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• Coon, Fred (Banjo player)
• Fiddle tunes--Canada.
• Fiddle tunes--Scotland.
• Folk music--Canada.
• Folk music--Scotland.
• MacLean, Clarence.
• Mann, Ivan H.
• Scots--music.
• Stewart, Douglas.

• Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025

Ivan H. Mann, III, a white mathematician, computer scientist, and instructor, received his bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969. Mann is also a shape-note singer, and was an acquaintance with folklorist and UNC professor, Daniel W. Patterson. Mann attended graduate school for Computer Science and received his master's degree (2011) and his Ph.D. (2017) in Mathematics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Fred Coon, of Arizona, is a white old-time musician and storyteller, author, employment agent, and career coach. Coon is originally from West Virginia. He is the founder and CEO of Stewart, Cooper and Coon and a founding member of Arizona Corporate Council on Veterans Careers. Coon received his bachelor's degree in Biology and Speech and Communications Arts from Marshall University. He also attended graduate school for Public Administration at North Carolina State University. Coon plays the fiddle and banjo.

Audio recordings of performances of Scottish fiddling from Canada by Douglas Stewart, a white fiddler from Belle River, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and Clarence MacLean, a white fiddler from Belfast, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Recorded by Ivan H. Mann, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, and Fred Coon, a white old-time musician and banjo player, in August 1976 at the musicians' homes. The collection contains dubs on 1/4" open reel audio of Ivan H. Mann and Fred Coon's original recordings, as well as supporting documentation consisting of a cover sheet prepared by former library staff.

• Audiotapes (FT-1728-1729)
• Field Notes (Folder 640), Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025