Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials, 1972-1989

Collection Number: 30002

Collection Title: Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials, 1972-1989

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Size	90 items
Abstract	Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials were compiled, 1972-1989, from various sources, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Folklore Department and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The collection includes videotapes on North Carolina and South Carolina history, town life, culture, religion, and churches; folklife, folk art, and folk music; African American music, dance, and verse; medicine shows; Confederate officer Zebulon Baird Vance; African American slave Denmark Vesey; musicians Pink Anderson, Henry Johnson, Willie Trice, Dink Roberts, Guitar Shorty, Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and John Dee Holeman; the Blue Grass Rangers; folklorist Bruce Bastine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Glenn Hinson; and filmmakers Tom Rankin, Beverly Boggs, Rosemarie Hester, Vik Lukas, Cecelia Conway, Tom Davenport, Joan Fenton, and Roger Manley. There are some interviews with and performances by blues and folk musicians, and some items include storytelling. Locations in North Carolina include Badin, Weaverville, Hot Springs, Durham, Elizabethtown, Pittsboro, and Creedmore. Locations in South Carolina include Spartanburg, Union, Wadmalaw Island, and Johns Island. All of the videotapes are U-Matic, 1/2-inch open reel, and 2-inch videotapes with sound. Both field recordings and documentary films are represented.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials #30002, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Collection assembled by Southern Folklife Collection staff from various sources (Acc. 101427)

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.

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Processed by: Library Staff, May 2010

Encoded by: Kyla Sweet, May 2010; Samantha Leonard, March 2011

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, July 2021

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Cecelia Conway Papers (#4871) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Glenn Hinson Collection of Gospel Music Posters (#20045); Joan Fenton Collection (#20015); Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025); Tom Davenport Papers (#20025) in the Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials were compiled, 1972-1989, from various sources, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Folklore Department and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The collection includes videotapes on North Carolina and South Carolina history, town life, culture, religion, and churches; folklife, folk art, and folk music; African American music, dance, and verse; medicine shows; Confederate officer Zebulon Baird Vance; African American slave Denmark Vesey; musicians Pink Anderson, Henry Johnson, Willie Trice, Dink Roberts, Guitar Shorty, Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and John Dee Holeman; the Blue Grass Rangers; folklorist Bruce Bastine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Glenn Hinson; and filmmakers Tom Rankin, Beverly Boggs, Rosemarie Hester, Vik Lukas, Cecelia Conway, Tom Davenport, Joan Fenton, and Roger Manley. There are some interviews with and performances by blues and folk musicians, and some items include storytelling. Locations in North Carolina include Badin, Weaverville, Hot Springs, Durham, Elizabethtown, Pittsboro, and Creedmore. Locations in South Carolina include Spartanburg, Union, Wadmalaw Island, and Johns Island. All of the videotapes are U-Matic, 1/2-inch open reel, and 2-inch videotapes with sound. Both field recordings and documentary films are represented.

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Expand/collapse Southern Folklore Collection Moving Image Materials, 1972-1989.

90 items.

Arrangement: numeric by format.

