Folk music -- West Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Keith Dix and Archie Green, Compilers, Folk Music Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4707
Scope and Contents
One undated vocal recording of Ballad of Mother Jones with dobro and guitar accompaniment. Contributed by Dr. Keith Dix and Archie Green.
Dates:
undated
Kenneth H. Davidson, Collector, West Virginia Folklore, Folk Music, and Blues Tape Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1820
Scope and Contents
Tapes recorded and edited by Kenneth H. Davidson in various parts of West Virginia in the years 1963, 1964, and 1965. Includes fiddle tunes and folklore; band instrumentals; poems; mountain banjo styles; hymns; ballads; African-American blues; auto harp; mountain dulcimer tunes; and discussion with "mountain people" regarding drinking, children, civil rights, relations between white settlers and Native Americans, John the Baptist, etc. There is a detailed index and guide to the...
Dates:
1963-1965
Kenneth L. Carvell Folk Music Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4611
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of recordings of gospel music performed by the choirs and congregations of rural churches in Monongalia County, West Virginia, at various musical events held between 1957 and 1961. Most prevalent are recordings of the Monongalia Tri-District Sings, or "Third Sunday Sings" as they were popularly called, which were routinely convened on the third Sunday of each month extending from September to June. The collection also contains revival music, as well as...
Dates:
circa 1957-1961
Louis Watson Chappell (1890-1981), Folklorist, Research Papers, Sound Recordings, and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2480
Overview
Research papers and sound recordings compiled by Louis Watson Chappell, an English Professor and folklorist at West Virginia University who collected, documented, and preserved West Virginia's folk music and folk traditions. He was born in Belvidere, North Carolina and educated in English Language and Literature at Wake Forest University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.A.). Receiving a faculty appointment at West Virginia University in 1922, Chappell embarked upon a career...
Dates:
1815-1980
Marie Boette Folk Music Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4705
Scope and Contents
Recordings used in preparing Boette's book, Singa Hipsy Doodle: and Other Folk Songs of West Virginia, published by McClain Printing Co. in 1971. Collection includes vocal solos, hammered dulcimer solos, and vocal solos accompanied by dulcimer.
Dates:
1962-1969 and undated
Miscellaneous Folk Music Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4713
Scope and Contents
This collection includes various folk music recordings which have yet to be identified.
Dates:
1976 and undated
Motion Picture Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4370
Scope and Contents
This collection contains motion pictures related to West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region. Mediums include news footage, documentary films, industrials and West Virginia University footage. Although a single collection, this audiovisual content was acquired from a variety of sources, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, WVU-TV, Appalachian Film, and Monongalia County. Subjects include WVU sporting events, the coal mining industry and Appalachian culture, such as...
Dates:
1905-1997
Raymond Epler, Folk Musician, Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4710
Scope and Contents
Recordings made at Epler's South Charleston, WV home on 1987 July 11. Most selections feature Epler on solo dulcimer, although several are accompanied with guitar, dulcimer, autoharp, and hammered dulcimer.
Additional biographical information and complete song lists are available in the collection's control folder.
Dates:
1987 July 11
Revivalistic Church Music
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4699
Scope and Contents
8 reels and 5 cassettes of revivalistic church music recorded live at Tri-County Sings in Monongalia, Preston, and Taylor Counties, West Virginia, in 1958.
Dates:
1958
Thomas S. Brown Folk Music Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4612
Scope and Contents
Attending folk festivals in the early 1970s, when there was a revival of interest in folk culture, Thomas S. Brown became acquainted with "serious students of folk art as well as the folk artists themselves". His interest piqued and, encouraged by the Dean of Libraries at West Virginia University, Brown set out to make field recordings of traditional music in West Virginia to add to the folk music archives of the West Virginia and Regional History Center. In all, the Brown...
Dates:
1970-1982 and undated