John D. Loudermilk Collection, 1950-1991

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John D. Loudermilk Collection, 1950-1991

1950-1991

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20418/

John D. Loudermilk started his music career in his native North Carolina under the pseudonym Johnny Dee. After reassuming his birth name and moving to Nashville, Tenn., his commercial success as a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Publications earned him a spot in the Nashville Songwriters Association International's Hall of Fame. In addition to maintaining his songwriting career, Loudermilk also actively supported folk and country music through his participation in folk festivals, his involvement with the Southern Folk Cultural Revival Project, and his role as producer of a 1980 album by Chet Atkins and Doc Watson. The John D. Loudermilk collection includes papers, photographs, audio recordings, posters, and artifacts. Papers consist of sheet music, newspaper clippings and other memorabilia, correspondence, and other printed materials. Photographs include images of John D. Loudermilk alone or with others, as well as a few images related to album covers. Audio recordings include 45s, 78s, LPs, acetate discs, 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, and a reel-to-reel tape. These include recordings made by Roy Acuff Jr., Ernie Ashworth, Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, Marianne Faithfull, George Hamilton IV, Stonewall Jackson, Robert Mitchum, the Nashville Teens, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Sue Thompson, Johnny Tillotson, Tracey Ullman, Bobby Vee, Porter Wagoner, and others, as well as Loudermilk as himself or under the name Johnny Dee. Posters advertise performances or venues at which Loudermilk made appearances. Artifacts include t-shirts, buttons, and other items related to performances or venues at which Loudermilk appeared.

7.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6627744

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

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