Videotape VT-30002/1	Performance by Woodrow Rowland, 1978 U-Matic Woodrow Rowland tells Appalachian Jack tales. Chapel Hill, N.C.
Videotape VT-30002/2	Performance by Woodrow Rowland, 1978 Continued U-Matic Woodrow Rowland tells Appalachian Jack tales. Chapel Hill, N.C.
Videotape VT-30002/3	Jimmie Rodgers Event, April 13, 2010, with Jocelyn Neal, Matt Kinman MiniDV
Videotape VT-30002/4	Mark D. Sanders, March 25, 2010 MiniDV Tape 1.
Videotape VT-30002/5	Mark D. Sanders, March 25, 2010 MiniDV Tape 2.
Videotape VT-30002/6	Mark D. Sanders concert, March 25, 2010 MiniDV
Videotape VT-30002/7	Mick Moloney, October 8, 2009 MiniDV
Videotape VT-30002/8	Dr. Demento, February 26, 2010 MiniDV
Videotape VT-30002/9	Dan Patterson's 80th birthday, October 3, 2008 MiniDV Tape 2
Videotape VT-30002/10	Dan Patterson's 80th birthday, October 3, 2008 MiniDV Tape 1.
Videotape VT-30002/11	Tim O'Brien interviewed by Jocelyn Neal, February 27, 2009 MiniDV Tape 1
Videotape VFL-30002/16	Fishbailing U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/17	Fishbailing U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/18	Fishbailing U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/22	Zebulon Baird Vance #1 U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance's birthplace in Weaverville, N.C.
Videotape VFL-30002/23	Zebulon Baird Vance #2 U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance's birthplace in Weaverville, N.C.
Videotape VFL-30002/24	Zebulon Baird Vance #3 U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance's birthplace and Pioneer Days
Videotape VFL-30002/25	Zebulon Baird Vance U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance and Pioneer Days
Videotape VFL-30002/26	Badin: Tape 1 U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/27	Union Hall Interview: Tape 2 U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/28	Union Hall Interview: Tape 3 U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/29	Union Hall Interview: Tape 4 U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VFL-30002/30	Badin, 1979 U-Matic 15 minutes Badin, N.C. interviews for documentary Aluminum Town. Recorded by Rosemarie Hester
Videotape VFL-30002/31	Badin Demo First Half, 1979 U-Matic 15 minutes Container reads "same footage and sound as Aluminum Town final copy but no superimposed titles". Recorded by Rosemarie Hester.
Videotape VFL-30002/32	Badin: Demo Second Half Aluminum Town, 1979 U-Matic 15 minutes Recorded by Rosemarie Hester
Videotape VFL-30002/33	Aluminum Town, 1979 U-Matic 26 minutes Produced by the Office of Folklife Program and Rosemarie Hester for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Documentary about the creation of Badin, N.C. Recorded by Rosemarie Hester.
Videotape VFL-30002/34	Aluminum Town, master, 1979 U-Matic 26 minutes Documentary about the creation of Badin, N.C. Recorded by Rosemarie Hester.
Videotape VFL-30002/35	Gordon and Leslie Ft. Film, Tape #6 U-Matic 15 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/100	The Chief and Peg Leg Sam, 17 September 1972 1/2" Open Reel Video 60 minutes Medicine show taped in Pittsboro, N.C. The Chief and Peg Leg Sam alternate positions as sellers while each entertains through narrative, harmonica playing, and song. Recorded by Cecelia Conway.
Videotape VOR-30002/101	Jack Tales and Ballads, June 1970 1/2" Open Reel Video 60 minutes Jack Tales and ballads told by Maud Long of Hot Springs, N.C. Produced by the Curriculum Laboratory at Mars Hill College for their Appalachian Workshops.
Videotape VOR-30002/102	Shape Note Singings, 1971 1/2" Open Reel Video 60 minutes Shape note singing sessions led by Sacred Harp song leaders Ruth Denson Edwards, Lloyd Redding, Raymond Hamrick, Bob Denson, and others and a singing school taught by Ruth McGraw. Recorded by WGTV.
Videotape VOR-30002/103	Dink Roberts, 13-17 November 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Dink Roberts, an African American banjo player, recording in his home. Recorded by Vic Lukas.
Videotape VOR-30002/104	Dink Roberts, 13-17 November 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Dink Roberts, with his wife Lisa, son James, and daughter Ada accompanying on banjo and slide guitar. Recorded by Vic Lukas.
Videotape VOR-30002/105	Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 1 of 5 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs.
Videotape VOR-30002/106	Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 2 of 5 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs.
