Bill Parker Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0114 SAA 114

Staff Only

Bill Parker Collection Audio Recordings

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Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of photographs and digital copies of nine reel-to-reel audio tape recordings of singers, fiddlers, banjo players, and other traditional musicians, some of whom are otherwise undocumented. The recordings were made in the mid-1960s by Bill Parker of Paducah, Kentucky. Included are performances of Kentucky musicians at the American Folk Song Festival in Ashland, Kentucky; African-American singer and harmonica player "Peg Leg" Sam Jackson, in Knott County, Kentucky; and fiddlers and banjo players from Alabama and North Carolina.

Dates

Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1968

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College. A sampling of audio files may be heard online.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.

Extent

2.00 boxes_(general)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged by (1) recordings (including listening/reference copies in CD format) and (2) photographs.

Other Descriptive Information

BCA 0114 SAA 114

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist. The finding aid was created in July 2015 by Harry Rice and Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist.