Philip F. Gura Collection, 1855-2005

Collection Number: 20064

Collection Title: Philip F. Gura Collection, 1855-2005

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Size	1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items)
Abstract	The Philip F. Gura Collection consists of audio recordings, pictures, and printed materials compiled by white musician and cultural historian, Philip F. Gura. The audio recordings, 1975-2005, consist primarily of live recordings of old-time music festivals and conventions in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Other recordings include live recordings of workshops, dubbed field recordings, private releases, and interviews conducted by Philip F. Gura, including interviews with members of the New Lost City Ramblers and an interview with musician and folklorist, Alan Jabbour. The collection also includes facsimiles of pictures and illustrations used by Philip F. Gura for his publications on musical instruments, as well as printed materials compiled by Gura, including songbooks, music catalogues, and music instruction and study books related to old-time, sacred music, jazz, and classical music.
Creator	Gura, Philip F., 1950-
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Philip F. Gura Collection #20064, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Philip F. Gura, of Chapel Hill, N.C., in June 2000 (Acc. 098668), February 2001 (Acc. 98885), January 2004 (Acc. 99702), June 2010 (Acc. 101296), October 2015 (Acc. 102338), November 2016 (Acc. 102966), January 2016 (Acc. 102504), December 2016 (Acc. 102985), July 2017 (Acc. 103105), and September 2023 (Acc. 20230913.1).

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Processed by: Anne Wells, December 2016

Encoded by: Anne Wells, December 2016

Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2017; Anne Wells, February 2018, November 2018; Laura Smith, Dawne Howard Lucas, and Kira Gaillard, October 2023.

Updated in June 2020 to remove racist slurs.

Archival processing of the Philip F. Gura Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Philip F. Gura (born June 14, 1950) is an intellectual and cultural historian. He currently serves as William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he holds appointments in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, and American Studies. His interests range widely from the colonial era through the Civil war, in American literature and American Studies. He has written on a wide range of topics, including the history of American music, American literature, and American religion. His publications related to music and musical instruments include C.F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873 (University of North Carolina Press, 2003) and America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 1999), which he cowrote with James F. Bollman.

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The Philip F. Gura Collection consists of audio recordings, pictures, and printed materials compiled by white musician and cultural historian, Philip F. Gura.

The audio recordings, 1975-2005, consist primarily of live recordings of old-time music festivals and conventions, including the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop. W.Va.; Fries Fiddler's Convention in Fries, Va.; Galax Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Va.; Grayson County Fiddler's Convention in Grayson County, Va.; and the Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention in Mt. Airy, N.C., among others. Notable white musicians featured on the live recordings include Andy Cahan, Alice Gerrard, Tommy Jarrell, Mike Seeger, as well as Philip F. Gura and his son, David Gura. Other recordings include live recordings of workshops, dubbed field recordings, private releases, and interviews conducted by Philip F. Gura. Interviewees featured on the recordings include members of the New Lost City Ramblers, as well as musician and folklorist, Alan Jabbour. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, MiniDisc, and Compact Disc.

The collection also includes facsimiles of pictures and illustrations used by Philip F. Gura for his publications on banjos and guitar makers, as well as printed materials compiled by Gura. The pictures appear to be sourced from various printed materials and consist primarily of illustrations of instruments, musicians, music stores, and instrument manufacturers. Gura used the pictures in his publications, America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 1999) and C.F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873, (University of North Carolina Press, 2003). Printed materials consist of songbooks, music catalogues, and music instruction and study books related to old-time, sacred music, jazz, and classical music.

Contents list

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1. Audio Recordings, 1975-2005 and undated.
1.1 Audiocassettes, 1975-1999 and undated.
1.2 MiniDiscs, 1999-2005.
1.3 Compact Discs, 2000-2003.
2. Pictures, date unknown.
3. Printed Materials, 1905-1990.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Audio Recordings, 1975-2005 and undated.

About 125 items.

Arrangement: By format.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1 Audiocassettes, 1975-1999 and undated.

80 items.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Acquisitions Information: FS-20064/2199 acquisitions information unknown. FS-20064/5090-5095 received as Addition of June 2000 (Acc. 098668); FS-20064/16619-16689 received as Addition of October 2015 (Acc. 102338); FS-20064/16790-16791 received as Addition of July 2017 (Acc. 103105).

Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers. Item descriptions may also include legible artist names that were listed on original containers.

