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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the S.A. Fidell Collection #70175, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Megan Fidell in 2023 (20240112.1).

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Encoded by: Laura Smith, February 2024

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• Bluegrass music.
• Brown County Jamboree.
• Elliott, Jack, 1931-
• Fidell, S. A. (Sanford A.)
• Folk music.
• Kweskin, Jim.
• Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996.
• New Lost City Ramblers.
• Old-time music.
• Spoelstra, Mark.
• Stanley Brothers.
• Trickett, Ed.
• Trickett, Penelope K.
• Watson, Doc.

Sandford "Sandy" Fidell (1945-2023) was an acoustician who researched transportation noise annoyance and community tolerance levels.

In the mid-1960s, Fidell recorded bluegrass, old-time, and folk musicians and musical groups in concert at various venues in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio and at Ash Grove in Los Angeles, Calif.

The collection consists of 45 open reel audiotape recordings of bluegrass, old time, and folk music concerts recorded live by Sanford "Sandy" Fidell (1945-2023) between 1963 and 1967. Musical artists recorded by Fidell were Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jim Kweskin, Bill Monroe, Mark Spoelstra, Ed Trickett, Penelope K. Trickett, and Doc Watson. Musical groups were Brown County Jamboree, New Lost City Ramblers, and Stanley Brothers. Fidell recorded at music venues in Ann Arbor, Mich., Beanblossum, Ind., Bloomington, Ind., Harrodsburg, Ind., West Lafayette, Ind., and Columbus, Ohio. Also included is a recording of Bill Monroe and Doc Watson performing at Ash Grove in Los Angeles, Calif.