Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN FOLKLIFE COLLECTION
#20246
GUTHRIE T. MEADE COLLECTION
Inventory
General Abstract:
Guthrie "Gus" Turner Meade, Jr., was a computer
programmer and systems analyst with a lifelong interest in
folk music, especially traditional country music and
Kentucky fiddlers. Meade avidly collected records and
corresponded with record collectors, discographers, and
music scholars around the world. He spent his summers
recording and interviewing Kentucky fiddlers. In 1956, Meade
began an annotated discography of early traditional country
music. The discography includes some 14,500 recordings of
3,500 songs organized into four categories: ballads,
religious songs, instrumentals, and novelty songs. He worked
on this discography until his death in 1991.
Materials collected or created in the course of Gus
Meade's research into traditional country music and Kentucky
fiddlers. Meade drew upon many of these items to create his
annotated discography of early traditional country music.
Included are many artist files containing information on
various performers. There are also record company logsheets;
information about radio shows; a discography by Richard
Spottswood; songsters, song books, and sheet music, mostly
from the 1880s; correspondence with folklorists, including
John Edwards, Archie Green, Eugene Earle, D. K. Wilgus, Fred
Hoeptner, Willard Johnson, and Dan Mahoney; recordings of
interviews with and performances by Kentucky fiddlers; and
information about fiddle competitions, including the 1926
boom in contests spurred by Henry Ford's interest in
reviving old-time dancing. Also included are materials
relating to hymns, old-time music festivals, and collections
of folklore and folk music in archives and other
institutions.
Online Catalog Terms:
Bluegrass music.
Country music.
Fiddle tunes.
Fiddling--Competitions.
Fiddling.
Folk music--United States.
Folk songs.
Folklore--United States.
Folklorists.
Hymns.
Kentucky--Songs and music.
Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991.
Music--Kentucky.
Old-time music.
Radio--History.
Songs--Texts.
Sound archives.
Sound recording industry--History.
Sound recording libraries.
Sound recordings--Collectors and collecting.
Women country musicians.
Cataloged names:
Allen Brothers.
Burnett, Richard.
Callahan Brothers (Musical group).
Carson, Fiddlin' John, 1868-1949.
Carter Family (Musical group).
Dalhart, Vernon, 1883-1948.
Darby, Tom, 1890-ca. 1971.
Delmore Brothers.
Dunham, Alanson Mellen.
Earle, Eugene.
Edwards, John, 1932-1960.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Green, Archie.
Haley, Ed, 1883-1951.
Hillbillies (Musical group).
Hoeptner, Fred.
Johnson, Willard.
Kessinger, Clark.
Kincaid, Bradley.
Macon, Uncle Dave, 1870-1952.
Mahoney, Dan.
Mainer, J. E. (Joseph E.), 1898-1971.
Mainer, Wade, 1907-
Martin, Asa, 1900-
Monroe Brothers.
Poole, Charlie, 1892-1931.
Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc, 1897-1978.
Rutherford, Leonard.
Skillet Lickers.
Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith).
Stoneman, Ernest V.
Tanner, Gid.
Tarlton, Jimmie, 1892-1979.
Thomas, Buddy, d. 1974.
Whitter, Henry, d. 1941.
Wilgus, D. K.
Size: About 6,000 items (26.0 linear feet).
Date Span: 1817-1991.
Provenance: Received from Mary Meade of Frankfort, Ky., in 1998.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: Items separated: Oversized Papers (OP-20246/1-10);
Photographs (identified photographs: P-3027-3100;
unidentified photographs: SFC Unidentified Photographs File);
Reel-to-reel tapes (FT-6303 - FT-6583);
Cassette tapes (FS-3703 - FS-4191);
LPs (call numbers available from SFC database);
78 rpm recordings (78-16746 - 78-17864);
45 rpm recordings (45-2895 - 45-2896).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Biographical Information
Series 3. Writings by Meade
Series 4. Archives and Checklists
Series 5. Folksong Studies
Series 6. Fiddlers and Fiddling
Series 7. Discographical Research
Series 8. Artist Files
Series 9. Bibliographies
Series 10. Songsters and Copyright Research
Series 11. Radio
Series 12. Other Printed Material
Series 13. Folklore: General
Series 14. Sound Recordings
Series 15. Photographs
Series 16. Card Files
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
Guthrie "Gus" Turner Meade, Jr., was born in Louisville,
Ky., on 17 May 1932 to Sarah Isabel Ballard and Guthrie Turner
Meade, Sr. He served in the U.S. Air Force, and afterward
attended the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Meade pursued,
but never completed, a Master's Degree in Folklore at Indiana
University. During graduate school, he met his wife Mary, and
they married in November 1955. He worked at the Indiana
University Folk Music Archives and, later, as an assistant at the
Indiana University Press. The Meades had four children: Douglas
Shannon, Jonathan Andrew, Morag Elizabeth, and Meredith Louise.
Meade and his wife left Indiana for Yellow Springs, Ohio, in
1961, where he began work at Wright Patterson Air Force Base as a
computer programmer and systems analyst. He and his friend,
discographer Bob Hyland, had a radio show in Antioch, where Meade
also organized a folk festival. He taught himself to play the
fiddle and often played music with friends and acquaintances.
Meade also taught fiddle classes, both informally at parties and
at his home. He avidly collected 78 rpm country music records,
partly to help him learn fiddle tunes. Meade's correspondents
included record collectors, discographers, and music scholars
around the world, including folklorist John Edwards in Australia,
Archie Green, Eugene Earle, D. K. Wilgus, Fred Hoeptner, Willard
Johnson, and Dan Mahoney.
In 1965, Meade began working at the Library of Congress Folk
Music Archives as a programmer/analyst, automating the vast
collections. He left to take a position at the National Archives,
where he developed a system called Spindex II for automating
archives. After the system was in place, the Archives eliminated
his job, and he moved to a position in the General Services
Administration where he remained until his early retirement in
1986.
Each summer, Meade went to Kentucky to research Kentucky
fiddlers, who had recorded on some of the early 78 records. At
this time, he worked with John Harrod and Bruce Greene, who were
also researching Kentucky fiddlers. Meade became close friends
with Charlie and Noah Kinney, fiddling brothers from Lewis, Ky.,
and recorded their music on many occasions. He also spent a great
deal of time conducting personal interviews with traditional
fiddlers.
In 1971, the Meade family moved to Waldorf, Md., and Meade
became active in the Folk Society of Greater Washington. He
recorded Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas and arranged for
Mississippi fiddler Hoyt Ming to record and play at the
Smithsonian Folklife Festival. During the 1970s, Meade and Mark
Wilson produced three albums of Kentucky fiddle music on the
Rounder label: J. P. and Annadeene Fraley's "Wild Rose of the
Mountain" (Rounder 0037), Buddy Thomas's "Kitty Puss" (Rounder
0032), and Ed Haley's "Parkersburg Landing" (Rounder 1010). The
Buddy Thomas recording became particularly important given the
young fiddler's sudden death only months after the project's
completion.
In 1974, the Meades moved to Alexandria, Va., where Meade
became acquainted with Bob Christenson, also a fiddle scholar.
Meade continued to work with John Harrod and collaborated with
other traditional music scholars Steven Rice, Steve Green, and
Ray Bowman on various projects. He also conducted genealogy
research. In 1980, Meade and discographer Richard Nevins compiled
an important three-record set of rare Gennett recordings of early
Kentucky fiddle music. The Morning Star releases (45003, 45004,
and 45005) include biographical information on the musicians and
represent an important contribution to traditional music
scholarship.
Meade's most significant achievement may have been his
annotated discography of early traditional country music, begun
in 1956. This comprehensive work includes some 14,500 recordings
of 3,500 songs organized into four categories: ballads, religious
songs, instrumentals, and novelty songs. In 1986, Meade received
a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to prepare the
discography for publication. Shortly afterwards, the family moved
to Kentucky, where Meade worked long hours on the project. He was
working on the introduction to the discography at the time of his
death. His wife Mary has indicated that she will work toward the
project's publication, with the help of her son Doug and
discographer Richard Spottswood.
On 8 February 1991, Meade suffered a massive cerebral
hemorrhage at his Franklin County, Ky., home. He died the next
day at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington at
the age of 58.
