Inventory of the Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson Papers, 1775-2001

Collection Number 20026

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Folklife Collection
Creator
Patterson Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins)
Patterson, Beverly Bush, 1939-
Title
Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson Papers, 1775-2001 (bulk 1964-2001)
Call Number
20026
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 4,500
Linear Feet: 32
Abstract
Folklorist Daniel W. Patterson (1928- ) Kenan Professor Emeritus of English and the former chair of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Patterson played a pivotal role in the development of the Southern Folklife Collection (SFC), which opened to researchers in 1989. He has published several books about North Carolina folk life, southern traditional and religious folk music, Shaker art and music, and other topics. Folklorist Beverly Bush Patterson, born Beverly Bush in Mineola, Tex. She served on the North Carolina Arts Council, from 1992 until her retirement from the position in 2004, when she took the position of Executive Director of the North Carolina Folklife Institute. One of her focuses was southern religious music. The Pattersons have often collaborated in their work and research. They were both involved as consultants with Tom Davenport on his folklife films and also worked with Davenport on the Folkstreams project and website for streaming folklife documentary films. Daniel and Beverly Patterson collaborated with Jim Peacock and Ruel Tyson on the World and Identity Primitive Baptist collection. Another well-known collaboration was the Index of Selected Folk Recordings Project, which provided access via microfiche to over 500 albums with information on individual songs now held by the Southern Folklife Collection.
The collection includes letters, subject files, films, photographs and slides of folk musicians and folk traditions, audio recordings of music (including field tapes), videotapes about folklore topics, and other materials involving Daniel and Beverly Patterson, independent film maker Tom Davenport, and others, including Bobby McMillon working together or independently to produce films, books, and other materials about life in the mountains; Sacred Harp singing; the Shakers, including interviews with Shakers and field recordings of Shaker music and songs; the legend of Frankie Silver; folk music and folklore; and other topics. SFC material traces its history from 1960s folk archive, through the acquisition of the John Edwards Memorial Collection in 1983, and the opening of the SFC in 1989 at the Sounds of the South conference. There are also student papers that were written by Daniel Patterson's students in the Curriculum in Folklore. Correspondents include folklorist and writer Archie Green; writer D. K. Wilgus and wife Eleanor R. Long Wilgus; Ralph Steele Boggs, founder of the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC in 1939; professor Cecelia Conway; publisher Hugh McGraw; folklorist Bobby McMillon; archaeologist Stanley South; novelist Russell Banks; composer Thomas N. Rice; blues collector and record producer Peter B. Lowry; and professor John Garst. Some materials relate to religious tunebook compilers, including John G. McCurry, who wrote a shape-note songbook in 1855 that Patterson and Garst republished in 1973. Subject files contain materials about religious songs; religious groups and movements such as the Primitive Baptists; music styles; religious tunebooks; and many other topics.

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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
Collection is open to research except for materials in Series 2, Folders 29-31 (Frankie Silver correspondence), which are closed to research until 14 December 2005.
Use of audio recordings and videotapes may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1986-2001.
Processing Information
Processed by: Nathalie Wheaton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2005
Encoded by: Nathalie Wheaton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2005
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson Papers #20026, Southern Folklife Collection, 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.

Banks, Russell, 1940-
Boggs, Ralph Steele, 1901-
Conway, Cecelia.
Davenport, Tom.
Folk music.
Folk songs.
Folklore.
Folklore--North Carolina.
Folklore--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina.
Folklorists.
Garst, John F.
Green, Archie.
Hymns, English.
Independent filmmakers.
Long-Wilgus, Eleanor R.
Lowry, Peter B.
McCurry, John G. (John Gordon), 1821-1886.
McGraw, Hugh.
McMillon, Bobby.
Mountain life.
Music and folklore.
North Carolina--History.
North Carolina--Religion.
North Carolina--Social life and customs.
North Carolina--Songs and music.
Patterson, Beverly Bush, 1939-
Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins)
Primitive Baptists.
Rice, Thomas N.
Sacred music.
Shakers.
Shape-note singing.
Silver, Frankie.
Songbooks.
South, Stanley A.
Southern States--Religion.
Southern States--Social life and customs.
Southern States--Songs and music.
Tales--North Carolina.
Tune-books.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Curriculum in Folklore.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Wilgus, D. K.
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Related Collections

John Edwards Memorial Foundation Records (#20001)
Tom Davenport Collection
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Biographical Note

Folklorist Daniel W. Patterson (1928- ) was a professor in English and Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for many years. He is Kenan Professor Emeritus of English and a former chair of the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. Patterson played a pivotal role in the development of UNC-Chapel Hill's Southern Folklife Collection, which opened to researchers in 1989. He has published several books, most of which relate to North Carolina folklife, southern traditional and religious folk music, or Shaker art and music. Patterson has also collaborated with independent film maker Tom Davenport on several documentaries relating to these subjects.

