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Size | About 425 items |
Abstract | The Southern Folklife Poster collection comprises posters received from various sources and assembled by the SFC. The posters include advertisements for live performances, conventions, festivals, meetings, dances, and exhibits; promotional materials for commercial recordings; reproductions of drawings, engravings, and other works of art; and other assorted ephemera. Highlights include an 1847 poster for Christy's Minstrels; circa 1950 two-color posters for Grand Ole Opry stars Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Bill Monroe, Eddy Arnold, and Whitey "The Duke of Paducah" Ford; advertisements for Carolina Folk Festivals in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and folk festivals in Berkeley, Calif., New York, N.Y., and Chicago, Ill., in the 1960s; a series of circa 1950 posters for country and bluegrass shows at the Lyric Theatre in Rainelle, W.Va.; a circa 1950 poster for a "Hillbilly and Variety Show" in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; and a poster advertising the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: James McGlothlin, May 2008
Encoded by: James McGlothlin, May 2008
Revisions by: Mary Oliva, November 2016 and December 2016; Nancy Kaiser, January 2017, June 2017, November 2018, January 2020, February 2021; Dawne Howard Lucas, September 2020
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The Southern Folklife Poster collection comprises posters received from various sources and assembled by the SFC over the 22 years of its existence. At least one of the posters was included in the John Edwards Memorial Collection which formed the basis of the SFC holdings. The posters include advertisements for live performances, conventions, festivals, meetings, dances, and exhibits; promotional materials for commercial recordings; reproductions of drawings, engravings, and other works of art; and other assorted ephemera. Highlights include an 1847 poster for Christy's Minstrels; circa 1950 two-color posters for Grand Ole Opry stars Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Bill Monroe, Eddy Arnold, and Whitey "The Duke of Paducah" Ford; advertisements for Carolina Folk Festivals in the late 1940s and early 1950s and folk festivals in Berkeley, Calif., New York, N.Y., and Chicago, Ill., in the 1960s; a series of circa 1950 posters for country and bluegrass shows at the Lyric Theatre in Rainelle, W.Va.; a circa 1950 poster for a "Hillbilly and Variety Show" in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; and a poster advertising the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. Materials are divided loosely by genre.
Back to TopArrangement: alphabetical.
Posters advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific bluegrass artists.
Arrangement: alphabetical by state.
Posters advertising festivals and performances that focus on the venue or sponsoring entity. Includes an advertisement for classes on banjo and vernacular music at Piedmont Community College.
Arrangement: alphabetical by artist.
Posters advertising live appearances and recording releases by specific blues, rhythm and blues, or soul artists.
Posters advertising festivals, tours, and other live appearances in which the venue or sponsoring entity is the focus of the advertisement.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/22 |
Motown Magic, Devonshire Downs, Northridge, Calif., 25 March. Martha and the Vandellas, Larry Williams, and others |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/23 |
Bull City Blues Festival, Durham, N.C., August 1987 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/23 |
Bull Durham Blues Festival, 11-12 September 1998. Buddy Guy, Wilson Pickett, and others |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/24 |
10th Annual Carolina Lite Blues Festival, 18 May 1996. Delbert McClinton, Little Milton, and others |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/25 |
13th Annual Carolina Lite Blues Festival, Emerald Pointe Water Park, Greensboro, N.C., 15 May 1999 |
Items that relate to blues, rhythm and blues, or soul music but are not associated with a specific performer or event. Includes posters promoting a record label, a label sponsored tour, a record store, and a book about African-American vernacular music.
Oversize Paper OP-30021/21 |
Columbia Race Records. The Red Devils, Hezekiah Jenkins, and others |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/22 |
Fat Possum Mississippi Juke Joint Caravan IV featuring T-Model Ford, Paul Jones, and Robert Belfour, Summer 2000. Handwritten notation: September 18. Don't Miss the Real Deal!!! |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/26 |
Out of Sight: The Rise of African-American Popular Music by Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff. University Press of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/21 |
Roth's Ark |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Posters advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific country music performers.
Posters advertising country music festivals and live appearances in which the event, venue, or sponsor is the focus of the advertisment.
Posters on cardboard advertising performances circa 1950 at the Lyric Theatre in Rainelle, W.Va.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/57 |
Lyric Theatre, Rainelle, W.Va., 1-2 February. Jack Pierce and his Oklahoma Cowboys |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/58 |
Lyric Theatre, Rainelle, W.Va., 4 February. Al Hendershot and his Dixie Ramblers featuring the Stuttering Comic |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/59 |
Lyric Theatre, Rainelle, W.Va., 6-7 April. Bradley Kincaid with Marshall Jones and Harmonica Joe |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/60 |
Lyric Theatre, Rainelle, W.Va., 3 June. Uncle Dave Macon with Arthur Smith and the Gully Jumpers |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/61 |
Lyric Theatre Rainelle, W.Va., 3-4 July. Slim Smith and his Arizona Ranch Riders |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/56 |
Lyric Theatre, Rainelle, W.Va., 29 October. WSM Presents Grand Ole Opry featuring Delmore Brothers with Curt Poulton and George Wilkerson |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/62 |
Lyric Theatre, Rainelle, W.Va., 16-17 November. Bert Layne's Dixieland Barn Dance |
Large two-color posters which advertise specific performers with the tag line "Star of the Grand Ole Opry."
