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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
Small Staff; Elizabeth Wilkinson; Sophie M. Abramowitz
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 27 and 28 do not circulate.
Custodial History
Material transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis. By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society. It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society.
Provenance
Archival transfer from MSS 9829, the papers of Arthur Kyle Davis, 19 February 1974 comprise series one and two. Series three, accession number Accession 2019-0235, donated by Marc Charles Perdue and Martin Clay Perdue.
Historical Note
The broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: "The Quest for the Ballad," "The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years," and "Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline."
The Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that "[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore," still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5).
Under C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked "all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present."
By 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the "Year Ending November 25, 1920," J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's "ballad tours" by donating $500 "for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State." The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America.
Two figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.
The second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will "publish our findings" and wrote in the Bulletin that "I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best." Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history.
The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore.
In 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive.
Beginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country.
In March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program.
In addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society. Its annual
program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's
informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County 
.
In 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings.
With the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book "To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition.
On March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, "Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study." Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, "the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore." This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972.
Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English & Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia.
The contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others.
The decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.
In spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981.
The changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field.
Consistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s.
Excerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm.
Scope and Contents
Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.
Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs.
The recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks. Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).
Please note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.
Arrangement
Arranged into three series: Series 1: Folk Songs; Series 2: Folk Song recordings; Series 3: Accession 2019-0235
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Black-and-white photographs
- Notebooks
- clippings (information artifacts)
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Adams, Henry Ward, 1861-1944
- Barker, Horton, 1889-1973
- Barnard, Allie Wallace, 1909-2001
- Bean, Robert Bennett, 1874-1944
- Bibb, Rosa Lewis, 1906-1992
- Booker, Betty Burwell, 1875-1967
- Davis, Lambert, 1905-1993
- Davis, Russell, 1904-1944
- Dold, W. E. (William Elliott)
- Eager, George Boardman, 1847-1929
- French, Daisy Mae, 1904-1986
- Gardner, Lena JoEllen, 1912-2004
- Gladden, Texas, 1895-1966
- Hall, George Basil, 1863-1943
- Hunt, John M., (Singer)
- Keesee, Abner, 1875-1956
- Kinnier, Leta Adams, 1912-1963
- Lee, Charles Irving, 1874-1946
- MacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-1990
- Morris, Victoria Shifflett
- Ogg, Florence Belle, 1879-1954
- Palmer, George William, 1869-1936
- Peel, Alfreda Marion
- Sears, Sis, 1888-1960
- Staples, Eleanor Louise, 1922-2012
- Wicks, Carter, 1879-1950
- Wilson, Harry M. (Harry Minor), 1893-1981
Container List
- Mixed Materials [X004962762] box: 1
17 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962763] box: 2
23 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962764] box: 3
38 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962765] box: 4
51 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962766] box: 5
73 folders1920-19341931-1932English.
- Mixed Materials [X004962767] box: 6
60 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962768] box: 7
75 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962769] box: 8
70 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962770] box: 9
87 folders1913-1937English.
- Mixed Materials [X004962771] box: 10
64 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962772] box: 11
79 folders1922-1938English.
- Mixed Materials [X004962773] box: 12
68 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962774] box: 13
84 folders1916-1936English.
- Mixed Materials [X004962775] box: 14
77 folders1920s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962776] box: 15
24 folders1910s-1920sEnglish.Scope and Contents
Folder 1 contains transcripts and notes.
- Mixed Materials [X004962777] box: 16
26 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962778] box: 17
14 folders1920s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962779] box: 18
30 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962780] box: 19
23 folders1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962781] box: 20
10 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962782] box: 21
9 folders1920-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962783] box: 22
10 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962784] box: 23
22 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962785] box: 24
6 folders1910s-1920sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962786] box: 25
15 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
- Mixed Materials [X004962787] box: 26
7 folders1910s-1930sEnglish.
Boxes 27 and 28 in this series DO NOT circulate.