Audiocassettes consist primarily of live recordings of old-time music festivals and conventions, including the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop. W.Va.; Fries Fiddler's Convention in Fries, Va.; Galax Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Va.; Grayson County Fiddler's Convention in Grayson County, Va.; and the Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention in Mt. Airy, N.C. Other recordings include live recordings of workshops, dubbed field recordings, and private releases, as well as interviews conducted by Philip F. Gura. Interviewees featured on the recordings include members of the New Lost City Ramblers (FS-20064/5090-5095), as well as musician and folklorist, Alan Jabbour (FS-20064/2199, FS-20064/16636).

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16619	Tommy Jarrell and Blanton Owen at Pete Williams, Seattle, Wash., 12 April 1975 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16620	Tommy Jarrell recorded at his house, August 1980 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16621	Brandywine, 1984 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16622	Titon, Woolf, Block, 1986 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16623	Enoch Rutherford with Brad Leftwich, Alice Gerrard, and Linda Higginbotham, 16 March 1987 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16624	Mt. Airy Autumn Leaves Festival, Mt. Airy, N.C., 1 October 1987 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16625	Jarrell Benefit, Mt. Airy, N.C., 7 November 1987 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Ernest Eastman and Pine Mountain Boys, Andy Cahan, Gilmer Woodruff"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16626	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 4 June 1988: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Benton Flippin and Paul Sutphin, Gilone, Woodruff, Carly Marion, Andy Cahan"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16627	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 4 June 1988: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16628	Fiddle Convention, Fries, Va., August 1988; Andy Cahan. Galax, Va., August 1988 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16629	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., August 1988: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16630	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., August 1988: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Carly Marion"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16631	Andy Cahan and Carlie Marion, "Good Old Tunes." 1988 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16790	Sounds of the South, 7 April 1989: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16791	Sounds of the South, 7 April 1989: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16632	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., June 1989 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16633	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., 1989: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Carly Marion, Henry Crockett, Andy Cahan"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16634	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., 1989: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Jon Triplett and PFG [Philip F. Gura]"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16635	Mountain City, Tenn., 26 August 1989; Frank George, "Kanawha 307." dub Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/2199	Interview with Alan Jabbour, Chapel Hill, N.C., 29 April 1990 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16636	Interview with Alan Jabbour, Chapel Hill, N.C., 29 April 1990 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16637	Fiddler's Grove, Union Grove, N.C., 26 May 1990 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16638	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 1-2 June 1990 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Carly Marion, Slader, PFG [Philip F. Gura], David, Brad Leftwich, Bob Carlin, Brad Leftwich"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16639	Fries, Va., August 1990 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "David Gura, Philip Gura"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16640	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., August 1990: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16641	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., August 1990: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16642	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 7-9 June 1991 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "David, Bruce Green, Bruce Mosley, Brad Leftwich"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16643	Grayson County Fiddler's Convention, Grayson County, Va., 1991; Galax Fiddler's Convention. Galax, Va., 1991 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "David Gura, Philip Gura"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16644	Fiddler's Grove, Union Grove, N.C., May 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16645	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 5-6 June 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16646	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., August 1992: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16647	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., August 1992: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16648	Tennessee Banjo Institute, November 1992: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Ed Lowe, Jabbour and Alden, Joey Burris, Mike Seeger, Dave Winston, Ray Alden and Jabbour, Rogerio Santos, Hollow Rock String Band, Ed Lowe, John Cohen, Dave Winston"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16649	Tennessee Banjo Institute, November 1992: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Hollow Rock String Band, Levy, Jabbour, Thompson, Pete Seeger, Jim Morris, Red Top Merto Band, Bert Levy, Jim Bowie, Mick Malony, Jamie Keane, Ken Pearlman, Jim Bowie, Mike Seeger, Ed Lowe"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16650	Galax Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Va., 1993 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16651	Harry Crockett and Philip Gura, "The Hurdle Mills tape." March-April 1993 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16652	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., June 1993: tape 1 of 3 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16653	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., June 1993: tape 2 of 3 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16654	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., June 1993: tape 3 of 3 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16655	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 1994 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Jim Reed, Steve Powel, Philip Gura, David Gura"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16656	Mose Coffman, Triplett, 6 January 1994; Mose Coffman, Van Gundy. 