Banjo Newsletter Collection, circa 1970s-2006

Collection Number: 20532

Collection Title: Banjo Newsletter Collection, circa 1970s-2006

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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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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Banjo Newsletter Collection #20532, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Donald Nitchie, of Chilmark, Mass., in November 2016 (Acc. 102687).

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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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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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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.

Contents list

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1. Papers, 1974-1999.
2. Photographs, circa 1970s-2006.
3. Audiovisual Recordings, 1972-1994.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Papers, 1974-1999.

Approximately 1000 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical.

Scattered photographs, articles, catalogs, banjo tabs, advertising forms, and other printed materials loosely related to the publication.

Folder 1	Acoustic Musician
Folder 2	Acoustic Vibration Appreciation Society
Folder 3-4 Folder 3 Folder 4	Acquesta, Mike
Folder 5	Acri, Gordon
Folder 6-7 Folder 6 Folder 7	AcuTab
Folder 8	Adams, Tom
Folder 9	Adcock, Eddie
Folder 10	Adler, Thomas Albert, "The acquisition of a traditional competence: folk-musical and folk-cultural learning among bluegrass banjo players," 1980
Folder 11	African
Folder 12	Aldridge, Howard "Tuck"
Folder 13	Allen Banjo
Folder 14	Alley, Mike
Folder 15	Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe
Folder 16	Arnold, Jimmy
Folder 17-18 Folder 17 Folder 18	Art
Folder 19	Atlanta Highway
Folder 20	Austin Lounge Lizards
Folder 21	Ayers, Joe
Folder 22	Baltimore bluegrass
Folder 23	Banjeurine blueprint
Folder 24	Banjocards
Folder 25	Banjomania
Folder 26	Banjo-L
Folder 27	Banjo Newsletter
Folder 28	Banjo sound survey
Folder 29	Barnes, Danny
Folder 30	Bartz: Banjo Newsletter alphabet
Folder 31-32 Folder 31 Folder 32	Baucom, Terry
Folder 33	Baugus, Riley
Folder 34	Beacon Banjo
Folder 35	Beautiful Brown Eyes
Folder 36	Beethoven
Folder 37	Beginner's Corner
Folder 38	Bernunzio
Folder 39	Big Country Show
Folder 40	Big Scioty
Folder 41	Black, Bob
Folder 42	Bluegrass Canada
Folder 43	Bluegrass Unlimited
Folder 44	Boarman, Andy
Folder 45	Boggs, Dock
Folder 46	Borchelt, Don
Folder 47	Brandt, Carl and Clinton Roemer,"Standardized Chord Symbol Notation,"1976
Folder 48	Briggs, Thomas F.,"Briggs' Banjo Instructor"
Folder 49-50 Folder 49 Folder 50	Brown, Alison
Folder 51	Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments Bulletin, 1981
Folder 52	Buehling, Clark
Folder 53	Capek Instruments
Folder 54	Captain Billy Banjo
Folder 55	Cartoons
Folder 56-59 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58 Folder 59	Catalogs
Folder 60	Cavanaugh, Ryan
Folder 61	Chadborn, Eugene
Folder 62	Chanterelle
