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VIAFrevised2015-09-18machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-15T14:28:02machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-15T14:28:02humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonHurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966presumedHurt, Mississippi John, 1894-1966presumedHurt, Mississippi John, 1893-1966presumedHurt, Mississippi JohnpresumedHurt, John 1894-1966presumedMississippi John HurtpresumedJohn HurtpresumedHurt, Mississippi J. 1894-1966presumedMississipi John HurtpresumedHurt, John Smith 1893-1966presumedHurt, Mississippi John SmithpresumedHurt, John Smith 1894-1966presumedHurt, John Smith, 1892-1966presumedHurt, Mississippi John Smith 1894-1966presumedMississippi Johh HurtpresumedHurt, JohnpresumedMissippi John Hurtpresumed1893-07-021966-11-03AmericansCam, Ed.Gahr, David., 1922-2008Kahn, Ed.Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009.Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966Cam, Ed. John Edwards memorial collection, 1964-1969.Cam, Ed.Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976.Hall, Dave.John Edwards memorial collection, 1964-1969.3 sound recordings.Recordings of interviews with Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966), African-American country blues guitarist, singer, and recording artist from Avalon, Miss.; and Mance Lipscomb (ca. 1895- ), African-American country blues guitarist, singer, and recording artist from Navasota, Tex. Hurt classifies his songs into different types, playing the songs on the guitar as examples. Lipscomb discusses changes in race relations during his lifetime, and his musical techniques, tunings, and other blues musicians. University of North Carolina at Chapel HillSouthern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005Items: About 3,200; Linear Feet: 21.0The materials in this collection were compiled from various sources by Southern Folklife Collection staff, with the goal of creating a reference resource to aid in research. Artist name files contain correspondence, booklets, obituaries, press releases, discographies, promotional materials, and other items relating to many of the artists whose work is relevant to the Southern Folklife Collection as a whole.EnglishEnglishUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009. Mike Seeger collection, 1955-2002.Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009.Mike Seeger Collection, 1923-2012 (bulk 1955-2009)107.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 75,000 items)During the 1950s and 1960s, collector,folklorist, and traditional music performer Mike Seeger recorded interviews andperformances of many legendary old-time and bluegrass musicians. The collection consists of open reel tape and DAT audiorecordings from 1955 to 2002, along with supporting logs and films. The audiorecordings include both live performances and Seeger's interviews with many notablebluegrass and old-time musicians; master tapes from various LP recording projects;and recordings of Seeger's own band, the New Lost City Ramblers. Of particularinterest are live concert recordings featuring such musicians as Tony Alderman, E.C. Ball, Dock Boggs, Buzz Busby, Alex Campbell and Ola Belle Reed, Maybelle Carter,Elizabeth Cotten, Sady Courville, Cousin Emmy, Hazel Dickens, Lester Flatt and EarlScruggs, Roscoe Holcomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Jarrell, the Jim Kweskin JugBand, Grandpa Jones, the Lilly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Carl Martin and TedBogan, Dennis McGee, Sam McGee and Kirk McGee (the McGee Brothers), Bill Monroe andCharlie Monroe (the Monroe Brothers), the Osborne Brothers, Don Reno, Marc Savoy,Red Smiley, Kilby Snow, the Stanley Brothers, Ernest V. Stoneman, J. C. Sutphin,Merle Travis, Wade Ward, Mac Wiseman, and the New Lost City Ramblers. Also includiedare recordings of various performances and workshops at festivals, including theAmerican Old-Time Music Festival, the Bean Blossom Music Festival, and the CulpeperMusic Festival. There are also recordings from the New Lost City Ramblers' Europeantour with Adam Landrenau and Cyp Landrenau, Cousin Emmy, and the Stanley Brothers.Performances were recorded at large and small venues, including New River Ranch nearRising Sun, Md.; Sunset Park, Pa.; and the Union Grove Fiddlers Convention in NorthCarolina. Seeger recorded in-depth interviews with many musicians, includingClarence Tom Ashley, the Benfield Family, Dock Boggs, Charlie Bowman, MaybelleCarter, Tommy Jarrell, Kirk McGee, Sam McGee, Eck Robertson, Leslie Riddle, KilbySnow, Ernest V. Stoneman, and Wade Ward. Of particular interest is Seeger'sinterview with Columbia Records talent scout Frank Walker. Other New Lost CityRamblers recordings include raw tracks and master tapes for the group's albums; liverecordings at folk festivals, colleges, and other venues; and band meetings.Supporting documentation includes Seeger's logs for all of the audio recordings andan artist index. The Addition of February 2003 