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Size | 56 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8900 items) |
Abstract | White folklorists Daniel W. Patterson (1928- ) and Beverly Bush Patterson study North Carolina folk life, southern traditional and religious folk music, Shaker art and music, and southern religious music. The Pattersons have often collaborated in their work and research, including work as consultants with Tom Davenport on his folklife films and Folkstreams project and website for streaming folklife documentary films; with Jim Peacock and Ruel Tyson on the World and Identity Primitive Baptist collection; and on the Index of Selected Folk Recordings Project. The collection includes letters, subject files, films, photographs and slides of folk musicians and folk traditions, audio recordings and moving images about folklore topics, and other materials involving Daniel and Beverly Patterson, independent filmmaker Tom Davenport, and others, including Bobby McMillon working together or independently to produce films, books, and other materials about life in the mountains; Sacred Harp singing; musical traditions of the Primitive Baptist churches in North Carolina and New York; the Shakers, including interviews with Shakers and field recordings of Shaker music and songs; the legend of Frankie Silver; folk music and folklore; and other topics. SFC material traces its history from 1960s folk archive, through the acquisition of the John Edwards Memorial Collection in 1983, and the opening of the SFC in 1989 at the Sounds of the South conference. There are also student papers that were written by Daniel Patterson's students in the Curriculum in Folklore. Correspondents include folklorist and writer Archie Green; writer D. K. Wilgus and wife Eleanor R. Long Wilgus; Ralph Steele Boggs, founder of the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC in 1939; professor Cecelia Conway; publisher Hugh McGraw; folklorist Bobby McMillon; archaeologist Stanley South; novelist Russell Banks; composer Thomas N. Rice; blues collector and record producer Peter B. Lowry; and professor John Garst. Some materials relate to religious tunebook compilers, including John G. McCurry, who wrote a shape-note songbook in 1855 that Patterson and Garst republished in 1973. Subject files contain materials about religious songs; religious groups and movements such as the Primitive Baptists; music styles; religious tunebooks; and many other topics. Also included are hundreds of photographs by Patterson created while doing research for The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, published by UNC Press in 2012. |
Creator | Patterson Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins)
Patterson, Beverly Bush, 1939- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nathalie Wheaton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2005
Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2005
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White folklorist Daniel W. Patterson (1928- ) was a professor in English and Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for many years. He is Kenan Professor Emeritus of English and a former chair of the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. Patterson played a pivotal role in the development of UNC-Chapel Hill's Southern Folklife Collection, which opened to researchers in 1989. He has published several books, most of which relate to North Carolina folklife, southern traditional and religious folk music, or Shaker art and music. Patterson has also collaborated with independent film maker Tom Davenport on several documentaries relating to these subjects.
White folklorist Beverly Bush Patterson, born Beverly Bush in Mineola, Tex., earned an A.B. from Baylor University, specializing in Music; a Master of Arts degree from SUNY-Binghampton in Ethnomusicology; and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was also known as Beverly B. Boggs from an earlier marriage. Beverly Bush Patterson served on the North Carolina Arts Council, from 1992 until her retirement from that position in 2004, when she took the post of Executive Director of the North Carolina Folklife Institute. One of her focuses was southern religious music. She is the author of The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches .
The Pattersons have often collaborated in their work and research. They were both involved as consultants with Tom Davenport on his folklife films and also worked with Davenport on the Folkstreams project and website for streaming folklife documentary films. Daniel and Beverly Patterson collaborated with Jim Peacock and Ruel Tyson on the World and Identity Primitive Baptist collection. Another well-known collaboration for Daniel and Beverly Patterson was the Index of Selected Folk Recordings Project, which provided access via microfiche to over 500 albums with information on individual songs now held by the SFC.
Back to TopThe collection includes material from several projects from 1963 to 2001, of folklorists Daniel Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson (born Beverly Bush) of Chapel Hill, N.C. Materials cover folk music, gospel music, southern music, and religious music, among other topics. For the most part, the order of the materials was established by the donor, and original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
The series were arranged first by specific subjects: Tom Davenport films and related material; the legend of Frankie Silver; the Shakers; Sounds of the South (conference and book); the development of the Southern Folklife Collection; and Daniel Patterson's students' papers along with sound recordings he used in class when he taught folklore classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following the subject series, material is arranged by format: correspondence, subject files, pictures, audio material, and video material. Researchers are advised tbat topics may be covered in several series.
The material in the Davenport films series relates to Davenport Films and projects on which independent film maker Tom Davenport and Dan Patterson collaborated. Films discussed include Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains (with Beverly Bush Patterson); The Shakers; A Singing Stream; and a film about Sacred Harp singing.
The legend of Frankie Silver series contains material related to the folk legends, history, and projects about Frankie Silver. Daniel and Beverly Patterson, along with Tom Davenport, worked on a documentary with Bobby McMillon called The Ballad of Frankie Silver. Daniel Patterson went on to write a book called A Tree Accurst: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver (2000).
Daniel Patterson has worked on several projects related to the Shakers religious sect. The Shakers was a film made with Tom Davenport in 1974. Patterson has written two books about the Shakers. Gift Drawing and Gift Song: a Study of Two Forms of Shaker Inspiration was published in 1983, and centers on the Shakers' distinctive art and music. The Shaker Spiritual was published in 1979 (new edition 2000). This book concentrates on Shaker music. Correspondents in the Shaker series include Sister R. Mildred Barker and Brother Theodore E. Johnson of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in New Gloucester, Me.; Robert F. W. Meader, director of the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, N.Y.; Frank Sierra, collector of information on song manuscripts; professor Robert P. Emlen; and June Sprigg of the Hancock Shaker Village. Audio material related to the Shakers includes interviews with Shaker members and field recordings of Shaker music and songs.
Sounds of the South was a conference held in April 1989 at the UNC-Chapel Hill to mark the opening of the Southern Folklife Collection, which Daniel Patterson had helped to establish. Items related to the conference include correspondence with speech contributors and transcriptions of the speeches. The speeches made at this conference were later published as in a book, also titled Sounds of the South . Patterson edited the book, which was published in 1991.
A series about the development of the Southern Folklife Collection traces its history from its time as a folk archive in the 1960s, through the acquisition of the John Edwards Memorial Collection in 1983, and its development into the Southern Folklife Collection in 1989. Correspondents include folklorist and writer Archie Green; writer and donor D. K. Wilgus and his wife, Eleanor R. Long Wilgus; and Ralph Steele Boggs, founder of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina in 1939.
