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Size | 90 items |
Abstract | Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials were compiled, 1972-1989, from various sources, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Folklore Department and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The collection includes videotapes on North Carolina and South Carolina history, town life, culture, religion, and churches; folklife, folk art, and folk music; African American music, dance, and verse; medicine shows; Confederate officer Zebulon Baird Vance; African American slave Denmark Vesey; musicians Pink Anderson, Henry Johnson, Willie Trice, Dink Roberts, Guitar Shorty, Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and John Dee Holeman; the Blue Grass Rangers; folklorist Bruce Bastine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Glenn Hinson; and filmmakers Tom Rankin, Beverly Boggs, Rosemarie Hester, Vik Lukas, Cecelia Conway, Tom Davenport, Joan Fenton, and Roger Manley. There are some interviews with and performances by blues and folk musicians, and some items include storytelling. Locations in North Carolina include Badin, Weaverville, Hot Springs, Durham, Elizabethtown, Pittsboro, and Creedmore. Locations in South Carolina include Spartanburg, Union, Wadmalaw Island, and Johns Island. All of the videotapes are U-Matic, 1/2-inch open reel, and 2-inch videotapes with sound. Both field recordings and documentary films are represented. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Library Staff, May 2010
Encoded by: Kyla Sweet, May 2010; Samantha Leonard, March 2011
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, July 2021
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Southern Folklife Collection Moving Image Materials were compiled, 1972-1989, from various sources, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Folklore Department and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The collection includes videotapes on North Carolina and South Carolina history, town life, culture, religion, and churches; folklife, folk art, and folk music; African American music, dance, and verse; medicine shows; Confederate officer Zebulon Baird Vance; African American slave Denmark Vesey; musicians Pink Anderson, Henry Johnson, Willie Trice, Dink Roberts, Guitar Shorty, Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and John Dee Holeman; the Blue Grass Rangers; folklorist Bruce Bastine; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Glenn Hinson; and filmmakers Tom Rankin, Beverly Boggs, Rosemarie Hester, Vik Lukas, Cecelia Conway, Tom Davenport, Joan Fenton, and Roger Manley. There are some interviews with and performances by blues and folk musicians, and some items include storytelling. Locations in North Carolina include Badin, Weaverville, Hot Springs, Durham, Elizabethtown, Pittsboro, and Creedmore. Locations in South Carolina include Spartanburg, Union, Wadmalaw Island, and Johns Island. All of the videotapes are U-Matic, 1/2-inch open reel, and 2-inch videotapes with sound. Both field recordings and documentary films are represented.
Back to TopArrangement: numeric by format.
Videotape VT-30002/1 |
Performance by Woodrow Rowland, 1978U-Matic Woodrow Rowland tells Appalachian Jack tales. Chapel Hill, N.C. |
Videotape VT-30002/2 |
Performance by Woodrow Rowland, 1978 ContinuedU-Matic Woodrow Rowland tells Appalachian Jack tales. Chapel Hill, N.C. |
Videotape VT-30002/3 |
Jimmie Rodgers Event, April 13, 2010, with Jocelyn Neal, Matt KinmanMiniDV |
Videotape VT-30002/4 |
Mark D. Sanders, March 25, 2010MiniDV Tape 1. |
Videotape VT-30002/5 |
Mark D. Sanders, March 25, 2010MiniDV Tape 2. |
Videotape VT-30002/6 |
Mark D. Sanders concert, March 25, 2010MiniDV |
Videotape VT-30002/7 |
Mick Moloney, October 8, 2009MiniDV |
Videotape VT-30002/8 |
Dr. Demento, February 26, 2010MiniDV |
Videotape VT-30002/9 |
Dan Patterson's 80th birthday, October 3, 2008MiniDV Tape 2 |
Videotape VT-30002/10 |
Dan Patterson's 80th birthday, October 3, 2008MiniDV Tape 1. |
Videotape VT-30002/11 |
Tim O'Brien interviewed by Jocelyn Neal, February 27, 2009MiniDV Tape 1 |
Videotape VFL-30002/16 |
FishbailingU-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/17 |
