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Size | 5.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3175 items) |
Abstract | Artus Monroe Moser (1894-1992), writer, educator, and historian, spent much of his life collecting ballads in and around his home in Western North Carolina in an effort to document the folk traditions of Appalachia. Moser wrote extensively about the folk songs, folklore, and history of Appalachia, and recorded numerous Appalachian performers onto acetate discs. In 1945, the Library of Congress provided Moser with the equipment to collect and record more material, which was later placed in the LC's Archive of American Folk Song. The Artus Moser collection includes biographical material relating to Artus Moser and his wife, Mabel Young Moser, and Moser's numerous writings on Appalachian folk song, folklore, history, and other subjects. Moser's writings on the life of novelist Thomas Wolfe and his biography of North Carolina potter Walter Benjamin Stephen are also included. Other materials are Moser's ballad collection, consisting of versions of over 200 traditional ballads and folk songs, as well as collected stories and reminiscences of Appalachian folklife. There are also family history materials and numerous photographs of Moser and his family, including Moser playing the part of Andrew Jackson in a 1950 performance of the outdoor drama Unto These Hills. The collection also contains numerous sound recordings and scattered moving images. Sound recordings consist of commercial 78rpm records and LPs Moser collected, as well as his own acetate disc and reel-to-reel recordings of traditional Appalachian performers, including Jean Ritchie, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Marcus Martin, Maud Gentry Long, Samantha Bumgarner, George Pegram, Pleaz Mobley, Red Raper, and Virgil Sturgill. Other recordings include Waldensian singing, Western North Carolina Cherokee singer Will West Long, and shape note singers from Etowah, N.C. |
Creator | Moser, Artus. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
Language | English. |
Processed by: Kelly Kress, October 2002
Encoded by: Kelly Kress, January 2003
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2024
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Ballad collector, educator, and historian Artus Monroe Moser was born 14 September 1894 in Hickory, N.C., to David Lafayette (Fayette) Moser and Cordelia Elizabeth King Moser. When Artus was two, the family moved to Buckeye Cove, N.C., located in Buncombe County near the Swannanoa Valley, where his mother had grown up and her family still lived. In 1904, Fayette Moser took a job as forester for the Biltmore Estate and moved the family there, where they remained until 1917 when Fayette became the North Carolina State Forest Warden on Mt. Mitchell. The family spent twelve years on Mt. Mitchell, then returned to Swannanoa after Fayette was hired as Warden for the Beacon Blanket Mill watershed. Growing up in the mountains of Western North Carolina instilled in Artus a deep respect for the traditions of Appalachia, which continued to influence him throughout his life.
Artus was graduated from Biltmore High School in 1917, then spent a year of active military duty in France during World War I. Upon returning to North Carolina, he entered the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he studied under historian R. D. W. Connor and received his A.B degree in 1923. During his time in Chapel Hill, Moser began to develop his lifelong interest in North Carolina history and folklore. After serving as principal of Swannanoa High School for two years, he returned to Chapel Hill to pursue an M.A. degree, which he received in 1926. During this time, he also worked as a research assistant under Howard W. Odum in the Institute for Research in Social Science. In the years after leaving Chapel Hill, Artus pursued further graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Chicago Art Institute, and the Grand Central Art School in New York City. He also worked as a professor of English and speech at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In 1929, he married Mabel Eula Young, a graduate of the North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro, in her hometown of Spencer, N.C. The Mosers then moved to Middlesboro, Ky., near Harrogate, Tenn., where both Artus and Mabel served on the faculty of Lincoln Memorial University. The Mosers' three children--Dorothea Joan, Artus Monroe, Jr., and Janette Irene--were all born in Middlesboro. The family moved back to the Swannanoa area in 1943, where Artus taught in various schools until his retirement in 1964.
