodman, at the time an employee of Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The series focused on women who were important to the development of country and old-time music and aired on public radio stations in 1990.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Southern Songbirds audio cassettes contain interviews, conducted by Rachel Anne Goodman, with women instrumental in the early development of country and old-time music. The audio cassettes also contain segments of these artists' music. Among the types of music recorded are country gospel, blues, old-time ballads, and western-style music. (Note: This collection contains an addendum.)

Important persons and subjects covered include:

Afro-Americans--Music
Baker, Etta, 1913-
Ballads
Blues (Music)
Carson, Martha
Carter Family (Musical group)
Cooper, Wilma Lee, 1921-
Country music
Dickens, Hazel
Fiddle tunes
Fiddlin' Powers Family
Gospel music
Grand ole opry (Radio program)
Jones, Ramona
Marks, Phyllis
Montana, Patsy
Old time music
Reed, Ola Belle
Ritchie, Jean
Slaughter, Matokie
Women country musicians

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Series I, AUDIO TAPES, 1990.

This series contains the seven audio cassettes which make up the collection. The tapes contain the final 28-minute programs of interviews and music. The tapes aired in 1990, but it is not certain when the tapes actually were completed. Each tape has been assigned a number and arranged consecutively according to that number. The tapes are stored according to accession number in the audio-visual storage area.

TAPE LIST

All tapes are 60-minute audio cassettes.

Tape No.	Description

1	Side 1: Hazel Dickens, "They'll Never Keep Us Down."
	Side 2: Wilma Lee Cooper, "Singing Out!"

2	Side 1: Patsy Montana, "The Cowboy's Sweetheart."
	Side 2: Ola Belle Reed, "I've Endured."

3	Side 1: Matokie Slaughter, "Blue Ridge Banjo Picker."
	Side 2: Martha Carson, "From Neon to Nashville."

4	Side 1: The Carter Family, "My Native Home."
	Side 2: Etta Baker, "Pickin' the Blues."

5	Side 1: Jean Ritchie, "Kentucky Born and Bred."
	Side 2: Phyllis Marks, "West Virginia Storyteller."

6	Side 1: Ramona Jones, "Fiddler's Choice."
	Side 2: The Powers Family, "Early Country Recordings."

7	Side 1: The Girls of the Golden West, "Real Cowboy Girls."

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