East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
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Title: |
Roan Mountain Project Collection |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 435 |
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Physical Description: |
One Legal Manuscript Box [includes two 5 ½ inch open reel
audiotapes] One Shoe Box [17 audio cassettes] |
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Creator: |
Jean H. Speer and Thomas Burton |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: Jean H. Speer, director of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), donated five file folders on the Roan Mountain Project to the Archives of Appalachia on February 23, 1993. Thomas G. Burton, English department, ETSU, donated the audiotapes and three file folders of written documentation to the archives on February 24, 1992. Archives staff originally placed the Speer materials in Accession 251, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services Records, and the Burton materials in Accession 160, Thomas G. Burton Collection, but transferred all materials to the newly-created Roan Mountain Project Collection on October 5, 1993.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Processing Information: Processing of the collection was completed in 1998 by Marie Tedesco.
The Roan Mountain Project was part of the Upper Cumberland Folklore, Folklife, and Oral History Archives Project sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Conservation. Homer Kemp of Tennessee Technological University’s Upper Cumberland Studies Program, headed the Upper Cumberland project for the department of conservation. During 1992, the project evaluated various types of documentation available on the folklore and folklife of Roan Mountain. Among the types of documentation included in the evaluative report completed by the project are published articles, clippings, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes, and gravestone rubbings. Burton’s Spring 1992 American folklore class carried out the Roan Mountain American Folklife Survey. Class members tape-recorded interviews with Roan Mountain residents, transcribed the interviews, wrote analysis reports on the interviews, and documented cemeteries in Roan Mountain. Burton’s class completed its work in March 1992; Richard Blaustein , CASS, forwarded the final report to Kemp on November 24, 1992.
The collection includes written documentation which specifies project requirements and findings; interview transcriptions, analyses, releases, dub sheets, and biographical information sheets; and audiotapes of interviews. The collection focuses on reminiscences of residents of life in Roan Mountain, traditional music, and folklore. A subject index and song index follow the series description.
Organization: The collection contains two series: Series I, Project Requirements and Reports, 1992, and Series II, American Folklore Class Materials, 1991-92.
Ballads
Cemeteries-North Carolina-Roan Mountain
Cemeteries-Tennessee-Roan Mountain
Cloudland Hotel
Country music
Distilling, Illicit
Dulcimer
Folklore-North Carolina-Roan Mountain
Folklore-Tennessee-Roan Mountain
Ginseng
Hicks, Orla, 1909-
Midwifery
Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.)
Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.)-History
Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.)-Social life and customs
Wilder, John Thomas, 1830-1917
Young, Malone, 1920-
Series I, PROJECT REQUIREMENTS AND REPORTS, Dates: 1992 and undated, Physical description: Box 1
Series I consists of documentation relating to the requirements of the Roan Mountain Interpretive Research Project. Included are the interpretive research package and the final research report on the Roan Mountain project. Documents have been arranged alphabetically by title of report.
1. Interpretive Research Report, 1992
2. Tennessee Department of Conservation, Interpretive Services Section: Interpretive Research Package, undated
Series II contains written and audiotaped documentation on Roan Mountain folklore and folklife collected by students in Thomas G. Burton’s Spring 1992 American folklore course. The bulk of the class materials revolve around interviews of Roan Mountain residents by class members. Included are audiotapes of the interviews; interview transcriptions, dub sheets, and releases; and biographical information sheets on the interviewee. Class materials also include burial site documentation reports, one collective analysis of the interviews, and clippings on Roan Mountain persons and events. All written documentation pertaining to a specific interview has been placed in a file on that individual. These files have been arranged alphabetically by surname of the interview subject. The non-interview materials have been arranged alphabetically by subject and/or documentation type, and placed after the interview documents. All written documents have been placed in Box 1. Audiocassettes have been arranged alphabetically by surname of interviewee, assigned a sequentially number, and placed in Box 2. Please note that two open reel audiotape masters have been placed in Box 1.
3. Caldwell, Julian, February-March, 1992
4. Garland, Plato, February-March, 1992
5. Heaton, Harry, February, 1992
6, Hicks, Orla, February-March, 1992
7. Miller Family, February-March, 1992
8. Morgan, Roger, February-March, 1992
9. Potter, Crawford, February-March, 1992
10. Roark, Eddie, February-March, 1992
11. St. John, Nelson and Ruth, February 22, 1992
12. Street, James, February-March, 1992
13. Ward, Frank, February-March, 1992
14. Young, Malone, January 15, 1992
15. Burial Site Documentation, February 22, 1992
16. Clippings, 1991-92 and undated
17. Roan Mountain Interviews: An Analysis by Amy Dickson, March 25, 1992
1. Campbell, Julian, Interviewed by Chad Whitfield and Matthew Lane, February 8, 1992
2. Garland, Plato, Interviewed by Chad Whitfield and Jennifer Cureton, February 25, 1992
3. Graybeal, Byron, Interviewed by E. Scott Schwarzer, March 5, 1992
4. Heaton, Harry, Interviewed by Debbie Keith and Sue Sikora, February 22, 1992, 1of 2
5. Heaton, Harry (continued), 2 of 2
6. Hicks, Orla, Interviewed by Debbie Keith, et al, February 8,1992, 1 of 2
7. Hicks, Orla (continued)), 2 of 2
8. Miller Family, Interviewed by Lorrie Bettis, et al, February 8, 1992
9. Morgan, Roger, Interviewed by Pam Goshell, et al, February 8,1992
10. Potter, Crawford. Interviewed by E. Scott Schwarzer and Mike Lewis, February 8, 1992 [master tape is 5 ½ " open reel which has been placed in Box 1], 1 of 2. One audio cassette copy includes 10 and 11. Cassette is numbered "10 and 11" and has been placed in sequential order in Box 2.]