Artus began to collect ballads and folktales during his years in Tennessee, where he had encouraged his students to investigate their own heritage. He also contributed ballads to the collection of University of Tennessee folklorist Edwin C. Kirkland. Back in North Carolina, Artus avidly collected ballads and folktales in and around the western part of the state, recording local singer and storyteller Maud Gentry Long and musicians Jean Ritchie, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Pleaz Mobley, among others. In 1945, after playing his recordings during a talk he gave at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Artus was encouraged to offer his collection to the Library of Congress. Duncan Emrich, Chief of the Archive of American Folksong at the Library of Congress, accepted Moser's collection and also loaned him a portable disc recorder to collect and record more material. During the summer and fall of 1946, Moser made hundreds of recordings which were later added to the archive, including many collected at the Renfro Valley Folk Festival in eastern Kentucky. Throughout the rest of his life, Artus continued to build his collection of folk material and also spoke and performed before student groups and at folk festivals. Moser's relationship with the Library of Congress led to a recording contract with Folkways Records, and, in 1955, he recorded the album North Carolina Ballads.
Artus enjoyed many artistic activities during his life, including painting, pottery, and acting. In 1974, he recorded another album of traditional music for Folkways Records called North Carolina Mountain Folksongs and Ballads. He also wrote several manuscripts, none of which was published, on such subjects as the English ballads, Western North Carolina history, the Vanderbilt family, and North Carolina educator and explorer Elisha Mitchell. Artus Moser died in Swannanoa on December 24, 1992.
Back to TopThe Artus Moser papers contain correspondence, biographical materials, and photographs relating to his life, as well as his writings on ballads and folk songs, folklore, and Appalachia, plus materials he gathered in the study of these subjects. Also included are sound recordings documenting Appalachian folk music traditions, some of which he recorded himself.
Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, detailing his artistic interests and his work recording Appalachian musicians for the Library of Congress. The biographical materials in Series 2 relate to Moser's career as a teacher, his painting, acting, and pottery activities. They include a biography written by his daughter Irene and information about the biographical film Renaissance Man of the Mountains. Moser's family history research is also included, as well as materials relating to his wife, Mabel Young Moser.
Moser's writings are collected in Series 3. Included are published articles and his autobiography, as well as extensive writings on ballads and folk songs, folklore, and Western North Carolina. He had intended to publish an Appalachian story collection and books on Western North Carolina history and the Appalachian ballad and folk song tradition. His biographical writings on notable North Carolinians, such as novelist Thomas Wolfe and the potter Walter Benjamin Stephen are also included.
Moser's collections of Appalachian folksong, folklore, and historical materials are included in Series 4 and 5. Moser collected versions of over 200 ballads and folk songs from his friends and neighbors in Western North Carolina, in addition to songbooks and other published sources to aid him in his research. His Appalachia research comprises a variety of materials, including an extensive story collection, recollections regarding Appalachian folklife and folklore, information on Appalachian geography, identity and education, the Cherokee experience, and biographical information on several prominent Western North Carolinians.
Series 7 contains several studio photographs of Moser as a young man, as well as images of him teaching, painting, and performing. Numerous family snapshots and scrapbook pages are also included. There are also about fifteen photographs of the 1950 performance of the outdoor drama Unto These Hills, in which Moser appeared as Andrew Jackson.
Series 8 contains numerous sound recordings and scattered moving images compiled by Moser. Sound recordings consist of commercial 78rpm records and LPs Moser collected, as well as over 400 acetate discs, 1940-1955, he recorded of traditional Appalachian folk musicians, including Jean Ritchie, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Marcus Martin, Maud Gentry Long, Samantha Bumgarner, George Pegram, Pleaz Mobley, Red Raper, and Virgil Sturgill. Moser recorded many of the discs at folk festivals for the Library of Congress, using equipment provided by them. Other acetate recordings include Waldensian singing, Western North Carolina Cherokee singer Will West Long, and shape note singing from Etowah, N.C. Other sound recordings in the series include over 20 reel-to-reel tapes featuring recordings of music performances, music festivals, storytelling, and lectures. Moving images in the series consist of 2 motion picture films, 1972-1974, of music performances and music festivals, and a videotape, 1970, featuring a lecture by Maud Gentry Long on Jack Tales and ballads. The series also includes field notes found with select reel-to-reel tapes.
