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Folk music -- West Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Augusta Fiddle Contest Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4714
Scope and Contents

Recordings of the Augusta Fiddle Contest, 1986. Featured performers include Jim Bryner, Wilson Douglas, Uncle Charlie Osborne, A. Cahan, A. Gelland, Ernie Carpenter and Alice Gerrard.

Dates: 1986
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Back Porch Music Time, Radio Program, Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4711
Scope and Contents

Recordings of the radio program, Back Porch Music Time, produced by Community Cultural Services in Moatsville, WV.

Dates: 1979 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Carl Fleischhauer, Compiler, Folk Music Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4708
Scope and Contents

Recordings of The Gospel Lights of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church in Concert, Morgantown, WV, July 25, 1976. A concert program including a full song list is available in the collection's control folder.

Assorted recordings by Ellis Hall (fiddle) and an unnamed guitarist. Rerecorded on March 2, 1975 from old 78 rpm discs.

Dates: 1975-1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Cortez D. Reece Folk Music Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4610
Scope and Contents Collection consists of duplicate copies of disc and tape recordings which Dr. Reece made during the course of his doctoral studies from 1949 to 1953. Nearly all forms of folksong found in southern West Virginia are represented. Reece's dissertation provides an excellent source of information pertaining to both informants and songs. Additional information on the songs can be found in the collection's control folder.Additional information available in: West Virginia University, and...
Dates: circa 1949-1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

David H. Sutton, Compiler, Folk Music Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4706
Scope and Contents

Recordings of the Helvetia Men's Chorus:

Rudolph and Norman Zumbach, Arnold Metzner, and Harrison Moore, 1969 August 30.

Arnold Metzner at Helvetia home with family, 1969.

Tunes of Helvetia performed by Benny Fahrner (fiddle), Mary Fahrner (vocal), and Bruce Butler (guitar), 1976 September.

Dates: 1969, 1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dorothy Clutter Collison and Ernest Skaggs, Folk Singers, Recording

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4696
Scope and Contents

7 in. 7.5 ips reel to reel tape recording of Dorothy Clutter Collison and Ernest Skaggs singing traditional ballads at the Hillbilly booth, West Virginia State Fair, August 1961.

Dates: 1961 August
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Grant County Arts Council Folk Music Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4709
Scope and Contents

Performers include Florena Evans Duling, Robert Clinton Propst, Blaine Likins, Israel Welch, and Arlie Cosner.

Performer biographies and complete song lists available in the collection's control folder.

Dates: 1978 September
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst, Compilers, Records Regarding West Virginia Country Music Performers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4160
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials related to Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst's research for their books on West Virginia country music performers. Materials include a book proof, Appalachian Studies Association Powerpoint presentation, Fairmont and Clarksburg Radio in Appalachian Country Music History Powerpoint presentation, and photos used in the book West Virginia's Traditional Country Music by Tribe and Bapst.Materials from the addendum of 2022 October...
Dates: 1925-2015; Majority of material found within 1930-1960
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ivan M. Tribe, Collector, West Virginia Country Western Music Memorabilia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4139
Scope and Contents Digital copies of photographs, song books, booklets, and other memorabilia documenting country western, bluegrass, gospel, and folk musicians and radio stations in West Virginia and neighboring states. The files represent four volumes of "West Virginia Country Western Photographs" collated by Ivan M. Tribe (author of several books on country and bluegrass music in West Virginia), as well as "Doc Williams' Border Riders Family Album" and "W-M-M-N Family Album 1941." Photographs include...
Dates: ca. 1930s-2000s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Cuthbert, Compiler, Folk Music Recordings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4702
Scope and Contents Assorted folk music recordings from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, featuring the following performers:Arnold "Boodge" Monk, recorded by John Cuthbert and Paul Yeaton. Guitar played in a three-finger (thumb, index, middle) style, two selections accompanied with fiddle. Recorded in Athens, WV, April 14, 1981.Florena Evans Duling, unaccompanied ballads and two spoken ghost stories. Recorded in Scherr, WV, September 7, 1978.Annie G. Evans, recorded in...
Dates: circa 1978-1983 and undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center