Timothy Duffy collection, 1990-2004.

Resource Type

ArchivalResource

Display Entry

Duffy, Timothy. Timothy Duffy collection, 1990-2004.

Title

Timothy Duffy collection, 1990-2004.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54492276

Abstract

Chiefly sound recordings, but there are also artist files, CD liner proofs, correspondence, photographs, posters, documentation, video recordings, and miscellaneous items. Most of the material relates to Duffy's work with MMRF. Sound recordings include Duffy's folklore thesis fieldwork in the Black Mountains of North Carolina and recordings of blues, gospel, and R & B artists such as Walt Davis, Ray Greene, Jeeter Riddle, James "Guitar Slim" Stephens, Etta Baker, Willa Mae Buckner, Guitar Gabriel, Cool John Ferguson, Cootie Stark, Cora Mae Bryant, Sammy Mayfield, Neal Pattman, Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, Jerry McCain, Essie Mae Brooks, Precious Bryant, Preston Fulp, Macavine Hayes, Algia Mae Hinton, John Dee Holeman, Captain Luke Mayer Luther, Taj Mahal, and the Greene Acres Picking Party. Some of the sound recordings include interviews with artists. Note that musicians significant in this collection appear as access points in this record.

Extent

ca. 1050 items.

Holding Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7678833

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Duffy, Timothy

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Timothy Duffy (1963- ), folklorist and musician, produced field recordings of the American roots tradition as an undergraduate at Warren Wilson College and while working on a folklore master's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A few years after graduating in 1991, he co-founded the Music Maker Relief Foundation (MMRF), a non-profit organization near Hillsborough, N.C., that helps southern roots tradition musicians meet their financial needs and gain recognition for their...