Inventory of the Nancy Kalow Collection, 1986-1991

Collection Number 20113

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Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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Manuscripts Department
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Creator
Kalow, Nancy.
Title
Nancy Kalow Collection, 1986-1991
Call Number
20113
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 24
Abstract
North Carolina folklorist Nancy Kalow taught documentary video production at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies. She receieved an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1982 and an M.A. in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. She directed the 1988 documentary Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco and was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, 2003-2004, at the University of North Carolina's University Center for International Studies in Chapel Hill.
The collection comprises 24 8mm videotapes of various aspects of North Carolina folklife recorded by Kalow between 1987 and 1991. There are videotapes of traditional North Carolina fiddlers that Kalow made in association with traditional music legend and founder of The Old-Time Herald Alice Gerrard as part of a project for the North Carolina Arts Council. These fiddlers include Thomas Burt, Calvin Cole, Bert Dickens, and Enoch Rutherford. There is a series of interviews with and demonstrations of technique by musician Walter Raleigh Babson, which are moderated by traditonal music collector, educator, and practitioner Andy Cahan. There are tapes of performances by African American string band musicians Joe and Odell Thompson, Piedmont blues musicians George Higgs and James Bud Powell, and traditional musician John Rector. There are also tapes documenting a 1987 performance at the UNC Forest Theatre by storyteller Steven Henegar and Uncle Eli's Quilting Bee, an annual event that has taken place in Alamance County since 1931 and which Kalow recorded on 7 April 1988 at Eli Whitney Recreation Center.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Usage Restrictions
RESTRICTED: Use of video materials may require production of viewing copies.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Nancy Kalow of Durham, N.C., in November 1992 (Acc. #92127).
Processing Information
Processed by: James McGlothlin, January 2007
Encoded by: James McGlothlin, January 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Nancy Kalow Collection #20113, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

African American musicians--North Carolina.
Babson, Walter Raleigh, 1900-1987.
Blues (Music)--North Carolina.
Burt, Thomas, 1900-
Cahan, Andrew.
Cole, Calvin.
Dickens, Bert.
Field recordings--North Carolina.
Fiddle tunes--North Carolina.
Fiddlers--North Carolina.
Folk festivals--North Carolina.
Folklore--North Carolina.
Folklorists--North Carolina.
Folk music--North Carolina.
Gerrard, Alice, 1934-
Henegar, Steven.
Higgs, George, 1930-
Kalow, Nancy.
Musicians--North Carolina.
North Carolina--Folklore.
North Carolina--Songs and music.
Old-time music.
Powell, James Bud.
Rector, John, fiddler.
Rutherford, Enoch.
Storytellers--North Carolina.
String band music.
Thompson, Joe, 1918-
Thompson, Odell, 1911-
Uncle Eli's quilting bee.
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Related Collections

Wayne Martin and Nancy Kalow Collection (#20047)
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Biographical Note

North Carolina folklorist Nancy Kalow taught documentary video production at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies. She receieved an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1982 and an M.A. in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999. She directed the 1988 documentary Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco and was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, 2003-2004, at the University of North Carolina's University Center for International Studies in Chapel Hill.

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Collection Overview

The collection comprises 24 8mm videotapes of various aspects of North Carolina folklife recorded by videographer and folklorist Nancy Kalow between 1987 and 1991. There are videotapes of traditional North Carolina fiddlers that Kalow made in association with traditional music legend and founder of The Old-Time Herald Alice Gerrard as part of a project for the North Carolina Arts Council. These fiddlers include Thomas Burt, Calvin Cole, Bert Dickens, and Enoch Rutherford. There is a series of interviews with and demonstrations of technique by musician Walter Raleigh Babson, which are moderated by traditonal music collector, educator, and practitioner Andy Cahan. There are tapes of performances by African American string band musicians Joe Thompson and Odell Thompson, Piedmont blues musicians George Higgs and James Bud Powell, and traditional musician John Rector. There are also tapes documenting a 1987 performance at the Forest Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by storyteller Steven Henegar and Uncle Eli's Quilting Bee, an annual event that has taken place in Alamance County since 1931 and which Kalow recorded on 7 April 1988 at Eli Whitney Recreation Center.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Alice Gerrard and Nancy Kalow Videotapes
2. Andy Cahan Videotapes
3. Miscellaneous Videotapes
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Items Separated

Videotapes V8M 157-181
Tape log filed in Field Notes folder #996
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Alice Gerard and Nancy Kalow Videotapes, 1987.

