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Collection Number: 30021

Collection Title: Southern Folklife Collection Posters, 1847-2018

This collection has use 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.


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Size About 425 items
Abstract The Southern Folklife Poster collection comprises posters received from various sources and assembled by the SFC. The posters include advertisements for live performances, conventions, festivals, meetings, dances, and exhibits; promotional materials for commercial recordings; reproductions of drawings, engravings, and other works of art; and other assorted ephemera. Highlights include an 1847 poster for Christy's Minstrels; circa 1950 two-color posters for Grand Ole Opry stars Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Bill Monroe, Eddy Arnold, and Whitey "The Duke of Paducah" Ford; advertisements for Carolina Folk Festivals in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and folk festivals in Berkeley, Calif., New York, N.Y., and Chicago, Ill., in the 1960s; a series of circa 1950 posters for country and bluegrass shows at the Lyric Theatre in Rainelle, W.Va.; a circa 1950 poster for a "Hillbilly and Variety Show" in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; and a poster advertising the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
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 Southern Folklife Collection Posters #30021, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Materials assembled by the Southern Folklife Collection from various sources. Additions received from Church of Type Letterpress in November 2016 (Acc. 102680); from Steve Weiss in November 2016 (Acc. 102970), May 2017 (Acc. 103072), and November 2018 (Acc. 103482); from Wendy Jackson Mumford in Deember 2016 (Acc. 103002); from Glenn Hinson in January 2017 (Acc. 103020); from various sources 2018-2019, in August 2019.
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: James McGlothlin, May 2008

Encoded by: James McGlothlin, May 2008

Revisions by: Mary Oliva, November 2016 and December 2016; Nancy Kaiser, January 2017, June 2017, November 2018, January 2020, February 2021; Dawne Howard Lucas, September 2020

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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.

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The Southern Folklife Poster collection comprises posters received from various sources and assembled by the SFC over the 22 years of its existence. At least one of the posters was included in the John Edwards Memorial Collection which formed the basis of the SFC holdings. The posters include advertisements for live performances, conventions, festivals, meetings, dances, and exhibits; promotional materials for commercial recordings; reproductions of drawings, engravings, and other works of art; and other assorted ephemera. Highlights include an 1847 poster for Christy's Minstrels; circa 1950 two-color posters for Grand Ole Opry stars Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Bill Monroe, Eddy Arnold, and Whitey "The Duke of Paducah" Ford; advertisements for Carolina Folk Festivals in the late 1940s and early 1950s and folk festivals in Berkeley, Calif., New York, N.Y., and Chicago, Ill., in the 1960s; a series of circa 1950 posters for country and bluegrass shows at the Lyric Theatre in Rainelle, W.Va.; a circa 1950 poster for a "Hillbilly and Variety Show" in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; and a poster advertising the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. Materials are divided loosely by genre.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Bluegrass, 1972-2002

26 items.

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12 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Posters advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific bluegrass artists.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/1

Bent Mountain Band. Playmakers Theater, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4-5 February 2002

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/2

Lester Flatt

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/3

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

Oversize Paper OP-30021/1

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Hidden Land, Columbia Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/2

Robin Flower and Nancy Vogl with Barbara Higbie

Oversize Paper OP-30021/3

Nickel Creek, Sugar Hill Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/4

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, volume III.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/5

The Shady Grove Band

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/4

Rhonda Vincent, All-American Bluegrass Girl

Oversize Paper OP-30021/6

Yonder Mountain String Band, Vanguard Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/5

Bluegrass Classics: A Collection of Contemporary Recordings by America's Greatest Bluegrass Artists

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/140

Jim Lauderdale, Two New Albums Out Now on Yep Roc Records, "Bluegrass" & "Country super Hits, Volume 1"

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Bluegrass: Events

15 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by state.