Collection Overview
This collection consists of materials gathered by Gus Meade
in his study of traditional country music and Kentucky fiddlers.
His correspondence with other folklorists all over the world
comprises one series. A significant portion of the collection
consists of Meade's collected information on musicians. The
collection also contains his interviews with and recordings of
traditional Kentucky fiddlers, as well as biographical
information about Gus Meade and writings by Meade. Meade's
collected information about various archives and institutions'
recorded holdings comprises one series. Another series consists
of Meade's collection of songsters and sheet music, most dating
from the 1880s. Meade was particularly interested in fiddle
competitions and collected information about fiddle contests,
including the 1926 boom in contests due to Henry Ford's interest
in reviving old-time dancing.
Note that many of Meade's original folder titles have been
retained.
The collection is arranged as follows:
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Biographical Information
Subseries 2.1 General
Subseries 2.2 Teaching activities
Series 3. Writings by Meade
Series 4. Archives and Checklists
Series 5. Folksong Studies
Subseries 5.1 Meade Folksong Collections
Subseries 5.2 Tune Collections
Subseries 5.3 Sheet Music: Originals
Subseries 5.4 Sheet Music: Photocopies
Subseries 5.5 Song Research
Series 6. Fiddlers and Fiddling
Subseries 6.1 Fiddle Research: General
Subseries 6.2 Genres and Traditions
Subseries 6.3 Kentucky Fiddling
Subseries 6.4 Fiddle Contests and Conventions: General
Subseries 6.5 Fiddle Contests: 1926
Subseries 6.6 Fiddlers Compendium
Series 7. Discographical Research
Subseries 7.1. Meade Annotated Discography
Subseries 7.2. Vintage Record Labels and Numericals
Subseries 7.3. Recording Studio Files
Subseries 7.4. Discographical Research: Miscellaneous
Subseries 7.5. Spottswood Ethnic Discography
Series 8. Artist Files
Series 9. Bibliographies
Series 10. Songsters and Copyright Research
Subseries 10.1. Copyright Deposits and Songster Indexes
Subseries 10.2. Songsters: Originals
Subseries 10.3. Songsters: Photocopies
Series 11. Radio
Series 12. Other Printed Material
Subseries 12.1. Periodicals
Subseries 12.2. Old Time Music Festivals: Programs
Subseries 12.3. Hymnody: Photocopies
Subseries 12.4. Folios and Ephemera
Series 13. Folklore: General
Series 14. Sound Recordings
Series 15. Photographs
Series 16. Card Files
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Correspondence
1958-1990. About 1000 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence with friends, discographers, and musicians,
as well as representatives from university presses, music
archives, and folklore organizations.
Folder 1 A
2 B
3 Butler, Bob
4 C
5 Christeson, Bob
6 Cogswell, Roby
7 Country Music Foundation: Hillbilly Artist Index
8 Cox, Fred
9 D
10 Davidson, Ken (Folk Productions, Kanawha Records)
11 E
12 Earle, Eugene
13 Edwards, John
14 F
15 Folk Festivals
16 G
17 Green, Archie
18 Green, Steve
19 H
20 Harrison, Bill
21 Harrod, John
22 Hearne, Will Roy
23 Hoeptner, Fred G.
24 Illinois, University Press
25 J
26 Johnson, Willard and Joe Drotchetz
27 Jones, Loyal
28 K
29 Kentucky, University Press
30 Kinney, Charles, Noah, and Hazel
31 L
32 List, George
33 Lornell, Kip
34 M
35 MacKenzie, John
36 Mahoney, Dan
37 Meade, John
38 Missouri, University Press
39 N
40 O
41 P
42 Pinson, Bob
43 Publicity
44 Q
45 R
46 S
47 T
48 U
49 V
50 W
51 Ward, Ed
52 Wells, Paul
53 Wilgus, D. K.
54 Y-Z
55 Miscellaneous correspondence
56 Miscellaneous news clippings, articles
57 Miscellaneous folklore and music newsletters
Series 2. Biographical Information
1951-1991. About 70 items.
Materials documenting Guthrie Meade's life, including
newspaper articles, an obituary, and information about his
education, his collecting activities, his job as a computer
programmer, and his family history.
Subseries 2.1. General Biographical Information
1951-1991. About 40 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Folder 58 Articles about Gus Meade
59 College transcripts
60 Course materials
61 Mary Meade's biography of Gus Meade
62 Meade family history
63 Music contracts
64 Résumés, evaluations, certificates
Subseries 2.2. Teaching Activities
1970s. About 30 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Folder 65 Ashland Community College: Country Music Seminar
66 Fiddle class
67 St. Mary's, Md.: Country Music Lecture
68-69 Folders not used
Series 3. Writings by Meade
1957-1988. About 20 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Record reviews and offprints of articles written by Meade,
as well as drafts of articles that were never finished. There are
also some college papers and other early writings. In 1976, Meade
applied to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a
research grant to compile an annotated discography of early
hillbilly music. The proposal was not accepted, but, in 1986, the
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) approved a grant for the
project. See Series 7.1 for drafts of the discography.
Folder 70 Article: "Early Country Music in Corbin, Kentucky"
71 Article: "Library Automation"
72 Articles in progress: "Fiddler's Compendium, 1926
Fiddle Contests"
73 Articles in progress: "Fiddle Tune History"
74 College papers
75 Early unpublished papers
76 Journal articles, reviews
77 NEA 1986 grant: Proposal and reports
78 NEA 1986 grant: Travel expenses
79 NEH 1976 grant: Proposal
80 Record reviews: Meade Productions
Series 4. Archives and Checklists
1958-1990. About 20 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Information about tape holdings in archives and other
institutions.
Folder 81 EF Indexes
82 Folklore Institute
83 Folder not used
84 Indiana University Archive of Traditional Music
85 Indiana University tape deposit contract
86 John Edwards Memorial Foundation holdings
87 Library of Congress Finding Aids: Kentucky musicians
88 Library of Congress: Maritime folklife resources
89 Library of Congress Tape Lists
90 Nevins Library of Congress tape duplication: Item listings
91 Miscellaneous archives
92 Miscellaneous recordings checklists
Series 5. Folksong Studies
1817-1987. About 700 items.
Subseries 5.1. Meade Folksong Collections
Undated. About 80 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Song texts collected by Meade from individuals in and around
Louisville, Ky., in the 1950s. These texts may correlate with
tape recordings found in the Archives of Traditional Music at
Indiana University in Bloomington.
Folder 93 Lyons family
94 South family
Subseries 5.2. Tune Collections
1817-1987. About 100 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Photocopied tune collections and original songbooks. A
number of the photocopied collections are incomplete,
occasionally consisting of only a table of contents. Several
collections lack a title page and are labeled as "Unidentified
tune collections."
Folder 95 A-C Arkansas Arkie Woodchopper Square Dance Calls
Arling Shaeffer's Barn Dance
Ballads of By-Gone Days
Board of Music Trade Catalog (Waltzes)
Buddy Starcher's Roundup of Song Hits
The Casket, or Musical Pocket Companion
Choice Gems for the Violin
A Collection of New Cottilions [sic]
A Collection of Violin Tunes, Popular During
the Early 1800s
Cowboy Loye Presents 20 Famous Heart Songs
Cowboy Songs
96 D-F The Dance Music of Ireland
Drennon Polka Quadrilles
Everybody's Song Book
Familiar Folk Songs
Favorite Melodies From the Hills (Books 2 and 3)
Favorite Radio Hymns
Favorite Songs
Favorite Songs of the WLW
Fifty Famous Favorites
Fireside Melodies
The First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland
97 G-H George Coes's Album of Music for the Violin
Hank Keene's 1936 Edition of Original
Mountain and Folk Songs
Hank Keene's Number Four Book of Original
Mountain Songs
Harding's All-Round Collection of Jigs, Reels
and Country Dances
Harding's Collection of Jigs, Reels and Country Dances
Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels
Howe's Diamond School for the Violin
Howe's School for the Violin
Humorous and Sentimental Songs (FRAGILE)
98 I-K Illustrated Catalog of Sheet Music and
Music Books (FRAGILE)
The J. W. Pepper Collection of 500 Reels, Jigs
Jerdon's Reels
Jigs and Reels in Two Volumes Vol. 2.
