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Archival processing of the Dale Coker Collection of Banjo Tunes and Ballads was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 7 items |
Abstract | The Dale Coker Collection of Banjo Tunes and Ballads contains field recordings and related documentation created by white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, Dale Coker. Field recordings feature old-time banjo tunes and singing ballads and other songs by Lloyd Ballard, white banjo player and singer, of Mt. Olivet, Henderson County, N.C., as well as old-time songs on fiddle and banjo by Jenes Cottrell (ca. 1901-1980), white singer, banjo player, banjo maker, and craftsman, of Ivydale, Clay County, W.Va., with his sister, Phoeba Parsons, and brother, Noah Cottrell. Coker recorded the musicians in their homes from 1974-1975 as part of his interdisciplinary folklore coursework at UNC. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including tape logs prepared by former SFC staff and term papers by Coker that correspond to the recordings found in the collection. |
Creator | Coker, Dale. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anne Wells, August 2019
Encoded by: Anne Wells, August 2019
Archival processing of the Dale Coker Collection of Banjo Tunes and Ballads was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Kenneth Dale Coker, Jr., of Brevard, N.C., was a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, who took folklore courses at UNC from 1974-1975. Coker received an interdisciplinary major in folklore from UNC, writing many of his folklore term papers on the traditional music of West Virginia and North Carolina.
Back to TopThe Dale Coker Collection of Banjo Tunes and Ballads contains field recordings and related documentation by white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, Dale Coker. Field recordings feature old-time banjo tunes and singing ballads and other songs by Lloyd Ballard, white banjo player and singer, of Mt. Olivet, Henderson County, N.C., as well as old-time songs on fiddle and banjo by Jenes Cottrell (ca. 1901-1980), white singer, banjo player, banjo maker, and craftsman, of Ivydale, Clay County, W.Va., with his sister, Phoeba Parsons, and their brother, Noah Cottrell. Coker recorded the musicians in their homes from 1974-1975 as part of his folklore coursework at UNC. These recordings were later dubbed by SFC staff onto 1/4" open reel audio and deposited into the collection. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including tape logs prepared by former SFC staff, a letter from Dale Coker to white folklorist and UNC professor, Daniel W. Patterson, and term papers written by Dale Coker for Patterson's English 147 class that correspond to the recordings found in the collection.
Back to TopArrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database and supporting documentation. Folders 1 and 2 were formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folders 444 and 474.
Folder 1 |
Documentation: FT-20031/447-448Formerly folder 444 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) Includes tape log by SFC staff and Dale Coker's term paper, "On the Trail of Becky Gordon: Traditional Music in Two Mountain Communities" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20031/447 |
Lloyd Ballard banjo tunes and songs with guitar accompaniment by Dale Coker, Henderson County, N.C., 24 December 1974: tape 11/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20031/448 |
Lloyd Ballard banjo tunes and songs with guitar accompaniment by Dale Coker, Henderson County, N.C., 24 December 1974: tape 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
Folder 2 |
Documentation: FT-20031/863Formerly folders 474 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) Includes tape log by SFC staff, an untitled term paper by Dale Coker, and a letter from Coker to Daniel W. Patterson. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20031/863 |
Jenes Cottrell old-time banjo tunes by Jenes Cottrell and fiddle tunes by Noah Contrell with banjo by Phoebe Parsons, Ivydale, W.Va., May 19751/4" Open Reel Audio |