Student papers were written by Patterson's Curriculum in Folklore students. Subjects include religious music, folk legends, and folk musicians. Included with these papers is a paper by Patterson on shape-note singing.
The correspondence series includes letters from professor Cecelia Conway; publisher Hugh McGraw; folklorist Bobby McMillon; archaeologist Stanley South; novelist Russell Banks; composer Thomas N. Rice; Ralph Steele Boggs; and professor John Garst. Some correspondence is arranged by subject, including that of religious tunebook compilers such as John G. McCurry, who wrote a shape-note songbook called The Social Harp in 1855. Patterson and John Garst published a facsimile of this book in 1973. In 1978, a recording of some of the songs from The Social Harp was made by Rounder Records, featuring notes by Patterson.
The subject files series includes materials related to religious song with information on specific religious groups and movements such as the Primitive Baptists, music styles such as Sacred Harp, religious music compilers, and religious tunebooks. Subject files about Patterson's involvement in several projects related to folklife and folk music include information on Arts in Earnest; Diversities of Gifts; and the Index of Selected Folk Recordings (1984).
Pictures include photographs and slides of folk musicians, folk traditions, and images used in Patterson's 2012 publication The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry .
Audiovisual materials consist of audio recordings, moving image material, and related documentation created and compiled by Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson. Audio material includes miscellaneous music and field recordings: Social Harp and Christian Harmony recordings, gospel music, folk music, and interviews. Moving image material includes mostly documentaries about folklore topics. Documentation consists of field notes, tape logs, transcripts, ephemera, and other materials related to the recordings found in the collection.
Note that original arrangement and folder titles have, for the most part, been retained. Because there is some content overlap among series, researchers should check multiple series for materials of interest.
Back to TopThe material in this series spans from 1972 to 1999 and relates to Davenport Films and projects on which independent film maker Tom Davenport, Dan Patterson, and Beverly Bush Patterson collaborated. The Pattersons worked as consultants with Tom Davenport on most of his films, all of which have a connection to folklife or folk stories and many are documentaries on folk music and folk musicians. The series includes correspondence related to the development of the films and film grants, tape logs, photographs, and information about other folk life documentaries. Films discussed include Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains ; The Shakers; A Singing Stream about the Landis family's musical traditions; and When My Work is Over: the Life and Stories of Louise Anderson. Other projects include Davenport's retelling of children's fairy tales in the Brothers Grimm series, an abandoned project about the Primitive Baptist Church, and a film about sacred harp singing.
Audio and video material in this series includes a video of Being a Joines ; audio recordings of Landis family members' music; and unedited footage and other video related to the Sacred Harp video project.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Correspondence, 1980-1998 |
Folder 3 |
Personal and family |
Folder 4-5
Folder 4Folder 5 |
Being a Joines, 1978-1999 |
Folder 6 |
Brothers Grimm series, 1991-1995 |
Folder 7 |
Brothers Grimm series: The Stepchild script by Manley and Davenport, 1993 |
Folder 8 |
Primitive Baptist Church (abandoned film project), 1980 |
Folder 9 |
Sacred Harp: correspondence, 1992-1998 |
Folder 10 |
Sacred Harp: film grant |
Folder 11 |
Sacred Harp: Patterson's Logs and Photo Log |
Folder 12 |
Sacred Harp: Patterson's Logs |
Folder 13 |
The Shakers, 1972-1980 |
Folder 14 |
A Singing Stream: official correspondence |
Folder 15 |
A Singing Stream: viewers' letters |
Folder 16-17
Folder 16Folder 17 |
A Singing Stream |
Folder 18 |
A Singing Stream: Golden Echoes contact sheets |
Folder 19 |
When My Work is Over, Louise Anderson |
Folder 20 |
Films, flyers |
Folder 21 |
Video cassette jacket covers |
Folder 22 |
Information on films |
Folder 23 |
Documentary films |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7239 |
"Introducing Atonement," AtonementAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7240 |
"Family Ties," The Landis FamilyAudiocassette |
Music Compact Disc CD-20026/4669 |
"Family Ties," The Landis Family, Umbrella Records, UCD310002, 1999CD |
Videotape VT-20026/1 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 1 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/2 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 2 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/3 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 3 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/4 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 4 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/5 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 5 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/6 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 6 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/7 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 7 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/8 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 8 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/9 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 9 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/10 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 10 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/11 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 11 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/12 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 12 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/13 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 13 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/14 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 14 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/15 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 15 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/16 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 16 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/17 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 17 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/18 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 18 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/19 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 19 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/20 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 20 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/21 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 21 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/22 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 22 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/23 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 23 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/24 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 24 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/25 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 25 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/26 |
Shape Note Documentary Project, tape 26 of 26VHS footage shot by David Murphree, Bill Windom for Sweet Is the Day, a film by Jim Carnes and Erin Kellin |
Videotape VT-20026/27 |
Shape Note Footage by Tom Davenport (Alabama, Syble Wootten Adams, Delta Wootten), November 1994VHS |
Videotape VT-20026/28 |
Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy MountainsBetacam SP |
Videotape VT-20026/29 |
Sacred Harp Video Project: United Sacred Harp Convention, Dutton, Ala., 7 September 1996, tape 1 of 2VHS |
Videotape VT-20026/30 |
Sacred Harp Video Project: United Sacred Harp Convention, Dutton, Ala., 7-8 September 1996, tape 2 of 2VHS |
Videotape VT-20026/31 |
Sacred Harp Film Project: Antioch, tape 1 of 2VHS Digitized media has been edited for content or length. |
Videotape VT-20026/32 |
Sacred Harp Film Project: Lookout Mountain, Collinsville, August 1993, tape 2 of 2VHS |
Videotape VT-20026/33 |
"Sacred Harp" in Georgia, 1999VHS |
Videotape VT-20026/34 |
"Fa Sol La Me": The Sacred Harp: A Musical Documentary, 15 October 1991VHS |
Videotape VT-20026/35 |
Dub of Lomax Wootten footageVHS |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100191
The addition consists of materials relating to collaborative projects with Tom Davenport, including The Shakers, Born for Hard Luck, Being a Joines, A Singing Stream, The Ballad of Frankie Silvers, Remembering the High Lonesome, Folkstreams, and Reel South, an unfunded proposal for a public television series that was the origin for Folkstreams.
Box 65 |
Tom Davenport |
Folkstreams |
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Reel South |
Folder 24 contains a detailed list of the folders in this section that was created by the Pattersons.