Jimmie Sizemore's Favorite Mountain Ballads and Old Time Songs
99 L-M The Lonesome Cowboy Songs of the Plains and Hills
Manuscript Collection of Dance Tunes (ca. 1775-1800)
The Monster Imperial
More Than 50 Folk Songs, Ballads and Hymns
Musician's Omnibus, Complete
Musician's Omnibus No. 7
My Favorite Mountain Ballads and Old-Time Songs
100 N-O The Nelson Music Collection: Selected
Authentic Square Dance
A New and Highly Improved Violin Preceptor
Nineteen Songs of Yesterday
Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes
for the Violin
Old Time Hits of the Gay Eighties and Nineties
Old Time Jigs and Reels
Old Time Violin Melodies Book No. 1
One Hundred Songs of Scotland
One Thousand Fiddle Tunes
101 P-R The People's Song Book
Peruna's Family Song Book
A Preceptor for the Violin
Red River Dave's Selection of World's
Greatest Gospel Songs
Reels, Hornpipes, Jigs Etc.: The Universal
Contra Dance Album
Ryan's Dances, Reels and Jigs
Ryan's Mammoth Collection 1050 Reels and Jigs
102 S Sep. Winner's Dime Book of Violin Tunes
Song Sampler
Songs of All Time
Songs & Choruses, Motto Songs, Songs &
Dances, Jubilee Hymns
Songs of the Gay 90's
Songs of the Gospel
Songs of Hap Holt's Rythm [sic] Rangers
Songs of Long Ago
Songs Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys
Songs of the Plains
Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition
Songs Sung by Oklahoma Buck Nation and Tex Ann
Star Collection of the Best Old Favorite Songs
The Skye Collection of the Best Reels & Strathspeys
103 T-V The Treasury of Song for the Home Circle
Traditional Cowboy Songs
Trifet's Cornucopia of Music
Virginia Reels Selected and Arranged for the Piano Forte
104 W Watkins A Few Old Favorites
West Virginia Radio Jamboree Famous Songs
Winner's Collection of Music for the Violin
Winner's Dance Folio for the Violin
Winner's Excelsior Collection for the Violin
Winner's Piano Cotillions
Winner's Plain Cotillions
Winner's Tunes of the World
World War I Songs
105 Y Young America's Collection of Instrumental Music
106 Unidentified tune collections
Subseries 5.3. Sheet Music: Originals
1878-1947 (bulk 1920s). About 100 items. (SM-330 through SM-445)
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Original sheet music collected by Meade. Much of this sheet
music is very old and fragile. In this list, some titles have
been shortened. The "Miscellaneous" folder contains unidentified
sheet music without covers.
OP 20246/1 "After the Ball" (SM-344)
OP 20246/1 "Aggravatin' Papa" (SM-345)
OP 20246/1 "All By Myself" (SM-346)
OP 20246/1 "All She'd Say Was Umh-Hum" (SM-347)
Folder 111 "Allentown Jail" (SM-330)
OP 20246/1 "Am I Blue?" (SM-348)
OP 20246/1 "Angel Child" (SM-445)
OP 20246/1 "Arkansas Traveler" (SM-349)
OP 20246/1 "The Banquet in Misery Hall" (SM-350)
OP 20246/1 "Betty Co-ed" (SM-351)
OP 20246/1 "Blue-Eyed Sally" (SM-352)
OP 20246/1 "The Bride-Elect March" (SM-353)
Folder 111 "Brownie's Old Gray Mare" (SM-331)
OP 20246/1 "By the Sapphire Sea" (incomplete) (SM-354)
OP 20246/1 "Call Me Back, Pal O' Mine" (SM-355)
OP 20246/1 "Cheyenne" (SM-356)
OP 20246/1 "Chicago That Toddling Town" (SM-357)
OP 20246/1 "Cigareets, Whusky and Wild, Wild Women" (SM-358)
OP 20246/1 "Come Where the Lilies Bloom" (incomplete) (SM-359)
Folder 111 "Crawdad Song" (SM-332)
OP 20246/1 "The Directorate March (SM-360)
OP 20246/2 "Dixie Darlings" (SM-361)
OP 20246/2 "Don't Bring Me Posies" (SM-362)
OP 20246/2 "Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home" (SM-363)
OP 20246/2 "Down Where the Swannee River Flows" (SM-364)
Folder 111 "Eight More Miles to Louisville" (SM-333)
OP 20246/2 "Faded Love Letters" (SM-365)
OP 20246/2 "Frankie and Johnny" (SM-366)
OP 20246/2 "Gimme De Leavin's" (SM-367)
OP 20246/2 "Give Yourself a Pat on the Back" (SM-368)
OP 20246/2 "The Gold Diggers of Broadway (SM-369)
OP 20246/2 "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" (SM-370)
OP 20246/2 "He May Be Your Man" (SM-371)
OP 20246/2 "Here Comes Dinah Belle of the Ball" (SM-372)
OP 20246/2 "Hiawatha's Melody of Love" (SM-373)
Folder 111 "How High the Moon" (SM-334)
OP 20246/2 "I Ain't Nobody's Darling" (SM-374)
OP 20246/2 "I Cried For You" (SM-375)
OP 20246/2 "I Love You Best of All" (incomplete) (SM-376)
Folder 111 "I Want My Mammy" (SM-335)
Op 20246/2 "If I Only Had a Home, Sweet Home" (SM-377)
OP 20246/2 "I'll Be in My Dixie Home Again Tomorrow" (SM-378)
OP 20246/2 "I'm Just a Little Blue" (SM-379)
Folder 111 "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" (SM-336)
OP 20246/2 "In the City of Sighs and Tears" (SM-380)
Folder 111 "In the Heart of the City That Has No Heart" (SM-337)
OP 20246/3 "In the Shadow of the Pines" (SM-381)
OP 20246/3 "It is Hard to Kiss Your Sweetheart" (SM-382)
OP 20246/3 "It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight" (SM-383)
OP 20246/3 "I've Got the 'A-B-C-D' Blues (SM-384)
OP 20246/3 "Joe Turner Blues" (SM-385)
Folder 111 "Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Me" (SM-338)
OP 20246/3 "Kerry Mills Barn Dance" (SM-386)
OP 20246/3 "Leave Me With a Smile" (SM-387)
OP 20246/3 "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (SM-388)
OP 20246/3 "The Man Behind the Gun" (SM-389)
OP 20246/3 "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" (SM-390)
OP 20246/3 "Molly Brannigan" (SM-391)
OP 20246/3 "Moving Day" (SM-392)
OP 20246/3 "My Home by the Old Village Mill" (SM-393)
OP 20246/3 "My Little Rambling Rose" (SM-394)
Folder 111 "My Mammy Knows" (SM-339)
OP 20246/3 "My Man" (SM-395)
OP 20246/3 "My Sunny Tennessee" (SM-396)
OP 20246/3 "My Wife's Gone to the Country" (SM-397)
Folder 111 "The Old Cabin Home" (SM-340)
OP 20246/3 "Only a Bunch of Violets" (SM-398)
OP 20246/3 "Only to See Her Face Again" (SM-399)
OP 20246/3 "The Pardon Came Too Late" (SM-400)
OP 20246/4 "The Pathetic Rag" (SM-401)
OP 20246/4 "Peggy O'Neill" (SM-402)
OP 20246/4 "The Prisoner's Song" (SM-403)
OP 20246/4 "Red Wing" (SM-404)
OP 20246/4 "Rings" (SM-405)
OP 20246/4 "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" (SM-406)
OP 20246/4 "Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay" (SM-407)
OP 20246/4 "Say It With Music" (SM-408)
OP 20246/4 "School Days" (incomplete) (SM-409)
OP 20246/4 "September Song" (SM-410)
OP 20246/4 "The Sheik of Araby" (SM-411)
OP 20246/4 "Smiles" (SM-412)
OP 20246/4 "Some Say When Dreams Come True" (no cover) (SM-413)
OP 20246/4 "Stay in Your Own Backyard" (SM-414)
OP 20246/4 "Suez" (SM-415)
OP 20246/4 "Sunshine Sue" (SM-416)
OP 20246/4 "Sweet Bunch of Daisies" (SM-417)
Folder 111 "Sweet Indiana Home" (SM-341)
Folder 111 "Sweet Lovin' Mama" (SM-342)
OP 20246/4 "Sweetest Little Rose in Tennessee" (SM-418)
Folder 111 "Take Me to the Land of Jazz" (SM-343)
OP 20246/4 "Take Your Feet Out of de Sand" (SM-419)
OP 20246/4 "Tell Me" (SM-420)
OP 20246/4 "There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning" (SM-421)
OP 20246/5 "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun'" (SM-422)
OP 20246/5 "Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips With Me" (no cover) (SM-423)
OP 20246/5 "Tuck Me to Sleep in My old 'Tucky Home" (SM-424)
OP 20246/5 "Turkey in the Straw" (SM-425)
OP 20246/5 "Under the Double Eagle" (SM-426)
OP 20246/5 "Wabash Blues" (SM-427)
OP 20246/5 "Wang-Wang Blues" (SM-428)
OP 20246/5 "We'll Have to Mortgage the Farm" (SM-429)
OP 20246/5 "When the Harvest Time is Over" (SM-430)
OP 20246/5 "When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down" (SM-431)
OP 20246/5 "When the Sheep Are in the Fold Jennie Dear" (SM-432)
OP 20246/5 "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" (SM-433)
OP 20246/5 "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" (SM-434)
OP 20246/5 "Where the River Shannon Flows" (SM-435)
OP 20246/6 "White Rose Waltz" (SM-436)
OP 20246/6 "The Whole Dam Family" (SM-437)
OP 20246/6 "Why Don't You Try?" (SM-438)
OP 20246/6 "Why Should I Cry Over You?" (SM-439)
OP 20246/6 "Will You Love Me in December?" (SM-440)
OP 20246/6 "You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him" (SM-441)
OP 20246/6 "You Can't Blame Me for That" (SM-442)
OP 20246/6 "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" (SM-443)
OP 20246/6 "You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes' the Same" (SM-444)
Subseries 5.4. Sheet Music: Photocopies
1881-1942. About 200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Photocopies of sheet music used in songster and copyright
research. Some of the folders contain several variations of a
single tune. The "Miscellaneous" folder contains items with a
number of songs on each page. A few of the selections are
incomplete. Meade used much of this sheet music in his songster
and copyright research.