Posters advertising festivals and performances that focus on the venue or sponsoring entity. Includes an advertisement for classes on banjo and vernacular music at Piedmont Community College.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/7

Northridge Bluegrass Festival. John Penn, Wild Oats, and others

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/6

1975 Southeastern Bluegrass Festival. Featuring Charlie Rich, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and others

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/7

Bluegrass featuring Mike Melford and the Sons of Bluegrass. Smith Music Hall, University of Illinois, February 17

Oversize Paper OP-30021/8

The Evolution of Blue Grass Music, Zionsville, Ind., 10 October 1964

Oversize Paper OP-30021/9

Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival, Winfield, Kans., 30 September

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/8

Bluegrass 77. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass and others, College Park, Md., 12 November 1977

Oversize Paper OP-30021/10

Harbor Lights Opry-Home of International Bluegrass, Ecorse, Mich., 12 May.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/11

Harbor Lights Opry-Home of International Bluegrass, Ecorse, Mich., 26 May

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/9

Grand Ole Opry, Monroe, Mich., 27 August. Jim and Jesse and The Virginia Boys, Bob White, and others.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/12

Bluegrass UNR Arts Festival, Reno, Nev., 30 September

Oversize Paper OP-30021/13

Jerryfest 2002, Bynum, N.C

Oversize Paper OP-30021/14

Central Piedmont Community College Course Offerings: American Country Music (GCM 6000) and 5-String Banjo (GBJ 6000)

Oversize Paper OP-30021/147

Doc Watson in Concert, Hickory, N.C., 3 May 1985

Acquisitions Information: Addition of December 2016 (Acc. 103002).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/15

2nd Annual Ohio National Bluegrass Festival, 4, 5, and 6 August 1972.

Bumper sticker.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/10

Roanoke, Va., Bluegrass Festival, 3, 4, and 5 September. Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, and others

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24 items.

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15 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by artist.

Posters advertising live appearances and recording releases by specific blues, rhythm and blues, or soul artists.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/16

Robert Belfour, What's Wrong with You?, Fat Possum Records. Handwritten notation: 18 September, with T Model Ford and Paul Jones.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/11

Charles Brown, 1979

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/12

Los Angeles R and B Caravan, 1980. Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, and Floyd Dixon

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/13

Nappy Brown, 1983

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/14

Roy "Good Rockin'" Brown

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/15

Shemekia Copeland, Turn The Heat Up

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Five Royales, Dedicated to You

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/16

Buddy Guy, North American Tour 2002

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/17

B.B. King, North American Tour 2005

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/18

Leadbelly. Playboy Records

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Jimmy McCracklin, April 1981

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/20

Freddie North from LP Friend (FC-7311)

Oversize Paper OP-30021/18

Fenton Robinson Blues Band, Sangamon State University

Oversize Paper OP-30021/19

The Derek Trucks Band, Songlines, Columbia Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/20

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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5 items.

Posters advertising festivals, tours, and other live appearances in which the venue or sponsoring entity is the focus of the advertisement.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/22

Motown Magic, Devonshire Downs, Northridge, Calif., 25 March. Martha and the Vandellas, Larry Williams, and others

Oversize Paper OP-30021/23

Bull City Blues Festival, Durham, N.C., August 1987

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/23

Bull Durham Blues Festival, 11-12 September 1998. Buddy Guy, Wilson Pickett, and others

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/24

10th Annual Carolina Lite Blues Festival, 18 May 1996. Delbert McClinton, Little Milton, and others

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/25

13th Annual Carolina Lite Blues Festival, Emerald Pointe Water Park, Greensboro, N.C., 15 May 1999

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4 items.

Items that relate to blues, rhythm and blues, or soul music but are not associated with a specific performer or event. Includes posters promoting a record label, a label sponsored tour, a record store, and a book about African-American vernacular music.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/21

Columbia Race Records. The Red Devils, Hezekiah Jenkins, and others

Oversize Paper OP-30021/22

Fat Possum Mississippi Juke Joint Caravan IV featuring T-Model Ford, Paul Jones, and Robert Belfour, Summer 2000. Handwritten notation: September 18. Don't Miss the Real Deal!!!

