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| Size | 13.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10000 items) |
| Abstract | White multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner David Holt was born in Gatesville, Tex., in 1946. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Holt began collecting Appalachian music and stories in the southeastern mountains. A historian of Appalachian music and culture, Holt began performing his collected music and stories in the early 1970s. In the mid-1970s, Holt founded the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C. In the early 1980s, Holt resigned from Warren Wilson and began touring fulltime, performing his music and stories at festivals around the world and on various TNN, the Nashville Network, and North Carolina PBS television shows. In the late 1990s, Holt and Doc Watson began working together to create Legacy, an album that features them in conversation and in song. The collection contains materials relating to the career of musician and storyteller David Holt. Included is correspondence, printed materials, clippings, and photographs that Holt referred to as "Career Memorabilia" and organized by decade. Correspondence chiefly consists of letters from children and thank you notes. Printed materials are chiefly advertisement for musical and storytelling events and festivals. Clippings are chiefly reviews of Holt's performances and albums. Photographs include both publicity and performance photographs. There is also material relating to the television and radio shows Holt hosted, including Fire on the Mountain, Celebration Station, Folkways, and Riverwalk, and to Holt's work with Doc Watson and their album Legacy. Also included are publicity materials, information about Holt's work with the Warren Wilson College Appalachian Music Program, his international tours, and his Grammy Awards. There are also audiovisual materials of performances and recordings by Holt, both alone and with other artists such as Doc and Merle Watson. The collection contains video recordings of television programs, including Riverwalk, Fire on the Mountain, and Folkways, as well as instructional videos on how to play various instruments, among other recordings. The audio recordings found in the collection include materials affiliated with various commercial releases by Holt, recordings of other artists (primarily the Jim Cullum Jazz Band), interviews, and other recordings. |
| Creator | Holt, David, 1946- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Emily Walters, November 2009
Encoded by: Emily Walters and Benjamin Bromley, December 2009
Finding aid updated by Amanda Loeb in May 2014 because of addition.
Updated by: Anne Wells, June 2016; Jodi Berkowitz, February 2019; Nancy Kaiser, February 2021; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021
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Biographical Information
Multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner David Holt was born in Gatesville, Tex., in 1946. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Holt began collecting Appalachian music and stories in the southeastern mountains. A historian of Appalachian music and culture, Holt began performing his collected music and stories in the early 1970s. In the mid-1970s, Holt founded the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C. In the early 1980s, Holt resigned from Warren Wilson and began touring fulltime, performing his music and stories at festivals around the world and on various TNN, the Nashville Network, and North Carolina PBS television shows. In the late 1990s, Holt and Doc Watson began working together to create Legacy, an album that features them in conversation and in song.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains materials relating to the career of musician and storyteller David Holt. Included is correspondence, printed materials, clippings, and photographs that Holt referred to as "Career Memorabilia" and organized by decade. Correspondence chiefly consists of letters from children and thank you notes. Printed materials are chiefly advertisement for musical and storytelling events and festivals. Clippings are chiefly reviews of Holt's performances and albums. Photographs include both publicity and performance photographs. There is also material relating to the television and radio shows Holt hosted, including Fire on the Mountain, Celebration Station, Folkways, and Riverwalk, and to Holt's work with Doc Watson and their album Legacy. Also included are publicity materials, information about Holt's work with the Warren Wilson College Appalachian Music Program, his international tours, and his Grammy Awards. There are also audiovisual materials of performances and recordings by Holt, both alone and with other artists such as Doc and Merle Watson. The collection contains video recordings of television programs, including Riverwalk, Fire on the Mountain, and Folkways, as well as instructional videos on how to play various instruments, among other recordings. The audio recordings found in the collection include materials affiliated with various commercial releases by Holt, recordings of other artists (primarily the Jim Cullum Jazz Band), interviews, and other recordings.