This series contains material related to the folk legends, history, and projects about Frankie Silver. In 1833, Frankie Silver of Burke County, N.C., was executed for the murder of her husband. The story gave rise to folk ballads, legends, and much historical research over the years. Daniel and Beverly Patterson, along with filmmaker Tom Davenport, worked on a documentary with Bobby McMillon, a singer, storyteller, and descendant of the Silver family, about the legend called The Ballad of Frankie Silver. Daniel Patterson went on to write a book in 2000 entitled A Tree Accurst: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver . The Pattersons also have written papers on the topic. This series includes research materials on the legend and similar legends and ballads, correspondence related to Frankie Silver and the video, and copies of historical documents and news items dating from 1822 to the 1950s. The Pattersons also researched interpretations and discussions of the legend, the Silver family, and its descendants.
Audio material includes music related to the Frankie Silver ballad, spoken versions of the folk legend, field recordings of Bobby McMillon singing ballads, and several interviews with McMillon. Video material includes documentaries about and dramatic interpretations of the Frankie Silver legend.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Patterson has worked on several projects related to the religious sect known as the Shakers. The Shakers were founded in the late 18th century, reached their peak membership between 1830 and 1840, and eventually declined in number. During that time, they became known for the simple and practical style they applied to furniture, art, and music.
In 1974, Patterson made The Shakers with film maker Tom Davenport of Davenport Films. Patterson has written two books about the Shakers. Gift Drawing and Gift Song: a Study of Two Forms of Shaker Inspiration (1983) and centers on the Shakers' distinctive art and music. The Shaker Spiritual (1979) was re-released as a new edition in 2000. This book concentrates on Shaker music.
This series contains correspondence, Patterson's subject files and notes, printed material and clippings, and pictures related to the Shakers, their art and music, and Patterson's books. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 64 contains Patterson's detailed correspondence list. Patterson made carbon copies of many of the letters he sent. Patterson corresponded with Shakers, people who had lived with the Shakers, people who wrote about the Shakers, and people interested in Shaker music or art. There is correspondence related to his book The Shaker Spiritual , including information about its re-publication. Correspondents include Sister R. Mildred Barker and Brother Theodore Johnson of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in New Gloucester, Me.; Robert F. W. Meader, director of the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, N.Y.; people at Rounder Records (Bill Nowlin, Sabbathday Lake Shakers, and others) on the production of Round 0078, Early Shaker Spirituals with grant information, reports, contracts, and other materials; Frank Sierra, friend of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers and collector of information on song manuscripts; Robert P. Emlen of Brown University and author of Shaker Village Views; and June Sprigg of Hancock Shaker Village.
Subject files and related material include information on Shaker art and artists, Shaker conference material, Patterson's notes on Shaker music and dance, notes on historic Shaker music manuscripts, working notebooks about Shaker music, model notebooks about music manuscripts and Shaker music notation, four card file boxes relating to the locations and owners of song manuscripts, and an index of specific Shaker tunes. Notes on music manuscripts and Shaker artists include photocopies of some material, 1785-1800s. Also included is a large roll of brown wrapping paper with Robert F. W. Meader's drawings and measurements of the "Tone-ometer," a Shaker monochord in the Shaker Museum Collection.
Folder 116 contains Patterson's list for his note files; Folder 134 contains Patterson's list of Shaker song manuscripts; and Folder 136 contains background information on his notebooks and card files.
Printed material and clippings include photocopies of Shaker art, Shaker music manuscripts, and books related to Shaker art and music. Also included are articles and essays about the Shakers and their art and music; cards and ephemeral imprints; Shaker newsletters and periodicals; and other materials. Inclufrf is a photocopy of A Record of Spiritual Songs (1845) by Russell Haskell.
Folder 179 contains Patterson's list of the printed material included in this series. See Folder 187 for his list of cards and ephemeral imprints; Folder 198 for his list about music manuscripts; Folder 218 for his list of miscellaneous material and Shaker newsletters and periodicals; Folder 229 for his list concerning booklets, articles, and clippings; and Folder 239 for Patterson's lists for pictures.
Pictures include several copies of originals, many of which are undated but probably range from the 1780s through the 1900s. More recent pictures include photographs Patterson used for the film The Shakers or his two books about Shakers. Included are photographs and slides of Shakers and Shaker artists; Shaker manuscripts and art; pictures and drawings of Shaker dance and motioning; musical instruments and notation; Shaker sites, villages, and buildings; and photographs used in Patterson's books The Shaker Spiritual and Gift Drawing and Gift Song .
See Folder 239 for more information on pictures and Folder 240 for figure captions for The Shaker Spiritual.
Audio material related to the Shakers includes interviews with Shaker members and field recordings of Shaker music and songs. Many examples of Shaker songs were sung by Shaker Sister Mildred Barker, who was featured in the film The Shakers and was a long-time correspondent of Patterson's.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100191
The addition consists of correspondence and other materials relating to research on Shakers.
Box 65 |
Shaker material, 1998-2001 |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Sounds of the South was a conference held in April 1989 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to mark the opening of the Southern Folklife Collection, which Daniel Patterson had helped to establish. The conference was known as "A Conference on the Collecting and Collections of Southern Traditional Music" and featured several speakers. These speeches were recorded, and the transcriptions were used to develop Sounds of the South, a book of essays published in 1991.