Videotape VOR-30002/107	Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 3 of 5 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs.
Videotape VOR-30002/108	Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 4 of 5 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs.
Videotape VOR-30002/109	Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 5 of 5 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs.
Videotape VOR-30002/110	Willie Trice, 9 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Willie Trice performs "Nearer My God to Thee," "There's a Man Around Taking Names," "I Ain't Got No Baby to Help Me," and "Wild Bill." Recorded by Joan Fenton.
Videotape VOR-30002/111	Willie Trice, 9 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Recorded by Joan Fenton.
Videotape VOR-30002/112	Henry Johnson, 13 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Henry Johnson of Union, S.C. performs on electric slide guitar.
Videotape VOR-30002/113	Pink Anderson and Henry Johnson, 13 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Pink Anderson talks about medicine shows from his home in Spartanburg, S.C. and Henry Johnson of Union, S.C. performs "Lovin Blues" and "Rollin-Tumblin".
Videotape VOR-30002/114	Henry Johnson, 13 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Henry Johnson of Union, S.C. performs on slide guitar, electric guitar, harp and vocals.
Videotape VOR-30002/115	John Snipes, 10 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Banjo selections include "Going Down the Road", "Hi Lo My Darling", "Going Away From Home", "Oh Me Trouble I Do See", "Lauree Lee", and "Fox Chase".
Videotape VOR-30002/116	Nellie Mae Rowe: Folk Artist, 23 August 1975 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Documentary on Nellie Mae Rowe, a folk artist from Vinings, Ga. Produced by Charles Brown.
Videotape VOR-30002/117	Annie Hooper: A Blessing From The Source, October 1979: tape 1 of 3 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Narrative about Annie Hooper, a folk artist from Buxton, N.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/118	Annie Hooper: A Blessing From The Source, October 1979: tape 2 of 3 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Narrative about Annie Hooper, a folk artist from Buxton, N.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/119	Annie Hooper: A Blessing From The Source, October 1979: tape 3 of 3 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Narrative about Annie Hooper is a folk artist from Buxton, N.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/120	The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 1 of 4 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/121	The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 2 of 4 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/122	The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 3 of 4 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/123	The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 4 of 4 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VOR-30002/124	Downtown Community TV 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes VTR series for WNET.
Videotape VOR-30002/125	Betty Boensch: A Video Sketch 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/126	Guitar Shorty, 7 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Guitar Shorty (otherwise known as John Henry Fortesque) performs three drunken blues songs.
Videotape VOR-30002/127	Guitar Shorty, 7 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Guitar Shorty, otherwise known as John Henry Fortesque, performs "Ain't It Sweet", "God Move Out", and "Lord Care for Me". Betty Whitaker, Ernestine Vick and Lena Fortesque provide accompaniment.
Videotape VOR-30002/128	The Bluegrass Rangers Concert 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Selections by Chris Bundlach, Bruce Lillienthal, and Danielle Fraley. Faye Pope demonstrates quilting and Linda Larrimore performs with the Berea College Puppet Theatre.
Videotape VOR-30002/129	Jamie Alston and Wilber Atwater, 11 January 1973: tape 1 of 2 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/130	Jamie Alston and Wilber Atwater, 11 January 1973: tape 2 of 2 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/131	Bruce Bastin Collection, 11-12 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Interview with Bruce Bastin discussing North Carolina, the Depression, agriculture and more.
Videotape VOR-30002/132	Bruce Bastin Collection, 12 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Bastin introduces musicians Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, John Snipes, Pink Anderson and Henry Johnson.
