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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 Banjo Newsletter Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 6.5 linear feet of shelf space (approximately 2500 items) |
| Abstract | The Banjo Newsletter Collection consists of papers, photographs, and audiovisual recordings related to the Banjo Newsletter, a monthly magazine covering all aspects of the 5-string banjo. Papers found in the collection consist of scattered photographs, articles, catalogs, banjo tabs, advertising forms, and other printed materials loosely related to the publication. Photographs depict banjo players and events sponsored or covered by the Banjo Newsletter. Some of the images may have appeared in issues of the Banjo Newsletter. Audio recordings include live recordings, interviews, demos, and dubbed commercial recordings compiled by Donald Nitchie, co-publisher of Banjo Newsletter and son of Hub and Nancy Nitchie, who started the publication in 1973. Notable artists featured on the audiocassette recordings include Eddie Adcock, Bill Keith, Don Reno, Earl Scruggs, and Tony Trischka. Also included is a born digital video featuring "Banjo Bash at Buckeystown," an event that took place at the Maryland Banjo Academy in 1998. |
| Creator | Banjo Newsletter. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Historical Information
The Banjo Newsletter is a 32-page monthly magazine covering all aspects of the 5-string banjo. Started by Hub Nitchie and his wife Nancy Nitchie in 1973, Banjo Newsletter is now published by their two sons Donald Nitchie and Spencer Nitchie. Topics discussed by columnists and contributors cover a wide range of banjo topics, including features on banjo players, banjo techniques (three-finger, clawhammer, and others), beginning banjo, music theory, banjo set-up and accessories, product and record reviews, and banjo tabs, or "tunes in banjo tablature." The publication has more than five thousand subscribers, most of which are banjo players, in the United States and internationally.
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Scope and Content
The Banjo Newsletter Collection consists of papers, photographs and audiovisual recordings related to the Banjo Newsletter, a monthly magazine covering all aspects of the 5-string banjo. Papers found in the collection consist of scattered photographs, articles, catalogs, banjo tabs, advertising forms, and other printed materials loosely related to the publication. Photographs depict banjo players and events sponsored or covered by the Banjo Newsletter. Some of the images may have appeared in issues of the Banjo Newsletter. Audio recordings include live recordings, interviews, demos, and dubbed commercial recordings compiled by Donald Nitchie, co-publisher of Banjo Newsletter and son of Hub and Nancy Nitchie, who started the publication in 1973. Notable artists featured on the audiocassette recordings include Eddie Adcock, Bill Keith, Don Reno, Earl Scruggs, and Tony Trischka. Also included is a born digital video featuring "Banjo Bash at Buckeystown," an event that took place at the Maryland Banjo Academy in 1998.
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Series 1. Papers, 1974-1999.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scattered photographs, articles, catalogs, banjo tabs, advertising forms, and other printed materials loosely related to the publication.
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Series 2. Photographs, circa 1970s-2006.
Arrangement: Subject.
Photographs, black-and-white 35mm roll film negatives, and color 35mm roll film negatives depicting banjo players and events sponsored or covered by the Banjo Newsletter. Some of the images may have appeared in issues of the Banjo Newsletter.
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Series 3. Audiovisual Recordings, 1972-1994.
Arrangement: Roughly alphabetical.
Live recordings, interviews, demos, and dubbed commercial recordings compiled by Donald Nitchie, co-publisher of Banjo Newsletter and son of Hub and Nancy Nitchie, who started the publication in 1973. Notable artists featured on the audio recordings include Eddie Adcock, Bill Keith, Don Reno, Earl Scruggs, and Tony Trischka. Audio recordings are on audiocassette. Also included is a born digital video featuring Banjo Bash at Buckeystown, an event that took place at the Maryland Banjo Academy in 1998.
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Items Separated
Processed by: Jodi Berkowitz, Anne Wells, and Patrick Cullom November-December 2016
Encoded by: Jodi Berkowitz, Anne Wells, and Patrick Cullom November-December 2016
Archival processing of the Banjo Newsletter Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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