Papers / Cratis Williams and Sylvia Graham Williams, 1931-1943.

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Papers / Cratis Williams and Sylvia Graham Williams, 1931-1943.

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This collection consists of personal items and miscellaneous writings relating to Cratis Williams and Sylvia Graham Williams. It includes their letters to each other, poems in manuscript by Sylvia Graham Williams, family letters, Cratis Williams' correspondence with Loyal Jones and others, his Master's thesis and miscellaneous writing, slides and photographs, and personal memorabilia.

3 manuscript boxes (1.2 linear ft)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7778743

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Williams, Cratis D.

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Cratis Dearl Williams (April 5, 1911-May 11, 1985), a long-time faculty member at Appalachian State University (1942-1976), also considered the father of Appalachian Studies. From the description of Cratis Dearl Williams papers 1786-1986 bulk 1943-1983. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 46334648 ...

Williams, Cratis.

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Cratis Dearl Williams grew up in rural Lawrence County, Kentucky, where he began to study the speech, tales and songs of mountain folk, and taught in a one-room school. He became known for his presentations of Appalachian singing styles and dialects. His first wife (m. 1937), Sylvia Graham, came from the same area and attended both Berea Academy and Morehead State Teachers College (BA,1937). A poet and teacher, her health was fragile. In 1942 Sylvia was diagnosed with tuberculosis and entered a ...

Graham, Sylvia.

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