Collection Number:
20262
Collection Title: Douglas Helms Recording of Murder and Lynching Ballads, 1966
This collection has access restrictions. For
details, please see the
restrictions.
Size |
2 items |
Abstract |
The 1966 recording on open-reel audio tape contains murder and lynching ballads dubbed
from 78 rpms and performed live for John Douglass Helms, then a student at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for a folklore class. Accompanying field notes provide
information about the songs, including discography for the dubbed recordings, and
about the performers and locations of the field recordings. Musical artists recorded
in the field are Kate Helms Huggins of Marshville, N.C., Lois Helms Huggins of Charlotte,
N.C., Mildred Curlee Carpenter of Oakboro, N.C., Henry Griffin, and Mrs. Millard Carpenter
of Peachland, N.C. Song titles performed include "In the Baggage Coach Ahead," "Alec
Whitley," "Song About J. V. Johnson," and "Two Little Orphans." Acquired as part of
the Southern Folklife Collection.
|
Creator |
Helms, Douglas, 1945- |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language |
English |
Back to Top
- Restrictions to Access
- This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact
Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options
for consulting this collection.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Douglas Helms Recording of Murder and Lynching Ballads
#20262, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
Back to Top
This summary description was created in January 2019 to provide information about
unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Back to Top
Historian John Douglass Helms (1945-2018) graduated from the University of North Carolina
in 1967.
Back to Top