10 items.
Arrangement: chronological
Videotape V8M-157
Calvin Cole and Wayne Lowe, 30 January 1987, 1 of 3
Calvin Cole and Wayne Lowe perform traditional tunes.
Videotape V8M-158
Calvin Cole and Wayne Lowe, 30 January 1987, 2 of 3
Calvin Cole and Wayne Lowe perform traditional tunes.
Videotape V8M-159
Calvin Cole and Wayne Lowe, 30 January 1987, 3 of 3; Bert Dickens, 31 January 1987, 1 of 3
Calvin Cole and Wayne Lowe perform traditional tunes. Also featured is Bert Dickens. Her performance is continued on V8M 160-161.
Videotape V8M-160
Bert Dickens, 31 January 1987, 2 of 3
Bert Dickens performs traditional tunes.
Videotape V8M-161
Bert Dickens, 31 January 1987, 3 of 3
Bert Dickens performs traditional tunes.
Videotape V8M-162
Enoch Rutherford, 31 January 1987, 1 of 3
Andy Cahan and Alice Gerrard accompany traditional fiddler Rutherford.
Videotape V8M-163
Enoch Rutherford, 31 January 1987, 2 of 3
Andy Cahan and Alice Gerrard accompany traditional fiddler Rutherford.
Videotape V8M-164
Enoch Rutherford, 31 January 1987, 3 of 3
Andy Cahan and Alice Gerrard accompany traditional fiddler Rutherford.
Videotape V8M-165
Thomas Burt, 3 February 1987, 1 of 2
Thomas Burt demonstrates traditional fiddle style.
Videotape V8M-166
Thomas Burt, 3 February 1987, 2 of 2
Thomas Burt demonstrates traditional fiddle style.

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2. Andy Cahan Videotapes, 1986-1987

4 items.
Arrangement: chronological
Videotape V8M-167
Walter Raleigh Babson, 15 November 1986, 1 of 2
Walter Raleigh Babson plays the fiddle and banjo in this video moderated by Andy Cahan. The tape was made at Babson's home in Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Videotape V8M-168
Walter Raleigh Babson, 15 November 1986, 2 of 2
Walter Raleigh Babson plays the fiddle and banjo in this video moderated by Andy Cahan. The tape was made at Babson's home in Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Videotape V8M-169
Walter Raleigh Babson, 12 November 1987, 1 of 2
Walter Raleigh Babson discusses and demonstrates his banjo and fiddle style in this video recorded at the Toy Lounge on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Moderated by Andy Cahan.
Videotape V8M-170
Walter Raleigh Babson, 12 November 1987, 2 of 2
Walter Raleigh Babson discusses and demonstrates his banjo and fiddle style in this video recorded at the Toy Lounge on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Moderated by Andy Cahan.

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3. Miscellaneous Videotapes, 1987-1991

11 items.
Arrangement: Order as received.
Documentary footage of North Carolina folk culture, including a quilting bee, a storyteller, and performances by Piedmont blues and traditional string band musicians.
Videotape V8M-171
Joe and Odell Thompson, 15 March 1988, 1 of 2
This videotape of a concert at Gerrard Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, features traditional string band musicians Joe Thompson on fiddle and Odell Thompson on banjo.
Videotape V8M-172
Joe and Odell Thompson, 15 March 1988, 2 of 2
This videotape of a concert at Gerrard Hall, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, features traditional string band musicians Joe Thompson on fiddle and Odell Thompson on banjo.
Videotape V8M-173
Odell Thompson, 13 August 1987
Videotape interview with Odell Thompson, made at his home.
Videotape V8M-174
Steven Henegar, 1987
Steven Henegar, a storyteller, was recorded on videotape at the Forest Theatre on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Videotape V8M-175
George Higgs and James Bud Powell, 20 February 1988, 1 of 4
Musical performance by Piedmont blues artists Higgs and Powell at the Canal Arts Center in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Videotape V8M-176
George Higgs and James Bud Powell, 20 February 1988, 2 of 4
Musical performance by Piedmont blues artists Higgs and Powell at the Canal Arts Center in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Videotape V8M-177
George Higgs and James Bud Powell, 20 February 1988, 3 of 4
Musical performance by Piedmont blues artists Higgs and Powell at the Canal Arts Center in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Videotape V8M-178
George Higgs and James Bud Powell, 20 February 1988, 4 of 4
Musical performance by Piedmont blues artists Higgs and Powell at the Canal Arts Center in Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Videotape V8M-179
Uncle Eli's Quilting Bee, 7 April 1988, 1 of 2
Videotape V8M-180
Uncle Eli's Quilting Bee, 7 April 1988, 2 of 2
Videotape V8M-181
John Rector, 23 November 1991
John Rector performs traditional tunes on this videotape, recorded in Winston-Salem, N.C. He is accompanied by Wayne Martin on guitar.

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