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/26

Out of Sight: The Rise of African-American Popular Music by Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff. University Press of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/21

Roth's Ark

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77 items.

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38 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Posters advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific country music performers.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/31

Elect Roy Acuff Governor, Tuesday, 2 November

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/143

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Cold Roses, Lost Highway Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/32

Laura Cantrell, Humming by the Flowered Vine

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/33

Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell, Begonias, Yep Roc Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/34

Chatham County Line, Speed of the Whippoorwill, Yep Roc Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/35

Thad Cockrell with The Old Ceremony, Cat's Cradle, 12 December

Oversize Paper OP-30021/24

Ray Condo and His Ricochets, Swing Brother Swing

Oversize Paper OP-30021/25

Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way, Columbia Records

Decal.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/36

Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way, Columbia Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/37

Robbie Fulks, Georgia Hard, Yep Roc Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/155

George Jones and Tammy Wynette, The First Family of the Country Music

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/26

Lambchop with the Clientele and David Kilgour, Carolina Theatre, 1 August

Oversize Paper OP-30021/27

Lambchop, The Decline of Country and Western Civilization: The Woodwind Years, Merge Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/157

Loretta Lynn, Loretta Forever

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/28

Rose Maddox

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/38

Willie Nelson and Friends, Outlaws and Angels, Lost Highway Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/29

Gram Parsons / International Submarine Band, Safe at Home, Sundazed Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/141

Gram Parsons with The Flying Burrito Brothers, Archives Volume One: Live at the Avalon Ballroom, 1969, Amoeba Records

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970).

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/39

Dolly Parton, RCA Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/40

Dolly Parton Live, The Point, Dublin, Ireland, 29 November 2002

Oversize Paper OP-30021/148

Dolly Parton, Dollywood's 25th Anniversary, 7 May 2010

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/30

John Prine, Fair and Square, Oh Boy Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/41

Leon Rausch and the Texas Playboys

Oversize Paper OP-30021/31

Red Clay Ramblers-Biding Our Time: A Musical Entertainment: ArtSchool, Carrboro, NC., 13-14 April

Oversize Paper OP-30021/32

Red Clay Ramblers, Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/42

Red Clay Ramblers, The Artscenter, Carrboro, N.C., 24-25 January 1992

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/43

Red Clay Ramblers. A Concert to Benefit the Chapel Hill Senior Center and the Charles House, Hanes Auditorium, Chapel Hill High School, 11 May 1996

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/44

Red Clay Ramblers Direct from Utrecht, Holland. The Artscenter, Carrboro, N.C., 17-18 January 1998

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/45

Red Clay Ramblers in Kudzu: A Southern Musical, Reynolds Theatre, Duke University, Durham, N.C., 10-22 February 1998

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/46

Del Reeves

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/47

The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler, Jimmie Rogers (book jacket)

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/48

The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler, Jimmie Rodgers (poster)

Oversize Paper OP-30021/33

Hee Haw Star Roni Stoneman

Oversize Paper OP-30021/34

Roni Stoneman, Outta the Way Café, Rockville, Md., 19 September 1991

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/49

The Porter Wagoner Show, 28 August, West Grove and Oxford, Pa

Oversize Paper OP-30021/35

The Immortal Hank Williams Lives Again, Sings Again… Your Cheatin' Heart. The Lions Roarmanship (MGM pressbook), 1964

Oversize Paper OP-30021/36

Hank Williams III, Straight to Hell

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/50

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Are on the Air

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Country: Star of WSM Grand Ole Opry

5 items.

Large two-color posters which advertise specific performers with the tag line "Star of the Grand Ole Opry."

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/27

Ernest Tubb in Person, Star of WSM Grand Ole Opry

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/28

Minnie Pearl, Star of the WSM Grand Ole Opry

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/29

Eddy Arnold

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Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys. Stars of the Grand Ole Opry

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/144

The Duke of Paducah. Star of WSM Grand Ole Opry

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12 items.

