Paul Brown collection, 1950-1999.

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Paul Brown collection, 1950-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54369581

Materials from Brown's personal collection of recordings and accompanying documentation relating to his promotion of folk music and activities as record producer, banjoist, and radio journalist. Included are old-time music, bluegrass, and mountain music items, as well as materials relating to his radio career, especially with National Public Radio. Many of the recordings document NPR's "Across the Blue Ridge" episodes; others document performances, workshops, conventions, festivals, small gatherings, and private recording sessions that Brown attended and sometimes participated in, 1980-1999. Documentation materials include time sheets for five sets of ADAT multitrack masters and their accompanying DAT and cassette tapes, as well as programs and documentation from live events. Musicians significant in this collection appear as access points in this record.

ca. 650 items (45.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7677354

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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