Folder 112 A-H "After the War"
"The Alphabet Song" (lyrics only)
"And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down her Back"
"Arkansas Traveler I"
"Bake Dat Chicken Pie"
"Beaumont Two Step"
"Better Than Gold"
"Blueberry Blossom"
"Blue-Bird Waltz"
"Botany Bay"
"Black Eyed Susianna"
"But of Course 'Tis No Business of Mine"
"Calliope Schottische"
"Childhood Days"
"The Convict and the Bird"
"Cuban Liberty"
"Dear Old Dixie Land"
"Do You Ever think of Me?"
"The Dying Girl's Message"
"The Dying Girl's Request"
"Easy Rider"
"Electric Light March" (copyright information only)
"Electric Light Schottische"
"Fifty Years Ago"
"For Goodness' Sake Don't Say I Told You"
"The Furniture Man"
"Garfields Funeral March"
"Get on Board Aunt Susan"
"Gib Me Dat Watermillion"
"Give Me Your Heart"
"Grandmother's Chair"
"Happy Home Waltz"
"He Gets There All the Same"
"He's A Cousin of Mine"
"He's Goin' to Hab a Hot Time Bye An' Bye"
113 I-O "I Am a Highly Educated Man"
"I Found You Among the Roses"
"I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome"
"I Want a Nice Young Man"
"I Wish We'd Never Met"
"I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home"
"I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone"
"If I Had My Way"
"If You Love Me, Love Me"
"I'll Wed You
"In the Valley of Broken Hearts"
"Irene Waltz"
"Is There No Kiss for Me Tonight?"
"It Ain't No Lie"
"It's a Long Way Back to Dear Old Mothers [sic] Knee"
"The Jakey Ginger Blues"
"Jenny Lind Polka"
"Jimmie Brown"
"Just As We Used to Do"
"Just As Your Mother Was"
"Katy-did Waltz"
"The Kentucky Gallopade"
"Kentucky Polka"
"Kitty Wells"
"Little Nell"
"Little Nellie Ballad"
"The Little Newsboy's Death"
"Lexington Quick Step"
"Liza Jane"
"The Longest Way 'Round is the Sweetest Way Home"
"Lost on the Titanic"
"Love Me Only"
"The Maid of York Beach"
"Mammoth Cave Waltz"
"The Man Behind the Plow"
"Mary of the Wild Moor"
"Midnight Dream Waltz"
"Money Won't Make Everybody Happy"
"My Little Telephone Girl"
"My Lost Love"
"My Old Iowa Home"
"The Neapolitan Two Step"
"Never Take No for an Answer"
"Nothing Goes Hard With Me"
"Oh! How She Lied to Me"
"The Old Hickory Cane"
"Ole Bull and Ole Dan Tucker"
"On the Banks of Old Salt River"
"Only A Poor Little News Boy"
"Only A Tramp"
"Only An Orphan Boy"
"The Orphan Boy"
114 P-S "The Patter of the Shingle"
"Persian Lamb Rag"
"The Ploughboy's Dream"
"The Poor Drunkard's Child"
"The Popular Comic Ballad, 'Putting on Airs'"
"President Garfield's Funeral March"
"Red Rose Waltz"
"Ring Dem Heavenly Bells"
"Rippling Wave Waltz"
"Roaring River"
"Rochester Schottish" [sic]
"Rough and Ready Polka"
"Row Me Over the Tide"
"Sadie, Won't You Be My Little Lady"
"Sea-Side Schottische"
"The Sentimental or Rose Waltz"
"7 Come 11"
"She Was A Soldier's Sweetheart"
"She's Mine, All Mine"
"She's Sleeping By the Silv'ry Rio Grande"
"She's Winkin' At Me"
"Show Me the Way to Get Home"
"Show Me the Way to Go Home, Babe"
"Silver Lake Waltz"
"Sing A Song of Contract"
"Sleep Soond Ida Moarnin" [sic]
"Some Mother's Boy"
"Some O' Dese Days"
"Some of These Days"
"Sweet Heart"
"Sweet Nola Shannon"
"Swinging on de Golden Gate"
115 T-Z "Then, My Darling I'll Come Back to Thee"
"They Wanted Me to Take His Place"
"The Three Wishes"
"This is No Place for Me"
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars. Or Meet Me at the Bars"
"Wedding Bells Waltz"
"We Ought to Be Thankful for That"
"When Summer Comes Again"
"When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming"
"When The Dew is on the Rose"
"When the Golden Corn is Waving"
"When the Golden Leaves are Falling"
"When the Golden Rod is Blooming"
"When the Leaves Begin to Fade"
"When the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door"
"When the Sun Goes Down"
"Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean's Blue to Gold"
"Whiskers"
"Who Picked the Lock?"
"Why Don't You Try?"
"Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?"
"Wink the Other Eye"
"The Wooden Wedding"
"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
"You Ain't Talking to Me"
Miscellaneous titles
Subseries 5.5. Song Research
1929-1988. About 200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Handwritten and photocopied information about selected songs
and ballads that Meade found especially interesting. He was also
apparently intrigued with the bawdy song genre, as his early
article on "The Sea Crab" demonstrates.
Folder 116 Acuff, Willard: Compositions
117 Automobile songs
118 Bawdy songs
119 Black string music
120 General Denhardt
121 Hawkins, Edward
122 Hymnody research
123 Library of Congress song research
124 Sacred songs: Practice
125 "Sea Crab": Correspondence
126 "Sea Crab": Ed Kray manuscript
127 "Sea Crab": Texts
128 "Sea Crab": Miscellaneous
129 Song titles and lyrics, A-C
130 Song titles and lyrics, D-G
131 Song titles and lyrics, H-K
132 Song titles and lyrics, L-M
133 Song titles and lyrics, N-R
134 Song titles and lyrics, S-T
135 Song titles and lyrics, U-Z
136 Song titles: Catalog, reference numbers
137 Songs from discs
138 1952 folk song research
139 Miscellaneous song research
Series 6. Fiddlers and Fiddling
1889-1990. About 800 items.