Folder 63	Chicken Dance
Folder 64	Church, Ramona
Folder 65	Classic
Folder 66	Clippings
Folder 67-68 Folder 67 Folder 68	Cloud, Pat
Folder 69	Connor, Jim
Folder 70	Correllus, Ernest
Folder 71-72 Folder 71 Folder 72	Cotton, David
Folder 73	Cox/Fairchild Banjo
Folder 74	Crescendo from Jack Hatfield
Folder 75	Crisp, Rufus
Folder 76-78 Folder 76 Folder 77 Folder 78	Cushing, Andy
Folder 79	Cushman
Folder 80	Czechoslovakia
Folder 81	D'addario
Folder 82-84 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84	Davis, Janet
Folder 85	Deakins, Betty
Folder 86	Diller, Dwight
Folder 87	Dobro Banjo
Folder 88	Duke of Pearl
Folder 89	Dylan
Folder 90	Early subscribers
Folder 91	Edwards, Billy
Folder 92	Elderly Instruments
Folder 93	Elkins, Julie
Folder 94	Eller, Curtis
Folder 95	Ellis, Rex
Folder 96	Ellis, Tony
Folder 97	England, Bryan
Folder 98	Enoch Instruments
Folder 99	Epstein, Dena
Folder 100	Evans, Dale
Folder 101	Fairchild, Raymond
Folder 102	Fawley, Wyatt
Folder 103-104 Folder 103 Folder 104	First Quality
Folder 105-107 Folder 105 Folder 106 Folder 107	Fleck, Béla
Folder 108	Flesher, Bob
Folder 109	Foggy Mountain Jamboree
Folder 110	Freed, Ben
Folder 111	Freed, Geoff
Folder 112	Fret 'n' Fiddle
Folder 113	Fretted Instruments School of Folk Music
Folder 114	Furtado, Tony
Folder 115-117 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117	Garner, Steve
Folder 118	Geiger Products
Folder 119	Gibson Brothers
Folder 120	Gloaguen, Eric
Folder 121	Goins, Larry
Folder 122	Goose Acres
Folder 123-124 Folder 123 Folder 124	Grasshoppers
Folder 125	Greg's music
Folder 126	Grier, David
Folder 127	Guard, Dave
Folder 128	Guptill Music
Folder 129	Halton, Phil
Folder 130	Hanway, Tom
Folder 131	Harrison, Merle
Folder 132	Harvey, Steve
Folder 133	Hatfield Music
Folder 134	Hawthorne/Gestalt
Folder 135	Haydon, Bob
Folder 136	Henry, Murphy
Folder 137	Hesson, Ray
Folder 138	Hicks, Stanley
Folder 139	Hirsch, Phil
Folder 140	Huber, Steve
Folder 305	Huntington, Marianna Nancy, "The origin of the Jackson Whites in an attempt to explain the manner of their existence today," 1949
Folder 141	Into the Woods
Folder 142	Irish assorted tabs
Folder 143	Jamieson, Stu
Folder 144	Jazz clawhammer
Folder 145	Jenkins, Jake
Folder 146	Jenkins, Snuffy
Folder 147	Keefer, Jane
Folder 148	Keith, Bill
Folder 149	Kelly, Dr. John
Folder 150	Knowles, Dan
Folder 151	Kropf, Bill
Folder 152	Kruger, Jens
Folder 153	Kimmel, Dick
Folder 154	Kulesh
Folder 155	LaFleur, Chris
Folder 156	Lake, Tim
Folder 157	Lambert, Jerell
Folder 158	Landers, Brian
Folder 159	Leftwich, Brad
Folder 160-161 Folder 160 Folder 161	Levenson, Dan
Folder 162	Luberecki, Ned
Folder 163	Mabos, Joel
Folder 164	MacDonald, Stewart
Folder 165	Mailing list
Folder 166	Mainer, Wade
Folder 167	Mairs, Rob
Folder 168	Malina, Lubos
Folder 169	Mandolin Brothers
Folder 170	Martin, Ralph
Folder 171-172 Folder 171 Folder 172	Martin, Reed
Folder 173	Martin, Renaud
Folder 174	Masters of the Banjo
Folder 175	McCoury, Rob
Folder 176-177 Folder 176 Folder 177	McEven, John
Folder 178	McGee, Rex
Folder 179	McNeely, Larry
Folder 180	McPeake, Curtis
Folder 181	McPeake, Kenton