Bumper stickers that relate in a general way to country music and are not associated with individual performers, events, or corporate entities.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/42

Country Music Bumper Sticker

Oversize Paper OP-30021/43

Swingers Sing Country Music

Oversize Paper OP-30021/44

I'm A ROAD-EO Champ

Oversize Paper OP-30021/45

I'm A Real Country Music Swinger.

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Happiness Is Country Music

Oversize Paper OP-30021/47

Smile Country Style

Oversize Paper OP-30021/48

Follow Me, I'm Going Country Music

Oversize Paper OP-30021/49

King Of The Road

Oversize Paper OP-30021/50

HEE-HAW!

Oversize Paper OP-30021/51

That's A NO-NO

Oversize Paper OP-30021/52

I'm Movin' On

Oversize Paper OP-30021/53

I'm A Country Music Lover

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8 items.

Posters that relate in a general way to country music and not associated with individual performers, events, or corporate entities.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/63

The Visitors Guide to Music City USA

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/64

Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez, University of Illinois Press.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/40

Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez. University of Illinois Press. Signed by Bill Monroe

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/65

Record World's Chronology of Country Music

Oversize Paper OP-30021/41

Phantom Productions

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/66

Hank Williams, Red Foley, Patsy Cline, Jimmie Rodgers, and Jim Reeves

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/67

Who's Who in Country Music Land-Birthplaces of the Stars from the 1970 Country Music Who's Who

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/68

Columbia Roundup of Western Hits

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. Folk, 1947-2015

50 items.

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6 items.

Items advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific artists.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/98

Addison. Lloyd Street Records, 1986

Oversize Paper OP-30021/142

Iris DeMent, The Trackless Woods

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/143

Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like a Levee, Merge Records

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/144

Hiss Golden Messenger, Reynolds Industries Theater, 13-14 November 2015

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/70

Ian and Sylvia, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Calif., 7 May 1965

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/97

Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez, 26 April 1995

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Folk: Events

45 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by state.

Items advertising live performances, largely festivals, of folk music. The focus of the advertisement is on venue or sponsoring entity.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/75

Berkeley Folk Music Festival, 4-7 July 1968

Large finished paper

Oversize Paper OP-30021/57

Berkeley Folk Music Festival, 4-7 July 1968

Yellow cardstock

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/76

5th Annual Folk Music Festival, Berkeley, Calif., 27 June-1 July 1962

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/77

8th Annual Berkeley Folk Music Festival, 23-27 June 1965

Oversize Paper OP-30021/58

3rd Annual UCLA Folk Festival, 14-16 May 1965

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/78

3rd Annual UCLA Folk Festival, 14-16 May 1965 (posterboard)

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/79

2nd Annual San Diego Folk Festival, 19-21 April

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/80

9th Annual San Diego State University Folk Festival, 15-20 April

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/81

2nd Annual Western Regional Folk Festival, Fort Mason, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif., 9-11 October 1975

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/82

Western Bicentennial Folk Festival, Fort Mason, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif., 11-13 October 1976

Acquisitions Information: Addition of January 2017 (Acc. 103020).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/59

8th Western Regional Folklife Festival, Fort Mason, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, Calif., 9-10 October 1982

Oversize Paper OP-30021/60

Alan Lomax and "The Global Jukebox." Columbia College, Chicago, Ill., 24 October 1994

Oversize Paper OP-30021/61

Duneland Folk Festival, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Ind., 8-14 July 1983

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/83

Louisiana Folklife Festival, Historic Downtown Riverfront, Monroe, La., 13-14 September 2003

Oversize Paper OP-30021/63

Frontier Folklife Festival, Saint Louis, Mo., 19-21 August 1983

Oversize Paper OP-30021/62

"East Side, West Side, All around the Town": Vocal Traditions in New York City, 14 May 1983

Oversize Paper OP-30021/64

Folk Music Benefit for Unemployed Miners of Appalachia at the Gate. The Village Gate, Thompson and Bleeker Streets, New York, N.Y

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/69

1st Carolina Folk Festival, Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C., 18-19 June 1948