Series 9 consists of museum items, including wood radios and a homemade cornstalk fiddle, housed in the North Carolina Collection Gallery.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Correspondence between Artus Moser and his family and friends. Topics include Moser's artistic endeavors such as singing, painting, and acting, as well as his participation in folk festivals.
Folder 1 |
1937-1980 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence regarding prospective teaching positions and other employment, book proposals, speaking engagements at various historical and folklore society meetings, and folk festival appearances.
Letters of note include those between Moser and Duncan Emrich, Chief of the Library of Congress' Archive of American Folk Song, discussing Moser's ballad and story collecting for the Library of Congress.
Folder 2 |
1921-1944 |
Folder 3 |
1945-1947 |
Folder 4 |
1948-1956 |
Folder 5 |
1957-1966 |
Folder 6 |
1972-1988 and undated |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Materials documenting Moser's life, including interviews, biographies, and clippings, as well as materials from his professional life.
Folder 7 |
Biography by Irene Moser |
Folder 8 |
Biographical sketch by Irene Moser |
Folder 9 |
Brown Hudson Award citation |
Folder 10 |
Clippings |
Folder 11 |
Contracts |
Folder 12 |
Film: Renaissance Man of the Mountains |
Folder 13 |
Interview by Louis D. Silveri |
Folder 14 |
Lincoln Memorial University |
Folder 15 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 16 |
North Carolina English Institute Conference |
Folder 17-18
Folder 17Folder 18 |
Philosophy textbook |
Folder 19 |
Programs |
Folder 20 |
Recordings |
Folder 21 |
Resumes and job applications |
Folder 22 |
The Swan: Swannanoa High School |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Materials relating to Moser's interest and work in drama, painting, and pottery.
Folder 23 |
Drama |
Folder 24 |
Exhibits |
Folder 25 |
Painting |
Folder 26 |
Pottery |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Moser's genealogical research into the maternal and paternal branches of his family. Also includes writings by his mother, Cordelia King Moser.
Folder 27 |
Maternal family history: King, Foster, and Heath families |
Folder 28 |
Paternal family history: Moser family |
Folder 29 |
Cordelia King Moser |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
The papers of Artus Moser's wife, Mabel Young Moser, including her writings on education in Appalachia, correspondence with publishers about journal articles and an undated letter from Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and materials documenting her work with Christian Harmony Singing.
Folder 30 |
Bibliography for Appalachia |
Folder 31 |
Christian Harmony Singing |
Folder 32 |
Correspondence, 1970-1989 and undated |
Folder 33 |
Lecture: "A Visit to Odense, Home of Hans Christian Andersen: A Disadvantanged Youth with the Will to Succeed!" |
Folder 34 |
Teaching activities |
Folder 35 |
Writings |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Drafts of an autobiography and other writings by Moser relating to his life. It appears that Moser intended to include the extensive family history writings as part of his autobiography.
Folder 36 |
Autobiography |
Folder 37 |
Autobiographies for publication |
Folder 38 |
Family history: Maternal |
Folder 39 |
Family history: Paternal |
Folder 40 |
"Sections From My Life" |
Folder 41 |
"Story of George Vanderbilt in Western North Carolina: A Personal Note" |
Arrangement: alphabetical by title or subject.
Writings regarding the history and relevance of English ballads and their influence on American folk songs, particularly in Western North Carolina. Much of the text consists of multiple drafts of chapters to be included in a manuscript which Moser had hoped to publish in book form.
Arrangement: alphabetical by title or subject.
Introductions and outlines for prospective books on folklore, Moser's version of the Chimney Rock phenomenon legend, and other writings related to Appalachian folklore.