Folder 182	Melodie d'amour
Folder 183	Menefee
Folder 184	Miles, Michael
Folder 185	Miller, Steve,"5-String Banjo Variations on Theme,"1980
Folder 186	Minalco
Folder 187	Minor Swing
Folder 188	Monroe, Bill
Folder 189	Moonlight Serenade
Folder 190	Morris, Lynn
Folder 191	Moxcey, Mike
Folder 192-193 Folder 192 Folder 193	Mugwumps: the magazine of folk instruments
Folder 194	Murphy
Folder 195	Music Sales Corporation
Folder 196-197 Folder 196 Folder 197	Nechville
Folder 198	Network Solutions
Folder 199	Nickerson, Ross
Folder 200	Nijman, Rob
Folder 201-203 Folder 201 Folder 202 Folder 203	Nitchie, Hub
Folder 204	Old Dan Tucker
Folder 205-206 Folder 205 Folder 206	OME
Folder 207	Outlook express
Folder 208	Pankey, Jim
Folder 209	Parris, Gordon
Folder 210	Pedersen, Herb
Folder 211	Perkins, Larry
Folder 212-213 Folder 212 Folder 213	Perlman, Ken
Folder 214-216 Folder 214 Folder 215 Folder 216	Perry, Ian
Folder 217	Photo source
Folder 218	Piekiel, Bob
Folder 219	Pietsch
Folder 220	Pig Ankle Rag
Folder 221	Prucha
Folder 222	Red-Haired Boy
Folder 223	Redon, Jean-Marie
Folder 224	Reno, Don
Folder 225	Reno & Smiley
Folder 226	RichTone
Folder 227	Roblin, Andrew
Folder 228	Robbins, Butch
Folder 229	Rodney's Glory
Folder 230	Roehling, Pete
Folder 231	Rose, Larry
Folder 232	Rothman, Sandy
Folder 233	Ruiz, Angel
Folder 234	Rushefsky, Pete
Folder 235	Russian Bluegrass
Folder 236	Saffell, Tom
Folder 237	Saitensprung
Folder 238-239 Folder 238 Folder 239	Sampson, Rick
Folder 240	Sands, Chris
Folder 241	Santos, Rogerio
Folder 242	Sapp, Dean
Folder 243	Sarrell, Don
Folder 244	Scan art
Folder 245	Schatz, Mark
Folder 246-247 Folder 246 Folder 247	Schwimmer, Peter
Folder 248-249 Folder 248 Folder 249	Scruggs, Earl
Folder 250-252 Folder 250 Folder 251 Folder 252	Seeger, Pete
Folder 253	Seemann, Dave
Folder 254	Siekers
Folder 255	Seldom Scene
Folder 256-257 Folder 256 Folder 257	Shaw, Josh
Folder 258-259 Folder 258 Folder 259	Shrubsall
Folder 260	Simpson, Ian
Folder 261	Slider
Folder 262	Slowgold
Folder 263	Snowbird in the ashbank
Folder 264	Snowflake reel
Folder 265	Snowshoer's reel
Folder 266	Soundjam
Folder 267	Spin doctor
Folder 268	Stanley, Pete
Folder 269	Stanley, Ralph
Folder 270	Stecher, Jody
Folder 271	Steele, Pete
Folder 272	Stelling
Folder 273	Stone, Gordon
Folder 274	Stover, Don
Folder 275	String Cheese Incident
Folder 276	Sutphin
Folder 277	Svaren, Sture
Folder 278	Swanks shell inlay
Folder 279	Taylor, Todd
Folder 280	Tchaikovsky
Folder 281	Tennessee Banjo Institute, 1988
Folder 282	Tennessee Banjo Institute, 1991
Folder 283	Thompson, Bobby
Folder 284	Three Finger Classics, Volume 2
Folder 285	Tombstone
Folder 286	Treadway, R. L.
Folder 287-288 Folder 287 Folder 288	Trischka, Tony
Folder 289	Troy, LeRoy
Folder 290	Turtle Hill
Folder 291	Ullrich, Tony
Folder 292	Vanek, Larry
Folder 293	Vann, Mark
Folder 294	Veerman, Bart
Folder 295	Wade, Stephen
Folder 296	Wallace, Larry
Folder 297	Wernick
Folder 298	West, Harry and Jeannie
Folder 299	White, Dennis
Folder 300	Williams, Blake
Folder 301	Williams, Josh
Folder 302	Wright, John
Folder 303	Wright Tool & Die
Folder 304	Zemmer, Joel