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Series 1. Career Memorabilia, 1970s-2000s.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence chiefly consists of letters from children and thank you notes. Printed materials are chiefly advertisement for musical and storytelling events and festivals. Clippings are chiefly reviews of Holt's performances and albums. Photographs include both publicity and performance photographs.
Holt's original organization and file names have, in most cases, been retained.
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Subseries 1.1. Career Memorabilia, 1970s.
| Folder 1 |
Correspondence, 1970sIncludes information about the National Endowment for the Arts grant Holt received to study Virgil Craven of Cedar Falls, N.C.; the Holt family Christmas card and Christmas cards sent to the Holt family' a note from Janette Carter confirming Holt's booking at the Carter Store; thank you notes from children for whom David Holt performed; and other items. |
Folder 2-4
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4 |
Printed materials, 1970sIncludes journals with pieces by Holt; programs, advertisements, and newsletters for festivals and shows at which Holt performed; and other items. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/1 |
Printed materials, 1970sSee folders 2-4 description. |
Folder 5-9
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
Clippings, 1970sIncludes an article about Holt's first solo performance (Pack Place Library, Asheville, N.C., April, 1974), and an article about the Holt family in Life Magazine from the early 1950s, and other articles about Holt's performances and albums. |
| Folder 10 |
Photographs, 1970sIncludes primarily promotional materials. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/2 |
Photographs, 1970sSee folder 10 description. |
| Folder 11 |
Other papers, 1970sIncludes the draft of the 1976 Holt family Christmas card, hand written notes, notes on expenses, resume, and Holt's "Teaching the Concepts of Music through the Traditional Music Program" lesson. |
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Subseries 1.2. Career Memorabilia, 1980s.
Folder 12-13
Folder 12Folder 13 |
Correspondence, 1980sIncludes drawings and letters from children, fan mail, a letter from North Carolina Representative James Clark congratulating Holt on being named "Best of the New Generation" by Esquire magazine, and a handwritten letter from John Hartford, among other items. |
Folder 14-23
Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23 |
Printed materials, 1980sIncludes event and festival programs, advertisements, and newsletters for both musical and storytelling programs; promotional materials for "Banjo Reb and the Blue Ghost"; and journals featuring Holt, including Vogue (July 1983), Entertainment Weekly (14 September 1990), and Esquire (December 1984). |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/3 |
Printed materials, 1980sSee folder 14-23 description. |
Folder 24-30
Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
Clippings, 1980sIncludes promotional articles and reviews of Holt's musical and storytelling performances. |
| Folder 31 |
Photographs, 1980sIncludes publicity photos, pictures of performances, autographed pictures of TNN (The Nashville Network) stars, and postcards made from reproductions of photographs taken by Holt. |
| Folder 32 |
Other papers, 1980sIncludes a Library of Congress finding aid entitled "Virginia Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture," Holt's notebook, Holt's passport, and various certificates. |
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Subseries 1.3. Career Memorabilia, 1990s.
| Folder 33 |
Correspondence, 1990sIncludes invitations to Holt's 50th birthday party, thank you notes from students for whom Holt performed, and an evaluation/review of Holt and his son Zeb's school performance in 1997. |
Folder 34-44
Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44 |
Printed materials, 1990sIncludes advertisements for musical and storytelling events and festivals; information and advertisements relating to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.; and information and advertisements relating to MerleFest. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/4 |
Printed materials, 1990sSee folder 34-44 description. |
Folder 45-52
Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52 |
Clippings, 1990sIncludes press about David Holt's Grammy Award, advertisements for upcoming shows, and reviews of shows and albums. |
| Folder 53 |
Photographs, 1990sIncludes photographs from Holt's performances and photographs from a North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching workshop. |
| Folder 54 |
Other papers, 1990sIncludes passes to festivals, Holt's North Carolina driver's license, song lists, a book of photographs commemorating Holt's daughter Sara Jane after her death, an article on grief written by Holt for the Compassionate Friends newsletter, class of 1965 reunion material, and a book entitled Out of the Mold. |
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Subseries 1.4. Career Memorabilia, 2000s.
