Folder 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the history of the Thornberry family string band from Henderson County, Kentucky over a period extending from the late 1800s to the mid-1970s. The original members consisted of Thomas and Gertrude Thornberry and their six children including son, Halbert, who compiled this collection. The collection consists of six audiocassettes of recordings made from 1962-1976, mostly of the Thornberry-Kentucky Farm-Home String Band at family gatherings in...