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Popular culture -- Southern States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Appalachian Culture

 File — Box 6, Folder: 10-13
Identifier: Folders 10-13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1968-2000

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