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 229
Jack the sailor ; Miss Mary's parrot1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 230
The two sisters ; The two brothers1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 231
The fisherman girl ; 1869 (Sarah)Keesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 232
The old man that lived in the west ; Far Fanil townKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 233
William Hall ; Sweet William1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 234
Barbara Allen ; Two little devilsGladden, Texas, 1895-19661932-08-07
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 235
Jessel Town (The two brothers) ; The house carpenterGladden, Texas, 1895-19661932-08-07
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 236
Broken Hearts ; Samuel Moore and Johnny DoyleGladden, Texas, 1895-19661932-08-09
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 237
Lord Thomas ; Raleigh TruedomBarker, Horton, 1889-19731932-08-15
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 238
Devilish Mary ; The old woman by the seashoreBarker, Horton, 1889-19731932-08-15
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 239
The farmer's curst wife ; The Turkish reveleeBarker, Horton, 1889-19731932-08-15
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 240
Barbara Allen ; The silver dagger1932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 241
Lord Thomas ; Barbara Allen1932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 242
Lord Bateman ; Little Massey Grove1932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 243
A hunting songMorris, Victoria Shifflett1932-11-21
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 244
The drunkard's curse ; The house carpenterMorris, Victoria Shifflett1933-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 245
John of the Hazelgreen ; The soldier boyMorris, Victoria Shifflett1933-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 246
A pretty fair miss in the garden ; The seven sleepersMorris, Victoria Shifflett1932-11-01
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 247
Dinah and Billikins ; The paper of pins1932-11-14
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 248
The House Carpenter ; Where are you going my pretty maid?1932-11-14
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 249
We hunted and we hollered ; The house carpenter1932-11-14
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 250
The prentice boy ; As I was a-going to Nothingham Fair1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 251
Who will shoe your pretty little foot? ; Salt water sea1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 252
The cuckoo ; Wild hog1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 253
Willdy weaver ; The drowsy sleeper1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 254
A wealthy young farmer ; Billy boy1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 255
Littl Saro ; Littl Saro1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 256
Lily Lark ; The seventh brother1933-04-13
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 257
Mary Hamilton ; The Devil and the nine questionsPeel, Alfreda Marion1932-08-09
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 258
The Devil and the nine questions ; The miller's sonsPeel, Alfreda Marion1932-08-09
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 259
Soldier song ; The Turkish ladyMorris, Victoria Shifflett1932-11-21
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 260
The seven brothers or Lord William ; John Willow, my son1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 261
Wicked Polly ; The dying cowboy1933-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 262
The jealous lover ; The two brothers1933-03
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 263
Lady Margaret ; Lady Margaret1933-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 264
The Jewish ladyMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 265
The old maid's lament ; Greenfield Mountain1932-08-11Scope and Contents
Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 266
Bow ye down ; The cat and the rat ; My Irish love1932-08-11Scope and Contents
Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 267
Love Henry ; Major Andrew1935-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 268
The orphan ; The little orphan girl1935-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 269
The salt sea ; Brother Green1935-08-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 270
What sort o' shoes do Satan wear? ; My dear old mother1935-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 271
Wicked Polly ; Miss Mousie1935-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 272
You waked me up the darkest night ; The blind child1935-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 273
Fair EllenSears, Sis, 1888-19601932-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 274
London's bridge ; Two little brothers from school one day1932-08-15
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 275
The house carpenter1932-08-15
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 276
Sweet fern ; Three nights' experience1932-11-11
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 277
The pretty Mohea ; Billy boy1932-11-11
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 278
The blind boy's cry ; A parting song1934-05-30
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 279
WIlliam Reilly ; The bright sunny south1934-05-30
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 280
Pretty Betty ; Barbara Allen1934-05-30
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 281
Sweet Sally ; The jockey boy1934-05-30
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 282
Poor old maids ; Sir Henry1934-05-31
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 283
When I entered in my sixteenth year ; Lovers' farewell1934-05-31
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 284
Pretty Polly ; What should make you sad, my darling?1934-05-31
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 285
The twelve disciples1932-08-16
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 286
The bold sea captain ; The drunkard's courtship1932-08-16
