Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection, circa 1925-1992 (bulk 1991-1992)

Collection Number: 20054

Collection Title: Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection, circa 1925-1992 (bulk 1991-1992)

This collection has access restrictions. For details, please see the restrictions.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

Archival processing of the Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Expand/collapse Collection Overview

Size	1 foot of linear shelf space (approximately 190 items)
Abstract	The Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection consists of audio recordings, documentation, and photographs of Anglo-American old-time musicians from western North Carolina. The materials were created and compiled by musicians, Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam, as part of a 1992 North Carolina Arts Council folklife documentary grant. The audio recordings primarily consist of field recordings and interviews by musicians from Avery County, Buncombe County, Mitchell County, and Yancey County, including Steve Ledford, Luke Smathers String Band, and Red Wilson.
Creator	Greene, Bruce, 1951- Dirlam, Hilary.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language	English

Expand/collapse Information For Users

Restrictions to Access: Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection #20054, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from the North Carolina Arts Council circa 1993 (Acc. 103031).

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Expand/collapse Processing Information

Processed by: Anne Wells, February 2016

Encoded by: Anne Wells, February 2016

Archival processing of the Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Expand/collapse Subject Headings

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

Expand/collapse Biographical Information

Robert Bruce Greene is known for preserving and playing old-time Kentucky fiddle music. He is also an old-time banjo player, singer, fiddle teacher, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. Greene moved to Yancey County in western North Carolina in 1978 and often performs locally with other old-time musicians in and around Yancey County, including Rob Levin, Don Pedi, and with his partner, Loy McWhirter.

Old-time musician Hilary Dirlam has been a resident of North Carolina for more than twenty-five years. Dirlam has made contributions to the region's music, both in her own playing and through her preservation efforts. She played bass for both the Carroll Best Band and Luke Smathers' Swing Band, and has performed and recorded with other old-time musicians, including Bruce Greene and Peter Sutherland.

Expand/collapse Scope and Content

The Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection consists of audio recordings, documentation, and photographs of Anglo-American old-time musicians from western North Carolina. The materials were created and compiled by musicians, Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam, as part of a 1992 North Carolina Arts Council folklife documentary grant.

Audio recordings are on audiocassette and consist of original field recordings and interviews made by Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam, as well as dubbed recordings compiled by Greene and Dirlam for research purposes. The recordings primarily consist of field recordings and interviews by old-time musicians from Avery County, Buncombe County, Mitchell County, and Yancey County, including Steve Ledford, Luke Smathers String Band, and Red Wilson.

Documentation and papers correspond to the recordings and include a tape index, tape logs, as well as scattered clippings, articles, and ephemera related to the musicians featured on the recordings. Tape logs consist of brief artist biographies and song titles.

Color and Black and White photographs depict old-time musicians from western North Carolina, including Wesley Crowder, Thomas Hunter, Rex Stewart, Russell Stewart, and Katherine Walton. The majority of the photographs were taken by David Holt of High Windy Productions.

Contents list

Expand/collapse Series Quick Links

1. Audio Recordings, circa 1925-1992 (bulk 1991-1992).
2. Documentation, 1978-1992.
3. Photographs, 1992.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Audio Recordings, circa 1925-1992 (bulk 1991-1992).

62 items.

Arrangement: Original order has been maintained.

Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from original containers and corresponding documentation found in series 2. Recordings are assumed original unless otherwise stated.