This series consists of correspondence, writings, and printed material related to the conference and book Sounds of the South. Material includes newsletters featuring updates on the conference, grant applications, budget considerations, promotional material, and lists of participants. Also included are transcriptions of tapes made from the conference, the development of the speeches into essays, and pictures used for the book.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 241-243
Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243 |
Plans, transcripts, etc. |
Folder 244 |
Ancelet, Barry Jean |
Folder 245 |
Carter, Tom |
Folder 246 |
Casey, Michael T. |
Folder 247 |
Cohen, Norm |
Folder 248 |
Funk, Ray and Archie Green |
Folder 249 |
Hawes, Bess Lomax and Alan Lomax |
Folder 250 |
Malone, Bill C. |
Folder 251 |
Oliver, Paul |
Folder 252 |
Orr, Jay and Allen Tullos |
Folder 253 |
Whisnant, David E. |
Folder 254-255
Folder 254Folder 255 |
Sounds of the South conference book |
Image Folder PF-20026/43-45
PF-20026/43PF-20026/44PF-20026/45 |
Pictures from Sounds of the South bookBlack-and-white photographic prints |
The material in this series traces the history of the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from its time as the University of North Carolina Folk Archives in the 1960s through the acquisition of the John Edwards Memorial Collection in 1983 and its development into the Southern Folklife Collection in 1989. Patterson was very involved in all phases of this development and used his many contacts to expand the collection and increase awareness of it. Material includes correspondence; grant applications; and financial, space, and equipment considerations. Correspondents include folklorist and writer Archie Green and writer and donor D. K. Wilgus and his wife, Eleanor Wilgus. There is also correspondence, 1977-1980 and 1993, requesting donations of field recordings and other items to add to the collection from various folklorists, former folklore students, and historians. Included is correspondence with Ralph Steele Boggs, founder of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina in 1939.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 256 |
Development |
Folder 257 |
Development: John Edwards Memorial Foundation |
Folder 258 |
Development: Audio Equipment Needs and Estimates |
Folder 259-263
Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263 |
Development, 1971-1999 |
Folder 264-265
Folder 264Folder 265 |
Green, Archie: John Edwards Memorial Foundation and Occupational Folklife Fund, 1988-1996 |
Folder 266 |
Discographies and biographies |
Folder 267 |
Wilgus, D. K. and Eleanor Wilgus |
Folder 268-271
Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271 |
Records of beginnings (mostly correspondence) |
Folder 272 |
Collections sought, 1977-1980, 1993 |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Student papers from Patterson's Curriculum in Folklore classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Papers, 1984-1993, cover several folklore topics and include a paper by Patterson himself on shape-note singing. Classroom tapes were used by Patterson to expose his students to sound recordings that enhanced the topics of his lectures. Include are hundreds of songs, tunes, and folk tales, including religious music, instrumental music, occupational folk songs, and Cajun and Lumbee folk music. The tapes are undated.
Patterson arranged his correspondence into several categories: with folk music researchers; with writers and people not related to folklore; to, from, and about folklorists; with people involved in the performance or study of religious folksong; correspondence and material related to religious tune book compilers; and by subject, including miscellaneous categories.
Correspondence with folk music researchers includes notes and brief biographies provided by Patterson, and essays and papers associated with correspondents. Folk music researchers include several graduate students; professor Cecelia Conway; Sacred Harp leader Raymond Hamrick; poet Kent S. Hedman about coming back to the United States after serving in the Navy during the Vietnam War; musician B. L. Lunsford; Hugh McGraw of Sacred Harp Publishing; folklorist Bobby McMillon; and archaeologist Stanley South.
Correspondence with writers and others not related to folklore includes some background information from Patterson. Correspondents include novelist Russell Banks and composer Thomas N. Rice.
Correspondence with and about folklorists includes letters from Ralph Steele Boggs, founder of the University of North Carolina Curriculum in Folklore; researcher of Native American music Joe Liles; and blues collector and record producer Peter B. Lowry.
Correspondence with people involved in the performance or study of religious folksong includes letters from composers and co-editors of The Christian Harmony , John Deason and Bennie Rigdon; professor John Garst; and Primitive Baptists.
Correspondence and research materials related to religious tunebook compilers were used by Patterson on various projects. The material includes copies of manuscripts and articles, 1848-1894, and correspondence with institutions and individuals while he was trying to find more information on the compilers. Tunebook compilers include collector William E. Chute (1832-1900) and William Hauser (1812-1880), who wrote newspaper articles about music and wrote a shape-note tune book. This material was used by Patterson in his article "William Hauser's Hesperian Harp and Olive Leaf: Shape-Note Tunebooks as Emblems of Change and Progress," in the Journal of American Folklore, 1988. John G. McCurry wrote a shape-note songbook called The Social Harp in 1855. Patterson and John Garst published a facsimile of it in 1973. In 1978, a recording of some of the songs from The Social Harp was made by Rounder Records, featuring notes by Patterson.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Subject files used in Patterson's research include articles, papers, notes, correspondence, and printed material related to religious song, folklore and non-religious song, folklore projects, and other folklife material. Files related to religious song include information on specific religious groups and movements such as the Primitive Baptists, music styles such as Sacred Harp singing, religious music compilers such as William Hauser, and religious tunebooks. Material related to religious tunebooks and music compilers includes copies of manuscripts and printed material, 1775-1925. Files related to folklore and non-religious folk music include information on different types of folk music such as instrumental music, the music of the Lumbee Indians, and marching chants. They also include information about music recordings. Files about Patterson's involvement in projects related to folklife and folk music include information on Arts in Earnest; Diversities of Gifts; and the World and Identity Project. Information about these projects include grant applications, correspondence, and reviews. The Index of Selected Folk Recordings (1984) was compiled by Beverly B. Boggs (later Beverly Patterson), Daniel Patterson, and others. Included are eleven card file boxes with information on each song from 500 albums that were included in the index. Information includes song title, first line, performer, geographic source, and song subject. Also included are a copy of the microfiche and the master negatives for the microfiche.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Pictures include photographs and slides of folk musicians, traditions such as Easter egg decoration and quilting, and other images such as photographs of folklorist Ralph Steele Boggs and pictures from a "manless wedding" comic spoof. Some pictures were part of Patterson's students' class projects. There are several photographs that are copies of older undated photographs or photographic copies of manuscripts. One dated religious tune book manuscript is from 1837; the rest are undated but possibly also from the 1800s. Photographs titled "Negro Baptizings" and "Old Buck at Rodanthe" are copies of older photographs probably dating from the 1800s as well. Researchers are advised to see Folder 404 for background information on the pictures provided by Patterson.
Arrangement: By format.
Acquisitions Information: FS-20026/17521-17557 received as Additions of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) and December 2013 (Acc. 101966). FT-20026/12828 received as Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102674). FT-20026/18054-18070 received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966). VT-20026/66-84 received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467), with the exception of VT-20026/75, which was received as Addition of April 2009 (Acc. 101121). DF-20026/6-7 received as Addition of December 2018 (Acc. 103424).
Processing information: Please note that additional audio materials are found in Series 1. Davenport Films and related material, Series 2. Legend of Frankie Silver, Subseries 3.5. Audio Material [Shaker material], and Series 6. Student Papers and Classroom Tapes. Audio recordings related to the Patterson's World and Identity in Ritual Action grant project are found in the World and Identity in Ritual Action Collection #20063. Additional moving image materials are found in Series 1. Davenport Films and related material, Series 2. Legend of Frankie Silver, and Series 6. Student Papers and Classroom Tapes.
Audio and video recordings created and compiled by Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson, including interviews and field recordings related to Beverly Bush Patterson's research on music and religion, particularly shape note singing and the musical traditions of Primitive Baptist Churches.