Folder 61 |
"Chimney Rock Phenomenon" |
Folder 62 |
Folklore writings |
Folder 63 |
"Legends of the Southern Mountains" introduction |
Folder 64 |
"Snake Charmed Man" book prospectus and outline |
Folder 65 |
"Stories of Fact and Legend" introduction |
Arrangement: alphabetical by title or subject.
Writings related to Appalachian history and culture, including a history of Swannanoa, N.C., where Moser and his family lived.
Folder 66 |
Bibliography for Western North Carolina |
Folder 67 |
Bibliography sources |
Folder 68 |
Cherokee |
Folder 69 |
"On Mount Mitchell" article published in Carolina Magazine |
Folder 70 |
Railroads |
Folder 71 |
"The Swannanoa Story of Samuel Davidson" |
Folder 72 |
Swannanoa valley |
Folder 73 |
Western North Carolina |
Folder 389 |
Resources for the Study of Appalachia and other writingsAcquisitions Information: Accession 100282 |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Biographical writings on notable North Carolinians. Includes drafts of a manuscript on the life of potter Walter Benjamin Stephen and Moser's notes on Loyal Jones's biography of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, published in 1984 as Minstrel of the Appalachians: the Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford. In his correspondence with publishers, Moser mentions a manuscript for a book about Elisha Mitchell, but the folder contains only a short story and sources.
Folder 74 |
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar: Notes to manuscript by Loyal Jones |
Folder 75 |
Mitchell, Elisha |
Folder 76 |
Stephen, Walter Benjamin |
Folder 77 |
Vance, Zebulon Baird |
Folder 78 |
Wolfe, Thomas |
Arrangement: alphabetical by title or subject.
Moser's writings on a variety of subjects, including education and teaching, writing, and public speaking. Some appear to be essays Moser wrote as a student, other materials he composed for use in teaching. Also included is a short story about a football game, a song composed for his high school football team, and an open letter to President Jimmy Carter inviting him to Western North Carolina.
Folder 79 |
"The Battle of the Cumberlands" |
Folder 80 |
Book review: More Traditional Ballads of Virginia by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. (for the North Carolina Historical Review) |
Folder 81 |
"Christmas at Biltmore House" |
Folder 82 |
Education |
Folder 83 |
Letters to the editor |
Folder 84 |
"Open Letter to President Carter" |
Folder 85 |
Philosophy |
Folder 86 |
"Problems in Coaching Debate" |
Folder 87 |
Public speaking |
Folder 88 |
Song: "That Little Old Yadkin Team" |
Folder 89 |
Speech: "The Challenge to Southern Youth" |
Folder 90 |
Speech: presentation of Elisha Mitchell and "Big" Tom Wilson paintings |
Folder 91 |
"Use of Local Material for Books" |
Folder 92 |
Writing |
Arrangement: alphabetical by title.
Song texts Moser collected in Western North Carolina throughout Moser's life. Sources are sometimes noted and include family members; fiddler Marcus Martin; and Maud Gentry Long, the daughter of Jane Gentry, who provided British ballad collector Cecil Sharp with much of his material. Most folders include several versions of a particular ballad, as well as research notes by Moser.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Collections of ballads, folksongs, or hymns that Moser categorized by type or source. Also included are lists Moser compiled of his own collection, some of which indicate sources and alternate titles.
Folder 305 |
Ballads for games |
Folder 306 |
Cashion, Laura |
Folder 307 |
"English Notebook: Folklore and Ballads" by Linda Hutchens |
Folder 308 |
"Folksongs and Ballads" by Elizabeth A. Gregg |
Folder 309 |
Hymns (photocopies) |
Folder 310 |
Lists |
Folder 311 |
North Carolina ballads for teenagers |
Folder 312 |
Odd or unusual ballads |
Folder 313 |
Scottish ballads |
Folder 314 |
Western North Carolina singers |
Folder 315 |
WWNC radio |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Original songbooks.
Folder 316-317
Folder 316Folder 317 |
Songbooks |
Handwritten, photocopied, and collected information about selected songs and ballads as well as folksongs in general.
