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Ralph Epperson Collection, 1943-2006

Title: Ralph Epperson Collection, 1943-2006

Ralph Deward Epperson founded radio station WPAQ (740 AM) in Mount Airy, N.C. The station began broadcasting in February 1948 and was the first radio station in Surry County, N.C. On the station, Epperson promoted local musicians and the region's traditional bluegrass, old-time, and gospel music. He has been widely credited with contributing to the preservation of the music of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina and Virginia. The collection consists of instantaneous discs, open reel tapes, and audiocassettes. Instantaneous discs were recorded at WPAQ in Mount Airy, N.C., many of them during live radio broadcasts. Discs include recordings of Ralph Epperson, as well as local performers of gospel music and bluegrass music, including Benton Flippen, the Green Valley Boys, the Carolina Sunshine Trio, and the Gospel Four Quartet. Open reel tapes include recordings of bluegrass and old-time music conventions and festivals, recordings of the weekly WPAQ radio show and other recordings made during live broadcasts at WPAQ. Artists recorded include Melvin Slaydon and the Carolina Ramblers, Tommy Jarrell, Ernest East and the Pine Ridge Boys, Delmar Starling and the Original Carolina Buddies, the Blue Sky Ramblers, and Glen McPeak and the Green Valley Boys. Audiocassettes consist of recorded oral history interviews with Ralph Epperson. Merry-Go-Round,

ArchivalResource: 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1275 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20401/ View

Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005

Title: Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005

The 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.

ArchivalResource: Items: About 3,200; Linear Feet: 21.0

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/30005/ View

Brown, Paul, 1952-. Paul Brown collection, 1950-1999.

Title: Paul Brown collection, 1950-1999.

Materials from Brown's personal collection of recordings and accompanying documentation relating to his promotion of folk music and activities as record producer, banjoist, and radio journalist. Included are old-time music, bluegrass, and mountain music items, as well as materials relating to his radio career, especially with National Public Radio. Many of the recordings document NPR's "Across the Blue Ridge" episodes; others document performances, workshops, conventions, festivals, small gatherings, and private recording sessions that Brown attended and sometimes participated in, 1980-1999. Documentation materials include time sheets for five sets of ADAT multitrack masters and their accompanying DAT and cassette tapes, as well as programs and documentation from live events. Musicians significant in this collection appear as access points in this record.

ArchivalResource: ca. 650 items (45.0 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54369581 View