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Folk songs -- Appalachian Region, Southern.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Josiah Combs Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0071 SAA 071
Abstract Born in Hazard, Kentucky, Josiah H. Combs (1886-1960) grew up in Hindman where he learned many folksongs from family members, especially his mother. In 1902 he entered the newly established Hindman Settlement School, where his songs came to the attention of school director, Katherine Pettit (who sent the words of several of these songs to folk music scholar George Lyman Kittredge who arranged for their publication in the Journal of American Folklore.) ...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1960