Hillbilly music sources and symbols collection, 1965, 2003.

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Hillbilly music sources and symbols collection, 1965, 2003.

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Promotional materials (poster and program), two articles, and audiocassettes and videocassettes containing recordings of conference events. Among the topics covered at the conference were country, folk, and old-time music and the popular culture of the American South. The articles are "Hillbilly Music: Source and Symbol" by folklorist and labor historian Archie Green (1965) and "Country Music Sources: A Personal Perspective" by Douglas S. Meade. The latter article concerns the life and career of Meade's father, Guthrie T. Meade Jr. (Gus Meade), focusing on his work on the discography that became "Country Music Sources." Audiovisual materials document historian Benjamin Filene's keynote speech; panel discussions featuring folklorist Alan Jabbour, CSAS senior associate director William R. Ferris, discographer Richard K. Spottswood, and professor of American Studies Robert Cantwell; student presentations; Archie Green's closing remarks; and other activities.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Filene, Benjamin

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Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith), host.

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Hillbilly music sources and symbols.

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Hillbilly Sources and Symbols: Country Music, Cultural Brokerage, and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" was a conference held on 4-5 April 2003 at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The conference, sponsored by the Southern Folklife Collection, the Center for the Study of the American South (CSAS), and Music in Context, was a response to the surge in popularity of traditional music inspired by the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and a celebration of the publication of "Country Music Sour...

Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991

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Guthrie "Gus" Turner Meade, Jr., was a computer programmer and systems analyst with a lifelong interest in folk music, especially traditional country music and Kentucky fiddlers. Meade avidly collected records and corresponded with record collectors, discographers, and music scholars around the world. He spent his summers recording and interviewing Kentucky fiddlers. In 1956, Meade began an annotated discography of early traditional country music. The discography include...

Music in context.

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Jabbour, Alan

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Cantwell, Robert, 1945-....

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Green, Archie

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Archie Green, American folklorist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas, b. 6-29-1917. From the description of [The Archie Green Collection at the Rare Book Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.] [1876?]-1987. WorldCat record id: 156850892 Anglo-American singer Sarah Ogan Gunning (1910-1983) from Knox County, Ky., known for her performances of traditional ballads and songs, as well as her own compositions on the poverty and social conditi...

Meade, Douglas S. (Douglas Shannon), 1956-

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ferris, William R.

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William R. Ferris (1942- ), born and raised in Vicksburg, Miss., is an author, folklorist, filmmaker, professor, photographer, administrator, and scholar chiefly working in the areas of African American and southern culture. Among his many published works is the "Encyclopedia of Southern Culture," which he co-edited with Charles Reagan Wilson. From the description of William R. Ferris collection, 1919s-2003 (Subjects A-K). WorldCat record id: 56931433 From the description of...