Folklorist Beverly Bush Patterson, born Beverly Bush in Mineola, Tex., earned an A.B. from Baylor University, specializing in Music; a Master of Arts degree from SUNY-Binghampton in Ethnomusicology; and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology with a minor in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was also known as Beverly B. Boggs from an earlier marriage. Beverly Bush Patterson served on the North Carolina Arts Council, from 1992 until her retirement from that position in 2004, when she took the post of Executive Director of the North Carolina Folklife Institute. One of her focuses was southern religious music. She is the author of The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches.

The Pattersons have often collaborated in their work and research. They were both involved as consultants with Tom Davenport on his folklife films and also worked with Davenport on the Folkstreams project and website for streaming folklife documentary films. Daniel and Beverly Patterson collaborated with Jim Peacock and Ruel Tyson on the World and Identity Primitive Baptist collection. Another well-known collaboration for Daniel and Beverly Patterson was the Index of Selected Folk Recordings Project, which provided access via microfiche to over 500 albums with information on individual songs now held by the SFC.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes material from several projects from 1963 to 2001, of folklorists Daniel Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson (born Beverly Bush) of Chapel Hill, N.C. Materials cover folk music, gospel music, southern music, and religious music, among other topics. For the most part, the order of the materials was established by the donor, and original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

The series were arranged first by specific subjects: Tom Davenport films and related material; the legend of Frankie Silver; the Shakers; Sounds of the South (conference and book); the development of the Southern Folklife Collection; and Daniel Patterson's students' papers along with sound recordings he used in class when he taught folklore classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following the subject series, material is arranged by format: correspondence, subject files, pictures, audio material, and video material. Researchers are advised tbat topics may be covered in several series.

The material in the Davenport films series relates to Davenport Films and projects on which independent film maker Tom Davenport and Dan Patterson collaborated. Films discussed include Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains (with Beverly Bush Patterson); The Shakers; A Singing Stream; and a film about Sacred Harp singing.

The legend of Frankie Silver series contains material related to the folk legends, history, and projects about Frankie Silver. Daniel and Beverly Patterson, along with Tom Davenport, worked on a documentary with Bobby McMillon called The Ballad of Frankie Silver. Daniel Patterson went on to write a book called A Tree Accurst: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver (2000).

Daniel Patterson has worked on several projects related to the Shakers religious sect. The Shakers was a film made with Tom Davenport in 1974. Patterson has written two books about the Shakers. Gift Drawing and Gift Song: a Study of Two Forms of Shaker Inspiration was published in 1983, and centers on the Shakers' distinctive art and music. The Shaker Spiritual was published in 1979 (new edition 2000). This book concentrates on Shaker music. Correspondents in the Shaker series include Sister R. Mildred Barker and Brother Theodore E. Johnson of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in New Gloucester, Me.; Robert F. W. Meader, director of the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, N.Y.; Frank Sierra, collector of information on song manuscripts; professor Robert P. Emlen; and June Sprigg of the Hancock Shaker Village. Audio material related to the Shakers includes interviews with Shaker members and field recordings of Shaker music and songs.

Sounds of the South was a conference held in April 1989 at the UNC-Chapel Hill to mark the opening of the Southern Folklife Collection, which Daniel Patterson had helped to establish. Items related to the conference include correspondence with speech contributors and transcriptions of the speeches. The speeches made at this conference were later published as in a book, also titled Sounds of the South. Patterson edited the book, which was published in 1991.

A series about the development of the Southern Folklife Collection traces its history from its time as a folk archive in the 1960s, through the acquisition of the John Edwards Memorial Collection in 1983, and its development into the Southern Folklife Collection in 1989. Correspondents include folklorist and writer Archie Green; writer and donor D. K. Wilgus and his wife, Eleanor R. Long Wilgus; and Ralph Steele Boggs, founder of the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina in 1939.

Student papers were written by Patterson's Curriculum in Folklore students. Subjects include religious music, folk legends, and folk musicians. Included with these papers is a paper by Patterson on shape-note singing.

The correspondence series includes letters from professor Cecelia Conway; publisher Hugh McGraw; folklorist Bobby McMillon; archaeologist Stanley South; novelist Russell Banks; composer Thomas N. Rice; Ralph Steele Boggs; and professor John Garst. Some correspondence is arranged by subject, including that of religious tunebook compilers such as John G. McCurry, who wrote a shape-note songbook called The Social Harp in 1855. Patterson and John Garst published a facsimile of this book in 1973. In 1978, a recording of some of the songs from The Social Harp was made by Rounder Records, featuring notes by Patterson.

