Leland Ledgerwood collection, 1880-1998.

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Leland Ledgerwood collection, 1880-1998.

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Materials, primarily 1890-1953 and centering around the life and career of country musician William Ledgerwood, include Ledgerwood family genealogical records and photographs; business correspondence and publicity clippings related to Ledgerwood's Tennessee Fiddlers; and sound recordings, chiefly of country music. Photographs are largely from William Ledgerwood's childhood and youth in Grainger County, Tenn., and Rutledge, Tenn. Also included are photographs of the original Ledgerwood's Tennessee Fiddlers in Warren, Ohio. Band business and publicity materials include correspondence and clippings from newspapers either reviewing or advertising the band's appearances. Sound recordings are primarily home-recorded acetate discs and reel-to-reel tapes, some recorded after the band had stopped performing publicly. The recordings preserve a wide array of traditional country songs performed mainly by members of Ledgerwood's Tennessee Fiddlers. Included are recordings of William Ledgerwood, Gladys Ledgerwood, and Fred Ledgerwood, as well as other musicians who worked with the band, including Mack McGraw. Also included are three cassette recordings of interviews with Leland Ledgerwood.

71 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7549339

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ledgerwood family.

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Ledgerwood's Tennessee Fiddlers

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Ledgerwood, Gladys, 1889-1962

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Flynn, Gerald (Musician)

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Gerald T. Flynn was a member of the United States Army, Eleventh Air Force, 54th Fighter Squadron, during World War II. He was stationed on Attu for over two years during the war. From the description of World War II photographs, 1942-1944. (UAA/APU Consortium Library). WorldCat record id: 60411681 ...

Ledgerwood, Fred, 1899-1965

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McGraw, Mack

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Ledgerwood, William, 1889-1962

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Ledgerwood, Leland

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Leland Ledgerwood father, William Layfayette Ledgerwood, was born in Grainger County, Tenn., in 1889. He left Tennessee to work in the coal mines of Virginia, but soon moved to Ohio, where he married Gladys Jane Allen in 1915. In 1916, Ledgerwood formed the string band Ledgerwood's Tennessee Fiddlers with his wife, brother Fred, Bill James, and Gerald Flynn. The group performed in and around Warren, Ohio, during the late 1920s. The band eventually included some of Gladys and William Ledgerwood's...

James, Bill (Musician)

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