East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
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Title: |
J. E. Brooks Collection |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 399 |
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Physical Description: |
1 linear foot |
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Creator: |
J. E. Brooks |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The J. E. Brooks Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia by J. E. Brooks, Brentwood, Tennessee, February 12, 1992.
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Recordings must be used in the archives. Copying or loaning of recordings is prohibited.
Processing Information: Ned Irwin completed processing, and the collection was opened for research in December 1996.
A. P. Carter, his wife Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle first recorded as the Carter Family in pioneering recording sessions at Bristol, Va., in 1927. They continued to perform and record together until 1941, establishing themselves as one of the most influential groups in the country music industry. They recorded a wide range of song types from blues, ballads, and gospel to traditional folk songs and original compositions. Carter family members recorded in various combinations in later years, with A. P., Sara, and their children Janette and Joe recording together and sometimes known as the Carter Family. Maybelle later performed and recorded with her daughters, June Helen, and Anita. In 1970, the original Carter Family was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
The J. E. Brooks Collection consists of commercial recordings (some original but primarily audiocassette copies) of music by the original Carter Family, A. P. Carter and family, Maybelle Carter and family and printed matter (primarily photocopies of books, periodicals, and published articles) about the Carters. Also included is one cassette recording of the Virginia Boys (Doc Addington and Carl McConnell, respectively brother and cousin of Maybelle Carter) and one cassette recording of Peter Feldman.
Organization: The collection is arranged in two series: Series I, Printed Material, 1930-92 and undated and Series II, Recordings, 1927-91 and undated.
Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960
Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978
Carter, Sara, 1899-1979
Carter Family (Musical group)
Country music
Country musicians
Doc and Carl (Musical group)
Series I consists of books, periodicals, published articles, and miscellaneous material (primarily photocopies) about the Carter Family. Material is arranged alphabetically by title and housed by accession number in Small Collections.
Series II consists of commercial recordings and compilations of commercial recordings of the original Carter Family, A. P. Carter and family, Maybelle Carter and family, Maybelle and Sara Carter, as well as recordings by the Virginia Boys (Doc and Carl) and Peter Feldman. Photocopies of liner notes and lyrics which accompanied some of these recordings are filed at the end of the series. Recordings are in various formats, including 78 rpm, 33 rpm, 45 rpm, compact disc (CD), and audiocassette tapes. Arrangement is by format type beginning with original 78 rpm recordings through audiocassette tape copies.
Folder 1. The Carter Family: Country Music's First Family, 1978.
Folder 2. Country & Western Classics: The Carter Family, 1982.
Folder 3. Life magazine, December 1991
Folder 4. Miscellaneous Material, 1963-80.
Folder 5. The Old-Time Herald, May-July 1992.
Folder 6. Victor Records catalog, 1930.
- 1. 78 rpm record: Victor Records V-40110, 1929. [songs, "Little Moses" and "God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign"]
2. 78 rpm record: Acme Recording 997, 1952. [A. P., Sara, Janette and Joe Carter; songs, "Sow 'Em On The Mountain" and "I'll Be Satisfied"]- 3. 33 rpm LP: "Border Radio: Carter Family, Mainer's Mountaineers, Cowboy Slim Rinehart," 1990. (compilation)
4. 33 rpm LP: "The Carter Family on Border Radio," undated. (compilation)
5. 45 rpm record: The Carter Family, undated. [songs, "Keep on the Sunny Side" and "Fair and Tender Ladies"]
6. Contains four items: "The Country Music Hall of Fame: The Carter Family," 1991 (a compact disc with an audiotape cassette copy, compilation); "The Original Carter Family from 1936 Radio Transcripts," undated (audiotape compilation); "The Carter Family: Last Recordings, vol. 1," 1991 (audiotape compilation).- 7. 12 pack cassette audiotape set (copies): Includes "Time-Life: The Carter Family," undated [3 tapes]; "The Carter Family: New Greatest Hits," undated; "The Carter Family: "Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy," undated; "The Carter Family: On Border Radio," undated; "Mother Maybelle Carter and Family, Folk Festival USA," undated [2 tapes]; "The Carter Family: Authentic Country Music," undated; "Sara and Maybelle: An Historic Reunion," undated; "Doc
and Carl: The Virginia Boys," (copy of "Jimmy Smith Meets Doc and Carl, the Virginia Boys" album PMR245, Pine Mountain Records), undated; "Peter Feldman: How to Play Carter Style," undated.- 8. 12 pack cassette audiotape set (copies): "The Original Carter Family of Maces Spring, Virginia," undated.(compilation of Victor and Decca recordings, 1927-41)
- 9. Record liner notes (copies), undated.
10. Song titles and lyrics (copies), undated.
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