Audiodiscs, consisting of LPs and 45s, were collected by Patterson and donated to the Southern Folklife Collection. Other materials were given to Patterson over the years and represent the folklore research of others in the field.
Audiocassettes and open reel audio recordings also include interviews with folklorists and performers of traditional music, as well as field recordings of church services, gospel music and church choirs, and recordings of folk, old-time, bluegrass, country western, and traditional Irish music. Many of the music and religion recordings relate to Beverly Bush Patterson's SUNY-Binghamton masters thesis and continued research on the musical practices of Primitive Baptist Churches. Notable interview subjects and performers found on the audiocassettes and open reel audio recordings include Archie Green, Robert H. Bushyhead, Jack Coen, Lew Barton, Tommy Jarrell, and Alice Gerrard, among others.
Moving image materials consist mostly of documentaries, live performances, and news items related to folklore dubbed from television. The series also includes video footage of classroom lectures and Primitive Baptist Church services, as well as a video and CD-ROM, Sounds of Faith, related to the religious song of the Lumbee Indians.
Related materials includes paper documentation that corresponds to the audio and video recordings found in the series. Materials consist of Patterson's packing lists with descriptions of items, as well as papers found with audiovisual materials, including interview transcripts, letters, field notes, music catalogs, "logger poetry", and ephemera. Also includes detailed tape logs and "supplementary materials" related to Beverly Bush Patterson's religion and music recordings. These supplementary materials include research materials, such as notes, clippings, and ephemera, including Primitive Baptist church minutes, newsletters, and flyers.
Arrangement: In order as received.
Arrangement: In order as received.
Acquisitions information: FS-20026/17521-17557 received as Additions of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) and December 2013 (Acc. 101966).
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/512 |
Social Harp 1, March 1972, tape 1 of 4Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/513 |
Social Harp 2, March 1972, tape 2 of 4Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/514 |
Social Harp 3, March 1972, tape 3 of 4Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/515 |
Social Harp 4, March 1972, tape 4 of 4Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/517 |
Side 1: Folksongs, ballads, and spirituals of Cape Fear, Side 2: Black spirituals, work songs of Cape FearAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/524 |
Reverend W. S. Woody interview and songs, Spruce Pine, N.C., 15 October 1972Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/526 |
Mrs. S.L. [Reid] Walton songs, Luray, Va., [raised in Wentworth, N.C.], March 1972Audiocassette "Dese Bones,"" Springfield Mountain," etc. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/528 |
Tape recorded letter to Dan Patterson from A. L. "Tommy" Bass, Leesburg, Ala.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/529 |
Tarboro interviews: Elester Anderson, Jack Jordan, Joe BlackAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/971 |
Djedje/Black Religious music from Southeast GeorgiaAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/1162 |
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Boone: songs and interviewAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/2107 |
"From Jumpstreet: Blues: Country Meets City," NPR HO820105.04/10:CAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/2190 |
Tommy Edwards interview of Falls, N.C., March 1987Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/2224 |
"Singing Billy: A Folk Opera" dubAudiocassette performance based on the life of William Walker, shape note singing teacher and author of Southern Hymnody; dub of originals held at Vanderbilt University; performance produced in 1950s |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7277 |
Howard Woodring interview, including song and story performances, dub, tape 1 of 2Audiocassette dubbed from a videotape made in 1995 by Stanley South for his booklet "A Window to Times Gone By;" sent to Dan Patterson by South |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7278 |
Howard Woodring interview, including song and story performances, dub, tape 2 of 2Audiocassette dubbed from a videotape made in 1995 by Stanley South for his booklet "A Window to Times Gone By;" sent to Dan Patterson by South |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7281 |
"I Recommend Jesus," the Sensational Clifton Brothers, Shur Fine Gospel, SFG:5124, 1996Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7282 |
"We're Gonna Make It," Sister Beverly and Company, [October 1998]Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7283 |
"Learning to Sing the Scale the EZ Way," alternate title "Shape Notes Made Easy," Ann and Art DeasonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7284 |
"Casa de la Musica Mexicana" sync takesAudiocassette recorded for a promotional film about the music school of the same name, which offers instruction in the forms and styles of Mexican traditional music |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7285 |
"A Long Step Back," Jim Costa and Jim McGee, 1992Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7286 |
"Blizzard Train," Ralph Blizzard and the New Southern Ramblers, June Appal Recording, JA0056 C:3260, 1989Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7287 |
"Music of Industrial Workers" dub, Birmingham, Ala.Audiocassette dubbing of a radio program co-produced by Peggy Hamrick and Greg Bass |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7288 |
"Sacred Songs from the Helene Strathman Collection"Audiocassette includes Primitive Baptist Church songs performed by Charlie Spencer, a conversation with Mr. Spencer, and a song performed by Oneida Indians often used at funerals |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7289 |
Tom Gardin, Carl Garrison, and Edith Gardin performing old songs, Asheville, N.C., 4 August 1990Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7290 |
"Kantele Folk," Wilho Saari, 1998Audiocassette side A: Finnish folk music, side B: folk music from around the world |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7291 |
"The Mount Callan Garland: Songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, County Clare," 1994, tape 1 of 2Audiocassette boxed set includes text collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy and Folk Legends and Fiction, Bealoideas 1992:1993, the Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society, Comhairle Bhealoideas Elreann, CSE003 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7292 |
"The Mount Callan Garland: Songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, County Clare," 1994, tape 2 of 2Audiocassette Boxed set includes text collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy and Folk Legends and Fiction, Bealoideas 1992:1993, the Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society, Comhairle Bhealoideas Elreann, CSE003 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7295 |
Primitive Baptist service from Texas, circa 1989Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7296 |
"Italian Traditional Song," 1995, tape 1 of 2Audiocassette boxed set includes text edited by Luisa Del Giudice, Side A: lullabies, work songs, outlaw and prison songs, Side B: narrative songs, social protest songs: woman, war, emigration, Instituto Italiano di Cultura |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/7297 |
"Italian Traditional Song," 1995, tape 2 of 2Audiocassette boxed set includes text edited by Luisa Del Giudice, Side A: contrasti, tavern songs, Side B: love songs, ritual songs, Instituto Italiano di Cultura |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/16845 |
Singing, East Texas Sacred Harp Convention, First Methodist Church, Henderson, Tex., 6 August 1982Audiocassette Processing information: transferred from the World and Identity Collection (20063) in March 2018. recorded by Beverly Patterson |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17521 |
