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Series 1: Tennessee-Tombigbee Folklife Survey and related materials
Materials associated with efforts to create a fieldwork project to document the socio-economic impact of the creation of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Correspondence and research materials (1/2), circa 1960-1979
Collected for Rosenberg's report on the impact of Federal public works projects on the folk culture of America and the ways in which the Archeological and Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 93-291) can mitigate that impact of July 16, 1979. Report is in #9. Approximately 200 pages. Original folder number: 1. See Box-Folder 1/2 for the balance of this folder's contents. No original folder heading.
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Correspondence and research materials (2/2), circa 1960-1979
See notes for Box-Folder 1/1.
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Folklife Foundation bill, 1971-1975
Includes Julia Butler Hansen correspondence which came to the attention of Ralph Rinzler in 1979, and who referred to it at the AFC Board meeting that led to the cancellation of the project. Approximately 20 pages. Original folder number: 2.
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Tenn-Tom maps, 1974, 1978
5 items. Original folder number: 3.
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Tenn-Tom enabling legislation, January 4-5, 1979
Notes on talk with Alan Jabbour. 1 page. Original folder number: 4.
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Tenn-Tom press, 1979
Mainly from 1979 boondoggle scandal. 9 items. Original folder number: 5.
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Budget for Tennessee-Tombigbee Folklife Survey, October 4, 1978
27 pages. Original folder number: 6. Original folder heading: Tenn-Tom October 4, 1978 Budget.
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Tennessee-Tombigbee Folklife Survey project proposal and related documentation (1/2), September 1978-January 1979
Correspondence, notes (including notes from phone conversations), diaries, documents. Approximately 50 pages. Original folder number: 7. Original folder heading: Tenn-Tom September 1978-January 1979.
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 Tennessee-Tombigbee Folklife Survey project proposal and related documentation (2/2), January 1979-April 1979
Continuation of folder 7. See notes for Box-Folder 1/8. Approximately 70 pages. Original folder number: 8. Original folder heading: Tenn-Tom in progress.
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 AFC Report, 1979
The research, along with another copy of this report, is in Box-Folder 1/1 and Box-Folder 1/2. Alan Jabbour's handwritten comments here. 15 pages. Original folder number: 9.
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Tenn-Tom: the debate, 1976-1979
Includes AFC Tenn-Tom Project chronology, the Folklife Act materials from 1976 (originally in Box-Folder 1/2) and, mainly, February 1979 correspondence sent by folklorists to Alan Jabbour prior to the AFC board meeting that led to the cancellation of the project. Approximately 80 pages. Original folder number: 10. Original folder heading: Tenn-Tom: The Debate (Also: Public Law 94-201).
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Post-AFC Tenn-Tom, 1979-1980
Correspondence, documents, newsletters. Approximately 70 pages. Original folder number: 11. Original folder heading: 1979-80 Post AFC Tenn-Tom.
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Notes on Tenn-Tom for the Public Sector Discussion Group, February 5, 1985
The group was formed when Memorial University of Newfoundland Graduate Studies Committee turned down the seminar proposal. 6 pages, handwritten in pencil. Original folder number: 12. Original folder heading: Notes on Tenn-Tom for Public Sector Discussion Group, February 5, 1985.
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project and local involvement, 1978-1979, undated
Documents, letters, notes, and related documentation regarding efforts to involve and employ local workers in the construction of the waterway and on related initiatives. Circa 40 pages. Original folder number: 14. Original folder heading: Minority Peoples Council/Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Miles College-Eutaw [Alabama].
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Tenn-Tom contract draft, January 1979
Draft of the contract between AFC and the Department of the Interior's Interagency Archaeological Services to work together on the projected Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Folklife Project. Approximately 20 pages. Original folder number: 16 (mistakenly written "15" on the folder itself). Original folder heading: Tenn-Tom Contract draft (1).
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Tenn-Tom name lists, circa 1978-1979
Lists of names, CV of potential fieldworker, etc. 14 pages. Original folder number: 17.
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Tenn-Tom phone call logs, May 1, 1979
Handwritten, pencil; Bill Ferris (2 pages), Henry Glassie (2 pages), Barre Toelken (1 page), John Szwed (2 pages). Original folder number: 18.
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 DC January (plus diary), 1979
Handwritten notes in spiral-bound notebook. 30 pages. Original folder heading: DC January 1979 (+Diary)."
OVERSIZE FOLDER OV1 Final budget and contract, January 22, 1979
Approximately 50 pages, in a legal-size accordion folder. Original folder number: 19.
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Tourist brochures for Columbus, Mississippi, undated
Tourist brochures collected by Carl Fleischhauer. 7 items. Original folder number: 15. Original folder heading: Way Down in Columbus Mississippi.
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 AFC Board meeting photos, possibly February 23, 1979
Photo credit: Carl Fleischhauer
Extent: 5 black and white photos : 5 in. x 8 in.
Includes photos of the following individuals: Archie Green (in the wide shot, with his back to the camera) talking to the board, and in the one vertical shot. Benny Keel (archeologist, and government official, with dark hair and a moustache), Jane Sapp (woman), and Wayland Hand (finger in the air). According to Carl, subsequent to this meeting Alan Jabbour decided not to proceed with the project.
BOX-FOLDER 5/8 Columbus, Mississippi
Photo credit: Carl Fleischhauer
Extent: 39 photographs: color transparencies : 35 mm (slide format)
These may be duplicates of photos in Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Folklife Project collection (AFC 1985/035).