1993; Mose Coffman, Slade. circa 1977 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16657	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 1995 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "David Gura, Daniel"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16658	Fries Fiddler's Convention, Fries, Va., 1995 Audiocassette Note on cassette reads "terrible sound but fantastic version of 'Rawhide'"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16659	Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Alan Jabbour Workshop, 25 June 1996: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16660	Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Alan Jabbour Workshop, 25 June 1996: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16661	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 7-8 June 1996 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "David Gura, Daniel"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16662	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1996: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16663	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1996: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16664	Bruce Molsky fiddle class, 21 September 1996 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16665	Bruce Molsky workshop, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1996 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16666	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1997: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Danny, Katie, David, Molsky"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16667	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1997: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16668	Fiddler's Grove, Union Grove, N.C., 1997 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Daniel and David"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16669	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1997 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16670	Alan Jabbour and the Reeds, Labor Day, 1997; At the Reeds. 24-25 October 1997 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16671	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., June 1998. dub Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16672	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., July 1998 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16673	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1998: tape 1 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16674	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1998: tape 2 of 2 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16675	Molsky and Steganini, MBA. November 1998 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/5090	New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schartz, John Cohen) interviewed by Phil Gura, Lexington, Ky., 26 February 1999: tape 1 of 6 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/5091	New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schartz, John Cohen) interviewed by Phil Gura, Lexington, Ky., 26 February 1999: tape 2 of 6 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/5092	New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schartz, John Cohen) interviewed by Phil Gura, Lexington, Ky., 26 February 1999: tape 3 of 6 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/5093	New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schartz, John Cohen) interviewed by Phil Gura, Lexington, Ky., 26 February 1999: tape 4 of 6 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/5094	New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schartz, John Cohen) interviewed by Phil Gura, Lexington, Ky., 26 February 1999: tape 5 of 6 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/5095	New Lost City Ramblers (Mike Seeger, Tracy Schartz, John Cohen) interviewed by Phil Gura, Lexington, Ky., 26 February 1999: tape 6 of 6 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16676	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1999: tape 1 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16677	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1999: tape 2 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16678	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1999: tape 3 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16679	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1999: tape 4 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16680	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 1999. master Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16681	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1999: tape 1 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16682	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1999: tape 2 of 4 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Gail, Dwight, Jim Collier, Leftwich, Winston"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16683	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1999: tape 3 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16684	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C.,1999: tape 4 of 4 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16685	Fries Fiddler's Convention, Fries, Va., August 1999 Audiocassette Artists listed on cassette label: "Richard Bowman, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16686	WPAQ show on WUNC, "Tis Sweet to be Remembered" with Jack Barnhardt and Aviva Enoch, date unknown Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16687	Kentucky fiddlers: John Harrod, Ed Haley, Sanford Kelly, J. W. Day, Alva Green, date unknown Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16688	Tommy Jarrell, Conway's radio show, date unknown Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20064/16689	Bruce Molsky, date unknown Audiocassette