| Folder 55 |
Correspondence, 2000sIncludes some photographs and thank you letters from children for whom Holt performed. |
Folder 56-76
Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76 |
Printed materials, 2000sIncludes advertisements for musical and storytelling events and festivals; information and advertisements relating to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.; and information and advertisements relating to MerleFest. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/5 |
Printed materials, 2000sSee folder 56-76 description. |
Folder 77-89
Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89 |
Clippings, 2000sIncludes information about shows, reviews of shows and albums, information about the Grammy Awards, and information about the film "O Brother Where Art Thou?" |
| Folder 90 |
Photographs, 2000sIncludes aerial shot of Shindig on the Green in Asheville, N.C., and photographs of the Luke Smathers Band at the World's Fair, 1982. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/6 |
Photographs, 2000sSee folder 90 description. |
Folder 91-92
Folder 91Folder 92 |
Other papers, 2000sIncludes personal history file created by Holt, Christmas card designed by son Zeb Holt, songs and set lists, earnings statements from the Screenwriter's Guild for "O Brother Where Art Thou?", and bound thank you note books from children for whom Holt performed. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/7 |
Other papers, 2000sSee folder 91-92 description. |
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Subseries 1.5. Other Career Memorabilia, 1970s-2000s.
| Box 25 |
EphemeraIncludes business cards, buttons, identification cards, certificates, name tags, t-shirts, and badges. |
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Series 2. Hosted Program and Other Materials, 1970s-2000s.
Material relating to the television and radio shows Holt hosted, including Fire on the Mountain, Celebration Station, Folkways, and Riverwalk, and to Holt's work with Doc Watson and their album Legacy. Also included are publicity materials, information about Holt's work with the Warren Wilson College Appalachian music program, his international tours, and his Grammy Awards.
Folder 99-100
Folder 99Folder 100 |
General TNN (The Nashville Network) materialsIncludes press releases, promotional information, schedules, and subscriber information relating to TNN. |
Folder 101-104
Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104 |
Fire on the MountainIncludes fan mail, cancellation protest correspondence, clippings, notes from shows, and rundowns related to Fire on the Mountain, a show about bluegrass music that was hosted by Holt and shown on TNN. |
| Folder 105 |
Celebration StationIncludes correspondence, clippings, notes from shows, rundowns, and information about grants relating to Celebration Station, a show on TNN hosted by Holt. |
| Folder 106 |
FolkwaysIncludes press releases, promotional materials, clippings, and information about Folkways, a show on UNC-TV hosted by Holt. |
Folder 107-108
Folder 107Folder 108 |
RiverwalkIncludes publicity information, advertisements, photographs, newsletters, and scripts related to Riverwalk, a public radio show hosted by Holt. |
Folder 116-128
Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128 |
RiverwalkSee folders 107-108 for description. |
Folder 111-113
Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113 |
Doc WatsonIncludes printed materials advertising Doc Watson and David Holt's shows, set lists, clippings, Doc Watson's hotel key, photographs, and correspondence regarding Legacy, a Grammy Award-winning album by Watson and Holt. Also includes a reprint of a painting used for the Legacy cover and posters signed by Holt and Watson. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/10 |
Doc WatsonSee folder 111-113 description. |
Folder 93-94
Folder 93Folder 94 |
Publicity materialsIncludes postcard advertisements, "Genuine Musical Margaret Knight Memorial Flat Bottom Paper Bag" advertisements, Holt's resume, posters, brochures, record catalog, publicity material for David Holt and the Lightening Bolts, business cards, and publicity materials relating to other performers. |
Folder 114-115
Folder 114Folder 115 |
Publicity materialsSee folders 93-94 for description. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/8 |
Publicity materialsSee folders 93-94 description. |
Folder 95-96
Folder 95Folder 96 |
Warren Wilson College Appalachian Music ProgramIncludes clippings about the program; photographs; correspondence, including Holt's resignation letter; class outlines; grant information; and other items. |
Folder 97-98
Folder 97Folder 98 |
International toursIncludes photographs, clippings, promotional materials, posters, and song and set lists. |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20366/9 |
International toursSee folder 97-98 description. |
Folder 109-110
Folder 109Folder 110 |
GrammysIncludes nomination certificate for Spiders in the Hairdoo, 1998; tickets to the Grammy Awards ceremony; and publicity about the Grammy Awards. |
| Folder 131 |
PostcardsAcquisitions information: Accession 099365 Six postcards containing photographs of musicians taken by David Holt. Musicians include Dellie Norton, Tommy Jarrell, Etta Baker, and Ray Hicks. |
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Series 3. Audio/Visual Materials.