Mt. Nebo Church of God in Christ worship service, 1, 13 May 1973Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17522 |
Mt. Nebo Church of God in Christ worship service, 2 and 3, 13 May 1973Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17523 |
Mt. Nebo Church of God in Christ worship service, composite tape, 1973-1974Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17524 |
Christian Assembly Church service, tape 1, Durham, N.C. , 13 April 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17525 |
Christian Assembly Church service, tape 2, Durham, N.C. , 13 April 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17526 |
Christian Assembly Church service, tape 3, Durham, N.C. , 13 April 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17527 |
Reverend Paul Baynard, East Durham Church of God, side 1 and 2, 13 April 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17528 |
Reverend Paul Baynard, East Durham Church of God, side 3, 13 April 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17529 |
The Last Medicine Show, tape 2, Bailey, N.C. , 5 September 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17530 |
The Last Medicine Show, tape 1, Bailey, N.C. , 5 September 1980Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17531 |
Jesus House of Prayer, 22 March 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17532 |
Jesus House of Prayer Holy Church, tape 3, 26 April 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17533 |
Jesus House of Prayer Holy Church, Sunday school and morning worship, 26 April 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17534 |
Jesus House of Prayer Holy Church, side 3 and 4, 26 April 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17535 |
Tommy Jarrell, Oscar Jenkins, Alice Gerrard, music at Tommy Jarrell's house recorded by Beverly Boggs, side 1 and 2, Mount Airy, N.C. , 20 May 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17536 |
Tommy Jarrell, Oscar Jenkins, Alice Gerrard, music at Tommy Jarrell's house recorded by Beverly Boggs, end, Mount Airy, N.C. , 20 May 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17537 |
Tommy Jarrell, Oscar Jenkins, Alice Gerrard, music at Tommy Jarrell's house recorded by Beverly Boggs, side 3 and 4, Mount Airy, N.C. , 20 May 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17538 |
James Sanders and the Gospel Legends from the East Coast, Second Anniversary Concert, FEW Entertainment Center, tape 4, Raleigh, N.C. , 21 June 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17539 |
James Sanders and the Gospel Legends from the East Coast, Second Anniversary Concert, FEW Entertainment Center, tape 3, Raleigh, N.C. , 21 June 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17540 |
James Sanders and the Gospel Legends from the East Coast, Second Anniversary Concert, FEW Entertainment Center, tape 2, Raleigh, N.C. , 21 June 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17541 |
James Sanders and the Gospel Legends from the East Coast, Second Anniversary Concert, FEW Entertainment Center, tape 1, Raleigh, N.C. , 21 June 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17542 |
Shirley Caesar Crusade, Durham Civic Center, tape 1, Durham, N.C. , 19 July 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17543 |
Shirley Caesar Crusade, Durham Civic Center, tape 2, Durham, N.C. , 19 July 1981Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17544 |
Bruce E. Baker, Bob F. Edmonds interview, 25 November 1997Audiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17545 |
Dan Patterson, Archie Green interview, tape 1, 25 April 2008Audiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) Transcript for interview resides in box 68. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17546 |
Dan Patterson, Bob Lalich interview on the Papovich family and Tamburitza music, tape 1, 2008Audiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) Transcript for interview resides in box 68. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17547 |
33rd Annual Benson Sing, WPTF, copy of 1953 broadcastAudiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17548 |
Nick Benson interview, tape 1Audiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) Transcript for interview resides in box 68. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17549 |
Nick Benson interview, tape 2Audiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) Transcript for interview resides in box 68. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17550 |
Nick Benson queriesAudiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17551 |
Robert H. Bushyhead, Cherokee Alphabet, Cherokee ChorusesAudiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17552 |
Jack Coen interview and music; music from East GalwayAudiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17553 |
Jesus House of PrayerAudiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17554 |
Mt. Nebo, opening of dev. serviceAudiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17555 |
Songs from Joe Scott, the Woodsman-Songmaker'Audiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17556 |
Charlie Spencer, "The Crucifixtion of Christ", "The Dying Christian", and othersAudiocassette Received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17557 |
Myrna Summers and the Interdenominational Singers, 'Tell It Like It Is'; The B.C. and M. Choir, 'Life'Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20026/17558 |
Jesus House of Prayer, videotape soundtrack, Durham, N.C., 7 October 1979Audiocassette Received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966) Documentation, including fields notes and sheet music, for this recording reside in box 68. |
Arrangement: In order as received.
Music Compact Disc CD-20026/4680 |
"Local Heroes Changing America," 2000CD released as accompaniment to book of same title documenting the project Indivisible: Stories of American Community, undertaken by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, the University of Arizona; contains excerpts from community interviews |
Music Compact Disc CD-20026/4681 |
"Take this Job and Shove It: Country Music and Work," singing lecture by Bill C. Malone, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, N.C., Spring 2000CD singing lecture by Bill C. Malone, presented at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University while Malone held a Lehman Brady Chair; CD made by Center and distributed to Board members of the Center |
Music Compact Disc CD-20026/4682 |
"Ain't God All Right," the Souls of Calvary, 1991CD |
Music Compact Disc CD-20026/4683 |
"Franklin Golden and friends," Christmas 1998CD |
Music Compact Disc CD-20026/4684 |
"Beyond Folk," Joan Sherman Artist Management Roster of ArtistsCD |
Digital Folder DF-20026/6 |
Winter Folk Festival, Appalachian State University, 2002Acquisitions Information: Accession 103424 |
Digital Folder DF-20026/7 |
Black Banjo Gathering, Appalachian State University, 2005Acquisitions Information: Accession 103424 |
Arrangement: In order as received.
Acquisitions Information: FT-20026/12828 received as Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102674). FT-20026/18054-18070 received as Addition of December 2013 (Acc. 101966).
Processing information: Please note that additional video materials are found in Series 1. Davenport Films and related material, Series 2. Legend of Frankie Silver, and Series 6. Student Papers and Classroom Tapes.
Arrangement: In order as received.
Acquisitions Information: VT-20026/66-84 received as Addition of July 2011 (Acc. 101467), with the exception of VT-20026/75, which was received as Addition of April 2009 (Acc. 101121).
Moving image materials consist mostly of documentaries, live performances, and news items related to folklore dubbed from television. The series also includes video footage of classroom lectures and Primitive Baptist Church services, as well as a video and CD-ROM, Sounds of Faith, related to the religious song of the Lumbee Indians. Researchers are advised to see Folder 407 for background information on Patterson's video material.
