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Civil War correspondence of the DeBussey brothers of Ravenswood, WV. There is a single letter each from John DeBussey and George DeBussey. John DeBussey served in the Confederate Army while George DeBussey served in the 2nd. WV Cavalry. Most of the letters are from Adolphus DeBussey who served in the 4th. WV Infantry as a musician. In his letters Adolphus documents the service of his regiment in the Kanawha Valley early in the war and in the Western Theater during the battles of Vicksburg, Mississippi and Chattanooga, Tennessee. There is much mention of fighting and prolonged encampments in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Included are details of an 1861 Confederate raid on Burning Springs, an 1861 skirmish at Gauley Bridge, and the 1861 battle of Guyandotte. The letters also record his experiences during Sherman's march through Georgia. The collection includes Corporal Adolphus DeBussey's flute with its case.

Digital audio files of performances by pianist Herman Godes, who taught at West Virginia University. Includes indexes to works that appear in these recordings and photos of Godes and newspaper clipping. Included are recordings of concerts from the 1950s through the 1980s. Concert titles listed include: Alabama Concert 50s, Early 60s Irish Tape, Home & WQXR, Brahms Concerto #3 Fargo, ND, Chopin Con #1 Flint, MI, At Home, Globe, AZ recital, Indiana U, Rutland VT, Berloit KS, Mozart.Sporh Orch, Den Haag March 1960, ConcertoRecital WVU 6061, WVU Oct. 17, 1961, WWVU TV programs, WVU April 10, 1962, Walla Walla March 3, 1963, WVU Feb. 13.1964, WVU Jan 18.1973, WVU Feb. 26, 1970, WVU Feb. 11, 1965, WVU March 22, 1977, WVU 4.30.63, WVU 10.20.64, WVU Schumann 12.15.66, WVU Russian 1.10.67, Concertos Rach #3 65 & Liszt #2 67, Charleston WV Sym Brahms #2 1.31.71, WVU Orch 10.18.73 Rach #2, Guest Artist DCCSC 5.5.78, WVU 10.18.84, WVU 3.24.88, With Orchestra, WVU 10.178.71, WVU 3.24.81, Beethoven Con #5 Chopin Con F Minor, WVU 2.5.76, WVU 1.31.74, WVU 4.13.71, WVU 4.27.82, WVU 11.19.74, Tchaikovsky #1Beethoven #5 (1st), WUV 7.11.68, WVU 4.3.79, WVU Summer 1970 TJA's 1978, WVU 3.25.1980, WVU Chamber Music, w Lezhnev-cello 10.17.72 Pitts, wJon Crain WVU 10.3.72, WVU 10.27.70 Beethoven, LP's, and WVU 11.14.67.

Archives of an eminent folklorist and professor of English at West Virginia University. Manuscripts include field folklore collections, lecture notes, book manuscripts, correspondence, student papers, and folksong arrangements. There are also materials regarding Gainer's position as director of South Atlantic USO activities during World War II and a journal of a folksong collecting trip to Ireland in 1961. Also two hundred and ninety-three audio tapes containing vocal and instrumental folk music, folklore and oral history, recorded in West Virginia and in Scotland and Ireland. Nearly half of the material is performed by Gainer himself. The collection also includes news clippings relating to folklore and Gainer's career, as well as a variety of photographs, film clips, and personal awards and memorabilia.