contains films of Mike Seeger andother musicians, including films of an old-time music workshop in 1977 and aninterview with Mike Seeger. The Addition of July 2009 contains audio recordingsfeaturing many of the musicians represented in the collection and others,among them Eddie Adcock, Howard Armstrong, Kenny Baker, the Balfa Brothers, DeweyBalfa, Ted Bogan, Hylo Brown, Vassar Clements, Sady Courville, Kyle Creed, BobbyDurham, Flick Flaharty, Alice Gerrard, the Goins Brothers, Ted Gossett, SarahGunning, Bill Harrell, Doc Hopkins, Tommy Jarrell, Lily May Ledford, Tex Logan, CarlMartin, Jimmy Martin, Dennis McGee, Melvin Robinette, Montana Slim, Ralph Stanley,Carl Story, Tut Taylor, Doc Watson, Nimrod Workman. The addition alsocontains recordings of Mike Seeger's interviews with musicologist Charles Seeger.The Addition of May 2010 includes video footage from Seeger's documentary project, . The Addition of June 2011 includes photographs and some negatives of Mike Seeger and many of the artists represented in the collection. Many of the photographs were taken by Seeger or otherwise collected by him. There are also several related manuscript items, among them letters relating to photographs in the collection, promotional materials, and scattered journals related to folk music. The addition of April 2012 contains photographs of Mike Seeger, both on stage and off, throughout his career. Talking FeetEnglishEnglishUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.Ed Kahn Collection, 1930-1999Kahn, Ed.Ed Kahn Collection, 1930-1999900; 11.0Scholar and folklorist, Ed Kahn (1938-2004) spent much of his life devoted to the study of American folk songs and early country music, conducting extensive field research and writing at length about both Merle Travis and the Carter Family. Kahn was was involved in the creation of the John Edwards Memorial Foundation (JEMF), along with Archie Green, D. K. Wilgus, Fred Hoeptner, and Eugene Earle. He was initially appointed Executive Secretary of the JEMF and was instrumental in starting the newsletter. JEMF Quarterly The collection consists of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to Kahn's research documenting American folk songs, Mexican border radio, and early country music and recording history. The bulk of the materials focus on Merle Travis and the Carter Family. Carter Family research materials include personal and professional correspondence; research files related to Kahn's dissertation on the Carter Family; transcripts from interviews with members of the Carter Family and people associated with them; letters to and from members of the Carter Family and their friends, family, and business associates; and handwritten songs found in a cabin where Sara Carter stayed after divorcing A. P. Carter. Merle Travis research materials include personal and professional correspondence; research files relating to Kahn's planned biography of Travis, including interview transcripts, discographies, sheet music, and song titles; chapter layouts and drafts for the biography; and articles and liner notes on Travis and American folk songs. Photographs chiefly represent the Carter Family, including publicity shots of the Carter children; the Carter Family performing with other artists, such as Mainer's Mountaineers, James Carson, Jimmie Rodgers, and Chet Atkins; individual images of Sara Carter, Maybelle Carter, and A. P. Carter; snapshots of the Carter Family at various points during their career; and images of friends and family. Other photographs include a publicity shot of Merle Travis and an image of Ray DeAutremont, who was involved in a 1923 train robbery. Audiovisual materials include Kahn's collection of commercially recorded transcription discs, non-commercial field recordings on open reel tape, and commercial and non-commercial audiocassettes and videocassettes. Transcription discs include recordings of Mexican border radio programs featuring the Carter Family, Patsy Montana, Cowboy Slim, the Pickard Family, and others. Open reel tapes chiefly include field recordings of early country and folk musicians, including Charlie Bowman, Mose Rager, Doc Hopkins, Ernest V. Stoneman, Clayton McMichen, the Blue Sky Boys, the Stanley Brothers, and others. Audiocassettes and videotapes chiefly record the Carter Family and Merle Travis.EnglishUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005Items: About 3,200; Linear Feet: 21.0The materials in this collection were compiled from various sources by Southern Folklife Collection staff, with the goal of creating a reference resource to aid in research. Artist name files contain correspondence, booklets, obituaries, press releases, discographies, promotional materials, and other items relating to many of the artists whose work is relevant to the Southern Folklife Collection as a whole.EnglishEnglishUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.David Gahr Collection of Photographs, c.1960s-1970sDavid Gahr Collection of Photographs c.1960s-1970s42 items (photographs)EnglishV & A Department of Theatre and Performance