FishbailingU-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/18 |
FishbailingU-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/22 |
Zebulon Baird Vance #1U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance's birthplace in Weaverville, N.C. |
Videotape VFL-30002/23 |
Zebulon Baird Vance #2U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance's birthplace in Weaverville, N.C. |
Videotape VFL-30002/24 |
Zebulon Baird Vance #3U-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance's birthplace and Pioneer Days |
Videotape VFL-30002/25 |
Zebulon Baird VanceU-Matic 15 minutes Footage of Zebulon Baird Vance and Pioneer Days |
Videotape VFL-30002/26 |
Badin: Tape 1U-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/27 |
Union Hall Interview: Tape 2U-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/28 |
Union Hall Interview: Tape 3U-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/29 |
Union Hall Interview: Tape 4U-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VFL-30002/30 |
Badin, 1979U-Matic 15 minutes Badin, N.C. interviews for documentary Aluminum Town. Recorded by Rosemarie Hester |
Videotape VFL-30002/31 |
Badin Demo First Half, 1979U-Matic 15 minutes Container reads "same footage and sound as Aluminum Town final copy but no superimposed titles". Recorded by Rosemarie Hester. |
Videotape VFL-30002/32 |
Badin: Demo Second Half Aluminum Town, 1979U-Matic 15 minutes Recorded by Rosemarie Hester |
Videotape VFL-30002/33 |
Aluminum Town, 1979U-Matic 26 minutes Produced by the Office of Folklife Program and Rosemarie Hester for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Documentary about the creation of Badin, N.C. Recorded by Rosemarie Hester. |
Videotape VFL-30002/34 |
Aluminum Town, master, 1979U-Matic 26 minutes Documentary about the creation of Badin, N.C. Recorded by Rosemarie Hester. |
Videotape VFL-30002/35 |
Gordon and Leslie Ft. Film, Tape #6U-Matic 15 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/100 |
The Chief and Peg Leg Sam, 17 September 19721/2" Open Reel Video 60 minutes Medicine show taped in Pittsboro, N.C. The Chief and Peg Leg Sam alternate positions as sellers while each entertains through narrative, harmonica playing, and song. Recorded by Cecelia Conway. |
Videotape VOR-30002/101 |
Jack Tales and Ballads, June 19701/2" Open Reel Video 60 minutes Jack Tales and ballads told by Maud Long of Hot Springs, N.C. Produced by the Curriculum Laboratory at Mars Hill College for their Appalachian Workshops. |
Videotape VOR-30002/102 |
Shape Note Singings, 19711/2" Open Reel Video 60 minutes Shape note singing sessions led by Sacred Harp song leaders Ruth Denson Edwards, Lloyd Redding, Raymond Hamrick, Bob Denson, and others and a singing school taught by Ruth McGraw. Recorded by WGTV. |
Videotape VOR-30002/103 |
Dink Roberts, 13-17 November 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Dink Roberts, an African American banjo player, recording in his home. Recorded by Vic Lukas. |
Videotape VOR-30002/104 |
Dink Roberts, 13-17 November 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Dink Roberts, with his wife Lisa, son James, and daughter Ada accompanying on banjo and slide guitar. Recorded by Vic Lukas. |
Videotape VOR-30002/105 |
Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 1 of 51/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs. |
Videotape VOR-30002/106 |
Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 2 of 51/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs. |
Videotape VOR-30002/107 |
Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 3 of 51/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs. |
Videotape VOR-30002/108 |
Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 4 of 51/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs. |
Videotape VOR-30002/109 |
Jesus House of Prayer, 26 April 1981: tape 5 of 51/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Service at the Jesus House of Prayer Church in Durham, N.C. Recorded by Tom Rankin and Beverly Boggs. |
Videotape VOR-30002/110 |
Willie Trice, 9 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Willie Trice performs "Nearer My God to Thee," "There's a Man Around Taking Names," "I Ain't Got No Baby to Help Me," and "Wild Bill." Recorded by Joan Fenton. |
