Doc Hopkins Audio Recordings Reference Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0266

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of original interview audio recordings, transcripts, and audio tape copies of commercial recordings.

Listen To Recordings / Read Transcripts

Dates

Other: Date acquired: 05/06/2017

Conditions Governing Access

Some records within this collection can be accessed digitally - see detailed description below. Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite all information.

Extent

2.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Doctor Howard Hopkins was a popular performer on mid- western radio in the 1930s and 1940s. Born January 26, 1900, in Harlan County, Kentucky, Hopkins began playing banjo during his boyhood on an instrument his father crafted for him. The Hopkins family moved to Rockcastle County, where Doc’s neighbors included his future radio colleagues John Lair, Karl Davis, and Harty Taylor. In 1930 Lair invited his schoolmates to Chicago, and Hopkins named the new band the Cumberland Ridge Runners. Hopkins also played solo, ﬁrst recording in 1931 for Paramount and later for the American Record Corporation and Decca. The bulk of his recorded work, however, resided in numerous radio transcriptions for the music publisher M. M. Cole.