11. Potter, Crawford (continued) , 2 of 2 [master tape is 5 ½ " open reel which has been placed in Box 1]
12. Roark, Edward. Interviewed by Kendra Hinkle, Russ Bailey, and Amy Cook, February 8, 1992
13. St. John, Nelson and Ruth. Interviewed by Amy Cook and Pam Goshell, February 22, 1992
14. Street, James. Interviewed by Mary Powers, Thomas Warden, and Cathy Gilliam, February 22, 1992, 1 of 2
15. Street, James (continued). 2 of 2
16. Ward, Frank. Interviewed by Roger Carper, February 8, 1992
17. Young, Malone. Interviewed by Thomas Burton, January 15, 1992.
Agriculture: 1-8, 9, 12; Tape 9, 10, 11*, 14, 15
Appalachian Trail: 1-12; Tape 15
Burbank Community: 1-4; Tape 2
Business and commerce: 1-3, 5
Caldwell, Julian: 1-3; Tape 1
Catnip: 1-8, Tape 9
Chestnut blight: 1-5
Childbirth: 1-6; Tape 6
Churches: 1-9, 10, 12; Tapes 10, 11*, 12, 15
Civil War: 1-16
Civilian Conservation Corps: 1-12; Tape 14
Cloudland Hotel: 1-3, 4; Tapes 1, 2, 4, 5
Coal mining: 1-10; Tape 12
Courting and marriage: 1-6; Tape 6
Distilling, illicit: 1-9, 12, 13, Tapes 10, 11*, 14, 16
Elizabethton, Tennessee: 1-12; Tape 14
Fiddle: 1-7; Tape 8
Flood of 1940: 1-13; Tape 16
Folk medicine: 1-8; Tape 9
Folk medicine: 1-8; Tape 9Folk Toys: 1-6, 8; Tape 6
Food preservation: 1-6; Tape 6
Garland, Plato: 1-4; Tape 2
Ghost stories: 1-6, 10; Tapes 7, 12
Ginseng: 1-4, 8
Graybeal, Bryson: Tape 3
Great Depression: 1-6, 10, 12, 13; Tapes 6, 10, 11*, 14, 15
Guitar: 1-7; Tape 8
Hammer dulcimer: 1-7; Tape 8
Hearths and fireplaces: 1-16
Heaton, Harry: 1-5; Tapes 4, 5
Herbs: 1-8, 16; Tape 9
Hicks, Orla: 1-6; Tapes 6, 7
Hog Killing: 1-8; Tape 9
Homestead Cemetery: 1-15
Influenza epidemic, 1918: 1-4
Iron ore: 1-5, Tape 4
Livestock: 1-9, 12; Tapes 10, 11*, 14
Lye soap: 1-6, 8; Tapes 7, 9
Medical Care: 1-9, 13; Tapes 10, 11*, 16Midwives: 1-6; Tape 6
Miller, Cherie: 1-7; Tape 8
Miller, Dave Homestead: 1-7; Tape 8
Miller, Frank: 1-7; Tape 8
Miller, Jane: 1-7; Tape 8
Morgan Herb and Metal Company: 1-8; Tape 9
Morgan, Roger: 1-8; Tape 9
Potter, Crawford: 1-9; Tapes 10, 11*
Quilting: 1-6, Tape 6
Roark, Edward: 1-10; Tape 12
Sheet, James: 1-12; Tapes 14, 15
Shell Creek: 1-4; Tape 2
Snowstorm of 1936: 1-13, Tape 16
Social Life: 1-9; Tape 10, 11*
St. John, Nelson and Ruth: 1-11,; Tape 13
Strawberry Mountain: 1-7, Tape 8
Tales: 1-12, 16; Tape 14
Tall tales: 1-10; Tape 12
Tobacco raising: 1-9; Tapes 10, 11*
Tourism: 1-5; Tape 4Trapping: 1-8; Tape 9
Veterinary medicine: 1-9; Tapes 10, 11*
Ward, Frank: 1-13; Tape 16
Whitehead Family Cemetery: 1-15
Whitehead, "Tiger Jim": 1-16
Wilder, General John: 1-5; Tapes 4, 5
Wool spinning: 1-6; Tape 6
Works Progress Administration: 1-12, 13; Tapes 14, 16
World War II: 1-13, Tape 16
Young, Malone: 1-5, 14; Tapes 5, 17
Youth: 1-3; Tape 1
Amazing Grace: Tape 8
Arkansas Traveler, The: Tape 8
Chopin Farewell: Tape 8
Down Yonder: Tape 8
Dutch Girl, The: Tape 8
Fly Away: Tape 8
Listen to the Mocking Bird: Tape 8
Midnight on the Water: Tape 8
Old Joe Clark: Tape 8
Red Wing: Tape 8
Tennessee Waltz: Tape 8
Turkey and the Shaw, The: Tape 8
Wildwood Flower, The: Tape 8
MTC 06/01 - modified GKY 03/12/02