Expand/collapse Series 2. Photographs, circa 1970s-2006.

Approximately 1500 images.

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.

Image Folder PF-20532/001	Adams, Tom: Photographic prints, circa 1970s-2000 Color and Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/002	Adcock, Eddie (The Eddie Adcock Band), circa 1990 Photographic Postcard
Image Folder PF-20532/003	Adcock, Eddie (II Generation), 1974 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/004	Adcocks, Charles, January 1977 Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/005	Backstrapping, circa 2005
Image Folder PF-20532/006	Banjos, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/007	Banjos, circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/008	Banjo-making, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/009	Banjumbo, November 1997 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/010	Benford, Mac, July 1975 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/011	Beranek, Peter, circa 2005 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/012	Block, Ron, circa 1990s Color 35mm Mounted Slide
Image Folder PF-20532/013	Bluegrass Funk Guy, circa 2001 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/014	Brown, Greg, 2002 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/015	Butch, February 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/016	Cannon, Gus, 1971 Photographic Postcard
Image Folder PF-20532/017	Carlin, Bob: Performing at 1999 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, 2 October 1999 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/018	Cashman, Charlie, October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/019	Clawson, Charlie, October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/020	Cocoa music Festival, Cocoa Beach, Fla., circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/021	Cody, Ron, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/022	Cohen, Stu, 21 June 1975 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/023	Corn Bred, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/024	Costa, Jim, circa 1980s-1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/025	Costa Rican banjo band, April 2000 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/026	Cousin Rachel (Veach), circa 1930s-1940s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/027	Cranford Nix; Lane-Wood banjo, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/028	Dale, Rick, circa 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/029	Dearing Banjos, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/030	Dee, Donna and Ray, Dennis, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/031	Evans, Bill, circa 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/032	Fairchild, Raymond, 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/033	Fairchild, Raymond and Lane, Harry, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/034	Farsetta, Vince, circa 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/035	Fleck, Béla, 12 June 1999 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/036	Fleck, Béla, April 1987 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/037	Fleck, Béla, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/038	Fleck, Béla, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/039	Gibson Guitar Company Headquarters, circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/040	Hall, Tom E., February 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/041	Hatfield, Jack, circa 1980s-1990s Color Photographic Prints; Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/042	Herrmann, John, 2000 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/043	Hickman, John, 1999 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/044	Hicks, Jack, 1973 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/045	Hicks, Stanley, circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Print
Image Folder PF-20532/046	Horseflies, circa 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/047	Huber, Steve circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/048	Indian Springs; Gadds; Kimme; Borman circa 1976 Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/049	Jenkins, Snuffy circa 1970s Color Photographic Prints; Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/050	Jim and Jesse, circa 1980s Color Photographic Prints; Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/051	Joslin, Chris : Performing at 1999 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, 2 October 1999 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/052	Keith, Bill, February or March 1997 and 1998 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/053	Kepley, Diane, September 1976 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/054	Lane, Hawkins, Photographic negatives, circa 1970s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/055	Lane (Hawkins?); Devil's Dream; Adcock, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/056	Levenson, Don and Levenson, Jennifer, October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/057	Louzey Bunch, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/058	Manford, Mike, October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/059	Martin, Jimmy, 1950s-1970s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/060	Martin, Steve, 12 April 2000 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/061	Maryland Banjo Academy Concert: Headshots of performers, 6 November 1998 Black-and-White Photographic Prints Includes headshots or publicity photographs for: Mike Seeger, Eddie and Martha Adcock, John Ballard, The Reno Brothers, Carl Jackson, Michael J. Myers, Alison Krause and Union Station, Bad Livers, and Red Wine.
Image Folder PF-20532/062	McCoy, Robbie, circa 1992 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/063	Comedown, Jimmy, 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/064	Smoky, Bruce, 1998 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/065	Munde, Alan, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/066	Munde, Alan, circa 1970s-1980s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/067	Munde, Alan, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/068	Murphy, Casey (Casey Murphy's Mother), October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/069	Nechville, Tom (Nechville Banjos), circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/070	Nitchie, Hub, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/071	Norris the "Ebony Hillbilly," October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/072	O'Bryant, Allan, circa 1993 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/073	Old Settlers Music Festival, 7 April 2000 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/074	Picking groups; R. Santos; Janet Davis; Don Stoner, October 1990 Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/075	Pittman, Bill (Austin Lounge Lizards), circa 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/076	Ray, Toni, February 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/077	Reay, S.L. (photographer), January, February, June, October, August 1995 Color Photographic Prints Images depict Ralph Stanley, Dave Dick, Ron Lyndman, Peter Wernick, Raymond McClain, and Micheal McClain,
Image Folder PF-20532/078	Ross, Pete (gourd banjos), 19 April 1996 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/079	Seeger, Pete, circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/080	Seeger, Pete, circa 1986-1987 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/081	Seeman, Dave, 2002 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/082	Shelor, Sammy, 1994 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/083	Smith, Craig: Performing at 1999 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, 1 October 1999 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/084	Snider, Mike: Performing at 1990 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, 2 October 1999 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/085	Stanley, Ralph, 1968 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/086	Stelling, Lane, and Nichols; Imperial Banjos, circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/087	Stelling Banjo; Gadds-Brass; Crouch banjo, circa Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/088	Tangier Sound, Md., Bluegrass Festival August 1980 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/089	"Vintage" (Group of sailors, one holding banjo), circa 1900-1910 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/090	Wagner, Cliff, circa 1990s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/091	Wakefield, Frank and the Good Ol' Boys, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/092	Weymann, circa Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/093	Weymann dobro; Lane; Bobadilla case, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/094	Weymann's inlay, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/095	Weymann's inlay; Sahall peg-hand, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/096	Wild Country, 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/097	Woodsong Banjos, circa 1996-1997 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/098	Unidentified banjo players, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/099	Unidentified banjo players, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/100	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1940s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/101	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa February 1978 Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/102	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/103	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa October 1976 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/104	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa March 1983 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/105	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1980s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/106	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1980s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/107	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/108	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/109	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/110	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/111	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/112	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/113	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/114	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/115	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/116	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/117	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/118	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/119	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/120	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/121	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/122	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/123	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/124	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/125	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/126	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/127	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/128	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/129	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/130	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/131	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1970s-1980s Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film
Image Folder PF-20532/132	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa October 1990 Color Photographic Prints Images depict Don Wayne, Frank Godby, Alan O'Bryant, Bill Rust, and Will Keys.
Image Folder PF-20532/133	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa October 1990 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/134	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/135	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/136	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, October 1990 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/137	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, October 1990 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/138	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa 1990s Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/139	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa October 2004 Color Photographic Prints
Image Folder PF-20532/140	Unidentified event sponsored or covered by Banjo Newsletter, circa May 2006 Color Photographic Prints