Series 2: Correspondence and contacts
Materials include coverage of both the Tennessee-Tombigbee project and separate, music-related pursuits.
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Correspondence with Bill Ferris (Center for the Study of Southern Culture), November 1978-February 1981
Includes FSG Library Sale. Contents include correspondence and materials relating to various folk festivals and other projects. Approximately 150 pages. Original folder number: 13. Original folder heading: Bill Ferris/Center for the Study of Southern Culture (TENN TOM). November 1978-February 1981.
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Resource people, A-F, undated
5 x 8 file cards. One card per person, organized alphabetically. 1 1/2 inch stack of cards. Original unit designation: Resource People.
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 Resource people, G-N, undated
See notes for Box-Folder 2/10.
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 Resource people, O-Z, undated
See notes for Box-Folder 2/10.
Series 3: Sound recordings
Access note: Digital files are located in afc2002009_dc001. Please see the AFC reference staff for access.
Neil Rosenberg collected sound recordings for his own research, building a reference library of live recordings and studio recordings (including dubs of commercial recordings). Some of the recordings were sent to him as a gift or by request; the sources are noted if known.
Brian Miksis digitized selected sound recordings and documentation, making high-resolution and lower-resolution surrogates. See Digital surrogates of selected recordings in Series 3. Song lists and production notes listed below are his own, compiled from his own research, observations while digitizing the recordings, and guidance from Neil Rosenberg, especially when the pitch needed adjustment to restore the audio quality.
The archivist used a combination of Rosenberg's detailed inventories and information on tape boxes to create a list of contents per recording, and made additions and corrections based on further research. In addition, Rosenberg provided subsequent edits to the information. The documentation includes the names of those people who gave him tapes, identified in this finding aid as the "source." According to Rosenberg's documentation, items assigned the IDs SR256, SR268, and SR278 were deaccessioned from his collection prior to its arrival at AFC. He also noted that the ID SR262 was inadvertently not assigned to any recording, and the recording with the ID SR024 was loaned to someone but not returned.
The original inventory includes tapes numbered 12-15, 106, 281-290. These are part of the Redwood Canyon Ramblers collection (AFC 2011/011).
BOX-FOLDER 3/1-12 Inventory of recordings
Contents of Rosenberg's three-binder comprehensive, item-level inventory of recordings in his collection, which includes original and photocopied documentation about songs, performers, venues, locations, and dates.
BOX-FOLDER 3/13 Manuscripts from audio containers, undated
Folders 1 of 14 folders. See Box-Folders 4/1-7 and Box-Folders 5/1-6.
BOX-FOLDER 4/1-7 Manuscripts from audio containers, undated
Folders 2-8 of 14 folders. See Box-Folder 3/13 and Box-Folders 5/1-6.
BOX-FOLDER 5/1-6 Manuscripts from audio containers, undated
Folders 9-14 of 14 folders. See Box-Folder 3/13 and Box-Folders 4/1-7.
BOX 6 Empty audio tape containers
Original tape boxes for SR016, SR019, SR022, SR025, and SR047.
Item ID: AFC 2002/009: Bluegrass Anthology 01

Bluegrass Anthology 01
Rack number: RXI 0225
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:31:55, Side 2: 00:31:50) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side 1
Dub of commercial recordings by various artists
"Gotta Travel On" - Bill Monroe, November 25, 1961
Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry.
"Shady Grove" - Bill Monroe, November 25, 1961
Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry.
"Worried Man Blues" - Flatt and Scruggs, January 6, 1962
Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry.
"Cotton Fields" - Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters, January 6, 1962
Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry.
"Matthew 24" - Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, January 6, 1962
Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry.
"Cotton Fields" - Bill Monroe, January 6, 1962
Recorded at the Grand Ole Opry.
"On A Cold Winter Night (Wreck of the Number Nine)" - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers, 1936
Victor (record label)
"Riding On That Train 45" - Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford, 1937
Victor (record label)
"Darling Corey" - Monroe Brothers, 1936
Victor (record label)
"Walk in the Gospel Way" - Bryant Wilson Trio, 1958
Adair A2027 (CP-1605)
"Get Lost, You Wolf" - Hylo Brown, 1955
Capital F3124 (45-13120)
"Freight Train Boogie" - Delmore Brothers, 1946
King EP222 (KEP-46)
"Brown's Ferry Blues" - Delmore Brothers, 1947
King EP222 (KEP-46)
"Hillbilly Boogie" - Delmore Brothers, 1946
King EP222 (KEP-45)
Side 2
Dub of commercial recordings by various artists
"Little Birdie" - Stanley Brothers, August 5, 1956
Recorded at Silver Creek
"Ho Honey Ho" - Osborne Brothers, June 30, 1957
Recorded at New River Ranch
"Pretty Polly" - Osborne Brothers, June 30, 1957
Recorded at New River Ranch
"Willow Garden" - Osborne Brothers, June 30, 1957
Recorded at New River Ranch
"Shady Grove" - Flatt and Scruggs, possibly 1963
"John Hardy" - Ola Belle, September 16, 1956
Recorded at New River Ranch
"John Henry" - Charlie Monroe, May 27, 1956
Recorded at New River Ranch
"Paul and Silas" - Charlie Monroe, May 27, 1956
Recorded at New River Ranch
"Roane County Prison" - Stanley Brothers, September 1957
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