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Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst, Compilers, Records regarding West Virginia Country Music Performers, 1925/2015, bulk 1930/1960

14.22 Gigabytes 1,415 files, formats include .tif, .jpg, .ppt, .doc, .docx and .pdf 0.02 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in.
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This collection contains materials related to Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst's research for their books on West Virginia country music performers. Materials include a book proof, Appalachian Studies Association Powerpoint presentation, Fairmont and Clarksburg Radio in Appalachian Country Music History Powerpoint presentation, and photos used in the book West Virginia's Traditional Country Music by Tribe and Bapst.

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Ivan M. Tribe and Jacob Bapst, Compilers, Records regarding West Virginia Country Music Performers, 1925/2015, bulk 1930/1960 14.22 Gigabytes 1,415 files, formats include .tif, .jpg, .ppt, .doc, .docx and .pdf 0.02 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in.

Ivan M. Tribe, Collector, West Virginia Country Western Music Memorabilia, 1930/2009

26.4 Gigabytes 591 .tif files
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Digital copies of photographs, song books, booklets, and other memorabilia documenting country western, bluegrass, gospel, and folk musicians and radio stations in West Virginia and neighboring states. The files represent four volumes of "West Virginia Country Western Photographs" collated by Ivan M. Tribe (author of several books on country and bluegrass music in West Virginia), as well as "Doc Williams' Border Riders Family Album" and "W-M-M-N Family Album 1941." Photographs include several behind-the-scenes and promotional images of the "Buddy Starcher Show" and the "Sleepy Jeffers Show" on WCHS-TV in Charleston, WV, several photographs of performances at the Grand Ol' Opry, and promotional portraits of "Little" Jimmy Dickens, Brad Paisley, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, and other local and national recording artists. This collection also contains several photos of minstrel performers in blackface.

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Ivan M. Tribe, Collector, West Virginia Country Western Music Memorabilia, 1930/2009 26.4 Gigabytes 591 .tif files

Louis Watson Chappell (1890-1981), Folklorist, Research Papers, Sound Recordings, and Other Material, 1815/1980

29.71 Linear Feet 44 document cases, 5 in. each; 6 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 small collection file folder, 0.25 in.; 7 blue notebooks, 1.5 in. each; 3 ft. 2 in. of acetate discs; 4 pieces of disc recorder equipment, 66.5 in. total; 3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each 36.7 Gigabytes 160 .wav files
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Research papers and sound recordings compiled by Louis Watson Chappell, an English Professor and folklorist at West Virginia University who collected, documented, and preserved West Virginia's folk music and folk traditions. He was born in Belvidere, North Carolina and educated in English Language and Literature at Wake Forest University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.A.). Receiving a faculty appointment at West Virginia University in 1922, Chappell embarked upon a career dedicated to documenting and preserving West Virginia's folk music, which proved to be highly significant.
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Louis Watson Chappell (1890-1981), Folklorist, Research Papers, Sound Recordings, and Other Material, 1815/1980 29.71 Linear Feet 44 document cases, 5 in. each; 6 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 small collection file folder, 0.25 in.; 7 blue notebooks, 1.5 in. each; 3 ft. 2 in. of acetate discs; 4 pieces of disc recorder equipment, 66.5 in. total; 3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each 36.7 Gigabytes 160 .wav files

Motion Picture Collection, 1905/1997

105.33 Linear Feet 79 record cartons, 15 or 17 in. each
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This collection contains motion pictures related to West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region. Mediums include news footage, documentary films, industrials and West Virginia University footage.

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Motion Picture Collection, 1905/1997 105.33 Linear Feet 79 record cartons, 15 or 17 in. each

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