Includes materials documenting Holt's performances, both alone and with other artists such as Doc and Merle Watson and on Riverwalk, Fire on the Mountain, and Folkways, as well as recordings of other artists (primarily the Jim Cullum Jazz Band), interviews, other television programs, instructional videos on how to play various instruments, and other recordings. Subseries 3.6 and 3.7 also contains associated ephermera, notes, and memos found with the audio recordings in those series.
Titles have been compiled from original containers.
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Subseries 3.1. Audiocassettes.
Includes recordings of various musical artists, primarily the Jim Cullum Jazz Band playing with other musicians, and recordings of performances by David Holt both alone and with other artists, such as Doc and Merle Watson.
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Subseries 3.2. Audiodiscs.
Contains recordings of performances by David Holt.
| Audiodisc FC-20366/19727 |
The Hairyman and Other Wild TalesLP record |
| Audiodisc FC-20366/19728 |
Tailybone and Other Strange StoriesLP record |
| 45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20366/8930 |
Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back, Billy Edd Wheeler45 rpm record |
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Subseries 3.3. Compact Discs.
Includes recordings from Riverwalk, a public radio show hosted by David Holt, as well as recordings of Holt performing by himself and with other musicians, such as Doc Watson.
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Subseries 3.4. Digital Audio Tapes.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Contains Digital Audio Tapes (DAT) and associated field notes (Folder 130).
| Digital Audiotape DAT-20366/622 |
David Holt, Reel and Rock, cassette master, 1985Digital Audio Tape (DAT) 29 minutes, 29 seconds High Windy Records master recording, Catalog number: HW1253, File #: 4181; Typed list of song titles on original container; Item was originally found inside envelope located in Folder 130 |
| Digital Audiotape DAT-20366/623 |
David Holt, Grandfather's Greatest Hits, cassette master, 1991Digital Audio Tape (DAT) 20 minutes, 30 seconds High Windy Records master recording, Catalog number: HW1251; Typed list of song titles on original container; Item was originally found inside envelope located in Folder 130 |
| Folder 130 |
Field notesContains envelopes that originally housed DAT-20366/622-623. Includes brief production notes provided by High Windy Records staff. |
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Subseries 3.5. DVDs.
Contains videos of television shows hosted by David Holt and instructional videos on how to play various instruments.
| Digital Video Disc DVD-141 |
Folk Rhythms: Learn to Play Spoons, Bones, Washboard, Hambone, and the Paper Bag |
| Digital Video Disc DVD-142 |
Clawhammer Banjo 1: Repertoire and Technique |
| Digital Video Disc DVD-143 |
Clawhammer Banjo 2: Repertoire and Technique |
| Digital Video Disc DVD-144 |
Great Scenic Railway Journeys, The West, Hosted by David Holt |
| Digital Video Disc DVD-145 |
The Human Hambone |
| Digital Video Disc DVD-146 |
Martin Zak Old-Time Country Band Stara Almara |
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Subseries 3.6. Films.