Related materials includes paper documentation that corresponds to the audio and video recordings found in the series. Materials consist of Patterson's packing lists with descriptions of items, as well as papers found with audiovisual materials, including interview transcripts, letters, field notes, music catalogs, "logger poetry", and ephemera. Also includes detailed tape logs and "supplementary materials" related to Beverly Bush Patterson's religion and music recordings. These supplementary materials include research materials, such as notes, clippings, and ephemera, including Primitive Baptist church minutes, newsletters, and flyers.
Folder 405 |
Background information on audio material |
Folder 406 |
Related to audio material; Logger Lon: Uncut, Uncensored Logger Poetry by Lon Minkler, 1997 |
Folder 407 |
Related to Shaker recordings |
Folder 408 |
Related to Shaker recordings and interviews |
Folder 409 |
Background information on video material |
Box 68 |
AV DocumentationDetailed tape logs and "supplementary materials" related to Beverly Bush Patterson's religion and music recordings, including research materials, such as notes, clippings, and ephemera, including Primitive Baptist Church minutes, newsletters, and flyers. Also includes transcripts to Dan Patterson's interviews with Nick Benson on gravestones (FS-20026/17548-17549), Archie Green on folklore topics (FS-20026/17545), and Bob Lalich on on the Papovich family and Tamburitza music (FS-20026/17546), as well as materials, such as field notes and sheet music, related to a October 1979 recording (FS-20026/17558) of an African American church service held at the Jesus House of Prayer in Durham, N.C. |
Three large wood and artificial leather scrolls illustrating shape note music; a cast metal printing plate, and posters advertising events such as arts and crafts exhibits, cultural festivals, a play, and a conference.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/1 |
Scroll: Showing Repeats D.C. and Fine (A92085) |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/2 |
Scroll: The Five Powers Represented (A92085) |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/3 |
Scroll: Musical Notes |
Museum Item MU-20026/1 |
Plate For Printing The Hymn "The Christian Warfare" (A90130) |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/4 |
Poster: Trinity Churchyard From The Churchyards of Trinity Parish In The City Of New York |
Oversize Paper OP-20026/1 |
Poster: Social Fabric: South Carolina's Traditional Quilts A#91011 |
Oversize Paper OP-20026/2 |
Poster: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas, December 1989 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/5 |
Poster: 5th Annual Guinness Import Company British and Irish Festival, April 1989 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/6 |
Poster: Maritime Arts and Artisans, 1989 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-20026/7 |
Poster: Lithograph of gravestone at Beulah Church of Christ, Davidson County, N.C., by Ruth Little-Stokes, 1983 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100191
The addition consists of gravestone research data sheets and photographs associated with Beverley Patterson's book, The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches (1995, University of Illinois Press).
Box 65 |
Gravestone research data sheets |
Image Box IB-20026/15 |
The Sound of the Dove:Photographs by Dan Patterson, circa 1990sBlack-and-White Photographic Prints, Black-and-White Photographic Negatives |
The Sound of the Dove:Photographs by Bobby McMillian and others, circa 1990sBlack-and-White Photographic Prints, Black-and-White Photographic Negatives |
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Image Folder PF-20026/618 |
The Sound of the Dove: Oversized photographs, circa 1990sBlack-and-White Photographic Prints |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101467
Processing information: Please note an audio interview with Nick Benson on gravestones (FS-20026/17548-17549) resides in subseries 10.2 Audiocassettes.
The addition consists of gravestone research materials, slides of selected gravestones, contact sheets, and negatives.
Box 64 |
Gravestone researchTranscriptions, epitaphs, correspondence. |
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 101938, 102176.
The additions consist of photographs taken by Patterson, circa 1970s-2000s, while doing research for his 2012 book The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry . Patterson selected the following slides from the images he created during the project. Some of the images appeared in The True Image, however, a majority of them have not been published. Some materials related to the book have been digitized. There are also gravestone data worksheet notebooks and research files with correspondence, email, and articles.
Patterson's selections from his research images are detailed in an inventory he created in 2013. Digitized versions of the printout of the inventory used during processing of these materials. The corresponding "PF-20026/#" identifier in the finding aid appears handwritten in the margins of the document.
Image Folder PF-20026/619 |
"Patterson Gravestone Project, list of color slides" (1) (Northern Ireland and Scotland: PF-20026/0074-0121)Printed Materials |
Image Folder PF-20026/620 |
"Patterson Gravestone Project, list of color slides" (2) (Pennsylvania: PF-20026/0122-0193)Printed Materials |
Image Folder PF-20026/621 |
"Patterson Gravestone Project, list of color slides" (3) (North Carolina: PF-20026/0200-0454)Printed Materials PF-20026/0194-199 are not included. |
Image Folder PF-20026/622 |
"Patterson Gravestone Project, list of color slides" (4) (South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia: PF-20026/0455-0602)Printed Materials |
Image Folder PF-20026/623 |
"Patterson Gravestone Project, list of color slides" (5) (Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York: PF-20026/0603-0617)Printed Materials |
Images depicting gravestones in Northern Ireland, County Atrim.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Northern Ireland, County Down.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Northern Ireland, County Londonderry.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Northern Ireland, County Tryone.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0108 |
"Northern Ireland, Co. Tyrone, Clogher, St. Macartans Cathedral," Image taken: July 19961 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0109 |
"Northern Ireland, Co. Tyrone, Clogher, St. Macartans Cathedral: Cassidy, Cally (1781)," Image taken: July 19962 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0110 |
"Northern Ireland, Co. Tyrone, Clogher, St. Macartans Cathedral: McGirr, John (1770)," Image taken: July 19964 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Scotland.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Adams County, Penn.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Cumberland County, Penn.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0158 |
"Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Silver Spring Church (1783)," Image taken: 19961 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0159 |
"Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Silver Spring Church (1783): Cavon, Samuel (1750)," Image taken: 19961 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0160 |
"Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Silver Spring Church (1783): Wood, James (1750)," Image taken: 19962 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Juniata County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0161 |
"Pennsylvania, Juniata County, Site of Bingham's Fort," Image taken: 19961 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Lancaster County, Penn.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Alamance County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0194 |
"North Carolina, Alamance County, Snow Camp, Cane Creek Friends Cemetery: Dixon, Solomon (1827)"Image taken: 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0195 |
"North Carolina, Alamance County, Snow Camp, Cane Creek Friends Cemetery: J.W. (1804)"Image taken: 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0196 |
"North Carolina, Alamance County, Snow Camp, Cane Creek Friends Cemetery: M.W(?). (1752)"Image taken: 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0197 |
"North Carolina, Alamance County, Snow Camp, Cane Creek Friends Cemetery: Woody, Isreal C. (1834)"Image taken: 19753 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0198 |
"North Carolina, Alamance County, Burlington, St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery: Barbara Kemrn (1794)"Image taken: 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Burke County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0199 |
"North Carolina, Burke County, Morganton, Quaker Meadows Cemetary: Erwin, Sarah (1785)"Image taken: 20063 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Cabarrus County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Cumberland County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0212 |