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20 items.

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.

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/1	Eddie Adcock and Don Reno with Buck Ryan and Martha Adcock at Camp Springs, N.C., 1977 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/2	Eddie Adcock and Don Reno at Camp Springs, N.C., 1977 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/3	Jimmy Arnold, album master, 22 November 1989 Audiocassette
Digital Folder DF-20532/1	Banjo Bash at Buckeystown, 1998 12 video (.BUP, .DAT, .IFO, .VOB, and .mp4) files A born digital video documenting an event at the Maryland Banjo Academy that includes performances by Eddie Adcock, Bruce Molsky & Rafe Stefanini, Tony Trischka, Leroy Troy, Mike Seeger, John Rossbach, The Reno Brothers, Ken Perlman, Don Wayne Reno, Michael Miles, Reed Martin, Bill Kieth, Mark Johnson, Casey & Murphy Henry, Jack Hatfield, Tom Hanway, Bob Flesher, Béla Fleck, Bill Evans, Bill Emerson, Tony Ellis, Dwight Diller, and Cheick Hamala Diabate. Processing information: An access .mp4 file ("BanjoBash_Access.mp4") was made from the .VOB files for viewing purposes.
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/4	Byron Berline and John Hickman, "Live at Childe Harold," Washington, D.C., 1975 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/5	Carol Best, "Jam at Hatfield's," Pigeon Forge, Tenn., 25 January 1992 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/6	Bob Black, 1994 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/7	Eugene Chadbourne and Tony Trischka Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/8	Pat Cloud, "Jam," Columbus, Ohio, 1972 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/9	Lamar Grier on WAMU-FM, Washington, D.C., 7 January 1976 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/10	Jim and Jesse, WAMU Aircheck, Washington, D.C. Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/11	Tim Jumper, "Banjo Tunes" Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/12	Bill Keith with Russ Barenberg and Don Reno at Monclair State College, Montclair, N.J., 30 September 1977; Don Reno and the Tennessee Cutups at Montclair State College, Montclair, N.J., 30 September 1977 Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/13	Bill Keith and Jim Rooney, "Live at Childe Harold," Washington, D.C., 16 October 1975. dub Audiocassette Note on original container reads: "Dubbed from Fred Geiger"
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/14	Alan Munde Banjo Workshop Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/15	Earl Interview #3 Audiocassette Most likely interview with Earl Scruggs
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/16	Martin Stehlik on banjo, Marek Lipold on guitar, and Toras Hononola on mandolin Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/17	Don Stover at Augusta Heritage Festival in Elkins, W.Va., 19 July 1985; Red Allen and Frank Wakefield LP on Red Clay Records. dub Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/18	Tony and Akira Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/19	Billy Edwards, "Let Him In." dub Audiocassette
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20532/20	Interview with Tony Trischka by Bob Yellin, circa 1977 Audiocassette

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Collection Number: 20532

Collection Title: Banjo Newsletter Collection, circa 1970s-2006