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[Identification of item], in the John S. Ullman Collection #70160, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from John S. Ullman in July 2023 (Acc. 20230803.1).

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Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas and Laura Smith, September 2023

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• Cotten, Elizabeth.
• Davis, Gary, 1896-1972.
• El Din, Hamza.
• Elliott, Jack, 1931-
• Fuller, Jesse.
• Hinton, Sam, 1917-2009.
• Holcomb, Roscoe.
• Hooker, John Lee.
• Hopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982.
• House, Son.
• Kazee, Buell, 1900-1976.
• Lewis, Furry, 1893-1981.
• Lipscomb, Mance, 1895-1976.
• McDowell, Fred.
• McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996.
• Mills Family (Musical group).
• Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996.
• New Lost City Ramblers.
• Pancerzewski, Joe, 1905-1991.
• Russo, Mike.
• Sea Island Singers.
• Seattle Folklore Society.
• Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009.
• Stanley, Ralph.
• Terry, Sonny.
• Ullman, John S.
• Vern & Ray.
• Watson, Doc.
• White, Bukka.
• Williams, Big Joe, 1903-1982.
• Williams, Robert Pete, 1914-1980.
• Bluegrass music.
• Folk music.

John S. Ullman, a white concert coordinator, director, and manager, co-founded the Seattle Folklore Society in the 1960s and later was a manager for artists including Elizabeth Cotten and Mike Seeger. Ullman directed the 1995 documentary Masters of Country Blues: John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis.

Collection contains 23 16mm motion picture kinescopes and 48 open reel audiotapes of concerts and workshops organized and produced by John S. Ullman. Recorded artists include: Fred McDowell, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mike Russo, Doc Watson, Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White, Jesse Fuller, Mike Seeger, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Roscoe Holcomb, Furry Lewis, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Georgia Sea Island Singers, New Lost City Ramblers, Bill Monroe, Robert Pete Williams, Vern & Ray, Joe Pancerzewski, Reverend Gary Davis, Hamza El Din, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Sam Hinton, Mance Lipscomb, Ralph Stanley, Big Joe Williams, Buell Kazee, the Mills Family, Elizabeth Cotten, and others.

• Audio Open Reels (FT-70160/1-49)
• Film (F-70160/18)