"North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Cross Creek Cemetery: Duene, Thomas (1786)"Image taken: April 19752 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0213 |
"North Carolina, Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Cross Creek Cemetery: Brunlow, Sarah (1770)"Image taken: April 19751 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0214 |
"North Carolina, Cumberland County, Wade, Old Bluff Presbyterian Church: McAllister, Alexander (1823)"Image taken: April 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0215 |
"North Carolina, Cumberland County, Wade, Old Bluff Presbyterian Church: McPhail, Lucinda (1925)"Image taken: April 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Davidson County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Forsyth County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0224 |
"North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania, Bethania Moravian Graveyard: Bethania Moravian Church (1975)"Image taken: May 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0225 |
"North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania, Bethania Moravian Graveyard: Bethania Moravian graveyard hilltop (1975)"Image taken: May 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0226 |
"North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania, Bethania Moravian Graveyard: Pfaff, Anna Maria [Pfaffin, A Maria] (1786)"Image taken: March 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Gaston County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0227 |
"North Carolina, Gaston County, Belmont, Goshen Cemetery: Henry, Thomas (1787)"Image taken: May 19791 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0228 |
"North Carolina, Gaston County, Belmont, Goshen Cemetery: Smith, John (1805)"Image taken: May 19792 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0229 |
"North Carolina, Gaston County, Belmont, Goshen Cemetery: Huggins, Eliza H. (1808)"Image taken: March 20063 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Guilford County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0250 |
"North Carolina, Harnett County, Barbecue, Barbecue Presbyterian Church: Clark, Flora (1831)"Image taken: April 19751 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Iredell County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Lincoln County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0268 |
"North Carolina, Lincoln County, Unity Presbyterian Church: Thompson, SusanaImage taken: July 19862 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Mecklenburg County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Orange County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Randolph County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Rowan County, N.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Charleston County, S.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Chester County, S.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Lancaster County, S.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in McCormick, S.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0530 |
"South Carolina, McCormick County, Troy, Long Cane Massacra Site: Calhoun, Catherine (1760)"Image taken: December 19971 image Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in York County, S.C.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Bedford County, Tenn.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0591 |
"Tennessee, Bedford County, Shelbyville, Clark Cemetery: Clark, Anthony (1827)"Image taken: 1990s-2000s2 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Wythe County, Va.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Hartford County, Conn.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0603 |
"Connecticut, Hartford County, Hartfood, Ancient Burying Ground: Bull, Daniel (1776)"Image taken: August 19741 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0604 |
"Connecticut, Hartford County, Hartfood, Ancient Burying Ground: Collyer, Hepzibah (1770)"Image taken: August 19741 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Middlesex County. Conn.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Images depicting gravestones in Middlesex County, Mass.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0611 |
"Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Concord, Old Hill Burying Grounds: Stowe, Nathaniel (1684)"Image taken: August 19781 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0612 |
"Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Concord, Old Hill Burying Grounds: Wheler, Captain Timothy (1687)"Image taken: August 19781 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Worcester County, Mass.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0613 |
"Massachusetts, Worcester County, Harvard, Harvard Center Cemetery: Hubbard, Hannah (1747)"Image taken: August 19781 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0614 |
"Massachusetts, Worcester County, Harvard, Harvard Center Cemetery: Wetherbe, Micah (1756)"Image taken: August 19781 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Folder PF-20026/0615 |
"Massachusetts, Worcester County, Harvard, Harvard Center Cemetery: Worcester, John (1746)"Image taken: August 19781 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Hillsborough County, N.Hamp.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Image Folder PF-20026/0616 |
"New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Amherst, Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground: Shepard, Col. John (1785)"Image taken: August 19782 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in Washington County, N.Y.
Processing note: Titles in quotation marks are from Patterson's original descriptions.
Patterson's selections from his research images are detailed in an inventory he created in 2013. A printout of the inventory used during processing of these materials has been digitized. The corresponding "PF-20026/#" identifier assigned while processing appears handwritten in the margins of the document.
Image Folder PF-20026/0617 |
"New York, Washington County, White Creek, Ash Groove Cemetery: McLean, Catharine (1798)"Image taken: August 19781 images Color 35mm Mounted Slides |
Images depicting gravestones in locales in Ireland, Scotland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Processing note: These are alternate views of some of the gravestones in PF-20026/74-617. There are also additional gravestones that were not part of his selected images.
Image Box IB-20026/16 |
Ireland, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
Scotland, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
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Pennsylvania, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
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North Carolina: Alamance-Lincoln County, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
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Image Box IB-20026/17 |
North Carolina: Mecklenburg County, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
Image Box IB-20026/18 |
North Carolina: Randolph to Rowan County, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
South Carolina, 1970sColor 35mm Mounted Slides |
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 98388, 98406, 98413
The addition consists of scholarly articles and presentations, course packs for classes Patterson taught, and Dan W. Patterson and Beverly Boggs Patterson's "An Index of Selected Folk Recordings" in print and microfiche forms.
Box 66 |
Papers, 1970s-1990s |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101966
The addition consists of correspondence with Tom Davenport about filming Louise Anderson for When My Work Is Over; correspondence with Eleanor Long Wilgus, Irene Edwards; program for Paul Green's Texas; program for Flora Macdonald Highland Games in Red Springs, N.C.; promotional material for various folklore documentaries; and newsletters and other printed materials from the Association for Gravestone Studies.
Box 65 |
Papers, 1980s-2000s |
Box 67 |
Association of Gravestone Studies, 1980-1986 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103424
The addition consists of correspondence, printed materials, and ephemera about Shakers; transcripts of interviews with Maceo Parker and Melvin Parker by Sarah Bryan for the North Carolina Folklife Institute, "Texas Rangers" with the text "O When Shall I See Jesus"; postcards of "New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music" 2010 exhibition and productions of the passion play; an informal portrait of Dan W. Patterson; and recordings of the 2002 Winter Folk Festival and the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering at Appalachian State University.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 20230807.1
This addition contains correspondence with folklorists, UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, non-folklore students, and writers. There are files relating to various projects, including the World and Identity Project, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Gravestones, and Shakerism.
This addition contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting these materials.