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Folk songs -- Kentucky.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Talitha Ethel Powell McClure Ballad Collection

 Collection — 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