H. Max Drake and Ann M. Drake Field Recordings, 1952-1980

Collection Number: 20470

Collection Title: H. Max Drake and Ann M. Drake Field Recordings, 1952-1980

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Size	7 items
Abstract	Field recordings on open-reel audio tape compiled by anthropologists H. Max Drake and Ann M. Drake contain traditional music performed chiefly by North Carolina musicians between 1952 and 1980 and interviews with civil rights workers in Chapel Hill, N.C., conducted during the early 1960s. Musical artists on the recordings include Bill Hicks, Tommy Jarrell, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Obray Ramsey, Byard Ray, and John Snipes. In the interviews, civil rights workers, including Mark Chaisson, Patrick Cusick, LaVert Taylor, Hope Van Riper, and Peter Van Riper, discuss protests in Chapel Hill against racial segregation in public accommodations. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.
Creator	Drake, H. Max. Drake, Ann M.
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 H. Max Drake and Ann M. Drake Field Recordings #20470, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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This summary description was created in January 2019 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.

Encoded by: Laura Smith

Anthropologists H. Max Drake and Ann M. Drake are graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.