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#4189
JOHN A. (JOHN AUGUSTUS) BLAKEMORE PAPERS
Summary

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Blakemore, John A. (John Augustus), 1894-1986.
Papers, 1928-1980.
2,500 items (2.0 linear ft.).

John A. Blakemore was co-founder and business manager of the White Top Folk
Festival, held on White Top Mountain, Grayson County, Va., 1931-1936 and
1938-1939.

Correspondence, lists of performers, printed material, legal material,
writings, museum items, photographs, and other material relating to the
White Top Folk Festival.  Correspondents include performers Annabel Morris
Buchanan (b. 1888), John Powell (1882-1963), and Richard Chase (1904- ).
Material relating to a visit to the festival in 1933 by Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884-1962) is included.  The festival featured traditional singers,
musicians, and dancers.

Gift, 1979.

SEE ALSO:  Annabel Morris Buchanan Papers (#4020) in the Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Blakemore, John A. (John Augustus), 1894-1986.
   Buchanan, Annabel Morris, b. 1888.
   Chase, Richard, 1904-
   Folk festivals--Virginia--History--20th century.
   Folk festivals--Virginia--Photographs.
   Folk music--United States.
   Folk songs, English--United States.
   Powell, John, 1882-1963.
   Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
   White Top Folk Festival.

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