Videotape VOR-30002/111 |
Willie Trice, 9 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Recorded by Joan Fenton. |
Videotape VOR-30002/112 |
Henry Johnson, 13 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Henry Johnson of Union, S.C. performs on electric slide guitar. |
Videotape VOR-30002/113 |
Pink Anderson and Henry Johnson, 13 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Pink Anderson talks about medicine shows from his home in Spartanburg, S.C. and Henry Johnson of Union, S.C. performs "Lovin Blues" and "Rollin-Tumblin". |
Videotape VOR-30002/114 |
Henry Johnson, 13 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Henry Johnson of Union, S.C. performs on slide guitar, electric guitar, harp and vocals. |
Videotape VOR-30002/115 |
John Snipes, 10 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Banjo selections include "Going Down the Road", "Hi Lo My Darling", "Going Away From Home", "Oh Me Trouble I Do See", "Lauree Lee", and "Fox Chase". |
Videotape VOR-30002/116 |
Nellie Mae Rowe: Folk Artist, 23 August 19751/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Documentary on Nellie Mae Rowe, a folk artist from Vinings, Ga. Produced by Charles Brown. |
Videotape VOR-30002/117 |
Annie Hooper: A Blessing From The Source, October 1979: tape 1 of 31/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Narrative about Annie Hooper, a folk artist from Buxton, N.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/118 |
Annie Hooper: A Blessing From The Source, October 1979: tape 2 of 31/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Narrative about Annie Hooper, a folk artist from Buxton, N.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/119 |
Annie Hooper: A Blessing From The Source, October 1979: tape 3 of 31/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Narrative about Annie Hooper is a folk artist from Buxton, N.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/120 |
The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 1 of 41/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/121 |
The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 2 of 41/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/122 |
The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 3 of 41/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/123 |
The Joy Will Come, 10 August 1980: tape 4 of 41/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Church service at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VOR-30002/124 |
Downtown Community TV1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes VTR series for WNET. |
Videotape VOR-30002/125 |
Betty Boensch: A Video Sketch1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/126 |
Guitar Shorty, 7 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Guitar Shorty (otherwise known as John Henry Fortesque) performs three drunken blues songs. |
Videotape VOR-30002/127 |
Guitar Shorty, 7 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Guitar Shorty, otherwise known as John Henry Fortesque, performs "Ain't It Sweet", "God Move Out", and "Lord Care for Me". Betty Whitaker, Ernestine Vick and Lena Fortesque provide accompaniment. |
Videotape VOR-30002/128 |
The Bluegrass Rangers Concert1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Selections by Chris Bundlach, Bruce Lillienthal, and Danielle Fraley. Faye Pope demonstrates quilting and Linda Larrimore performs with the Berea College Puppet Theatre. |
Videotape VOR-30002/129 |
Jamie Alston and Wilber Atwater, 11 January 1973: tape 1 of 21/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/130 |
Jamie Alston and Wilber Atwater, 11 January 1973: tape 2 of 21/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/131 |
Bruce Bastin Collection, 11-12 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Interview with Bruce Bastin discussing North Carolina, the Depression, agriculture and more. |
Videotape VOR-30002/132 |
Bruce Bastin Collection, 12 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Bastin introduces musicians Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, John Snipes, Pink Anderson and Henry Johnson. |
Videotape VOR-30002/133 |
