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McLain Family Band Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0086 SAA 086
Abstract
The McLain Family Band came to be as the result of an interest in Bluegrass music developed by Raymond K. McLain (1928-2003) while Director of Hindman Settlement School in Knott County, Kentucky where he had moved in 1954 with his wife, Betty. This interest owed much to both family influence and formal academic training. McLain’s mother had been director of Southern Folk Life Studies at the University of Alabama. He had majored in music theory at Denison University and done graduate work...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968-1989; Other: Date acquired: 12/14/2001
Talitha Ethel Powell McClure Ballad Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0034 SAA 032
Abstract
Talitha Ethel McClure (nee Powell) compiled ballad texts in 1915 by for a contest initiated by Berea College President, William G. Frost. McClure received the prize for collecting the most lyrics. Her mother, Talitha Powell (nee Davis), provided ballad texts to British collector, Cecil Sharp, during a visit to Berea in 1917.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1915-1980
Wilson Reeves Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0141 SAA 141
Abstract
Wilson Reeves (1925-2008) was born in Fleming County, KY and attended Berea College. He was an avid amateur radio operator and collected unique and original recordings, with an extensive library of old-time and mountain music.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1970-1983