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34 items.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Acquisitions Information: MD-20064/1-13 received as Addition of October 2015 (Acc. 102338); MD-20064/14-27 received as Addition of July 2017 (Acc. 103105); MD-20064/28-34 received as Addition of September 2023 (Acc. 20230913.1).

Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers. Item descriptions also include notes on original containers.

Live recordings of old-time music festivals and conventions, including the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop, W.Va. and the Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention in Mt. Airy, N.C.

Mini-Disc MD-20064/28	Fries Fiddler's Convention, Fries, Va., August 1999 MiniDisc Note on container reads: Fries '99 This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16685, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/29	WPAQ 740 AM, Mount Airy, North Carolina MiniDisc Note on container reads: WPAQ 740 AM; Mount Airy, North Carolina, [solo fiddle, 38 seconds] This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16686, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/30	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia, 1999, tape 1 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: Clifftop '99; Disc # 1; David A. Gura Recorder This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16676, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/31	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia, 1999, tape 2 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: Clifftop '99; Disc # 2; David A. Gura Recorder This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16677, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/32	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia, 1999, tape 3 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: Clifftop '99; Disc # 3; David A. Gura Recorder This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16678, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/33	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia, 1999, tape 4 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: Clifftop '99; Disc # 4; David A. Gura Recorder This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16679, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/34	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia, 1999, tape 5 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: Clifftop '99; Disc # 5; David A. Gura Recorder This item is likely an original of FS-20064/16680, listed and digitized in Subseries 1.1.
Mini-Disc MD-20064/1	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, W.Va., 2000: tape 1 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Bloom on zither, 3 cuts; Sally Anne cuts, Mike Bryant, Randy Marmouze (banjo); finger-picked tune through end; Rafe S (F), Bill Dillof (B), John Schwab"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/2	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, W.Va., 2000: tape 2 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Cajun tune, Gary Harrison, Randy Marmouse (B),and Rafe (G); Raggy tune - Dillof on cello; Beverley Smith's 50th birthday"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/3	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, W.Va., 2000: tape 3 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Bev Smith's 50 bday; Cluck Old Hen on Jim Collier, Joe Newberg, Gail G."
Mini-Disc MD-20064/4	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop, W.Va., 2000: tape 4 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Rafe, David Winston, Chester McMillan to broken string!; Then various, inc, hurdy-gurdy"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/5	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2000: tape 1 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "'John Henry' - Riggs, Leva, McMillan; 'From Susannah Gal' - Rafe, J. Hermann, Irish tenor player; Tunes with mouth harp, Rafe S."
Mini-Disc MD-20064/6	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2000: tape 2 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "primarily Rich Harness; early on Marvin Gester, Alice Gerrard; later Dwight and Gail"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/7	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2000: tape 3 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "'Going to Boston' - Rich Hartnes, D. Rogers; Fishers on Ray Alden, Alice G., Rich Jo; 'Fly Around On' - PFG [Philip F. Gura], Rich H, Edwin Wilson, Tolly T; later Rich, Dwight et al"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/8	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2000: tape 4 of 4 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Randy Johnson, Edwin Wilson et al then KY tunes and twin fiddles; Kenny Jackson, John Hoffman, Mac B, Jim Collier (guitar), John B's Dream with Gaile Gillespie"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/25	Mount Airy, Rafe Stefanini, Mount Airy, N.C., 2000 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/9	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2001: tape 1 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Rafe Stefanini (fiddle), Tara Nevins (fiddle), Jim Miller (guitar), John Hermann (banjo)"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/10	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2001: tape 2 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "walking around bandstand; Giving Hawkes, Jim Miller, Roger Gellet, Wayne Erbsen on vocal run; Kate Brett (banjo)"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/11	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2001: tape 3 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Rich Hartress (F), Dwight Rogers (B), Gail Gillespie (G and M), Edwin (G); Burchfield's at Arkansas Trade"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/12	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2001: tape 4 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Kenny Jackson (fiddle), Marvin Gaster (banjo) and another fiddler; Frank Hall (fiddle), Dwight Rogers (banjo), Edwin (guitar), Gale Gillespie (guitar), Jackie (fiddle)"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/13	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C, 2001: tape 5 of 5 MiniDisc Note on container reads: "Gail Gillespie (G), Swight Rogers (B), Edwin (G), Frank Hall (F), Jackie (F)"
Mini-Disc MD-20064/18	Clifftop, Va., 2001: tape 1 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/19	Clifftop, Va., 2001: tape 1 of 3 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/14	Bent Mountain Band, 4 February 2002: tape 1 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/15	Bent Mountain Band, 4 February 2002: tape 2 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/16	Bent Mountain Band, 5 February 2002: tape 1 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/17	Bent Mountain Band, 5 February 2002: tape 2 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/24	Mount Airy, N.C., 2002 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/20	Clifftop 1: Ray Alden and Charlie Bowman, Clifftop, Va., 2003: tape 1 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/21	Clifftop 2: Sounds, Clifftop, Va., 2003: tape 2 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/23	Mac Benford, Rayna Gellert, Kenny Parla. Mount Airy, N.C., 2003 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/22	Ithaca Square Dance, Ithaca, N.Y., 2005 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/26	Mount Airy, N.C., 2005: tape 1 of 2 MiniDisc
Mini-Disc MD-20064/27	Mount Airy, N.C., 2005: tape 1 of 3 MiniDisc

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17 items.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Acquisitions Information: Compact discs (DF-20064/1-17) received as Addition of January 2016 (Acc. 102504).

Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers. The digital files were extracted from compact disc in November 2018.

Live recordings of old-time music festivals and conventions, including the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop, W.Va. and the Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention in Mt. Airy, N.C. The series also includes an episode of WUNC radio program, The State of Things from 16 July 2003.

