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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
Archival processing of the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 105 items |
| Abstract | The North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection consists of audio recordings and related material, 1976, created as part of a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funded grant project that was carried out jointly by the graduate students and faculty of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with help from the staff of WUNC-FM. Folklorist and professor in English and Folklore at UNC, Daniel W. Patterson, directed the grant project, which consisted of producing a series of taped radio programs of regional folklore for broadcast over public radio in the state of North Carolina. For the contents of the program, the production team drew from discs and field tapes in the UNC's folklore archives (now known as the Southern Folklife Collection) as well as field recordings made specifically for the project. The radio series consisted of five one-hour broadcasts, each with a specific focus chosen to show a variety of local traditions. The themes and subjects of the five programs included Primitive Baptist songs, Durham blues, Piedmont blues, Chatham County, N.C., Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), and Cas Wallin. The collection includes both the WUNC distributed radio programs as well as the field recordings made specifically for the project. The collection also includes related materials, including a copy of the NEA grant proposal signed by Patterson, a photograph of Cas Wallin alongside Dellie Norton and Evelyn Ramsey, and field notes that correspond to select audio recordings found in the collection. |
| Creator | Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Encoded by: Anne Wells, May 2016
Archival processing of the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
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.
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Scope and Content
The North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection consists of 49 open reel audio recordings and related materials, 1976, created as part of a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funded grant project that was carried out jointly by the graduate students and faculty of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with help from the staff of WUNC-FM. Folklorist and professor in English and Folklore at UNC, Daniel W. Patterson, directed the grant project, which consisted of producing a series of taped radio programs of regional folklore for broadcast over public radio in the state of North Carolina. For the contents of the program, the production team drew from discs and field tapes in the UNC's folklore archives (now known as the Southern Folklife Collection) as well as field recordings made specifically for the project. The radio series consisted of five one-hour broadcasts, each with a specific focus chosen to show a variety of local traditions. The themes and subjects of the five programs included Primitive Baptist songs, Durham blues, Piedmont blues, Chatham County, N.C., Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), and Cas Wallin. The collection includes both the WUNC distributed radio programs as well as the field recordings made specifically for the project. The collection also includes related materials, including a copy of the NEA grant proposal signed by Patterson, a photograph of Cas Wallin alongside Dellie Norton and Evelyn Ramsey, and field notes that correspond to select audio recordings found in the collection.
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Series 1. Audio Recordings, 1976.
Arrangement: Original order has been maintained.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from the SFC database and transcripts found in James E. Wise Collection (#20131).
49 open reel audio recordings created as part of a NEA grant funded radio project that was carried out jointly by the graduate students and faculty of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with help from the staff of WUNC-FM. The recordings consists of both the WUNC distributed radio programs as well as the field recordings made specifically for the project.
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Series 2. Other Materials, 1976.
Processing information: Folder 1 originally found in the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast control file. Folders 2-6 were formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folders 429, 433, 446, 528, and 916.
Materials include a grant proposal for Daniel W. Patterson's joint fieldwork project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a letter from Patterson to the grant project team, a sample request for travel reimbursement, a photograph of Cas Wallin alongside Dellie Norton and Evelyn Ramsey, as well as field notes that correspond to select audio recordings found in series 1. Field notes may include performers' names, recording locations, technical information about the field tape, and a brief description of contents. Select field notes also include transcripts, photocopies of original housing, and related ephemera.
| Folder 1 |
Grant proposal and related materialsOriginally found in the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast control file. |
| Folder 2 |
Field notes: FT-20105/401-406Formerly folder 429 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
| Folder 3 |
Field notes: FT-20105/420-430Formerly folder 433 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
| Folder 4 |
Field notes: FT-20105/509-532Formerly folder 446 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
| Folder 5 |
Field notes: FT-20105/1190-1192Formerly folder 528 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
| Folder 6 |
Field notes: FT-20105/6119-6123Formerly folder 916 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
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