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Folk music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Steiner, Collector, Photographs of Appalachian Folk Music Festivals

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4129
Overview

Photographs of Appalachian folk music festivals, including the Ivydale (in Clay County) and John Henry festivals. Also included are digital files which are scans by the donor of the original prints in this collection. Many of the musicians have been identified by the titles of the digital files.

Dates: ca. 1968-1972

West Virginia Folklife Program Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4224
Scope and Contents Digital photographs, video recordings, oral history recordings and transcripts, folk music recordings and more collected as part of the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council. These recordings and files were generated by folklore fieldwork and programs conducted by the West Virginia Folklife Program state folklorist and other West Virginia Humanities Council staff, interns, and contracted professional folklorists and photographers.This field...
Dates: 1965-2021 and undated; Publication: 2016-2021 and undated

West Virginia University, Agricultural Extension Service, Musical Bulletin

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5120
Overview Book including songs and musical games, created for 4-H and Farm Women groups of West Virginia. Games include: "Grand March"; "Four in a Boat"; "Shoo Fly"; "Skating Away"; "Susan Brown"; "Green Coffee"; "Captain Jinks"; "Come My Love"; "I Want to be a Farmer"; "Turn the Glasses Over"; "Goin' Down to Cairo"; "Push the Business On"; "Alabama Gal"; "O Charley"; "Jim Along Josie"; "Goin' to Boston"; "Red River Valley"; "Good Night Ladies"; and "Pop Goes the Weasel". Songs include: "West Virginia...
Dates: 1914