Contains 16mm films featuring Doc and Merle Watson.
| Film F-20366/1 |
Doc and Merle Watson, 1970s: reel 1 of 316mm motion picture film 200 feet Color ; Sound (magnetic) |
| Film F-20366/2 |
Doc and Merle Watson, 1970s: reel 2 of 316mm motion picture film 300 feet Color ; Sound (magnetic) |
| Film F-20366/3 |
Doc and Merle Watson, 1970s: reel 3 of 316mm motion picture film 250 feet Color ; Sound (magnetic) |
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Subseries 3.7. Open Reel Audio.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Contains 1/4" and 1/2" open reel audio tapes and associated field notes (Folder 129).
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16441 |
Virgil Craven and David Holt, master, Cedar Falls, N.C., 14 February 19761/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 7.5 ips |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16442 |
Passing Away, Morning Star, 19761/4" Open Reel Audio 5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16443 |
Warren Wilson College Concerts of Traditional Music, 19761/4" Open Reel Audio Artist and song listing inside original container;Artists include Tommy Bell, Mack Snodderly, Luke Smathers, Avril Freeman, Byard Ray, Tommy McKinny, Walter Davis, Cass Wallin, Brazille Wallin, Dellie Norton, Ethel Phill ips, Walter Phill ips, Morning Star Group, Smathers Swing Band, James Worley, Sheila Rice, Inez Chandler, Morris Brothers |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16444 |
David Holt, It Just Suits Me, tape 2 and 3 outtakes, 22 September 19791/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Hand-written track listing on back of original container; Note on tape reads: “Mix tape 2 and 3". |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16445 |
Will McIntyre interview with David Holt, 19791/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 7.5 ips Includes Etowah shaped-note singing with David Hold leading |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16446 |
Christian Harmony Singing, Etowah, N.C., 4 May 1980: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 7.5 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container; Note on original container reads: "Original Master at FoxFire" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16447 |
Christian Harmony Singing, Etowah, N.C., 4 May 1980: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 7.5 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container; Note on original container reads: "Original Master at FoxFire" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16448 |
David Holt and Debbie Norton at Brevard College, Brevard, N.C., 24 June 1980: tape 21/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16449 |
David Holt and Debbie Norton at Brevard College, Brevard, N.C., 25 June 1980: tape 21/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16450 |
David Holt and Debbie Norton at Brevard College1/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel Likely from 1980; memo found inside original container resides in Folder 129 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16451 |
David Holt, Old Time Songs for Singing, side 2 master, 15 October 19801/4" Open Reel Audio 18 minutes, 52 seconds Typed track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16452 |
David Holt, Old Time Songs for Singing, outtakes, circa 19801/4" Open Reel Audio Copy; Hand-written track listing on back of original container; memo with track listing found inside original container resides in Folder 129 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16453 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 1 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16454 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 2 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16455 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 3 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16456 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 4 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16457 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 5 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16458 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 6 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16459 |
David Holt, Storytelling record, 4 April 1981: tape 7 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16460 |
David Holt, Lightning Express, Sad and Blue, 4 April 19811/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16461 |
David Holt, The Hairy Man and Other Wild Tails, side 1 EQ master, 19811/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips High Windy Records EQ master side 1, Catalog number: HW1202, File number: BE-505-1; Date on original label: 21 October 1982; Track listing printed on front of original container; Correspondence found inside original container resides in Folder 129 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16462 |
David Holt, The Hairy Man and Other Wild Tails, side 2 EQ master, 19811/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips High Windy Records EQ master side 2, Catalog number: HW1202, File number: BE-505-1; Date on original label: 21 October 1982; Track listing printed on front of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16463 |
David Holt, The Hairy Man and Other Wild Tails, side 1 flat copy, 19811/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips ; 21 minutes, 50 seconds High Windy Records flat copy side 1, Catalog number: HW1202. 21:50, Job number: BE-505-B WW-722; Date on label: 13 July 1982; Track listing printed on original container; Correspondence found inside original container resides in Folder 129 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16464 |