Pink Anderson, 13 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Pink Anderson, guitarist from Spartanburg, S.C. performs "She Knows How to Stretch It", "Ain't Nobody Home But Me", "You Don't Know What the Lord Told Me" and "Candy Man". |
Videotape VOR-30002/134 |
Granny Woman1/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Recorded in Johnson City, Tenn. Recorded by Broadside Television. |
Videotape VOR-30002/135 |
Elizabethtown1/2" Open Reel Video 23 minutes Documentary about Elizabethtown, N.C. |
Videotape VOR-30002/136 |
Denmark Vesey: tape 1 of 31/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/137 |
Denmark Vesey: tape 2 of 31/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/138 |
Denmark Vesey: tape 3 of 31/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes |
Videotape VOR-30002/139 |
Family Photo: Irene Brown, 19761/2" Open Reel Video 19 minutes, 5 seconds Sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Irene Brown is from Johns Island, S.C. |
Videotape VOR-30002/140 |
The Note Singers, March 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Produced by Louisburg Folk Festival. |
Videotape VOR-30002/141 |
Lost in Place: A History of Cajun Music, 15 March 19772" Open Reel Video 24 minutes, 46 seconds Produced by KFDM TV in Beaumont, Tex. |
Videotape VOR-30002/142 |
Guitar Shorty, 7 January 19731/2" Open Reel Video 30 minutes Blues house party with Guitar Shorty, otherwise known as John Henry Fortesque. |
Videotape VUT-30002/100 |
Born for Hard LuckU-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Tom Davenport. |
Videotape VUT-30002/101 |
Crossroads: North Carolina African American Heritage Tour, 2 August 1990U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by M. Ely. |
Videotape VUT-30002/102 |
A Singing Stream: Ten Minute SampleU-Matic 30 minutes Content sample for submission with grant applications. Recorded by Tom Davenport. |
Videotape VUT-30002/103 |
Golden Echoes Anniversary Concert, 1972: tape 1 of 3U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Vic Lukas in Creedmore, N.C. |
Videotape VUT-30002/104 |
Golden Echoes Anniversary Concert, 1972: tape 2 of 3U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Vic Lukas in Creedmore, N.C. |
Videotape VUT-30002/105 |
Golden Echoes Anniversary Concert, 1972: tape 3 of 3U-Matic 30 minutes Recorded by Vic Lukas in Creedmore, N.C. |
Videotape VUT-30002/106 |
The Joy Will Come, 2 December 1980U-Matic 47 minutes Portions of a service at the Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island, S.C. Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VUT-30002/107 |
The Joy Will ComeU-Matic 60 minutes Recorded by Roger Manley. |
Videotape VUT-30002/108 |
The Last Hog Killing, 1982U-Matic 30 minutes Field project for D.W. Patterson's Folklore in the South course. Recorded by Michael Barnes. |
Videotape VUT-30002/109 |
Shape Note Singings, 1971U-Matic 60 minutes Shape-note singing sessions led by Sacred Harp song leaders Ruth Denson Edwards, Loyd Redding, Raymond Hamrick, Bob Denson, and others. Produced by WGTV. |
Videotape VUT-30002/110 |
Nellie Mae Rowe: Folk ArtistU-Matic 30 minutes |
Videotape VUT-30002/111 |
It Used to BeU-Matic 28 minutes |
Videotape VUT-30002/112 |
Bicentennial Film 1: Our HeritageU-Matic 29 minutes |
Videotape VUT-30002/113 |
CBS Odyssey: Music of the SouthU-Matic 60 minutes |
Videotape VUT-30002/114 |
Three Island Woman, 1976U-Matic 30 minutes Interviews with South Carolina Sea Islands women: 82-year-old Mamie Fields from Johns Island, S.C., 87-year-old Gullah speaker Cecilla Jenkins from Wadmalaw Island, S.C., and 115-year-old Anna Green from Yonges Island, S.C. Recorded by Bill Robinson and Charles Brown. |
Videotape VUT-30002/115 |
Black Tradition in Music, Dance, and Verse: tape 1 of 3U-Matic 20 minutes Robin Handley, Glenn Hinson, Quentin Holloway, and Horace Williams. |
Videotape VUT-30002/116 |
Black Tradition in Music, Dance, and Verse: tape 2 of 3U-Matic 20 minutes Horace Williams. |
Videotape VUT-30002/117 |
Black Tradition in Music, Dance, and Verse: tape 3 of 3U-Matic 20 minutes John Dee Holeman, Holeman and Holloway, and Horace Williams. |
Videotape VUT-30002/118 |
Music Makers of the Blue Ridge, 1965U-Matic 60 minutes Documentary about musician Bascom Lamar Lunsford, featuring folk musicians from Buncombe County, N.C. Recorded by David Hoffman of NETV. |