Cheryl Oxford collection, 1981-1988 [manuscript].

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Cheryl Oxford collection, 1981-1988 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52864136

Materials Oxford collected and produced in conjunction with her Ph.D. dissertation, "They Call Him Lucky Jack: 3 Performance-Centered Case Studies of Storytelling in Watauga County, N.C." The focus of this research was the stories and performance paradigms of three traditional Appalachian Jack tale storytellers from North Carolina: Ray Hicks, Stanley Hicks, and Marshall Ward. Other regional tellers of Jack tales, both traditional and revival, including W. W. Rowland, Richard Chase, Frank Proffitt, Jr., Gwenda LedBetter, Doug Elliott, Orville Hicks, and Fred Armstrong-Park, were also documented as part of her research. The bulk of the materials are audio and video recordings of public performances and interviews, which include storytelling. Also included are story transcripts, published articles by Cheryl Oxford, and a copy of her dissertation. Most of the fieldwork was conducted during the summers of 1981 and 1982, with fieldwork and performance documentation continuing until 1988. The collection provides rich documentation of specific stories and storytelling performances by North Carolina regional storytellers and examples of the same story told by different tellers in the same region and the same story told by the same teller on different occasions. Audio and video recordings also contain a wealth of material on Appalachian traditional medicine, ghost stories, music, family genealogy, and folk customs and beliefs. Included is a rare performance of "Jack in the Lions' Den" by Marshall Ward.

95 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7660356

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Rowland family.

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Oxford, Cheryl

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An instructor and coordinator of performing arts at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton, N.C., Cheryl Oxford received her B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. From the description of Cheryl Oxford collection, 1981-1988 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 52864136 Cheryl Lynne Oxford was born in Morganton, N.C., on 8 February 1955. She attended the University of North Carolina at ...

Park, Fred

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Ward family.

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Rowland, W. W.

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Hicks, Stanley, 1911-1989

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LedBetter, Gwenda.

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Hicks, Orville

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Proffitt, Frank, Jr., 1946-2005

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Hicks, Ray, 1922-2003

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Hicks family.

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Ward, Marshall

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Chase, Richard, 1904-1988

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American folklorist, storyteller, and collector of folktales. Works include Grandfather Tales, the Jack Tales, and American Folk Tales and Songs. From the description of Richard Chase collection, 1983 Nov. 3 [videorecording]. (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 36093722 Richard Chase was a folklorist who collected folktales in Watauga County, N.C. and western Virginia. He wrote several books including The Jack Tales, American Folk Tales and Songs, and The ...

Elliott, Douglas B.

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