Videotape VOR-30002/133	Pink Anderson, 13 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Pink Anderson, guitarist from Spartanburg, S.C. performs "She Knows How to Stretch It", "Ain't Nobody Home But Me", "You Don't Know What the Lord Told Me" and "Candy Man".
Videotape VOR-30002/134	Granny Woman 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Recorded in Johnson City, Tenn. Recorded by Broadside Television.
Videotape VOR-30002/135	Elizabethtown 1/2" Open Reel Video 23 minutes Documentary about Elizabethtown, N.C.
Videotape VOR-30002/136	Denmark Vesey: tape 1 of 3 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/137	Denmark Vesey: tape 2 of 3 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/138	Denmark Vesey: tape 3 of 3 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes
Videotape VOR-30002/139	Family Photo: Irene Brown, 1976 1/2" Open Reel Video 19 minutes, 5 seconds Sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Irene Brown is from Johns Island, S.C.
Videotape VOR-30002/140	The Note Singers, March 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Produced by Louisburg Folk Festival.
Videotape VOR-30002/141	Lost in Place: A History of Cajun Music, 15 March 1977 2" Open Reel Video 24 minutes, 46 seconds Produced by KFDM TV in Beaumont, Tex.
Videotape VOR-30002/142	Guitar Shorty, 7 January 1973 1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Blues house party with Guitar Shorty, otherwise known as John Henry Fortesque.
Videotape VUT-30002/100	Born for Hard Luck U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Tom Davenport.
Videotape VUT-30002/101	Crossroads: North Carolina African American Heritage Tour, 2 August 1990 U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by M. Ely.
Videotape VUT-30002/102	A Singing Stream: Ten Minute Sample U-Matic 30 minutes Content sample for submission with grant applications. Recorded by Tom Davenport.
Videotape VUT-30002/103	Golden Echoes Anniversary Concert, 1972: tape 1 of 3 U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Vic Lukas in Creedmore, N.C.
Videotape VUT-30002/104	Golden Echoes Anniversary Concert, 1972: tape 2 of 3 U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Vic Lukas in Creedmore, N.C.
Videotape VUT-30002/105	Golden Echoes Anniversary Concert, 1972: tape 3 of 3 U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Vic Lukas in Creedmore, N.C.
Videotape VUT-30002/106	The Joy Will Come, 2 December 1980 U-Matic 47 minutes Portions of a service at the Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VUT-30002/107	The Joy Will Come U-Matic 60 minutes Recorded by Roger Manley.
Videotape VUT-30002/108	The Last Hog Killing, 1982 U-Matic 30 minutes Field project for D.W. Patterson's Folklore in the South course. Recorded by Michael Barnes.
Videotape VUT-30002/109	Shape Note Singings, 1971 U-Matic 60 minutes Shape-note singing sessions led by Sacred Harp song leaders Ruth Denson Edwards, Loyd Redding, Raymond Hamrick, Bob Denson, and others. Produced by WGTV.
Videotape VUT-30002/110	Nellie Mae Rowe: Folk Artist U-Matic 30 minutes
Videotape VUT-30002/111	It Used to Be U-Matic 28 minutes
Videotape VUT-30002/112	Bicentennial Film 1: Our Heritage U-Matic 29 minutes
Videotape VUT-30002/113	CBS Odyssey: Music of the South U-Matic 60 minutes
Videotape VUT-30002/114	Three Island Woman, 1976 U-Matic 30 minutes Interviews with South Carolina Sea Islands women: 82-year-old Mamie Fields from Johns Island, S.C., 87-year-old Gullah speaker Cecilla Jenkins from Wadmalaw Island, S.C., and 115-year-old Anna Green from Yonges Island, S.C. Recorded by Bill Robinson and Charles Brown.
Videotape VUT-30002/115	Black Tradition in Music, Dance, and Verse: tape 1 of 3 U-Matic 20 minutes Robin Handley, Glenn Hinson, Quentin Holloway, and Horace Williams.
Videotape VUT-30002/116	Black Tradition in Music, Dance, and Verse: tape 2 of 3 U-Matic 20 minutes Horace Williams.
Videotape VUT-30002/117	Black Tradition in Music, Dance, and Verse: tape 3 of 3 U-Matic 20 minutes John Dee Holeman, Holeman and Holloway, and Horace Williams.
Videotape VUT-30002/118	Music Makers of the Blue Ridge, 1965 U-Matic 60 minutes Documentary about musician Bascom Lamar Lunsford, featuring folk musicians from Buncombe County, N.C. Recorded by David Hoffman of NETV.

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Collection Number: 30002 Collection Title: Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials, 1972-1989