The subject files series includes materials related to religious song with information on specific religious groups and movements such as the Primitive Baptists, music styles such as Sacred Harp, religious music compilers, and religious tunebooks. Subject files about Patterson's involvement in several projects related to folklife and folk music include information on Arts in Earnest; Diversities of Gifts; and the Index of Selected Folk Recordings (1984).

Pictures include photographs and slides of folk musicians and folk traditions.

Audio material includes miscellaneous music and field recordings: Social Harp and Christian Harmony recordings, gospel music, folk music, and interviews.

Video material includes mostly documentaries about folklore topics.

Note that original arrangement and folder titles have, for the most part, been retained. Because there is some content overlap among series, researchers should check multiple series for materials of interest.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Davenport Films and Related Material
2. The Legend of Frankie Silver
3. Shaker Material
3.1. Correspondence
3.2. Subject Files
3.3. Printed Material and Clippings
3.4. Pictures
3.5. Audio Material
4. Sounds of the South
5. Southern Folklife Collection
6. Student Papers and Recordings
7. Correspondence
8. Subject Files
9. Pictures
10. Audio Material
11. Video Material
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Items Separated

Photographs (P-20026 prefix)
Oversize paper (OP-20026 prefix)
Oversize pictures (OP-P-20026 prefix)
45rpm audiodiscs (45 prefix)
Acetate discs (FD prefix)
Audiocassettes (FS prefix)
Music compact discs (CD prefix)
Data compact discs (CD prefix)
LPs (FC prefix)
Open reel tapes (FT prefix)
Videotapes (VT-20026 prefix)
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Davenport Films and related material, 1972-1999 and undated.

About 300 items.
The material in this series spans from 1972 to 1999 and relates to Davenport Films and projects on which independent film maker Tom Davenport, Dan Patterson, and Beverly Bush Patterson collaborated. The Pattersons worked as consultants with Tom Davenport on most of his films, all of which have a connection to folklife or folk stories and many are documentaries on folk music and folk musicians. The series includes correspondence related to the development of the films and film grants, tape logs, photographs, and information about other folk life documentaries. Films discussed include Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains; The Shakers; A Singing Stream about the Landis family's musical traditions; and When My Work is Over: the Life and Stories of Louise Anderson. Other projects include Davenport's retelling of children's fairy tales in the Brothers Grimm series, an abandoned project about the Primitive Baptist Church, and a film about sacred harp singing.
Audio and video material in this series includes a video of Being a Joines; audio recordings of Landis family members' music; and unedited footage and other video related to the Sacred Harp video project.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 1-2
Correspondence, 1980-1998
Folder 3
Personal and family
Folder 4-5
Being a Joines, 1978-1999
Folder 6
Brothers Grimm series, 1991-1995
Folder 7
Brothers Grimm series: The Stepchild script by Manley and Davenport, 1993
Folder 8
Primitive Baptist Church (abandoned film project), 1980
Folder 9
Sacred Harp: correspondence, 1992-1998
Folder 10
Sacred Harp: film grant
Folder 11
Sacred Harp: Patterson's Logs and Photo Log
Folder 12
Sacred Harp: Patterson's Logs
Folder 13
The Shakers, 1972-1980
Folder 14
A Singing Stream: official correspondence
Folder 15
A Singing Stream: viewers' letters
Folder 16-17
A Singing Stream
Folder 18
A Singing Stream: Golden Echoes contact sheets
Folder 19
When My Work is Over, Louise Anderson
Folder 20
Films, flyers
Folder 21
Video cassette jacket covers
Folder 22
Information on films
Folder 23
Documentary films
Audiocassette FS-7239
"Introducing Atonement," Atonement.
Audiocassette FS-7240
"Family Ties," The Landis Family.
Music Compact Disc CD-4669
"Family Ties," The Landis Family, Umbrella Records, UCD310002, 1999.
Videotape VT-20026/1
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 1 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/2
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 2 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/3
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 3 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/4
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 4 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/5
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 5 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/6
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 6 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/7
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 7 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/8
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 8 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/9
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 9 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/10
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 10 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/11
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 11 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/12
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 12 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/13
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 13 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/14
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 14 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/15
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 15 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/16
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 16 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/17
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 17 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/18
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 18 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/19
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 19 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/20
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 20 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/21
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 21 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/22
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 22 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/23
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 23 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/24
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 24 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/25
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 25 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/26
Shape Note Documentary Project, VHS, Tape 26 of 26.
Videotape VT-20026/27
Shape Note Footage by Tom Davenport (Alabama, Syble Wootten Adams, Delta Wootten), November 1994, VHS.
Videotape VT-20026/28
Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains, BetacamSP.
Videotape VT-20026/29
Sacred Harp Video Project: United Sacred Harp Convention, Dutton, Ala., 7 September 1996, VHS, Tape 1 of 2.
Videotape VT-20026/30
Sacred Harp Video Project: United Sacred Harp Convention, Dutton, Ala., 7-8 September 1996, VHS, Tape 2 of 2.
Videotape VT-20026/31
Sacred Harp Film Project: Antioch, VHS, Tape 1 of 2.
Videotape VT-20026/32
Sacred Harp Film Project: Lookout Mountain, Collinsville, August 1993, VHS, Tape 2 of 2.
Videotape VT-20026/33
"Sacred Harp" in Georgia, 1999, VHS.
Videotape VT-20026/34
"Fa Sol La Me:" The Sacred Harp: A Musical Documentary, 15 October 1991, VHS.
Videotape VT-20026/35
Dub of Lomax Wootten Footage, VHS.