Subseries 6.1. Fiddle Research: General
1940-1988. About 50 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence about fiddlers and fiddling, newspaper and
journal articles about fiddlers, and information on fiddle-tune
collections.
Folder 140 Conte, Pat: Archives of fiddlers
141 Correspondence
142 Fiddle-tune collections: Bibliography
143 Fiddle tunes
144 Fiddle tunes: Musical notation
145 Fiddlers: Courier Journal articles
146 Fiddlers: Miscellaneous newspaper articles
147 Indiana University and Library of Congress
fiddle-tune collections
148 Journal articles and other academic writings
149 Notes to Hollow Rock String Band: John Summers
150 Violin construction
Subseries 6.2. Genres and Traditions
1975-1987. About 100 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Information about various genres of folk songs. Some folders
are labeled according to genre (rags, waltzes) or tradition
(Greek, Irish). Others are labeled by state or region.
Folder 151 Alabama fiddlers: Joyce Cauthen
152 Arkansas fiddlers
153 Canadian and French-Canadian fiddlers
154 Canadian Victor recording dates and matrices
155 Greek fiddlers
156 Irish and Scotch fiddle tunes: Commercial recordings
157 Mississippi fiddlers
158 Missouri Fiddlers Association
159 New England traditional fiddling
160 Polish-Ukrainian fiddlers
161 Rags
162 Walden's Ridge, Tenn.
163 Waltzes
164 Wisconsin: Jim Leary
Subseries 6.3. Kentucky Fiddling
1919-1990. About 150 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Material relating to Meade's interest in old-time fiddle
music in Kentucky, which eventually became his most passionate
specialization. Scholars across the country recognized his
expertise in the field. Much of his research centered around
documenting, chronicling, or tracing antecedents of fiddle tunes
recovered from Kentucky-born folk musicians.
At the time of his death, he left several major works
uncompleted. The Atlas of Kentucky Fiddle Tunes was an
experimental project with Steve Rice of Frankfort, Ky. Meade and
Rice organized data about specific tune titles to show
distribution throughout the commonwealth. Meade also worked with
John Harrod, Mark Wilson, and others on a projected multi-volume
recorded set documenting Kentucky fiddling. Harrod was Meade's
main co-compiler of the Kentucky Fiddle Anthology Project. In
1997, Rounder Records released two CDs that rely heavily on field
recordings made together and separately by Harrod, Meade, and
Wilson. The recordings are Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky:
Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers (Rounder CD 0376) and Traditional
Fiddle Music of Kentucky: Along the Kentucky River (Rounder CD
0377).
Folder 165 Berea fiddle contests
Census data and genealogy
166 Grayson, Carroll County fiddlers
167 Lewis County fiddlers
168 Miscellaneous Kentucky fiddlers
169 Recording artists
170 Clay County fiddlers
171 Franklin County fiddlers
172 Haley, Ed: Duplication Project (FT 6307-FT 6309)
173 Harlan County fiddlers
174 Henry County fiddlers
175 Kentucky fiddlers by county
176 Kentucky fiddlers and tunes by county
177-178 Kentucky fiddlers and tunes: General research
179 Kentucky Fiddlers Record Project: Correspondence
180 Kentucky Fiddlers Record Project: Research
181 Livingston County fiddlers
182 Magoffin County fiddlers
183 Marion County fiddlers
184 Meade County fiddlers
185 Muhlenburg County fiddlers
186 Ohio County fiddlers
187 Owen County fiddlers
188 State Fair fiddle contests
189 Vintage Fiddling in Eastern Kentucky: Vol. 1
190 Washington County fiddlers
191 Thomas, Buddy (FT 6306, 6311, 6317-6318; FS 3752, 3791, 4074)
Subseries 6.4. Fiddle Contests and Conventions: General
1889-1979. About 75 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical, then chronological.
Information on fiddle contests and conventions other than
those in 1926. The 1926 Fiddlers' Contest Phenomenon is covered
in Series 6.5.
Folder 192 Atlanta Fiddlers Convention
193 Cincinnati Fiddle Contest
194 Galax Fiddlers Convention
195 Pre-1900
196 1923-1925, 1927-1939
197 1960s-1990s
Subseries 6.5. Fiddle Contests: 1926
1926-1979. About 75 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Material gathered by Meade for an extensive project
documenting the national fiddling contest phenomenon in 1925-1926
generated by Henry Ford's interest in reviving old-time dancing.
Meade gathered news clippings and citations from across the
country. He organized his data by individual states, regions,
specific contests, and individual fiddlers.
Folder 198 Alabama
199 Arkansas
200 Bisbee, Jasper
201 California
202 Connecticut
203 Dunham, Mellie
204 Florida
205 Illinois
206 Indiana
207 Interstate Fiddlers Contest
208 Iowa
209 Kansas
210 Kentucky
211 Maine
212 Massachusetts
213 Midwest Fiddle Contest
214 Minnesota
215 Mississippi
216 Missouri
217 Nebraska
218 New Hampshire
219 New York
220 North Carolina
221 Ohio
222 Oklahoma
223 Pennsylvania
224 Research Notes
225 Rhode Island
226 South Dakota
227 Square dancing: Local and radio
228 Tennessee
229 Texas
230 Vermont
231 West Virginia
232 Wisconsin
233 1926 newspaper articles on fiddlers and fiddling
234 1926 newspapers: Names
235 1926 newspapers on microfilm
Subseries 6.6. Fiddlers Compendium
1977-1984. About 15 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Vital statistics and bibliographic information about
fiddlers who recorded both commercially and on folklore field
recordings, mostly before 1950. The compendium was never
published, but exists in several draft versions.
Folder 236 Correspondence
237 Cajun discographies
238-242 Fiddler's Compendium
243 Research notes
244 Tune index
245 Starr Records
Series 7. Discographical Research
1913-1987 and undated. About 600 items.
Subseries 7.1. Meade Annotated Discography
Undated. About 40 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical, then chronological.
Annotated discography of American folk music prior to World
War II.. As of 1999, Meade's son Douglas and discographer Richard
Spottswood were editing the work for publication, a draft copy
was on deposit at the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of
Congress. Meade's title for this project was "Anno" or "Anno-
Disco."
Folder 246 American ballads
247 Anno-Disco introduction notes
248 Anno-Disco introduction, table of contents
249 Anno 1
250 Anno 1 and 2
251 Anno 3
252 Anno 3 and 4
253 Anno 4
254 Anno 5
255 Anno 6
256 Anno 7 and 8
257 Anno 7 (443-518) and Anno 8 (519-604)
258 Anno 9 and 10
259 Anno 9 (605-645) and Anno 10 (646-770)
260 Anno discographical research (Box 4)
261 Anno-Disco bibliography
262-265 Anno-Disco incomplete draft
266 Anno-Disco song research
267 Anno-Disco song titles
268 BritishbBallads
269-270 Holiness songs
271 Sacred songs: Alphabetical
272 Sacred songs: First lines
273 Songster bibliography
274 Unsecured items
275 Waltzes
276 Partial draft
Subseries 7.2. Vintage Record Labels and Numericals
Undated. About 140 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Information on vintage record companies, including
numericals and general research. As a record collector, Meade
often exchanged this type of discographical research information
with other collectors.
