Inventory of the Hillbilly Music Sources and Symbols Collection, 1965, 2003
Collection Number 20378-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
- Title
- Hillbilly Music Sources and Symbols Collection, 1965, 2003
- Call Number
- 20378-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 29
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Administrative Information
- Restrictions to Access
- Use of audiotapes or videotapes may require production of listening or viewing copies.
- Processing Information
- Processed by: James McGlothlin, May 2007
- Encoded by: James McGlothlin, May 2007
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Hillbilly Music Sources and Symbols Collection #20378-z, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Cantwell, Robert, 1945-
- Country music.
- Country music--Discography.
- Ferris, William R.
- Filene, Benjamin.
- Folk music.
- Folk music--Discography.
- Green, Archie.
- Jabbour, Alan.
- Meade, Douglas S. (Douglas Shannon), 1956-
- Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991.
- Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991. Country music sources : a biblio-discography of commercially recorded traditional country music.
- Music in context.
- O brother, where art thou? (Motion picture)
- Old-time music.
- Popular culture--Southern States.
- Popular music--Southern States.
- Southern States--Social life and customs.
- Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for the Study of the American South.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Historical Note
In response to a surge in the popularity of traditional music inspired by the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? and in celebration of the publication of Country Music Sources: A Biblio-Discography of Commercially Recorded Traditional Country Music by Guthrie T. Meade Jr. with Douglas S. Meade and Richard K. Spottswood (Southern Folklife Collection, 2002), Hillbilly Music Sources and Symbols: Country Music, Cultural Brokerage and O Brother, Where Art Thou? was held 4-5 April 2003 in the Wilson Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The conference was sponsored by the Southern Folklife Collection, the Center for the Study of the American South, and Music in Context, all associated with UNC. Author and historian Benjamin Filene gave the keynote address. Among the panelists were folklorist Alan Jabbour; William R. Ferris (Bill Ferris), senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South; discographer Richard K. Spottswood (Dick Spottswood); and professor of American Studies Robert Cantwell. There were also presentations of research papers by students and concluding remarks by folklorist and labor historian Archie Green.
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The Hillbilly Music Sources and Symbols Collection documents the Hillbilly Music Sources and Symbols: Country Music, Cultural Brokerage and O Brother, Where Art Thou? conference, held 4-5 April 2003 at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and sponsored by the Southern Folklife Collection, the Center for the Study of the American South, and Music in Context. The collection includes promotional materials (poster and program), two articles, and audiocassettes and videocassettes containing recordings of conference events. Among the topics covered at the conference were country music, folk music, and old-time music and the popular culture of the American South.
The articles are "Hillbilly Music: Source and Symbol" by folklorist and labor historian Archie Green (Journal of American Folklore, July-September 1965, volume 78, number 309; reprinted and bound for the University of Illinois Campus Folksong Club), and "Country Music Sources: A Personal Perspective" by Douglas S. Meade. This article concerns the life and career of Meade's father, Guthrie T. Meade Jr. (Gus Meade), focusing on his work on the discography that became Country Music Sources.
Ten audiocassettes, one VHS videocassette, and nine Mini DV videocassettes document Benjamin Filene's keynote speech; panel discussions featuring Alan Jabbour, William R. Ferris, Richard K. Spottswood, and Robert Cantwell; student presentations; Archie Green's closing remarks; and other activities.
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1. Promotional materials and articles
2. Audiovisual materials
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Promotional Materials and Articles, 1965, 2003.
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2. Audiovisual Materials, 2003.
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