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 287
Johnny's gone to Hilo ; Haul away, my Johnny O.Hunt, John M., (Singer)1933-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 288
Santa Anna ; Santa AnnaHunt, John M., (Singer)1933-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 289
Blow the man downHunt, John M., (Singer)1933-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 290
McAfee's confessionLee, Charles Irving, 1874-19461934-05-31
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 291
The Irishman's dream ; Araby's daughterLee, Charles Irving, 1874-19461934-05-31
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 292
Black Jack Davy ; Little Omie WiseBarnard, Allie Wallace, 1909-20011932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 293
The lady of the lake ; Bonny Jean ; The old man that learnt how to plow1936-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 294
The state of Arkansas ; Dandoo1932-11-11
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 295
Lord Thomas ; My dear sweetheart, so fare you wellPalmer, George William, 1869-19361932-08-08
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 296
The wind that blew over the wild moor ; The fatal wedding1932-11-11
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 297
The little family1932-08-11
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 298
Sweet birds ; Red wingStaples, Eleanor Louise, 1922-20121936-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 299
When the work's all done this fall ; The dying cowboy1936-05
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 300
Samuel Hall ; Oh dear, what can the matter be ; A burglar bold ; I wish I were single again1936-05
Samuel Hall ; Oh dear, what can the matter be ; A burglar bold ; I wish I were single again, 1936-05Scope and ContentsMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 301
The three jolly Welshmen ; Mrs. Bond ; The old armchair ; The squirrel song1936-05Scope and Contents
Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 302
Villikins and his Dinah ; The King of the Cannibal Islands ; I had a farm out west ; Clarence Macfadden1936-05Scope and Contents
Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 303
Mr. Frog ; A paper of pins1936-05Scope and Contents
Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 304
Lord Lovel ; The fox went out1936Scope and Contents
Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 305
The frog went a-courting ; The husking of the corn ; The old gum tree ; Old Bob Ridley ; Mr. Mouse ; Pop goes the weasel ; The worm songBean, Robert Bennett, 1874-19441935-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 306
When I was single ; Charlie is a good little boy ; O crackey, O scissors ; The country bladeBean, Robert Bennett, 1874-19441935-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 307
The cat came back ; Little old man run through tthe woods ; The bear went over the mountain ; Come, little bird ; Dese bones gwine rise again ; Mary Ann Malinda Jane JonesBean, Robert Bennett, 1874-19441935-03-10
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 308
The ballad of the good old rebel ; Here comes the duke a-ridingEager, George Boardman, 1847-19291935-03-24
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 309
O Roger rum ; Green grow the rushes ODavis, Lambert, 1905-19931933Scope and Contents
Lambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 310
Green grow the rushes O1933
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 311
The bastard King of England1933
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 312
All God's children got shoes ; Prepare me Lord ; The gospel train ; Old black Joe1933Scope and Contents
Gospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 313
The gospel trainWicks, Carter, 1879-19501935Scope and Contents
Carter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 314
Mabel Clare ; Peter Pinder ; Oh little boy ; I met King Jesus in the clouds ; Mary wept and Martha cried ;Dold, W. E. (William Elliott)1932-1938Scope and Contents
William Elliott Dold, vocals.
- Mixed Materials box: 27 Phonodisk 315
Mrs. Molly Stinnett Whitehead and friend1932-1938
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 316
Rabbit trap ; I am but a poor girlKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 317
I would not marry an old man ; Sweet Willie, dearKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 318
The cruel mother ; Sweet WildeeKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 319
John Henry ; The wild moorKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 320
The boston burglar ; Joe Bowers1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 321
The Irish girl ; A pretty fair maiden1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 322
Ye roving bachelors ; The lonesome dove1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 323
Dickie Jones ; The three little babes1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 324
The orphan children ; Pretty Sally1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 325
Dodgers ; I once loved a little girl1932-08-04
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 326
John Henry ; John Hardy1932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 327
Pretty Polly ; Weeping willow1932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 328
My true love ; The miller and his three sonsMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10Scope and Contents
Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 329
George Collins ; The three little babesMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 330
The bad boy ; The butcher boyMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 331
Where are you going, Billy boy?Bibb, Rosa Lewis, 1906-19921933-01-23Scope and Contents
Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 332
Where are you going, Billy boy?Bibb, Rosa Lewis, 1906-19921933-01-23Scope and Contents
Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Mixed Materials box: 28 Phonodisk 333
The old woman all skin and bones ; Run nigger run1932-11-14English.Scope and Contents
Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange
County , Virginia, United States
GeneralThis resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.