Folder 277 American Record Company
278 American Record Company Matrix Block 10000-20000;
C100-C 2000
279 Aurora 22000
280 Banner 32000-33000
281 Bluebird
282 Brunswick Three-Digit Series
283 Cameo (Romeo)
284 Challenge
285 Champion 15000-16000
286 Champion 45000
287 Columbia 13/14000-D
288 Columbia 1931 Foreign Series
289 Columbia 15000 3-Digit
290 Columbia 15000-D Old Familiar Tunes
291 Columbia Matrix Blocks
292 Conqueror, Montgomery Ward
293 Conqueror (American Record Company)
294 Conqueror 8000
295 Crown-Varsity
296 Decca
297 Decca 5000
298 Decca 5000 Series Index
299 Decca 6000
300 Decca 7000
301 Diva, Harmony, Velvet-Tone, Clarion
302 Edison
303 Edison Old Time Tunes, Grey Gull, Crown
304 Gennett 12000
305 Gennett, Champion, Superior
306 Gennett, Champion, Supertone
307 Gennett Old Time Tunes, Champion, Superior
308 Gennett: Foreign, Richmond
309 Gennett: New York
310 Gennett: New York, typed transcript, ledger sheets (9121-9999)
311 Gennett: New York, typed transcript (X1-GEX 2953)
312 Grey Gull, Radiex, Supreme
313 Herwin
314 Master cylinder dates: Commercial
315 Melotone
316 Mercury 6000
317 Montgomery Ward
318 Okeh 8500-9000; 80-000, 81-000
319 Okeh 40000 45000
320-323 Okeh 40000 Matrix Series
324 Oriole 8000-Romeo 5000
325 Panachord
326 Paramount 12000
327 Paramount-Broadway
328 Paramount-Broadway, QRS
329 Perfect
330 Plaza
331 Plaza Labels (Oriole, Jewel, Regal, Banner, Cameo, Domino, etc.)
332 Polk 9000
333 Silvertone
334 Superior 2500-2839
335 Supertone
336 Victor 19000
337 Victor 20000
338 Victor Master Series
339 Victor matrices
340 Victor numericals
341 Victor Old-Time Tunes
342 Vocalion 1000-2000, 5000, 14000-15000
343 Vocalion 5000
344 Vocalion Brunswick Supertone
345 Vocalion Matrices
346 Vocalion "O" Series Index
347-349 Vocalion-Okeh
350 Miscellaneous numericals
351 Miscellaneous record labels and research
Subseries 7.3. Recording Studio Files
1924-1930. About 200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Photocopies of recording studio files documenting the names
of artists, the songs they recorded, and whether the recording
was kept or discarded. The logsheets also describe the type of
song recorded (e.g., vocal, Hawaiian guitars, fiddle).
Folder 352 Artist card files
353-356 Gennett logsheets
357 Gennett GEX logsheets
358 Gennett Matrix sheets
359-360 RCA Photophone logsheets
361 Vocalion logsheets
Subseries 7.4. Miscellaneous Discographical Research
1913-1987. About 200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Information on performers and their work that was collected
by Meade for his discography.
Folder 362 Artist discographies
363 Brunswick record catalogs: Originals
364 Columbia African records
365 Columbia Records catalogs: Originals
366 Discography publications
367 Earle, Eugene: 78 rpm record collection
368 Favorite Pioneer recording artists index
369 Irish recordings
370 JEMF Computerized Hillbilly Discography Project Report
371 King
372 Label dating
373 Medleys and skits from Hillbilly Records
374 Numerical bibliography of Hillbilly Recordings
375 Radio Music Merchant
376 Record catalogs
377 Record catalogs: Photocopies
378 Regal & Regal Zonophone "MR" Series
379 Royal Carney
380 Sacred discographies
381 Scotch numericals
382 Turkey in the Straw Radio Show
383 Victor Record catalogs: Originals
384 Wilgus, D. K.: 78 rpm record collection
Series 7.5. Spottswood Ethnic Discography
Undated. 1 item.
Draft of Spottswood ethnic discography. Richard Spottswood
gave Meade drafts of his massive discography of ethnic music
recordings on 78 rpm discs.
Folder 385 Discography
Series 8. Artist Files
1928-1981. About 500 items (NF 2462-NF 2586).
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Files on old-time, country, hillbilly, and western string
bands and artists, including photocopies of articles, recording
company ledger sheets, discographical checklists, handwritten
biographical and discographical notes compiled by Meade,
correspondence with artists or their descendants, photographs,
and other materials. One folder contains addresses of artists.