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/70

2nd Annual Carolina Folk Festival, Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C., 9-11 June 1949

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/71

2nd Annual Carolina Folk Festival, Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C., 9-11 June 1949

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/72

3rd Annual Carolina Folk Festival, Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C., 15-17 June 1950

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/73

7th Annual Carolina Folk Festival, Chapel Hill, N.C., 10-12 June 1954

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/74

8th Annual Carolina Folk Festival, Chapel Hill, N.C., 9-11 June 1955

Oversize Paper OP-30021/54

Triangle Folk Music Extravaganza, 7-9 November 1996

Oversize Paper OP-30021/139

3rd Annual Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, Silk Hope, N.C., 21-24 April 2005

Oversize Paper OP-30021/140

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, Silk Hope, N.C., 17-20 April 2008.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/55

The First Thistle and Shamrock Tour, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 7 March

Oversize Paper OP-30021/56

North Carolina Traditional Music Brown-Hudson Folklore Award Reunion Concert

Oversize Paper OP-30021/159

North Carolina Bicentennial Folklife Festival, 1976

Oversize Paper OP-30021/65

F.I.N.D. Folklore in North Dakota, Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D., 2-5 April 1979

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/84

Calabasas Pumpkin Festival, Dayton, Ohio, 13-28 October 1986

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/85

Philadelphia Folk Festival, Paoli, Pa., 6-8 September

Oversize Paper OP-30021/66

Mother Earth. Michael Cooney, New Lost City Ramblers, and others, The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pa., 15 March

Oversize Paper OP-30021/67

The Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Va., 25 October 1997

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/86

38th National Folk Festival, Wolf Trap, Vienna, Va., 16-18 July 1976

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/87

39th National Folk Festival, Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, Va., 29-31 July 1977

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/88

42nd Annual National Folk Festival, Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, Va., 11-13 July 1980

Oversize Paper OP-30021/68

43rd Annual Folk Festival, Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, Va., 7-9 August 1981

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/89

Festival of American Folklife, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 30 June-8 July 1973

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/90

Festival of American Folklife, The National Mall, Washington, D.C., 16 June-6 September 1976

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/91

Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 24 June-5 July 1982

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/92

Festival of American Folklife, National Mall, Washington, D.C., 25 June-6 July

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/93

American Folklife Center, 1980 Outdoor Concert Series, 8 May-10 July 1980

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/94

Augusta Festival, Elkins, W.Va., 15-17 August 1986

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/95

11th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Jericho Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia, 15-17 July 1988

Photograph of folk band.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/96

11th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Jericho Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia, 15-17 July 1988

Banjo-playing seagull.

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Traveling Hootenanny, 3 November 1963

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 6. Medicine Shows, 1847-1980

6 items.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 6.1. Medicine Shows: Artists

2 items.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/103

The Original Christy's Minstrels, New York, 1847

The color lithograph is a part of the Harry W. Porter Collection (20265).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/73

Carolina Jug Band, 18 July, Pittsboro, N.C

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3 items.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/101

Free Show Tonite presented by the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television

Oversize Paper OP-30021/72

Sense and Nonsense, J.H. White of Chicago

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/102

Photocopy of a letter sent to Van Patten from James H. White

James White was teaching socialism in a road show.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 7. Old Time Music, Fiddle Conventions, and Mountain Culture, circa 1940-2008

36 items.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.1. Old Time Music, Fiddle Conventions, and Mountain Culture: Artists

5 items.

Items pertaining to Old Time music that focus on particular performers.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/109

Uncle Dave Macon, "The Dixie Dewdrop," Nashville, Tenn., 12 May 1938

Poster printed 1969.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/110

Colonel Bill Callahan and Medford Brothers, Luke and Handley, Dallas, Tex

Oversize Paper OP-30021/95

Medford Brothers, Luke and Hanley

Oversize Paper OP-30021/96

Big Medicine and the Hushpuppies, ArtsCenter, Carrboro, N.C., 23 January

Oversize Paper OP-30021/97

Durham Rangers, old time string band. Durham, N.C

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.2. Old Time Music, Fiddle Conventions, and Mountain Culture: Events

28 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by state. Events outside of United States are listed at end.