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My boy Billy ; When I was a young girl1932-11-14
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Barbara Allen ; The Boston burglar1932-11-11
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The three little babes ; The Jewses' daughter1932-11-11
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The jealous lover ; Kitty Wells1932-11-11
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Wounded affections ; The Texan ranges1932-08-07
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Mr. frog lived on a hill ; Shivering in the cold1932-08-07
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When you hear the whippoorwhills calling ; I'm going to my new town tomorrow1932-08-11
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Wild Bill Jones ; Loving Henry1932-08-11
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Springfield Mountain ; The Indian chief's lament1936-05
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Villikins and Dinah ; Old Dan Tucker ; The refugee1936-05
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Oh, bury me not on the lone prairieHall, George Basil, 1863-19431938-08-05
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Homeward bound ; Sally Brown ; Whiskey Johnny ; Rio Grande ; A cowpuncher songHall, George Basil, 1863-19431938-08-05
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The Ten Commandments ; One morning, one morning in May1932-08-15
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Walking on the green grass ; I'll tell you of a soldier1932-11-11
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The Lion's den ; Pretty Molly1932-08-04
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Once I courted a fair beauty brightPalmer, George William, 1869-19361932-08-08
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Groundhog ; Seven long years1932-08-11
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The little sparrow ; Little BonnieGardner, Lena JoEllen, 1912-20041932-08-11
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Pretty Mohea ; Out in the moonlight1936-05
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Our Goodman ; Old Dan'l Tucker ; Ransom, transom, terbiteeStaples, Eleanor Louise, 1922-20121936-05
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Soldier, soldier ; The ram in derby1936-05Scope and Contents
Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States
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The black sheep ; Willie, my darlingBarnard, Allie Wallace, 1909-20011932-08-04
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The Turkish ladyMorris, Victoria Shifflett1932-11-21
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Edward ; The little sparrow1932-08-16
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The red, white, and blue ; The Spanish captain1932-08-10
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Poor Joe ; Rickett's hornpipe ; Hozzleton ; Sailor's hornpipe ; Devil's dream ; Fisher's hornpipeLee, Charles Irving, 1874-19461934-05-31
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Johnny row-toe ; The little sparrowKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
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My sailor boy ; The dog and the gun ; Daniel in the lion's denKeesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
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My pretty little miss ; You tryin' to lose me, Charlie?Keesee, Abner, 1875-19561932-08-04
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The house carpenter ; John Hardy1932-08-04
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Lady Margret ; Old Grumble1932-08-04
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Wild hog ; New River train1932-08-11
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Barney McCoy ; True love's at war1932-08-10
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Ship on the ocean ; Go way and leave me if you wish toMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10Scope and Contents
Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States
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Georgia buck ; The rejected loverMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10Scope and Contents
Eunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States
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The pretty Mohea ; I know a pretty little girlMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10
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I'm going to Georgia ; It's hard to loveMacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-19901932-08-10
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Scolding Joan ; The dumb wifePeel, Alfreda Marion1932-08-09
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Billy boy ; The saltwater sea1933-04-13
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I'm a broken-hearted fellow1933-04-13
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Give me chickens to eat without any bones ; Pretty Betty Martin1933-04-13
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Green Bill ; Old grumble1932-11-14
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Rum dum diddledum ; Cremo, crimo, kady1932-08-04
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On the banks of the Sweet Willie ; Sherman Valley1932-08-04
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Jack and Joe ; Poor old maids ; The jealous lover1932-08-04
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The ram of derby ; SkewbaldAdams, Henry Ward, 1861-19441932-08-04
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Skewbald ; Old Joe ClarkAdams, Henry Ward, 1861-19441932-08-04
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Going to Georgia ; Pretty Saro ; My wagon is loadedKinnier, Leta Adams, 1912-19631932-1938
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The scolding Joan ; A pretty fair damselFrench, Daisy Mae, 1904-19861932-08-08Scope and Contents
Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States
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Sourwood Mountain ; Sourwood Mountain1932-08-10Scope and Contents
J. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States
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The merriest girl that's out ; The three leaves of shamrock1933-01-23Scope and Contents
Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Parted lovers ; A jig dance ; A rebel song1932-08-04
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Three black crowsWilson, Harry M. (Harry Minor), 1893-19811932-1938Scope and Contents
Minor Wilson, vocals.