Folder 386 Aaron Campbell's Mountaineers
387 Acuff, Roy
388 Allen Brothers
389 Allen, Jules
390 Arkansas Charlie Craver
391 Arkansas Corn Dodgers
392 Arkansas Woodchopper
393 Arthur, Emery
394 Ashley, Tom
395 Ashley's Melody Men
396 Autry, Gene
397 Bailey, Green
398 Baltzell, John
399 Bandy, Henry L.
400 Bar-X Cowboys
401 Barnes, H. M. and ,is Blue Ridge Ramblers
402 Bender, Bill
403 Bine, Doug and the Dixie Ramblers
404 Bird, Elmer
405 Bisbee, Jasper 'Jep'
406 Blue Ridge Highballers
407 Blue Ridge Mountaineers
408 Blue Ridge Ramblers
409 Blue Sky Boys
410 Boggs, Dock
411 Bouchillon, Chris
412 Bowman, Charlie
413 Boyd, Bill
414 Brown, Joe
415 Brown, Milton and his Brownies
416 Browne, Harry C.
417 Bruner, Cliff
418 Bumgarner, Samantha
419 Burnett and Rutherford
420 Callahan Brothers
421 Capplinger, Warren
422 Carlisle, Cliff
423 Carolina Ramblers String Band (Steve Ledford)
424 Carolina Tarheels (Doc Walsh)
425 Carolina Twins
426 Carroll County Revelers
427 Carson, John
428 Carter Family
429 Carter, Buster and Preston Young
430 Carter, Wilf
431 Carver Boys
432 Cawley, Jack
433 Chitwood, Bill and Bud Laudress
434 Chuck Wagon Gang
435 Cofer Brothers
436 Coon, Walter and his Joy Boys
437 Cox, Bill
438 Crain, Edward L.
439 Crazy Hillbillies Band
440 Crockett Family
441 Cumberland Ridge Runners
442 Dad Blackard's Moonshiners (Shelor Family)
443 D'Almaine, Charles
444 Daffan, Ted
445 Dalhart, Vernon
446 Dandurand, Tommy
447 Darby and Tarlton
448 Dave Edwards and his Alabama Boys
449 Davis, Jimmie
450 Day, J. W. 'Bill'
451 Deal Family
452 Delmore Brothers
453 Dick Hartman's Tennessee Ramblers
454 Dixie Partners
455 Dixon Brothers
456 Dunham, Mellie
457 East Texas Serenaders
458 Fiddlin' Powers and Family
459 Fields, Arthur
460 Fleming and Townsend
461 Fox, Curly
462 Foy, Jack
463 Georgia Compton's Reelers
464 Georgia Yellow Hammers
465 Gossett, Ted and Tom Whitmer
466 Grant Brothers
467 Grapevine Coon Hunters
468 Gray, A. A.
469 Gray, Otto and the Oklahoma Cowboys
470 Green's String Band
471 Grinnel Giggers
472 Hack, E. E.
473 Hall Brothers
474 Hamilton, Y. Z.
475 Hammond, John
476 Harkelroad, Haskell
477 Harrell, Kelly
478 Harvey, Roy
479 Hatton Brothers (Vertner and Jess)
480 Hayes, Clifford
481 Helton Brothers
482 Hendley, Fisher
483 Henry Ford's Old Time Dance Orchestra
484 Hignight, Luke
485 Hillard, Jess
486 Hillbillies (Al Hopkins)
487 Hollis, Dr. D. D.
488 Hopkins, Colonel Williams
489 Houchens, William B.
490 Hutchison, Frank
491 Hy-Flyers
492 Jackson, John
493 Jenkins Family
494 Jimmie Johnson String Band
495 Jimmie Wilson's Catfish Band
496 Johnson Brothers
497 Jones, Buddy
498 Jones, Robert
499 Justice, Dick
500 Kanawha Singers
501 Karnes, Alfred G.
502 Kazee, Buell
503 Kentucky String Ticklers
504 Kessinger, Clark
505 Kilocycle Cowboys
506 Kimmel. John J.
507 Kincaid, Bradley
508 Lauder, Harry
509 Leake County Revelers
510 Leon's Lone Star Cowboys
511 Light Crust Doughboys; Beverly Hillbillies
512 Log Cabin Boys
513 Luke Decker Farm Boys
514 Lulu Belle and Scotty
515 Macon, Uncle Dave
516 Madisonville String Band
517 Mainer's Mountaineers
518 Mangrum, Blind Joe
519 Massey Family
520 Marvin, Frank
521 McClendon Brothers
522 McCravey Brothers
523 McFarland and Gardner (Mac and Bob)
524 McGhee and Welling
525 McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers
526 McMichen, Clayton
527 McVay and Johnson
528 Miller, Bob
529 Miller, David
530 Miller, Slim
531 Ming, Hoyt and his Pep Steppers
532 Mississippi Possum Hunters
533 Modern Mountaineers
534 Monroe Brothers
535 Moore, Byrd
536 Morris Brothers
537 Nabell, Charles
538 Nance Family
539 Narmour and Smith
540 Newman, Roy and his Boys
541 Nicholson's Players
542 North Carolina Ramblers
543 O'Daniel, W. Lee
544 O'Day, Molly
545 Oaks, Charles
546 Osborne, George
547 Parker, Chubby
548 Pattee, Colonel John
549 Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers
550 Pendleton, Fred
551 Penny, Hank
552 Peterson, Walter
553 Phelps, Norman
554 Pickard Family
555 Pie Plant Pete
556 Port Arthur Jubileers
557 Porter, Lake N.
558 Ragged Four
559 Red Fox Chasers
560 Reed, Blind Alfred
561 Reeves, Goebel
562 Reneau, George
563 Revard, Jimmie and his Oklahoma Playboys
564 Rice, Hoke
565 Roane County Ramblers
566 Roanoke Jug Band
567 Roark, George
568 Robertson, A. C.
569 Roberts, Doc and Asa Martin
570 Robinette, Melvin
571 Robison, Carson and Frank Luther
572 Roe Brothers
573 Rodgers, Jimmie
574 Rouse Brothers
575 Salem Highballers
576 Scottdale String Band
577 Shelton Brothers
578 Shepherd, Bill and Hayes
579 Sherrill, Homer and Snuffy Jenkins
580 Shippee, Uncle Joe
581 Shores, Bill
582 Shultz, Arnold
583 Sizemore, Asher and Gordon
584 Skyles, Bob
585 Smith, Bernard
586 Smith, Arthur
587 Smith, Walter and Norman Woodlief
588 Smith's Garage Fiddle Band
589 Soileau, Leo
590 Sons of the Pioneers
591 Sprague, Carl
592 Stanley, Roba
593 Stuart, Uncle Am
594 Stephens, J. L. 'Uncle Bunt'
595 Stokes, Lowe
596 Stoneman, Ernest V.
597 Stripling Brothers
598 Swift Jewel Cowboys
599 Tanner, Gid and the Skillet Lickers
600 Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers
601 Taylor's Kentucky Boys
602 Texas Wanderers
603 Thompson, Ernest
604 Thompson, Uncle Jimmie
605 Tobacco Tags
606 Turner, Hobo Jack
607 Tune Wranglers
608 Tweedy Brothers
609 Uncle Henry's Kentucky Mountaineers
610 Village Boys
611 Walker, John V.
612 Walters Family
613 Weaver, John D.
614 Wenatchee Mountaineers
615 West, C. A.
616 Wheeler, Frank and Monroe Lamb
617 White, John
618 Whitley, Ray
619 Whitter, Henry
620 Williams, Marc
621 Wills, Bob
622 Wilson, Charlie and the Hillbillies
623 Wonder State Harmonists
624 Young, Jess
625 Addresses of artists
626 Citations of articles about miscellaneous country music artists
Series 9. Bibliographies
1925-1986. About 100 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Bibliographies on subjects that interested Gus Meade. Some
of the bibliographies relate to music and others reflect his
interest in the environment in which the music was created.
Folder 627 American folklore bibliography: 1954
628 American folk music bibliography
629 Appalachian bibliography
630 Artist discography bibliography
631 Country music bibliography
632 Cowboy poets bibliography
633 Ethnic folklife dissertations
634 Hillbilly music bibliography
635 Mystery bibliography
Series 10. Songster and Copyright Research
1842-1975 (bulk 1880s). About 60 items.
Copyright deposit records, songsters, and songsters indexes.
Many folksongs recovered by collectors from oral tradition derive
from or have antecedents in printed songsters and sheet music.
Meade used copyright deposit records at the Library of Congress
to identify both the songsters and sheet music sources and to
establish earliest appearances for songs that later were
collected by folklorists or recorded by record companies from
local musicians in the 1920s and 1930s.
Subseries 10.1 Copyright Deposits and Songster Indexes
1870-1884. About 10 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Folder 636 Beadle Index
637-638 Music copyright deposits, 1870-1883: Composer order
639-641 Music copyright deposits, 1870-1883: 1883, KWIC Index
642-644 Music copyright deposits, 1870- Register (by year)
645 Songsters Bibliography and Index
646-647 Songsters Index: Wehman Collections
648 Songsters, 1865-1875
649 Songsters, 1876-1879
650 Songsters, 1880-1884
Subseries 10.2. Songsters: Original
1842-1888. About 10 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
NOTE: These materials are extremely fragile.
Folder 651 B-C
652 Delaney Songsters
653 H
654 I-J
655 P
656 S
Subseries 10.3. Songsters Research
1850-1975. About 40 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Folder 657 Boarding house songs
658 Cat songs
659 Chewing gum
660 Collections information
661 Copyright numbers
662 Copyright registrations from recordings
663 Copyright songs
664 Copyright and songster research: Titles
665 Courtship and marriage songs
666 Delaney's Songbook Index, Wehman's 10-Cent Song Collections
667 The Desirable Song Book
668 Dick and Fitxgerald's Dime Song Book and other songsters
669 Dick and Fitzgerald, Brady, Winch Songsters
670 Folk song collections: Dissertations
671 Folk Songs of the South
672 Gordon, Robert W.: Manuscripts
673 Gotham-Attucks Music Company
674 Hillbilly songsters: Bibliography
675 Hillbilly songsters: Contents
676 Hymns: Research
677 Journal of American Folklore: Song research
678 Little Red Caboose
679 Mowry's Songster
680 New York Popular Publishing Co., A. J. Fisher Co., Dewitts Songbooks
681 Nineteenth-century songsters: Titles, notes
682 North Carolina Folklore, II and V (Frank C. Brown)
683 Pre-1860 copyright songs
684 Prison songs
685 Randolph annotations
686 Randolph Ozark folk songs
687 Singer's Journal
688-689 Song references from folk song collections
690-691 Songs from songsters
692 Songs under research
693 Songsters additions
694 Songster indexes
695 Songsters: Miscellaneous research
696 Spiritual collections: Bibliography
697 Wehman's Collection of 126 Songs (FRAGILE)
Series 11. Radio
1922-1940 (bulk 1922-1930). About 50 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Guides to radio programming, both weekly publications and
local newspaper columns. The "Old Time Radio Programs" folder
contains Meade's research notes, and indicates the dates and
times that old time radio programs aired on various stations.
Folder 698 Amos 'n' Andy
699 Barn Dance Program
700 Eighth Annual Old Time Country Radio Reunion
701 Old time radio programs
702 Old time radio programs, Western Publications
703 Radio barn dances
704 Radio barn dances: 1920s
705 Radio logs: 1930s
706 Radio show catalogs
707 Radio shows: Index
708 WBT
709 WFIW: Hopkinsville
710 WHAS: Louisville
711 WLW: WCKY
712 WRVA: Sunshine Sue
713 WSB radio notes
714 WWVA music shows
Series 12. Other Printed Material
1869-1990. About 300 items.
Subseries 12.1. Periodicals
1930-1990. About 150 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Folklore periodicals collected by Meade. The periodicals
below do not represent the totality of his collection, but this
series does include the more difficult to find items.
Folder 715 Acta Musicologia
716 American Old Time Fiddler's News
717 Blue Yodeler
718-719 Bluegrass Unlimited
720 Country Directory
721 Country Music Foundation Newsletter
722 Country Song Roundup
723 Country-Western Express
724-725 Devil's Box (Tennessee Valley Fiddler's Association)
726-727 Disc Collectors Newsletter
728 Folk Style
729 Folklife Center News
730 Folklore Society
731 Hillbilly-Folk Record Journal
732 Hoosier Folklore Bulletin
733 Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Publications
734 Kentucky Progress Magazine
735 Music Lovers Guide
736 New Amberola Graphic
737 Norveg
738 Old Time Country
739 Old Time Fiddler's News
740 Precious Memories
741 Radio Digest
742 Radio Guide
743-746 Record Research
747 Roundhouse Rag
748 Shanachie Newsletter
749 Sing Out
750-751 Stand By
752 Tower Radio
753 Washington Folklore
754-756 Miscellaneous old folklore journals
Subseries 12.2. Old Time Music Festivals: Programs
1960-1990. About 30 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by locale.
