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Archival processing of the Hugh Buckner Johnston Recordings of North Carolina Tales and Folk Songs was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 6 items |
Abstract | Live audio recordings of Hugh Buckner Johnston, a white professor, historian, genealogist, and singer from Wilson, N.C., performing songs and telling stories he learned as a boy from his father and grandfather who both lived in Edgecombe County, N.C. Included are hunting songs and legends about the supernatural, including "Beetsy Long-Tooth", "The Three Jolly Huntsman", "The Miller's Wife", and "Josiah and Kerchuga". Recorded in January, February, and March 1971. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a field collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff, as well as lyrics sheets prepared by Hugh Buckner Johnston. |
Creator | Johnston, Hugh Buckner. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, January 2021
Encoded by: Anne Wells, January 2021
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Archival processing of the Hugh Buckner Johnston Recordings of North Carolina Tales and Folk Songs was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Hugh Buckner Johnston (1913-1990) was a white professor, historian, genealogist, and singer from Wilson, N.C., who was a former student of Arthur Palmer Hudson, a professor of English, 1930-1953, and executive secretary of the Curriculum in Folklore, 1950-1963, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hugh Buckner Johnston taught at Atlantic Christian College. Johnston's research focused on local history and genealogy in Wilson County, N.C.
Back to TopLive audio recordings of Hugh Buckner Johnston, a white professor, historian, genealogist, and singer from Wilson, N.C., performing songs and telling stories he learned as a boy from his father and grandfather who both lived in Edgecombe County, N.C. Included are hunting songs and legends about the supernatural, including "Beetsy Long-Tooth", "The Three Jolly Huntsman", "The Miller's Wife", and "Josiah and Kerchuga". Recorded in January, February, and March 1971. Recordings are on 1/4" open reel audio. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a field collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff, as well as lyrics sheets prepared by Hugh Buckner Johnston.
Back to TopProcessing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from SFC database and supporting documentation.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-70090/1554 |
Hugh Buckner Johnston performing songs and telling stories, tape 1, 2 February 19711/4" Open Reel Audio Includes folk narrative "Beetsy Long-Tooth", a traditional witch story. Johnston is retelling a tale he heard from his grandfather, which also appears in the Frank C. Brown Collection, Vol I., pp 654-59. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-70090/1555 |
Hugh Buckner Johnston performing songs and telling stories tape 2, 28 January 19711/4" Open Reel Audio Includes folk songs "The Three Jolly Huntsman". |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-70090/1556 |
Hugh Buckner Johnston performing songs and telling stories tape 3, 23 March 19711/4" Open Reel Audio Includes folk songs "The Miller's Wife" and "Josiah and Kerchuga". |