Items advertising old-time fiddle contests, mountain music festivals, and dances.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/75

10th Annual California State Universit-Fullerton Banjo and Fiddle Contest, Fullerton, Calif., 18 May

Oversize Paper OP-30021/76

1st Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Santa Barbara, Calif., 15 October 1972

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/104

3rd Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Santa Barbara, Calif., 20 October 1974

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/105

7th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Santa Barbara, Calif., 22 October 1978

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/106

8th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Santa Barbara, Calif., 21 October 1979

Oversize Paper OP-30021/77

11th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Santa Barbara, Calif., 3 October 1982

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/107

The New England Fiddle Contest, Hartford, Conn., 24 May

Oversize Paper OP-30021/78

Folk and Old Time Music Concerts and Dance Schedule for September, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Ill

Oversize Paper OP-30021/79

Folk and Old Time Music Concerts and Dance Schedule for September, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Ill

Oversize Paper OP-30021/80

Folk and Old Time Music Concerts and Dance Schedule for October, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Ill

Oversize Paper OP-30021/81

Folk and Old Time Music Concerts and Dance Schedule for November, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Ill

Oversize Paper OP-30021/82

Folk and Old Time Music Concerts and Dance Schedule for September, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, Ill

Oversize Paper OP-30021/83

Old-Time Fiddlers Day at Harmonic State Park, New Harmony, Ind., 24 May 1980

Oversize Paper OP-30021/84

13th Annual Celebration of Traditional Music, Berea College, Berea, Ky., 10 October 1986-2 November 1986. Betty Smith, Doug Wallin, and others

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/108

75th Anniversary Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville, N.C., 1-3 August 2002

Oversize Paper OP-30021/134

Concert/Square Dance: A Celebration of Traditional Music, Fellowship Hall, First Reformed Church, Lexington, N.C., 13 April 1991

Oversize Paper OP-30021/85

Old Time Music Day, Drakes Creek Park South, Hendersonville, N.C., 3 September

Oversize Paper OP-30021/86

10th Annual Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 5-6 June 1981

Oversize Paper OP-30021/87

Eddy Merle Watson Memorial Festival, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, N.C., 30 April 1988-1 May 1988

Oversize Paper OP-30021/88

Celebrate Our Appalachian Heritage Concert Series, Kingsport, Tenn., 21 May-16 July

Oversize Paper OP-30021/89

Davy Crockett Days Old Time Fiddlin' Convention, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 3-4 August

Oversize Paper OP-30021/90

3rd Annual Memphis in May Fiddlers Convention, Memphis, Tenn., 9-10 May 1981

Oversize Paper OP-30021/91

Banjo Meltdown III: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 6 November 1992.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/108

The National Traditional Old-Time Fiddlers Contest, Barre, Vt., October 1975

Oversize Paper OP-30021/92

Old Time Mountain Music-17th Annual Festival, Pipestem, W.Va., 13-15 August

Oversize Paper OP-30021/93

Morris Family Old-Time Music Festival, Ivydale, W.Va., 25-27 September 1970

Oversize Paper OP-30021/94

National Hollerin' Contest, Spivey's Corner

Oversize Paper OP-30021/74

Hillbilly and Variety Concert, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 27 March. The Campbell Brothers, Gwen Downie, and others

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3 items.

Items pertaining to mountain music or culture but not associated with a particular performer or event.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/98

The Arkansas Traveler

Currier and Ives print.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/99

Fiddler drawing

Oversize Paper OP-30021/100

Warning Deadly Poison-Moonshine Liquor

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61 items.

