Annabel Morris Buchanan Papers, 1902-1972

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Annabel Morris Buchanan Papers, 1902-1972

Annabel Morris Buchanan Papers, 1902-1972

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Annabel Morris Buchanan, composer, author, folk music collector, and officer of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Correspondence, field collections, writings, manuscript music, and other items documenting the career of Annabel Morris Buchanan. Included is correspondence with folklorists, musicians, poets, composers, performers, publishers, National Federation of Music Club officials, and personal correspondence. Also included are field collections, mostly of songs collected in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maine, West Virginia, and elsewhere, between 1930 and 1960; writings, including three book manuscripts and articles incorporating songs and tales and describing Buchanan's collecting methods; manuscript music, including hand- noted scores of Buchanan's settings and compositions; a manuscript of a book of folk songs from southwestern Virginia; articles and clippings about Buchanan and about the White Top Folk Festival; photographs of the White Top Festival and the Virginia State Choral Festival, as well as photographs of Buchanan's friends, family, and professional associates; and other items.

13000; 17.0

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection