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Scope and Content
Collection of field recordings documenting speech, folktales, local history, customs, beliefs, songs, ballads, hymns, fiddle tunes, and other forms of regional folklife recorded between 1937 and 1941 (discs) and 1956 and 1967 (tapes) by Joseph S. Hall in the Great Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee and North Carolina. Discs were recorded with the assistance of Columbia University and the National Park Service. Also included in the collection are fieldnotes and photographs, drafts of Hall's unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and other documentation related to his academic career.
Digitized sound recordings (AFC 1987/035: SR001 - SR171) are available as both WAV and MP3 files.