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Series 1:
Manuscripts
(continued) |
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Subseries 2:
Performances, lectures, and workshops
(continued) |
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Sub-subseries 5:
Programs and posters
(continued) |
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Group 20, 1953-1979
(continued) |
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Programs from the English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival
(1953; with Jean's handwritten notes), the National Folk
Festival (1961), the Newport Folk Festival (1968), Grossinger's
National Entertainment Conference (1973), Ocean County College
Fine and Performing Arts (1975-1976), "Sing America Sing"
(1976), the Philadelphia Folk Festival (1977), and a
calendar/scrapbook for McCabe's (1979). |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/4 |
Group 21, 1983-1989
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Programs from Vancouver Folk Music Festival (1983), liner notes
from "Relics and Treasure: Uncle Charlie Osborne" (1985),
Cumberland College Centennial Homecoming Gala Celebration
(1988), and Song of Kentucky State Tour (1989). |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/5 |
Group 22, 1990-2007
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Programs from the 23rd annual Kent State Folk Festival (1990),
People's Poetry Gathering (2003), White River Folk Festival
(2004), and Roots Music and Arts Festival (2007). Also included
is an issue of Luckenbach Moon (vol. 8, issue 4; April
2002). |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/6 |
Group 23, 2003
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A wood and paper "church fan," promoting the NEA National
Heritage Fellows from Appalachia evening concert series. |
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BOX-FOLDER 60/7 |
Group 24, 1975, 1985,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 61/1 |
Group 25, 1960-1969
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Three hand-painted small posters advertising a Jean Ritchie
performance, as presented by The Spinners (the English folk
group); likely in reference to their TV show in the early
1960s. |
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BOX-FOLDER 61/2 |
Group
26 |
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A poster for the East Tennessee State University (1969), posters
for the Fox Hollow Festival (circa 1971; 1972), a poster
advertising a fundraising concert for The Mountain Eagle
(undated), and a poster with inventory and price lists, from the
Susan Reed and James Karen Antique Shop (undated). |
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BOX-FOLDER 61/3 |
Group 27, circa
1959-1975, undated
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Posters and announcements for the following events: Second annual
Festival of Contemporary Music (1959), A and S Elektra Folk Song
Festival of Stars (possibly 1962), 13th annual Fall Festival
(John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC; possibly 1975),
retirement recognition dinner honoring 40 years of service by
Frank M. Warner, and Swapping Song Fair (undated). |
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BOX-FOLDER 61/4 |
Group 28, 1963-2001,
undated
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Posters, flyers, and related ephemera. |
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BOX-FOLDER 61/5 |
Group 29, 1976-1997,
undated
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See the description for box-folder 61/4. |
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BOX-FOLDER 62 |
Group 30, 1959-2000
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Oversized items, including posters, certificates, and related
materials |
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Subseries 3:
Writings
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Most of the writings are by Jean but also included are documents she
edited (most notably Newport Folk Festival Songbook) plus works edited
by others that either include Jean's writings, or honor her in some
other way. |
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Sub-subseries 1: Song
notes
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BOX-FOLDER 63/1 |
Repertoire -
Ritchie Family (1/2) |
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Typed lyrics, handwritten note scraps, transcribed music, with
lyrics in the handwriting of Abigail Ritchie (Jean's mother),
and noted as such. |
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BOX-FOLDER 63/2 |
Repertoire -
Ritchie Family (2/2) |
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See the description for box-folder 63/1. |
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BOX-FOLDER 63/3 |
Jason Ritchie and
related information, 1949
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Typed transcript of Jean's conversation with Jason Ritchie (seems
incomplete), handwritten lyrics, transcribed music, one
photocopy of a typed lyrics, and 3 dittos of typed lyrics
handwritten notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 63/4 |
Words to songs
for the Jean Ritchie Songbook (1/2), 1950-1997, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 63/5 |
Jean Ritchie Songbook (2/2), 1950-1997, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 63/6 |
Party Notes
(parties past, addresses, etc.), 1962, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 63/7 |
Scotland and
England, 1980
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Correspondence and handwritten notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 63/8 |
Song list master,
1964,
undated
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Correspondence, and typed and handwritten lists of published
songs. |
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BOX-FOLDER 63/9 |
Work in progress
by Jean Ritchie (1/2), 1964, 1975, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 64/1 |
Work in progress
by Jean Ritchie (2/2), 1964, 1975, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 64/2 |
Notes and drafts,
1950-1969
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Handwritten notes, lyrics, and musical notation. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/3 |
Song words, group
1 (1/2), 1952-1967
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Handwritten and typed lyrics, a list of folk song sources, a list
