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Radio programs -- Kentucky.

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Walter McNew Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0136 SAA 136
Abstract Walter McNew (1912 - 1998) inherited his knowledge of, and love for, shape note singing from his father, John G. McNew who was a fiddler, singing school teacher, and telegraph operator for the L&N Railroad in Rockcastle and Madison counties of Kentucky. The earliest of his recordings were made by Walter and his siblings on reel-to-reel tape. These recordings document both Walter alone and as part of a family gospel quartet with siblings, Astor, Homer, and Bernice (Branaman). The solo...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1993