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Hog eye ; Silver spadeDavis, Russell, 1904-19441933-10
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Sandy River bell ; Greasy string1934-05-31
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Putnam's Hill1933-01-01Scope and Contents
Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Ship on the oceanSears, Sis, 1888-19601932-08-09
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I'll tell you of a fellow ; The cuckooOgg, Florence Belle, 1879-19541932-08-01Scope and Contents
Florence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States
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Waterbound1932-1938Scope and Contents
S. F. Russell, dulcimer.
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A pretty fair miss ; Jack went a-sailingMorris, Victoria Shifflett1932-11-01
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Londonderry air1932-1938Scope and Contents
Frank Geldand, piano.
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Au clair de la lune ; Cherubino's song ; Connais-tu le paysBooker, Betty Burwell, 1875-19671932-1938
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The dear companion ; Test recording of Arthur Kyle Davis, Sr.1932-1938
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[Untitled German song] / Green grow the rushes, O1932-1938Scope and Contents
A.K. Davis (1st work).
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Post-prandial convivialities1932-1938
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Instructions for using Fairchild Recording Machine1932
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Test recording at the Sir Walter Hotel1932Scope and Contents
A.K. Davis, vocals.
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Test recording1932-1938
Materials within the boxes have been maintained in their orginal order. This accession has been minimally processed.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1905-2003English.Scope and Contents
This box contains a mixture of materials (ephemera, cassettes (filed separately), original and photocopied correspondence, research, and primary source documents, administrative documents, flyers, photographs, and other papers) related to the Virginia Folklore Society at its inception and ca. 1970s-1990s.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1981-2001English.Scope and Contents
This box contains administrative and public-facing documents related to Virginia Folklore Society meetings and website, discontinuously from 1981-2001. It also contains documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program ca. 1988-1990s.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1974-2003English.Scope and Contents
This box contains a number of Virginia Folklore Society newsletters, documents related to the creation and publication of the Journal of the Virginia Folklore Society (Folklore and Folklife in Virginia), documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society website, and other Virginia Folklore Society documents and ephemera including flyers and stationary.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot1979-2003English.Scope and Contents
A large volume of materials related to the Journal of the Virginia Folklore Society (Folklore and Folklife in Virginia), all related to Volumes 1-5 (1979-1981, 1988). Administrative and public-facing documents related to the 75th anniversary meeting in 1988, and newsletters dated after that meeting. Documents related to Rosa Bibb, a ballad singer from Virginia.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1970-2007Scope and Contents Note
Papers related to the A.K. Davis Duplication Project, documents related to Virginia Folklore Society membership, documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program, photographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, and materials related to Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.
Inventory• A.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s. • Membership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in "VFS Archive & Application Materials" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999. • Material related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in "Folklore Advisory Committee: Current" and "VFS: Folklife Coordinator" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled "Folklife Coordinator Rankings," and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials. • Photographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs. • Corrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1977-2005English.Scope and Contents Note
Virginia Folklore Society Membership records and a number of administrative and public-facing documents related to the Society, and an assortment of other Society-related documents.
Inventory• Membership records include: "Membership Applications—Old" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in "Old, outdated mailing lists" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002. • Also includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including "Returned to Sender" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1974-2001English.Scope and Contents Note
Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, correspondence between Charles and Nancy Perdue and others, and other assorted Society papers.
Inventory• Multiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom. • Assorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: "75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society," presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988. • Virginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995. • Assorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.
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1 Cubic Feet 1 cubic foot box1977-2003English.Scope and Contents Note
Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, related to membership, correspondence, banking, the archive, the website, and the Society's presence in the UVA archive. Periodicals related to folklore and folklife in Virginia, including the Virginia Folklore Society newsletters.
Inventory• 3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980. • Assorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s. • Online printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. • Assorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of "The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People," vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of "Virginia Wildlife" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway. • A number of books, catalogued separately.