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Size | 14.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1500 items) |
Abstract | The Hazel Dickens Collection, 1930s-2011, documents the singing and songwriting career of the pioneering bluegrass and folk musician, as well as her support for working class concerns, labor unions, and the coal-mining community. Materials include personal and business correspondence, song lyrics, photographs, posters, tour and event promotional materials, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, interview transcripts, drafts of Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens and related materials, family genealogy, and address books. The collection also contains audiovisual materials of award ceremonies, radio programs, and demos featuring Hazel Dickens and others. |
Creator | Dickens, Hazel, 1925-2011. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Patrick Cullom, Nancy Kaiser, Amy Morgan, and Anne Wells, October 2017
Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, Nancy Kaiser, Amy Morgan, and Anne Wells, October 2017
Updated by: Anne Wells, April 2019; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020; Dawne Howard Lucas, March 2022
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Hazel Dickens (1925-2011), a bluegrass and folk musician, wrote and sang songs about coal-mining in her home state of West Virginia and working-class women. She was a central figure in the folk revival movement of the late twentieth century and is well known for her pioneering bluegrass band with Alice Gerrard, "Hazel and Alice," and for her solo career after the break up of that partnership. She received many awards over the course of her career, including the National Heritage Fellowship in 2001.
Back to TopThe Hazel Dickens Collection, 1930s-2011, documents the singing and songwriting career of the pioneering bluegrass and folk musician, as well as her support for working class concerns, labor unions, and the coal-mining community. Materials include personal and business correspondence, song lyrics, photographs, posters, tour and event promotional materials, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, interview transcripts, drafts of Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens and related materials, family genealogy, and address books. The collection also contains audiovisual materials of award ceremonies, radio programs, and demos featuring Hazel Dickens and others.
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Box 1-10
Box 1Box 2Box 3Box 4Box 5Box 6Box 7Box 8Box 9Box 10 |
Papers, 1930s-2011 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20548/1 |
Award, 2010 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20548/2-4
OPF-20548/2OPF-20548/3OPF-20548/4 |
Posters, 1960s-2000s |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-20548/1 |
Posters: Festival of American Folklife, 1975-1976 |
Oversize Box OB-20548/1 |
Ephemera, 1970s-2000sIncludes buttons,ticket stubs, name tags, paper flags, business cards, and a signed bandana |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers. Letters and memos found with videotapes VT-20548/1-2 reside in Box 9.
Library use only for digital folders found in this series. Contact wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss access options.
Processing information: Photographic materials grouped by dates derived from enclosures or conveyed in images. A majority of materials have additional original descriptions on enclosures. Images depict Hazel Dickens throughout her musical career, musicians she worked with, and members of the Dickens family.
Image Folder PF-20548/1 |
Photographs, 1910s-1900sPhotographic Prints 13 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/2 |
Photograph framed, 1954Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/3 |
Photograph framed, 1950sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/4 |
Photographs, 1950s-1960sPhotographic Prints 3 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/5 |
Photographs, 1950s-1980sPhotographic Prints 5 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/6 |
Photographs, 1956-1990sPhotographic Prints 11 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/7 |
Photograph, 1964Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/8 |
Photographs, 1960sPhotographic Prints 9 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/9 |
Photograph, 1960sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/10 |
Photograph, 1960sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/11 |
Photographs, 1960sPhotographic Prints 2 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/12 |
Photographs, 1960s-1980sPhotographic Prints 12 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/13 |
Photographs, 1960s-1990sPhotographic Prints 18 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/14 |
Photographs, 1960s-1990s (images of children)Photographic Prints 15 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/15 |
Photograph, 1970sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/16 |
Photographs, 1970sPhotographic Prints 2 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/17 |
Photograph, 1970sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/18 |
Photograph, 1970sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/19 |
Photograph, 1970sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/20 |
Photographs, 1970s-1980sPhotographic Prints 17 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/21 |
Photographs, 1970s-1990sPhotographic Prints 13 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/22 |
Photographs, 1970s-1990sPhotographic Prints 50 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/23 |
Photographs, 1970s-1990sPhotographic Prints 15 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/24 |
Photographs, 1979-2000sPhotographic Prints 6 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/25 |
Photographs, 1970s-2000sPhotographic Prints 17 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/26 |
Photographs, 1970s-2000sPhotographic Prints 5 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/27 |
Photographs, 1970s-2000sPhotographic Prints 19 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/28 |
Photographs, 1982Photographic Prints 21 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/29 |
Photographs, 1985Photographic Prints 4 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/30 |
Photographs, 1987Photographic Prints 13 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/31 |
Photographs, 1987Photographic Prints 13 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/32 |
Photographs, 19 January 1989Photographic Prints 14 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/33 |
Photographs, 1980sPhotographic Prints 5 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/34 |
Photographs, 1980sPhotographic Prints 38 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/35 |
Photographs, 1980sPhotographic Prints 5 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/36 |
Photographs, 1980sPhotographic Prints 12 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/37 |
Photograph, 1980sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/38 |
Photographs, 1980s-1990sPhotographic Prints 7 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/39 |
Empty photograph enclosures, 1980s-1990sPhotographic Prints Empty enclosures with annotations on them. |
Image Folder PF-20548/40 |
Photographs, 1990Photographic Prints 3 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/41 |
Photographs, 1995Photographic Prints 14 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/42 |
Photograph, 1996Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/43 |
Photographs, 1996Photographic Prints 35 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/44 |
Photograph, 1999Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/45 |
Photograph, framed, 1990sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/46 |
Photographs, 1990sPhotographic Prints 12 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/47 |
Photograph, 2000Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/48 |
Photographs, 2001Photographic Prints 20 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/49 |
Photograph, 2001Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/50 |
Photographs, 2001Photographic Prints 2 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/51 |
Photographs, 2003Photographic Prints 2 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/52 |
Photograph, 2003Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/53 |
Photographs, 2004Photographic Prints 2 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/54 |
Photographs, 2004Photographic Prints 2 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/55 |
Photograph, 2004Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/56 |
Photographs, 2005-2008Photographic Prints 6 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/57 |
Photograph, 2006Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/58 |
Photograph, 2007Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/59 |
Photographs, 2007-2008Photographic Prints 6 images DVD included (Get to Anne) |
Image Folder PF-20548/60 |
Photographs, 2010Photographic Prints 3 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/61 |
Photograph, 2010Photographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/62 |
Photograph, framed, 2000sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Image Folder PF-20548/63 |
Photographs, framed, 2000sPhotographic Prints 4 images |
Image Folder PF-20548/64 |
Oversize photograph, 2000sPhotographic Prints 1 image |
Photograph Album PA-20548/1 |
Photograph album, 1970sPhotographic Prints 23 images |
Photograph Album PA-20548/2 |
Photograph album, 1950s-1990sPhotographic Prints 30 images |
Photograph Album PA-20548/3 |
Photograph album, 1960s-1990sPhotographic Prints 30 images |
Photograph Album PA-20548/4 |
Photograph album, 1940s-2004Photographic Prints 24 images |
Photograph Album PA-20548/5 |
Photograph album, 1970s-2004Photographic Prints 25 images |