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2. Legend of Frankie Silver, 1822-2000 (bulk 1995-2000) and undated.

About 400 items.
RESTRICTED: Folders 29-are closed to research until 14 December 2005.
Folder 24 contains a detailed list of the folders in this section that was created by the Pattersons.
This series contains material related to the folk legends, history, and projects about Frankie Silver. In 1833, Frankie Silver of Burke County, N.C., was executed for the murder of her husband. The story gave rise to folk ballads, legends, and much historical research over the years. Daniel and Beverly Patterson, along with filmmaker Tom Davenport, worked on a documentary with Bobby McMillon, a singer, storyteller, and descendant of the Silver family, about the legend called The Ballad of Frankie Silver. Daniel Patterson went on to write a book in 2000 entitled A Tree Accurst: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver. The Pattersons also have written papers on the topic. This series includes research materials on the legend and similar legends and ballads, correspondence related to Frankie Silver and the video, and copies of historical documents and news items dating from 1822 to the 1950s. The Pattersons also researched interpretations and discussions of the legend, the Silver family, and its descendants.
Audio material includes music related to the Frankie Silver ballad, spoken versions of the folk legend, field recordings of Bobby McMillon singing ballads, and several interviews with McMillon. Video material includes documentaries about and dramatic interpretations of the Frankie Silver legend.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 24
Ballad: "Beauchamp/Beacham's Address/Confession" and "Levi Ames"
Folder 25
Ballad: "Frankie Silver"
Folder 26-28
Ballad of Frankie Silver video correspondence
Folder 29-31
Correspondence: Frankie Silver
Folder 32-33
Early documents related to the Silver murder case
Folder 34
Documents: Lists of names contained
Folder 35
Legend motifs
Folder 36
McMillon, Bobby: Biographical information
Folder 37
McMillon, Bobby: Patterson's notes on interviews
Folder 38
McMillon, Bobby: Martin and Beverly Patterson interviews
Folder 39
McMillon, Bobby: Davenport interviews
Folder 40
McMillon, Bobby: Interviews taped by Dan Patterson
Folder 41
McMillon, Bobby: Glosses on pages from manuscript for A Tree Accurst
Folder 42
McMillon, Bobby: Song logs
Folder 43
McMillon, Bobby: Copy of A Fly in Amber manuscript
Folder 44
Maps, mileage charts, perpetual calendar, etc.
Folder 45
Newspaper articles about Silver case, 1832-1903
Folder 46
Newspaper articles, contextual, 1800s
Folder 47-48
Patterson, Beverly: Notes on Silver activities in the 1990s
Folder 49
Silver murder case, secondary accounts from 20th century
Folder 50-51
Newsletters: "Silver Notes," 1997-2000
Folder 52
Newsletters: Frankie Foundation; print-out from Silver family website
Folder 53
Notes on Spainhour, Henry
Folder 54
Notes on Stewart family
Folder 55
Notes on Swain, David L.
Folder 56
Notes on Wilson, Thomas W.
Folder 57
Burke County Tax Records
Folder 58
Documents: Court records, Silver case and similar cases
Folder 59
"Frankie's Song: A Collection from Kona Baptist Church Library, comments by Wayne Silver, 1989," and program from musical performance Go, Tell it On the Mountain, April 2000
Folder 60
"Frankie's Stories," compiled by James D. Silver, June 1996
Folder 61
"Silver: Our Pioneer Ancestors," compiled and edited by John Silver Harris, 1997 rev.
Folder 62
"Nancy's Story: To Right the Legend of Frankie Silver" by Jim Harbin, 1999
Folder 63
Pictures related to Frankie Silver research
Audiotape FS-7241
"Carolina Sampler: Anglo American Vocal Music From North Carolina," Global Village Music, C312, 1992.
Audiotape FS-7242
"The State of Things," WUN.C.-FM Broadcast edited by Paula Press and featuring Bobby McMillon and Doug and Marina Trivette, 16 September 2000.
Audiotape FS-7243
"The State of Things," WUN.C.-FM Broadcast edited by Paula Press and featuring Bobby McMillon and Doug and Marina Trivette, 23 September 2000.
Audiotape FS-7244
From the Appalachian Archives at Berea College, "Frankie Silver" performed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and two recordings of "The Murder of Col. Sharp" performed by Doug Wallin.
Audiotape FS-7245
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 1 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7246
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 2 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7247
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 3 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7248