Folder 318 |
Research |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Collected information regarding Appalachian traditions and way of life. Of particular interest are hand-written accounts and newspaper columns about Appalachian folklife.
Folder 319 |
Events and festivals |
Folder 320 |
Folk knowledge |
Folder 321 |
Folk medicine |
Folder 322 |
Folk-Ways and Folk-Speech columns by Rogers Whitener |
Folder 323 |
Irish musical tradition |
Folder 324 |
Mountain speech |
Folder 325 |
Mummers |
Folder 326 |
Recollections |
Folder 327 |
Riddles and superstitions |
Folder 328 |
Storytelling |
Arrangement: alphabetical by title.
Folktales and legends from Western North Carolina that Moser collected from various sources. Some he recorded during interviews with local residents, other he took from previously published books or articles and retyped. Ultimately he intended to publish the collection in book form.
Folder 329 |
"Animal Stories from Surry County" |
Folder 330 |
"The Battle of Kings Mountain" |
Folder 331 |
"The Battle With the Wolves" |
Folder 332 |
"Bear Hunting with Ewart Wilson" |
Folder 333 |
"Black Mountain Legends" |
Folder 334 |
"The Enchanted Mountain" |
Folder 335 |
"Gold Hunters" |
Folder 336 |
"Henry Ford and the Automobile" |
Folder 337 |
"Henry West" |
Folder 338 |
"How Fred Burnette Killed a Panther" |
Folder 339 |
"Jack Dempsy's Father Lived in Western North Carolina" |
Folder 340 |
"The Little People of Chimney Rock" |
Folder 341 |
"Lonely Mountain Grave" |
Folder 342 |
"The Missing Child and the Panther" |
Folder 343 |
"The Panther of Western North Carolina" |
Folder 344 |
"Snake Charmed Man" |
Folder 345 |
"Snakes and Hogs" |
Folder 346 |
"Spectre Calvary Fight at Chimney Rock Pass" |
Folder 347 |
"The Terrapin and Deer Race" |
Folder 348 |
Various legends and stories |
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Collected information about various subjects specific to Appalachia, such as education, geography, and identity. Also included are a variety of newsletters and other publications that discuss cultural events and political and economic issues relevant to Appalachia.
Folder 349 |
Architecture |
Folder 350 |
Asheville-Biltmore College |
Folder 351 |
Asheville and Swannanoa |
Folder 352 |
Cradle of Forestry |
Folder 353 |
"Early Chapters of Tennessee" by T. M. N. Lewis |
Folder 354 |
Education |
Folder 355 |
Geography and geology |
Folder 356 |
Health |
Folder 357 |
Identity |
Folder 358-359
Folder 358Folder 359 |
Publications |
Folder 360 |
Railroads |
Folder 361 |
Theater |
Collected information about the Cherokee Moser used to research the early history of the Western North Carolina. Includes clippings about Cherokee history and folklore and notes Moser made regarding the various treaties the United States government made with the Cherokee people.
Folder 362 |
History and folklore |
Folder 363 |
Treaties |
Arrangement: slphabetical.
Biographical information Moser collected about prominent Western North Carolinians, including some of the folklorists and ballad singers he recorded. Of note is a booklet about the life of Asheville writer Thomas Wolfe, as well as a clipping of his obituary. Moser attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with Wolfe and had written some unpublished articles about his life (see folder 78). The folder on Bascom Lamar Lunsford contains information about him as well as about the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival he founded in Asheville, N.C.
Folder 364 |
Richard Chase |
Folder 365 |
Samuel Davidson |
Folder 366 |
Joe Lee Hartley |
Folder 367 |
Maud Gentry Long |
Folder 368 |
Bascom Lamar Lunsford |
Folder 369 |
Pleaz Mobley |
Folder 370 |
Robert Patton family |
Folder 371 |
Jean Ritchie |
Folder 372 |
Jesse Stuart |
Folder 373 |
Virgil Sturgill |
Folder 374 |
Thomas Wolfe |
Folder 375 |
Walker sisters |
Arrangement: by subject.
