Tallmadge, William H.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling Collection, 1987
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.06
Scope and Contents
This collection contains video recordings documenting the Fifth National Festival of Black Storytelling held at Berea College, November 12-14, 1987. Features of the event included concurrent storytelling sessions for various ages, the Second National Liars Contest, an informal "Swapping Ground" for storytellers, and scholarly lectures on the status of blacks in Appalachia.Among the fifteen master storytellers participating in the festival were Mary Carter Smith and Linda...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987
Symposium on Rural Hymnody Collection, 1974-1982
Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.02
Abstract
The Symposium on Rural Hymnody was hosted by Berea College on April 27-29, 1979. Follow the links in the Series 4 box list to listen to the recordings of Symposium presentations, performances, and a worship service. Presentations were given by seventeen participants. The symposium also featured performances by the A.L. Phipps Family of Knox County, Kentucky and the Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers of Dale County, Alabama. The group also traveled to Floyd County, Kentucky, to attend the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974 - 1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1978-1982