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1036	Garrett Arwood Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1037	Garrett Arwood Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1038	Garrett Arwood, Pigeon Roose, N.C. Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1039	Francis Ballew Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1040	Carolina Barn Dance Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1041	Carroll Best, 22 December 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1042	Carroll Best, banjo tunes, 1974 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1043	Carroll Best, Pure Mountain Melodies Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1044	Robert Blankenship, 31 March 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1045	Robert Blankenship, 15 April 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1046	Robert Blankenship, 18 June 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1047	Virginia Wilson Boone and Essie Ray Wilson, Pensacola, N.C., 29 January 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1048	Virginia Wilson Boone and Essie Ray Wilson interview, Pensacola, N.C., 28 February 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1049	Welzie Chrisawn, 1 May 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1050	Welzie Chrisawn, Burnsville, N.C., 13 February 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1051	Wesley Crowder, 1 February 1990 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1052	Farmer's Federation Collection: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1053	Farmer's Federation Collection: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1054	Marvin Faulkner, 11 December 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1055	Arvil Freeman, 22 January 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1056	Arvil Freeman, 13 July 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1057	Gordon Freeman, 20 September: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1058	Gordon Freeman, 20 September: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1059	Gordon Freeman, 16 December 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1060	Gordon Freeman, 30 June 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1061	Biss Honeycutt, 10 January 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1062	Biss Honeycutt, 1 August 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1063	Mitchell Hopson, Burnsville, N.C. Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1064	Mitchell Hopson, Burnsville, N.C. Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1065	Mitchell Hopson, Burnsville, N.C. Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1066	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 1 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1067	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 2 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1068	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 3 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1069	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 4 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1070	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 5 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1071	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 6 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1072	Steve Ledford Collection: tape 7 of 7 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1073	Mount Olive Baptist Church Congregation, 16 February 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1074	Chubb Parham, 30 December 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1075	Queen Belle Randolf and Naomi Ledford Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1076	Queen Belle Randolf and Naomi Ledford Audiocassette Dubs; Side A: LP titled "Queen Belle and Naomi Sings You a Blessing," produced by Tice Randolph and recorded at Country Road Studios, Marion, N.C.; Side B: home recording made by Ledford family
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1077	Cora Rector, Celo, N.C., 23 February 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1078	Otis Reed Center, Senior Citizens Prayer Meeting Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1079	Luke Smathers Band, 29 March 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1080	Luke Smathers Band Audiocassette Dubs; Side A: Armed Forces Radio Show with Blueeyed Boys (including Charles Gidney), Naples, Italy, 1945; Side B: Blueeyed Boys, Songs of 20s-30s; Lum Powell on Hawaiian guitar, Dakie Williams on rhythm guitar and vocals, Johnny Yosayage on accordion, Slim Jackson on guitar and vocals, Charles Gidney on bass
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1081	Russell Stewart, 28 March 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1082	Russell Stewart, 5 April 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1083	Russell Stewart, 26 June 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1084	Russell Stewart and Rex Stewart interview, 2 July 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1085	Beatrice Thomas, 19 January 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1086	Toe River Valley Boys; Steve Walter Ledford Audiocassette Dubs; Side A: "Toe River Country," Toe River Valley Boys, GHP 903; Side B: Steve Walter Ledford, "Fiddlin' on Ledford's Front Porch," RM001
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1087	Toe River Valley Boys Audiocassette Dubs; Side A: "Train Time," Toe River Valley Boys, GHP 906; Side B: "Traditional Grass," Toe River Valley Boys, MA0015
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1088	Travellers Quartet Audiocassette Dub of a wire recording made by Joe Blalock of Spruce Pine, N.C., from a radio program on WBRM in Marion, N.C.; Edd Gibbs on baritone, Welzie Robinson on lead guitar, Lee Hilliard on bass, Dewey Wilson on tenor, and Lillian Robinson on piano
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1089	Katherine Walton, 24 January 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1090	Katherine Walton, 8 February 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1091	Rhonda Westall, Celo, N.C., 8 November 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1092	Hilyard Wilson Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1093	Oscar "Red" Wilson and Walter Riddle, Ledger, N.C., 2 November 1991 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1094	Oscar "Red" Wilson, Ledger, N.C., 24 July 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1095	Oscar "Red" Wilson interview, Ledger, N.C., 8 May 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1096	Arvle Wyatt Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20054/1097	Arvle Wyatt, Micaville, N.C., 2 August 1992 Audiocassette

Expand/collapse Series 2. Documentation, 1978-1992.

About 60 items.

Arrangement: Original order has been maintained.

Documentation that corresponds to the recordings found in series 1. Papers include a tape index, tape logs, as well as scattered clippings, articles, and ephemera related to the musicians featured on the recordings. Tape logs consist of brief artist biographies and song titles.