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/27 |
Ernest Tubb in Person, Star of WSM Grand Ole Opry |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/28 |
Minnie Pearl, Star of the WSM Grand Ole Opry |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/29 |
Eddy Arnold |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/30 |
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys. Stars of the Grand Ole Opry |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/144 |
The Duke of Paducah. Star of WSM Grand Ole Opry |
Bumper stickers that relate in a general way to country music and are not associated with individual performers, events, or corporate entities.
Oversize Paper OP-30021/42 |
Country Music Bumper Sticker |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/43 |
Swingers Sing Country Music |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/44 |
I'm A ROAD-EO Champ |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/45 |
I'm A Real Country Music Swinger. |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/46 |
Happiness Is Country Music |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/47 |
Smile Country Style |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/48 |
Follow Me, I'm Going Country Music |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/49 |
King Of The Road |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/50 |
HEE-HAW! |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/51 |
That's A NO-NO |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/52 |
I'm Movin' On |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/53 |
I'm A Country Music Lover |
Posters that relate in a general way to country music and not associated with individual performers, events, or corporate entities.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/63 |
The Visitors Guide to Music City USA |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/64 |
Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez, University of Illinois Press. |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/40 |
Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez. University of Illinois Press. Signed by Bill Monroe |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/65 |
Record World's Chronology of Country Music |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/41 |
Phantom Productions |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/66 |
Hank Williams, Red Foley, Patsy Cline, Jimmie Rodgers, and Jim Reeves |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/67 |
Who's Who in Country Music Land-Birthplaces of the Stars from the 1970 Country Music Who's Who |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/68 |
Columbia Roundup of Western Hits |
Items advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific artists.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/98 |
Addison. Lloyd Street Records, 1986 |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/142 |
Iris DeMent, The Trackless WoodsAcquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970). |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/143 |
Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like a Levee, Merge RecordsAcquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970). |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/144 |
Hiss Golden Messenger, Reynolds Industries Theater, 13-14 November 2015Acquisitions Information: Addition of November 2016 (Acc. 102970). |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/70 |
Ian and Sylvia, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, Calif., 7 May 1965 |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/97 |
Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez, 26 April 1995 |
Arrangement: alphabetical by state.
Items advertising live performances, largely festivals, of folk music. The focus of the advertisement is on venue or sponsoring entity.
Oversize Paper OP-30021/71 |
Musicians vs. Wrestlers, Century Concert Hall, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kans., 25 April. Featuring J.C. Combs, Walter Mays, Ed Soph, Dan Gottlieb, and Jerry Hahn |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/99 |
Wynton Marsalis |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/103 |
The Original Christy's Minstrels, New York, 1847The color lithograph is a part of the Harry W. Porter Collection (20265). |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/73 |
Carolina Jug Band, 18 July, Pittsboro, N.C |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/100 |
Free Show Tonight, Music, Comedy, Dancing, and Hear the Health Evangelist, October 1980, Bailey, N.C |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/101 |
Free Show Tonite presented by the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/72 |
Sense and Nonsense, J.H. White of Chicago |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/102 |
Photocopy of a letter sent to Van Patten from James H. WhiteJames White was teaching socialism in a road show. |
Items pertaining to Old Time music that focus on particular performers.
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/109 |
Uncle Dave Macon, "The Dixie Dewdrop," Nashville, Tenn., 12 May 1938Poster printed 1969. |
Extra Oversize Paper XOP-30021/110 |
Colonel Bill Callahan and Medford Brothers, Luke and Handley, Dallas, Tex |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/95 |
Medford Brothers, Luke and Hanley |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/96 |
Big Medicine and the Hushpuppies, ArtsCenter, Carrboro, N.C., 23 January |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/97 |
Durham Rangers, old time string band. Durham, N.C |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by state. Events outside of United States are listed at end.
Items advertising old-time fiddle contests, mountain music festivals, and dances.
Items pertaining to mountain music or culture but not associated with a particular performer or event.
Oversize Paper OP-30021/98 |
The Arkansas TravelerCurrier and Ives print. |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/99 |
Fiddler drawing |
Oversize Paper OP-30021/100 |
Warning Deadly Poison-Moonshine Liquor |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Posters advertising live appearances or recording releases by specific artists.
Posters advertising performance events featuring more than one performer and in which the venue or the sponsoring entity is the focus of the item.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103482
Promotional posters for concerts and recordings by contemporary musicians Jason Isbell, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, Greg Hawks, Jim James, Billy F. Gibbons, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Iron & Wine, and Reverand Payton's Big Damn Band.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-30021/1 |
Posters, 2018 |
Posters promoting conferences, exhibits, concert series, and collections at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Contains items not directly related to vernacular music.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103685
Posters promoting musical performers, concerts, and festivals.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-30021/2 |
Carolina Folk Festival, 1940s-1950s |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-30021/3-10
OPF-30021/3OPF-30021/4OPF-30021/5OPF-30021/6OPF-30021/7OPF-30021/8OPF-30021/9OPF-30021/10 |
Miscellaneous posters, 1960s-2010s |