Appalachian Region, Southern -- Music.

Abstract Cratis Williams was a scholar and folklorist who was an early leader in establishing the discipline of Appalachian Studies. He was an eastern Kentucky native but spent the major part of his academic career teaching literature, speech, and drama at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The audio and video recordings in this collection document Williams' class lectures, interviews, and public performances at Berea College during the period 1971-1985. In varying...

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Twenty-six 8 x 10 photographs with jpeg files on a CD. The photos were made by Marty Godbey at the 1979 Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music. Persons in the photos are The Morgans string band consisting of Frank Godbey-mandolin, Mary Morgan-autoharp, Tom Morgan-guitar, and Leon Hodge-banjo. Others included are early country music performers, fiddler Curly Fox and singere / banjo player Wade Mainer with his wife Julia Mainer.

Scope and Contents One hundred thirty three audio recorded interviews and detailed content summaries (not transcripts) documenting the economic and social conditions of people who have lived or worked on the Kentucky River. Kentucky counties documented were Anderson, Carroll, Clark, Estill, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Henry, Jessamine, Lee, Madison, Mercer, Owen, Powell, Rockcastle, and Woodford.Narrators talk about industries and occupations associated with the river, various types of boats,...

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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.