Photographs of Artus Moser and his family. Includes many of Moser as a young man in his army uniform, as well as photos of him on stage at folk festivals, playing musical instruments, teaching, acting, and painting. Family snapshots include Mabel Moser and the Moser children at various ages, plus scrapbook pages recording family life. folder 381 contains photographs of a performance of the outdoor drama "Unto These Hills", in which Moser played the role of Andrew Jackson.
Folder 380 |
Artus Moser: Youth |
Folder 381 |
Artus Moser: Adult |
Folder 382 |
Family photographs |
Folder 383 |
Family photographs and scrapbook pages |
Folder 384 |
Moser home |
Folder 385 |
Unto These Hills |
Folder 386 |
Miscellaneous photographs |
Arrangement: by format.
Numerous sound recordings and scattered moving images compiled by Artus Moser. Sound recordings consist of commercial 78rpm records and LPs Moser collected, as well as over 400 acetate discs, 1940-1955, he recorded of traditional Appalachian folk musicians, including Jean Ritchie, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Marcus Martin, Maud Gentry Long, Samantha Bumgarner, George Pegram, Pleaz Mobley, Red Raper, and Virgil Sturgill. Moser recorded many of the discs at folk festivals for the Library of Congress, using equipment provided by them. Other acetate recordings include Waldensian singing, Western North Carolina Cherokee singer Will West Long, and shape note singing from Etowah, N.C.. Other sound recordings in the series include over 20 reel-to-reel tapes featuring recordings of music performances, music festivals, storytelling, and lectures. Moving images in the series consist of 2 motion picture films, 1972-1974, of music performances and music festivals, and a videotape, 1970, featuring a lecture by Maud Gentry Long on Jack Tales and ballads. The series also includes field notes found with select reel-to-reel tapes.
Moser's commercial 78 collection, including recordings by Burl Ives, Jo Stafford, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Texas Gladden. Also included are recordings by Appalachian artists Maud Gentry Long and Bascom Lamar Lunsford.
78-18249 through 78-18289; 78-18291 through 78-18298 |
Audiodisc FC-20005/13184 |
Vibrant 70209. Edsel Martin Plays the Appalachian Dulcimer, Edsel MartinLP record |
Audiodisc FC-20005/13201 |
Vox VX 26.120. Songs of the Southern Mountains, The Goldenaires ChoirLP record |
Arrangement: In order as received.
Acquisitions information: FD-20005/1299 through FD-20005/1404 and FD-20005/1678 received as Addition of August 2004
Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database. Titles supplied by SFC are in brackets.
Vocal and instrumental recordings Moser made of Appalachian folk musicians, including Jean Ritchie, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Marcus Martin, Maud Gentry Long, Samantha Bumgarner, George Pegram, Pleaz Mobley, Red Raper, and Virgil Sturgill. Also included are recordings of Etowah shape note singing, religious quartets, Waldensian singing, and Western North Carolina Cherokee singer Will West Long.
Inventories of the acetate discs with additional information are filed in folders 392-394.
Arrangement: In order as received.
Acquisitions information: FT-20005/16544 through FD-20005/16556 and Folder 388 received as Addition of August 2004 (Acc. 99875)
Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database. Titles supplied by SFC are in brackets. Folder 387 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025).
Recordings of music performances, storytelling, and lectures. Folders 387 and 388 include field notes found with select recordings.
