Federal Music Project - Eastern Kentucky Folk Song Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: BCA 0121-SAA 121

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 131 song lyrics and tune transcriptions of songs, ballads, hymns, and fiddle tunes collected in about 1936 by Federal Music Project workers in Boyd, Floyd, and Rowan Counties in eastern Kentucky. In a few instances there are either lyrics without musical transcriptions or transcriptions without lyrics.

Dates

Creation: 1936

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. 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 use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.

Full Extent

2.00 ms_boxes

Full Extent

.74 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Arrangement is alphabetical by song title.

Method of Acquisition

The material is in photocopied form and was compiled by Berea College Library staff from a lyric collection at the Louisville, Kentucky Free Public Library and a related set of transcriptions found in the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.