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Size | 4 items |
Abstract | Open reel audio recording of folk songs performed by Martha Boozer Crumpler and Susan Harriet Snyder, both white women affiliated with the Eau Claire Music Club of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Martha Boozer Crumpler is the maternal grandmother of Susan Harriet Snyder. The songs they perform on the recording were handed down to them by their families in Newberry County, S.C., dating back to the mid and late 1800s. Mary Crumpler Snyder (1922-1987), the daughter of Martha Boozer Crumpler and mother of Susan Harriet Snyder, made the recording at a meeting of the Eau Claire Music Club, for the "Family Participation Program", on 14 May 1963. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff, sheet music, and a letter from Mary Crumpler Snyder containing information about the performance and the history of the songs. |
Creator | Snyder, Mary Crumpler, 1922-1987. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, October 2020
Encoded by: Anne Wells, October 2020
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Archival processing of the Eau Claire Music Club Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Mary Isla Crumpler Snyder (1922-1987) was born in Latta, Dillon County, S.C. in 1922. She was married to Robert Johnston Snyder (1922-2003) in 1954. Mary Crumpler Snyder's mother, Martha Boozer Crumpler, and daughter, Susan Harriet Snyder, were members of the Eau Claire Music Club, a women's music club of Columbia, S.C.
In 1937 a group of women from the Eau Claire community of Columbia, S.C. formed the Eau Claire Music Club. Their "aim and purpose were to promote better music and to contribute to the cultural life of the community." In 1940, the Eau Claire Music Club became a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs and thereby of the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. Soon the membership branched out past the Eau Claire area to include individuals from the larger Columbia area.
Back to Top1/4" open reel audio recording of folk songs performed by Martha Boozer Crumpler and Susan Harriet Snyder, both white women affiliated with the Eau Claire Music Club of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Martha Boozer Crumpler is the maternal grandmother of Susan Harriet Snyder. The songs they perform on the recording were handed down to them by their families in Newberry County, S.C., dating back to the mid and late 1800s. Mary Crumpler Snyder (1922-1987), the daughter of Martha Boozer Crumpler and mother of Susan Harriet Snyder, made the recording at a meeting of the Eau Claire Music Club, for the "Family Participation Program", on 14 May 1963. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff, sheet music for the song, "My Father Was A Spanish Merchant", and a letter from Mary Crumpler Snyder containing information about the performance and the history of the songs, "My Father Was A Spanish Merchant" and "Madam, I Have a Court Engaged" or "The Courting Cage."
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SFC Audio Open Reel FT-70089/1223 |
Mrs. Deans Crumpler and Susan Harriet Snyder, ballads performed for the Family Participation Program of the Eau Claire Music Club, Columbia, S.C., 14 May 19631/4" Open Reel Audio |