Programs from folk music events all over the country. Most
of the programs include details about the type of music played at
the event and a list of participants.
Folder 757 American Folklore Society programs
758 Arkansas folk festivals
759 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1968
760 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1969
761 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1970
762 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1971
763 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1972
764 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1976
765 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1977
766 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1988
767 Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian), 1989
768 Kentucky Folk Song Festival
769 National Council for the Traditional Arts
770 New York
771 North Carolina: Union Grove
772 Ohio
773 Tennessee
774 Miscellaneous festivals
775 Virginia: National Folk Festival, Vienna
776 Virginia: Old Fiddlers' Convention, Galax
Subseries 12.3. Hymnody: Photocopies
1869-1917. About 90 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Photocopies of hymnals. Some of these items are incomplete,
containing a single or several hymn selections or sometimes only
a title page or index. Some hymnals were issued in a series
(e.g.. Songs of Love and Praise No. 1, 2). These are filed in a
single folder.
Folder 777 Hymnals: Notes
778 Alexander's Male Choir
779 Banner of Love
780 The Beacon Light
781 Beautiful Songs of Heaven
782 Bright Gems
783 Carols of Joy
784 Choicest Gems
785 Chorus and Concert Selections
786 Christian Hymns
787 Conquest Hymns
788 Convention King
789 Cream of Song
790 Crowning Carols
791 Crowning Theme
792 Dortch's Gospel Voices
793 Echoes of Love
794 Eden Echoes
795 The Evangelist
796 The Finest of the Wheat No. 2
797 Gates of Praise
798 Glad Hosannas
799 Glory And Praise for Sunday Schools
800 Golden Grain
801 Gospel Bells
802 Gospel Chimes
803 Gospel Hymns
804 The Gospel Messenger
805 Gospel Praise
806 Gospel Songs
807 Gospel Temperance Hymnal
808 The Harmonic Chimes
809 The Harmonic Quartets
810 Harvest of Light
811 The Heavenly Echoes
812 Helpful Hymns
813 Hosannas to the King
814 Hymns of Heavenly Harmony
815 Hymns of Worship and Songs of the Gospel
816 Joy and Gladness
817 Kingdom of Song
818 Kingdom Songs
819 Living Water Songs
820 Musical Leaves
821 The New Complete Standard Singer
822 New Onward and Upward
823 Perennial Songs
824 Popular Hymns
825 The Quiver of Sacred Song
826 Reaper Songs
827 The Revival
828 Revival and Prohibition Songs
829 The Royal Proclamation
830 Sabbath Songs and Spiritual Hymns
831 Sacred Songs
832 Salvation Melodies
833 The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book
834 Shining Light
835 Silver and Gold
836 Singing on the Way
837 The Song Evangel
838 Song Praise
839 Songs for Jesus
840 Songs of the Century
841 Songs of the Coming King
842 Songs of Glory-Land
843 Songs of Life and Power
844 Songs of Love and Praise
845 Songs of Pentecostal Power
846 Songs of Redeeming Love
847 Sonnets of Praise
848 The Soul Saving Songs
849 The Soul Winner's Hallelujah Songs
850 Sweet Harmonies
851 Temperance Chimes
852 Temperance Hymns
853 Temperance Jewels: Temperance and Reform Meetings
854 Triumphant Songs
855 Vocal Gems
856 Voices of Praise
857 Windows of Heaven
858 Winona Hymns
859 The Young People's Hymnal
860 The Young People's Hymnal No. 3
861 Miscellaneous tunes, hymnals
862 Sacred song booklets:
Rev. W. E. Harper's New 1955 Song Book (FL-807)
Albert E. Brumley's Olde Time Camp Meetin' Songs (FL-808)
Paeans of Praise (FL-809)
Southland Spirituals (FL-810)
Subseries 12.4. Folios and Ephemera
1870-1944. About 30 items (FL-771 - FL-810).
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Items include information about artists, a humorous
magazine, instrument catalogs, some offset printing sheets, a few
posters, and other miscellaneous printed materials.
OP 20246/9 Broadsides
OP 20246/9 Play and Sing America's Greatest Collection of Old Time
Songs and Mountain Ballads
OP 20246/9 Georgia Minstrels Song Album
Folder 863 Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang (FL-771)
864 The Carter Family (FL-772)
865 Cheshire, Pappy and His Hillbilly Champions (FL-773)
866 Delmore Brothers (no cover) (FL-774)
867 Dr. Miles New Weather Almanac (FL-775)
868 Dyer-Bennet, Richard (FL-776)
869 Happy Chappies (FL-777)
870 Hartman, Dick and the Tennessee Ramblers (FL-778)
871 Hill and Range Hit Songs (FL-779)
872 Instruction books (FL-780 - 781)
873 Instrument catalog (FL-782)
874 Ives, Burl (FL-783 - 784)
875 Karl and Harty (FL-785)
Karl and Harty (and Doc Hopkins, of the Cumberland
Ridgerunners) (FL-786)
876 Mac & Bob (Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner) (FL-787)
Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison (no cover) (FL-788)
877 Monroe, Bill (FL-789)
878 Musical Million (FL-790)
879 Morgan, George (FL-791)
880 Old Fashioned Hymns and Mountain Ballads (FL-792)
881 Old music instructional booklets (FL-793 - 796)
882 Peterson, Walter (FL-797)
883 Robison, Carson J. (FL-798)
884 Rodgers, Jimmie (FL-799 - 801)
885 Snow, Hank (FL-802)
886 Thompson, Hank (FL-803)
887 Tubb, Ernest (FL-804 - 805)
888 Uncle Pete and Louise (FL-806)
OP-20246/10 Oversize posters and offset printing sheets
Series 13. Folklore: General
1966-1982. About 25 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Information on various folklore topics. Some of the papers
were written by Gus Meade's friends and associates.
Folder 889 Banjo tunings
890 Blackface tradition
891 Blues singers
892 Country music graphics
893 Dixiecrat stickers, anti-music flyers
894 Festivals: Miscellaneous
895 Green, Archie: Writings
896-897 Green, Stephen: Writings
898 Harmonica players
899 Instructional booklets
900 Jokes and riddles
901 Music societies
902 Steamboat calliopes
903 String instrument repair
904-905 Universal music checklist
906 Miscellaneous folklore
Series 14. Sound Recordings
About 2050 items.
Reel-to-reel and cassette tapes of Gus Meade's interviews
with and recordings of Kentucky and other Appalachian fiddlers
and his collections of 78 rpm records, 45s, and LPs. Nearly 75
early country music labels, many obscure, are represented in the
78s collection. The tapes include Meade's Kentucky series (K) and
Hillbilly series (H) on reel-to-reel tape, and the Hillibilly
series (CH) on cassette. On some tapes, there is material from
other collectors.
45 rpm recordings (2) 45-2895 through 45-2896
78 rpm recordings (about 1,000) 78-16746 - 78-17864
LPs (275) Call numbers available from SFC database
Reel-to-reel tapes (280) FT-6303 - FT-6583
Cassettes (about 500) FS-3703 - FS-4191
Series 15. Photographs
Undated. 150 items.
Photographs of fiddlers and their bands. A few of the
photographs are of plates from a book. Many of the photographs
are unlabeled and have no information about the identity of the
subjects. Identified photographs are filed as P-3027 through P-
3100 in the Southern Folklife Collection photo files;
unidentified photographs are filed in the Southern Folklife
Collection Unidentified Photographs File.
Series 16. Card Files
Undated. About 3,000 items.
Card files with one artist or one song listed per card in
the following groupings: artists, song genres, folk song
bibliography, and song index. Note that most of the files are not
in order and the groupings are not clearly distinguishable.