of songs for camp, newspaper clippings from the column
"Greetings," by Allan M. Trout, transcribed music, and related
materials [item in oversize]. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/4 |
Song words, group
1 (2/2), 1952-1967
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See the description for box-folder 64/3. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/5 |
Song words, group
2 |
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Handwritten and typed lyrics, and lyrics and music photocopied
and printed from published sources. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/6 |
New songs
(original scribbles), 1966-2003,
undated
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Typed and handwritten lyrics, with edits; correspondence from
1966, 1971, 1980, and 2003. Some lyrics noted as "sung by Jason
Ritchie." The folder name is from Jean's original folder. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/7 |
Set lists: South
Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee |
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The original folder header was "Hindman notes," but most of the
contents of this folder are set lists from performances in South
Carolina, with set lists, receipts, and other materials from
Kentucky, Tennessee, and possibly elsewhere. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/8 |
Song ideas -
current, 1959,
1964,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 64/9 |
Song birthings:
poems, tunes, ideas, 1959-1979
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Handwritten and typed lyrics, poems, and notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/10 |
Songs and poems -
work in progress |
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Handwritten and typed lyrics and poetry. Photocopied poetry in an
envelope postmarked 2004. Some of the contents in this folder
were written by Jean, some by others, and some unattributed. |
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BOX-FOLDER 64/11 |
Song lyrics and
poems, 1940-1970, undated
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Typed lyrics and poems, almost all of which were written or
adapted by Jean, one attributed to John Hall (one of Jean's
pseudonym), 'Than Hall (another one of Jean's pseudonyms), a
list of tunes on transcription tape The date range reflects when
the works were originally written. |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/1 |
Morning Sing,
1997,
undated
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Handwritten, typed, and photocopied lyrics and poems, some of
them written by Jean, and others noted as traditional; a tribute
to Jean's sister Edna, and various other documents and writings,
along with a Hindman Settlement School folder. |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/2 |
Songs, 1950-1969
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Lyrics, poems, and music, variously handwritten, typed,
photocopied, and dittoed. Works by Jean, A.C. Ritchie, Jason
Ritchie, and others. Includes a copy of Northcountrie Broadsheet
Balladrie, no. 5: "Lament for Albert." |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/3 |
Poems, 1950-2001,
undated
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Typed and handwritten poems, letters, envelopes, notes,
lyrics |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/4 |
Song notes, 1960-1979
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Typed and handwritten lyrics, poems, notes, and song lists. One
sheet of transcribed music. |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/5 |
"For J.R." -
poems, songs, etc., 1970-1996
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Creative works written in honor of Jean, plus correspondence, and
a photocopy of the music for "An Appalachian Folk Songfest." The
folder also includes an issue of Mountain Live and Work magazine (July-August 1970). |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/6 |
Correspondence
and other materials (1/2), 1962-2006
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Correspondence, clippings, poetry, a copy of "Songs to Live By,"
transcribed music and copies of printed music, Jean's high
school graduation ceremony program (in the shape of a tulip),
National Health Service cards for Jonathan and Peter Pickow, and
other ephemera. Photos and negatives have been moved to Series
3. Materials in box-folder 65/6
and box-folder 65/7 were
received by AFC without any arrangement. |
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BOX-FOLDER 65/7 |
Correspondence
and other materials (2/2), 1962, 1999
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Letters, lyrics, emails, notes, songbook, music score. See the
description for box-folder 65/6
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BOX-FOLDER 65/8 |
Songs sent to
performers, 1965, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 65/9 |
Children's music
and games, circa
1979
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A list of songs, possibly for a program or recording. |
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Sub-subseries 2:
Books, magazines, and recordings
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Most of these materials are drafts, galleys, proofs, early versions,
etc. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/1 |
Early
notes |
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Handwritten notes, lyrics, and music transcriptions. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/2 |
Writings, 1952-1971,
undated
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Handwritten and typed poetry, lyrics, and notes, and typed
biographical narratives Jean wrote about herself and her family
(possibly a draft form later published). |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/3 |
Writings, notes,
and research, 1957, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 66/4 |
Articles (1/2),
1954-1968
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Drafts and proofs of articles, as well as notes for potential
articles and photo essays, including "Ballad-hunting in the
British Isles," an essay on folk song collecting in Cork,
Ireland, a photo essay for Cosmopolitan magazine, "The Dogs of
Great St. Bernard Today" (written by George Pickow), a crayon
illustration for the cover of "Mystery with Mother Goose" plus
