Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection 1874-1973.

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Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection 1874-1973.

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This collection consists of correspondence, writings, song texts, journals, diaries, photographs, sound, and video recordings documenting the career of North Carolina folk music scholar and festival organizer Bascom Lamar Lunsford. It was compiled by Loyal Jones in the process of writing Minstrel of the Appalachians, a Lunsford Biography.

2.8 linear ft. (7 mss boxes)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7633118

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Lunsford, Bascom Lamar, 1882-1973

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Jones, Loyal, 1928-....

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Lunsford was particularly noted for his memory collection of 300 ballads, tunes and tales and the establishment in 1927, of the Ashville, North Carolina based Mountain Dance and Folk Festival which has continued to the present time. During his long career, Lunsford practiced law, published a song collection, and made several documentary recordings, while continuing to perform (vocal, banjo, and fiddle), collect songs, and write a few of his own, including "That Good Old Mountain Dew". He travele...

Mountain Dance and Folk Festival (N.C.)

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