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50 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Posters advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific artists.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/101

The Black Keys, thickfreakness, Fat Possum Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/102

Bright Eyes, Fall Tour 2005

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/111

T-Bone Burnett, The True False Identity, Columbia Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/112

Calexico, Garden Ruin, Quarterstick Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/113

Cat Power, The Greatest, Matador Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/103

Vic Chesnutt, Ghetto Bells, New West Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/114

The Comas, Conductor, Yep Roc Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/104

Elvis Costello and the Impostors, The Delivery Man, Lost Highway Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/105

Ronnie Dawson, Just Rockin' and Rollin'

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/115

John Denver, Aerie

Oversize Paper OP-30021/106

Ani DiFranco, Righteous Babe Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/107

Ani DiFranco, Ani: Carnegie Hall, 6 April 2002, Righteous Babe Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/142

Ani DiFranco, Canon, Righteous Babe Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/136

Drive-By Truckers, The Home Front World Tour 2008. New West Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/109

John Fahey Tribute, various artists, I Am the Resurrection, Vanguard Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/110

The Five Americans, Zip Code

Oversize Paper OP-30021/111

Ben Folds, The Odd Man Out Tour with Rufus Wainright and Ben Lee, Summer 2005

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/116

Howie Gelb and Giant Sand, Arizona Amp and Alternator

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/117

Golden Smog, Another Fine Day, Lost Highway Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/112

Annie Hayden, The Enemy of Love, Merge Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/113

JoJo Hermann and the Smiling Assassins (C. Dawg, Luther and Cody Dickinson) with Kenny Brown and Cedric Burnside

Oversize Paper OP-30021/114

Jason and the Scorchers, Cat's Cradle, 16 March

Oversize Paper OP-30021/115

Mason Jennings, Boneclouds, Epic Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/116

Bob Log III, Log Bomb, Fat Possum Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/117

Los Lonely Boys, Live at the Fillmore, October 23, 2004, Epic Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/146

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Haw River Ballroom, 1 October 2011

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970).

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/118

Jas. Mathus and his Knock-down Society vs. The North Mississippi All-Stars, "Live Musical Jubilee," 1997

Oversize Paper OP-30021/121

Tift Merritt and the Carbines, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 7-8 December 2001

Oversize Paper OP-30021/122

Tift Merritt and the Carbines, Carrboro, N.C., 31 December 2002

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/119

Tift Merritt and the Carbines, Carrboro, N.C., 25 Aug. 2000

Oversize Paper OP-30021/123

Tift Merritt, Tambourine, Lost Highway Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/121

Beth Orton, Comfort of Strangers

Oversize Paper OP-30021/124

Pernice Brothers, Discover a Lovelier You. Ashmont Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/125

Elvis Presley, Elvis #1 Singles, Limited Edition Collector's Box Set, Sony/BMG

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/122

The Rosebuds, Birds Make Good Neighbors, Merge Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/127

Son Volt, A Retrospective: 1995-2000, Rhino Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/123

Son Volt, Okemah and the Melody of Riot, DualDisc Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/149

Southern Culture on the Skids and Untamed Youth, Super Duper Titty Twister Show, Be Here Now, Asheville, N.C., 6 June

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

By Kevin Bradley, Church of Type.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/124

Bruce Springsteen, Devils and Dust, DualDisc Records

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/125

Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, DualDisc Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/128

Squirrel Nut Zippers, Hot, Mammoth Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/129

Squirrel Nut Zippers, Perennial Favorites

Oversize Paper OP-30021/150

Squirrel Nut-Zippers, The Howling Wolf, New Orleans, La., 26 August

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/130

The Chris Stamey Experience and Mitch Easter, "A Night of Electric Guitars," Cat's Cradle, 1 December 2004

Oversize Paper OP-30021/151

Superchunk with special guest Neutral Milk Hotel, Young Avenue Deli, Memphis, Tenn., 15 February

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/161

Superchunk in Person

Acquisitions Information: Addition of May 2017 (Acc. 103072).

By Kevin Bradley, Church of Type.

Oversize Paper OP-30021/162

Superchunk, Exit-In, Lambchop, Spent, Merge Records Revue, 7 October

Acquisitions Information: Addition of May 2017 (Acc. 103072).