another crayon illustration, a handwritten draft of the story by
Jean, a typed essay by Jean called "Sorghum Making," plus
correspondence and other documents. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/5 |
Articles (2/2),
1954-1968
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See the description for box-folder 66/4. Also includes a copy of "Over to you," a BBC
publication for schools (Autumn term 1968). |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/6 |
Vague magazine, vol. 1, no. 1, 1946
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A quarterly publication of the Xi Chapter of Chi Delta Phi
(sorority), at University of Kentucky, Lexington. Jean's first
published poem appeared in this issue. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/7 |
"Living is
collecting: growing up in a Southern Appalachian 'folk' family,"
circa
1977
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A paper written by Ritchie and delivered at a conference. Also
included in the book An Appalachian Symposium: Essays Written in Honor of Cratis D. Williams
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BOX-FOLDER 66/8 |
Correspondence
and a book cover, 1889, 1968
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An item of correspondence to Jean, regarding publication of a
story she wrote, to be published in Country Magazine (September
1968), and the cover for Father Kemp's old folks' concert music
(the cover reads The old folks' concert tunes), from the 1889
edition. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/9 |
Paper fragment,
undated
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A small fragment of paper found with book manuscripts. It is
handwritten in blue ink. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/10 |
Book proposals,
circa
1950s
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Eight pages of book proposals; one describes a book that became The garland of mountain song (published in 1953). |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/11 |
Drafts for
publications, flyers, etc., 1951-1987,
undated
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Typed drafts of promotional biographical materials, tracings of
photographic images of Jean, a newspaper clippings, handwritten
notes, and related ephemera. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/12 |
Henry Z. Walck,
Inc., 1957-1973
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Various portions and drafts of Loves me, loves me not, which would be published as Apple seeds and soda straws; correspondence, royalty statements, and an invoice
from Henry Z. Walck, Inc. (publisher), and related
documents. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/13 |
The garland of mountain song: drafts and related documents, 1950-1959
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Published in 1953, an early version was called The Jean Ritchie
song book. Drafts, notes, part of a BMI statement stub, lists of
titles, and related documents, including notations about
copyrights transferred to Jean. |
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BOX-FOLDER 66/14 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : early research, 1950-1959
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Published in 1955, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak.
Handwritten and typed documents. Includes a letter from Jean to
an unidentified person named John, describing the whipping story
detailed in the book. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/1 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : beginnings, 1950-1959
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Early portion of typed script for the film, plus a film report, a
letter from Hally Wood (1950), a handwritten song list, and
related documents. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/2 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands: early manuscript, 1950-1959
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Typed notes with manuscript edits, and handwritten notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/3 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : early work, 1950-1959
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Typed notes with manuscript edits, and handwritten notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/4 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : beginnings and revisions) (1/2), 1950-1959
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Typed manuscript pages with handwritten edits. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/5 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : beginnings and revisions) (2/2), 1950-1959
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See the description for box-folder 67/1. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/6 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : manuscript checked; to be retyped (1/2), 1950-1959
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Typed manuscript pages with handwritten edits. |
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BOX-FOLDER 67/7 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : manuscript checked; to be retyped (2/2), 1950-1959
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See the description for box-folder 67/6. |
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BOX-FOLDER 68/1 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands: first typed manuscript (1/4), 1950-1959
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Typed manuscript pages with handwritten edits. |
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BOX-FOLDER 68/2 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : first typed manuscript (2/4), 1950-1959
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See the description for box-folder 67/6. |
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BOX-FOLDER 68/3 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : first typed manuscript (3/4), 1950-1959
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See the description for box-folder 67/6. |
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BOX-FOLDER 68/4 |
Singing family of the Cumberlands : first typed manuscript (4/4), 1950-1959
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See the description for box-folder 67/6. |
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