Digital Folder DF-20064/1	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2000, 1 14 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/2	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2000, 2 15 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/3	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2000, 3 18 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/4	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2000, 4 14 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/5	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2000, 5 18 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/6	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2000, 1 12 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/7	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2000, 2 18 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/8	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2000, 3 14 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/9	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2000, 4 12 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/10	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2001, 2 23 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/11	Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention, Mt. Airy, N.C., 2001, 3 14 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/12	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2001, 1 15 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/13	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2001, 2 7 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/14	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2002 19 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/15	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2002, A 9 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/16	Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop. W.Va., 2002, B 13 audio files (.wav)
Digital Folder DF-20064/17	WUNC, The State of Things, Mt. Airy, N.C., 16 July 2003 1 audio files (.wav)

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About 25 items.

Acquisitions Information: Received as Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102966).

Facsimiles of pictures and illustrations used by Philip F. Gura for his publications America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century (University of North Carolina Press, 1999) and C.F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873 (University of North Carolina Press, 2003). The pictures appear to be sourced from various printed materials and consist primarily of illustrations of instruments, musicians, music stores, and instrument manufacturers. Also included are select advertisements for instrument manufactures and other music related businesses.

Folder 1	America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century pictures, date unknown
Folder 2	C.F. Martin and His Guitars, 1796-1873 pictures, date unknown

Expand/collapse Series 3. Printed Materials, 1905-1990.

36 items.

Acquisitions information: Folders 3-17 received as Addition of December 2016 (Acc. 102985). Folders 18-19 received as Addition of January 2016 (Acc. 102504).

Other acquisition information noted at folder level.

Songbooks, music catalogues, and music instruction and study books related to old-time, sacred music, jazz, and classical music.

Folder 3-4 Folder 3 Folder 4	"A Catalogue of the Irving Lowens Collection of Tune Books," undated Moravian Music Foundation, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Folder 5	The Last Round-Up Git Along, Little Dogie, Git Along, by Billy Hill "From the New Ziegfeld Follies. Introduced by George Olsen. Copyright 1933."
Folder 6	That's Why [racist slur] Were Born, by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson "From George White's Scandals. Copyright 1931."
Folder 7	Song Verses: Legends, Ballads and Other Sketches in Rhyme, by Charles M. Cobb, undated
Folder 8	Sacred Songs, composed and arranged by Doris W. Delong, undated
Folder 9	Male Quartettes Sacred and Secular No. 2, undated "By J. H. Hall, W.H. Ruebush, and J.H. Ruebush."
Folder 10	Howe's Original Violin School, undated "New and Enlarged including the 135 Pieces of Music Contained in Howe's First Violin School."
Folder 11	Ryan's True Violoncello Instructor, undated "Without a Master: Containing Complete Instruction, Exercises and Examples with Extracts from the Works of Romberg, Dupont, Hamilton, Detzauer, and others; To which is added a Collection of the most Popular Melodies."
Folder 12	Twenty-Four Negro Melodies Transcribed for the Piano by S. Coleridge-Taylor "With a Preface by Booker T. Washington. Copyright 1905."
Folder 13-17 Folder 13 Folder 14 Folder 15 Folder 16 Folder 17	Legends of Jazz booklets, 1990 Columbia House Music Collection.
Folder 18	The Violoncello: A Popular System of Modern Instructions, 1855 "Selected mainly from Romberg's Celebrated School"; "Published by Oliver Ditson and Company, New York, N.Y."
Folder 19	Harding's All-Round Collection of Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances for Piano, Violin, Flute, or Mandolin , 1905 "Harding's Music House, New York"; "Edward B. Marks Music Co."; "copyright 1905 by Ed Harden"
Folder 20	Southern Mountain Folk Tradition by Dan West Acquisitions information: Accession 98885
Folder 21	WWVA Family Album Acquisitions information: Accession 99702
Folder 22	Flyers Acquisitions information: Accession 101296
Oversize Paper OP-20064/1	54th Annual World's Oldest and Largest Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Va., 1989
Oversize Paper OP-20064/2	55th Annual World's Oldest and Largest Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Va., 1990
Oversize Paper OP-20064/3	58th Annual World's Oldest and Largest Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Va., 1993

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Audiocassettes (FS-2199, FS-5090-5095, FS-16619-16689)
MiniDiscs (MD-20064/1-34)
Digital Folders (DF-20064/1-17)
Oversize papers (OP-20064/1-3)
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Collection Number: 20064 Collection Title: Philip F. Gura Collection, 1855-2005

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Expand/collapse Series 1. Audio Recordings, 1975-2005 and undated.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1 Audiocassettes, 1975-1999 and undated.

Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2 MiniDiscs, 1999-2005.

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Collection Number: 20064

Collection Title: Philip F. Gura Collection, 1855-2005