David Holt, The Hairy Man and Other Wild Tails, side 2 flat copy, 19811/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips ; 22 minutes, 19 seconds High Windy Records flat copy side 1, Catalog number: HW1202. 22:19, Job number: BE-505-B WW-722; Date on label: 13 July 1982; Track listing printed on original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16465 |
David Holt, Three-Song reel, 8 July 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Supporting musicians include Doc Watson, Merle Watson, Buddy Davis, and Bucky Hanks; Producer: S. Heller |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16466 |
David Holt, Taily Bone and Other Strange Stories, side 1 EQ copy, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips High Windy Records EQ copy side 1, Catalog number: HW1203; Date on label: 1 October 1984; Studio label taped to back reads: "Received 06/03/1988, File #2143"; Track listing printed on front of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16467 |
David Holt, Taily Bone and Other Strange Stories, side 2 EQ copy, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips High Windy Records EQ copy side 2, Catalog number: HW1203; Date on label: 1 October 1984; Studio label taped to back reads: "Received 06/03/1988, File #2143"; Track listing printed on front of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16469 |
David Holt, Four-Song reel, circa 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel Hand-written track listing on original reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16470 |
David Holt, Reel and Rock, master dub, circa 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Hand-written track listing on original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16471 |
David Holt, Play the Jaw Harp Now, side 1 master, 19881/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips ; 29 minutes, 58 seconds High Windy Records master recording side 1, Catalog number: HW1250C; hand written note found inside original container resides in Folder 129 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16472 |
David Holt, Play the Jaw Harp Now, side 2 master, 19881/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips ; 32 minutes, 22 seconds High Windy Records master recording side 2, Catalog number: HW1250C |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16473 |
Pete Seeger, Stories and Songs for Little Children, master, 19891/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel ; 15 ips High Windy Records master recording containing both sides A and B, Catalog number: HW1207; Hand-written track listing on back of original container |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16475 |
David Holt, Concert multitrack master, 5 January 1992: tape 1 of 31/2" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Includes eight tracks; Likely a concert recording with Ken Crawford on guitar and vocals; Report from audio engineer and business card found inside original container resides in Folder 129 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16476 |
David Holt, Concert multitrack master, 5 January 1992: tape 2 of 31/2" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Includes eight tracks; Likely a concert recording with Ken Crawford on guitar and vocals |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16477 |
David Holt, Concert multitrack master, 5 January 1992: tape 3 of 31/2" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Includes eight tracks; Likely a concert recording with Ken Crawford on guitar and vocals |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16478 |
Audition tape 21/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Artist likely David Holt |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16479 |
David Holt, Lost John and Pretty Saro, outtakes, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16480 |
David Holt, Shaped Note in Studio, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16481 |
Deford Bailey, Muscle Shoals Blues, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16482 |
David Holt, outtakes tape 5, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio 7" reel ; 15 ips Hand-written track list on original container and reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20366/16483 |
Unidentified sound recording1/4" Open Reel Audio 5" reel |
| Folder 129 |
Field notesContains field notes, memos, and correspondence found inside the containers of select open reel audio tapes, including: FT-20366/16450, FT-20366/16452, FT-20366/16461, FT-20366/16463, FT-20366/16470, FT-20366/16475 |
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Subseries 3.8. Videotapes.
Includes recordings of David Holt's performances; recordings of Fire on the Mountain, a show about bluegrass music that was shown on TNN and hosted by Holt; recordings of Folkways, a show on UNC-TV hosted by Holt; recordings of interviews and other television programs; and other recordings.
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Addition of May 2014: David Holt Website.
Website of musician, performer, and story-teller David Holt. The site includes biographical information about Holt; information about his shows, tours, music, and storytelling; photographs and videos.
| Digital Item DI-20366/1 |
Website (davidholt.com)Harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013. |