Folder 387 |
Field note: FT-20005/6589Formerly folder 950 within SFC Field Notes (#30025) |
Folder 388 |
Field notes: FT-20005/16542-16548Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5523 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5524 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5525 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5526 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5527 |
Joan and Artus Moser lectures, 4 April 19661/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5528 |
Artus Moser on French harp, 19681/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5529 |
Maud Long, stories and songs, June 19701/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5530 |
Maud Long, 21 June 19711/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5531 |
Mabel Moser lecture on Hans Christian Anderson1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5532 |
Leonard Roberts and Charlotte Ross lectures, June 19741/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5533 |
Loyal Jones lecture, 1 July 1974; Appalachian workshop at Berea College1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5534 |
Cratis Williams, ballads and hymns, Berea College, Berea, Ky., summer 19741/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5535 |
Artus Moser lecture at Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, N.C., January 19751/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5536 |
Christian Harmony Sing at Moser home1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/5537 |
Richard Chase1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/6589 |
Artus Moser lecture at Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, N.C.1/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16544 |
Old Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., 8 August 19701/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16545 |
Union Grove Square-Up Dance Festival, Union Grove, N.C., 25 September 19711/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16546 |
Granite Quarry Fiddler's Convention, Granite Quarry, N.C., 2 October 19711/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16547 |
Cool Springs Fiddle Contest, Cool Springs, N.C., 19711/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 Performers include Mole Hill Hilanders, the Little Family, Harold Killian, Jimmy Clinton, Bluegrass Ramblers, Larry Campbell and the Country Playboys, Archie Campbell, and others. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16548 |
Friday Night at Club Parham's, tape 4, Leicester, N.C., 10 March 19721/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 Performers include Tommy Hunter, Mack Snoderly, Mr. Bell, Mr. McDaris, and others. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16549 |
Denver N.C. Fiddlers Contest, Denver, N.C., 18 March 19721/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16550 |
Moser reminiscences, tape 1, 19721/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16551 |
Friday Night at Club Parham's, Tape 6a, Leicester, N.C., 23 June 19721/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 Performers include Mack Sonderly, Tommy Hunter, J.C. Nane, Tommy Bell, Hoyle Bowen, Marvin Faulkner, Fred Parha, Woodfin McCandless, and Eddie Conley. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16552 |
Fiddlers' Grove, Union Grove, N.C., 19741/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16553 |
Tom Bell's 80th Birthday Party, 17 January 1975; Orville Freeman Radio Broadcast, Hendersonville, N.C., 19751/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16554 |
Byard Ray, fiddle tunes, songs, stories, part 1, 8 February 19751/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16555 |
Banjo Lessons (1 and 2) with Bucky Hanks; Byard Ray; fiddle tunes, songs, stories , part 2, Asheville, N.C., 1975 15 March 19751/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20005/16556 |
Pleaz Mobley, ballad singer, tape 1, 19751/4" Open Reel Audio Received as Addition of August 2004 Recorded by by Joan Moser |
Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database.
Film F-20005/1 |
Friday Night at Club Parham's, 14 July 1972Super 8mm motion picture film color ; silent |
Film F-20005/2 |
Fiddlers' Grove, Union Grove, N.C., May 1974Super 8mm motion picture film color ; silent |
A lecture demonstration video featuring Maud Gentry Long, focusing on Jack Tales and ballads. Recorded in June 1970 in Hot Springs, N.C., and produced by the Curriculum Laboratory at Mars Hill College for their Appalachian Workshops.
Videotape VOR-101 |
Jack Tales and Ballads, Maud Gentry Long1/2" Open Reel Video |
Wood radios and homemade cornstalk fiddle belonging to Artus Moser or his family. Housed in the North Carolina Collection Gallery.
Museum Item MU-20005/1 |
Wood Zenith table radio, 1930s-1940s |
Museum Item MU-20005/2 |
Wood Halton table radio, 1930s-1940s |
Museum Item MU-20005/3 |
Cornstalk fiddle with twig bow, undated |
Museum items (MU-20005/1-3)
Sound Recordings and Moving Images:
78s (78-18249 through 78-18289, and 78-18291 through 78-18298)
Acetate Discs (FD-263 through FD-568, FD-699 through 707, and FD-1299 through 1404, FD-1678)
Audiotapes (FT-5523 through FT-5537, FT-6589, and FT-16544 through 16556)
Film (F-20005/1-2)
LPs (FC-13184 and FC-13201)
Videotape (VOR-101)
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