Lily May Ledford collection. 1936-1985.

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Lily May Ledford collection. 1936-1985.

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These files include autobiographical writing, press clippings, articles, and photographs documenting the career of country music performer, Lily May Ledford (1917-1985). It brings together material formerly found in Berea College's Appalachian Center and Hutchins Library's Appalachian Vertical Files with manuscript and photographic items made available by Ledford's granddaughter, Cari Norris.

.4 linear feet (1 box)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771687

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Lair, John A.

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Soldier. From the description of Letters John A. Lair, 1864-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014838 John Lair was born in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1894. He began radio work in 1930 at Chicago's WLS as producer, emcee, and music librarian. In the process he accumulated a large sheet music collection and gained a reputation as a folk music authority. In 1939, he opened a country music tourist complex at Renfro Valley in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, from which he b...

Ledford, Lily May, 1917-1985

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Lily May Ledford brought tradional banjo and fiddle tunes to a mainstream audience through years of radio performance. Lily May Ledford grew up learning ballads and hymns from her mother and fiddle tunes and popular songs from her father. In her teens she performed for community dances and tourists visiting the Red River Gorge area near her home. Lily May and sisters Rosie and Minnie were the key members of the Coon Creek Girls, probably the first all-female string band....

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