Processing information: Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained. Folders were formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 124, folder 125, folder 126, folder 127, folder 128, and folder 129. Corresponding audio recording call numbers and former folder titles listed beneath title.

Folder 1	Tape index: FS-20054/1036-1097 Formerly found in folder 124 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 2	Arwood, Garrett Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1036, FS-20054/1038 Formerly found in folder 124 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 3	Ballew, Francis Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1039 Formerly found in folder 124 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 4	Carolina Barn Dance Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1040 Formerly found in folder 124 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 5	Best, Carroll Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1041, FS-20054/1042, FS-20054/1043 Formerly found in folder 124 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 6	Blankenship, Robert Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1044, FS-20054/1045, FS-20054/1046 Formerly found in folder 124 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 7	Boone, Virginia and Wilson, Essie Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1047, FS-20054/1048 Formerly found in folder 125 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 8	Chrisawn, Welzie Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1049, FS-20054/1050 Formerly found in folder 125 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 9	Crowder, Wesley Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1051 Formerly found in folder 125 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 10	Farmer's Federation Collection Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1052, FS-20054/1053 Formerly found in folder 125 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 11	Faulkner, Marvin Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1054 Formerly found in folder 125 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 12	Freeman, Arvil Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1055, FS-20054/1056 Formerly found in folder 125 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 13	Freeman, Gordon Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1057, FS-20054/1058, FS-20054/1059, FS-20054/1060 Formerly found in folder 126 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 14	Honeycutt, Biss Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1061, FS-20054/1062 Formerly found in folder 126 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 15	Hopson, Mitchell Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1063, FS-20054/1064, FS-20054/1065 Formerly found in folder 126 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 16	Steve Ledford Collection Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1066, FS-20054/1067, FS-20054/1068, FS-20054/1069, FS-20054/1070, FS-20054/1071, FS-20054/1072 Formerly found in folder 127 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 17	Mount Olive Baptist Church Congregation Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1073 Formerly found in folder 127 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 18	Parham, Chubb Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1074 Formerly found in folder 127 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 19	Randolph, Queen Belle and Ledford, Naomi Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1075, FS-20054/1076 Formerly found in folder 127 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 20	Rector, Cora Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1077 Formerly found in folder 128 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 21	Otis Reed Center, Senior Citizens Prayer Meeting Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1078 Formerly found in folder 128 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 22	Luke Smathers Band Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1079, FS-20054/1080 Formerly found in folder 128 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 23	Stewart, Russell Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1081, FS-20054/1082, FS-20054/1083, FS-20054/1084 Formerly found in folder 128 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 24	Thomas, Beatrice "Bea" Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1085 Formerly found in folder 128 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 25	Toe River Valley Boys Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1086, FS-20054/1087 Formerly found in folder 128 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 26	Travellers Quartet Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1088 Formerly found in folder 129 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 27	Walton, Katherine Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1089, FS-20054/1090 Formerly found in folder 129 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 28	Westall, Ronda Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1091 Formerly found in folder 129 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 29	Wilson, Hilyard Corresponding audio recording: FS-20054/1092 Formerly found in folder 129 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 30	Wilson, Oscar "Red" Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1093, FS-20054/1094, FS-20054/1095 Formerly found in folder 129 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)
Folder 31	Wyatt, Arvle Corresponding audio recordings: FS-20054/1096, FS-20054/1097 Formerly found in folder 129 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Expand/collapse Series 3. Photographs, 1992.

4 items.

Color and Black and White photographs of old-time musicians from western North Carolina, including Wesley Crowder, Thomas Hunter, Rex Stewart, Russell Stewart, and Katherine Walton. The majority of the photographs were taken by David Holt of High Windy Productions.

Image Folder 1

Wesley Crowder; Thomas Hunter; Katherine Walton, 1992

Color photographic prints

3 images

Image Folder 2

Rex and Russell Stewart, 1992

Black and White photographic print

1 image

Expand/collapse Items Separated

Audiocassettes (FS-20054/1036-1097)

Navigate this page

Search Within This Page

Collection Number: 20054 Collection Title: Bruce Greene and Hilary Dirlam Collection, circa 1925-1992 (bulk 1991-1992)