By Kevin Bradley, Church of Type.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/126

Widespread Panic, Earth to America, Widespread Records

Oversize Paper OP-30021/158

Lucinda Williams, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, Ca., 7-8 March 2015

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/127

Victoria Williams, Water to Drink

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11 items.

Posters advertising performance events featuring more than one performer and in which the venue or the sponsoring entity is the focus of the item.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/120

Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967

Oversize Paper OP-30021/119

M10K, Merge Records 10th Anniversary Celebration, 22-24 July 1999

Oversize Paper OP-30021/120

Merge Records 15 Year Anniversary Weekend, 29 July 2004-1 August 2004

Oversize Paper OP-30021/126

Sleazefest '96, Local 506, Chapel Hill, N.C., 16-18 August 1996

Oversize Paper OP-30021/131

WXYC 10th Year Celebration, Local 506, 6 November 2004

Oversize Paper OP-30021/108

Elvisfest 2006, Local 506 / Shorty's Sports Bar, Chapel Hill, N.C., 6-7 January

Oversize Paper OP-30021/118

Lost Highway Records SXSW Show, Austin Music Hall, 16 March

Oversize Paper OP-30021/152-153

OP-30021/152

OP-30021/153

Sleazefest '98, Local 506, Chapel Hill, N.C., 8-10 August 1998

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/154

International Biscuit Festival, Market Square, Knoxville, Tenn., 4-5 June 2010

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/156

International Biscuit Festival, The Fat Elvis, Knoxville, Tenn

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102680).

Oversize Paper OP-30021/145

Stand Against HB2, Brooklyn Arts Center, Wilmington N.C., 31 July 2016

Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970).

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 8A. Rock and Pop, 2018 (Addition of November 2018)

9 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103482

Promotional posters for concerts and recordings by contemporary musicians Jason Isbell, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, Greg Hawks, Jim James, Billy F. Gibbons, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Iron & Wine, and Reverand Payton's Big Damn Band.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-30021/1

Posters, 2018

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 9. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Organizations and Events, 1999-2008

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 10. Other Items, 1980-2008

12 items.

Contains items not directly related to vernacular music.

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/134

American Folklore Society Centennial 1988-1989, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/135

Bartholomew's "Quarter Inch to Mile Map" of Ireland for Tourists and Cyclists: Sheet 4-Limerick and Shannon. Mounted on cloth. John Bartholomew and Company, Edinburgh

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/136

Can You Name These Famous African-Americans? Black Studies Research Sources. University Publications of America

Oversize Paper OP-30021/135

Can You Name These Famous African Americans? Answer Key

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/137

"The Voice of Democracy," National Radio Week Broadcast Script Contest for High School Students, 14-20 November 1948

Extra Oversize Paper XOP- 30021/138

Women in the West (various titles), University of Nebraska Press

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/139

Generation to Generation: Sharing the Intangible, Library of Congress traveling exhibition

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/141

Hoxie Bros. Circus, George's Field, Brattleboro, Vt

Oversize Paper OP-30021/137

"Notice! Stop. Help Save the Youth of America. Don't Buy Negro Records." Advertisement, Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans

Oversize Paper OP-30021/138

Loan Agreement with Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 28 November 1994

Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/145

America: Traum und Depression 1920-1940, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, 9 November-28 December 1980

Oversize Paper OP-30021/160

Southern Make: The Southern Folk Heritage, McKissick Museums, University of South Carolina, 23 August-30 September 1981

Acquisitions Information: Addition of January 2017 (Acc. 103020).

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Miscellaneous Posters, 1940s-2010s (Addition of August 2019)

100 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103685

Posters promoting musical performers, concerts, and festivals.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-30021/2

Carolina Folk Festival, 1940s-1950s

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-30021/3-10

OPF-30021/3

OPF-30021/4

OPF-30021/5

OPF-30021/6

OPF-30021/7

OPF-30021/8

OPF-30021/9

OPF-30021/10

Miscellaneous posters, 1960s-2010s

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