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 4 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7249
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 5 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7250
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 6 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7251
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 7 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7252
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 8 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7253
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 9 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7254
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 10 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7255
Bobby McMillon singing the tunes of ballads and songs for texts he set down in his ballad notebooks (dubbed from a DAT recording made for the Folklife Office at the North Carolina Arts Council), Tape 11 of 11.
Audiotape FS-7256
Bobby McMillon interview, Hendersonville, N.C., 20 November 1992, Tape 1 of 2.
Audiotape FS-7257
Bobby McMillon interview, Hendersonville, N.C., 20 November 1992, Tape 2 of 2.
Audiotape FS-7258
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 4 February 1993, Tape 1 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7259
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 4 February 1993, Tape 2 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7260
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 4 February 1993, Tape 3 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7261
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27 June 1997, Tape 1 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7262
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27 June 1997, Tape 2 of 3. (Topic: Legends of Frankie Silver, etc.)
Audiotape FS-7263
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27 June 1997, Tape 3 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7264
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 18 November 1998, Tape 1 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7265
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 18 November 1998, Tape 2 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7266
Bobby McMillon interview, Chapel Hill, N.C., 18 November 1998, Tape 3 of 3.
Audiotape FS-7267
"The Retrial of Frankie Silver," performed by Mrs. Jo Ball's students at Heritage Middle School, Valdese, N.C., 23 May 1997, Tape 1 of 2.
Audiotape FS-7268
"The Retrial of Frankie Silver," performed by Mrs. Jo Ball's students at Heritage Middle School, Valdese, N.C., 23 May 1997, Tape 2 of 2.
Audiotape FS-7269
"The Ballad of Frankie Silver," dub of the soundtrack of the 1997 version of the Tom Davenport video featuring Bobby McMillon.
Audiotape FS-7270
"The Ballad of Frankie Silver," dub of the soundtrack of the 1999 version of the Tom Davenport video featuring Bobby McMillon.
Audiotape FS-7271
"Curriculum Music and Community," an unpublished cassette prepared by the Folklife Office to introduce the Curriculum Music and Community Project in Caldwell County.
Audiotape FS-7272
Lattimore Hughes interview by Bobby McMillon (his great-nephew), Bowditch, N.C., 1975.
Music Compact Disc CD-4670
"The Ballad of Frankie Silver," Panaiotis, Pan Digital Corporation and Maverick Music Projects, Inc., 1994.
Music Compact Disc CD-4671
"Go, Tell It on the Mountain," recorded live at Kona Baptist Church, Kona, N.C., 2000.
Videotape VT-20026/36
Back Then...Frankie Silver's Deed: Crime and Punishment in the 1830s, 1997, VHS.
Videotape VT-20026/37
The Ballad of Frankie Silver, VHS.
Videotape VT-20026/38
They Won't Hang a Woman, stage adaptation by Cheryl Oxford of Maxine McCall's fictional treatment of the Frankie Silver story, 11 July 1997, VHS.
Videotape VT-20026/39
The Story of Frankie Silver plus Ballads, told by Bobby McMillon to Tom Davenport, October 1992, VHS.
Audiotape VT-20026/40
The Ballad of Frankie Silver, American Traditional Culture Series, Davenport Films, VHS.

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3. Shaker material, 1780-2001 and undated.

About 1,300 items.
Patterson has worked on several projects related to the religious sect known as the Shakers. The Shakers were founded in the late 18th century, reached their peak membership between 1830 and 1840, and eventually declined in number. During that time, they became known for the simple and practical style they applied to furniture, art, and music.
In 1974, Patterson made The Shakers with film maker Tom Davenport of Davenport Films. Patterson has written two books about the Shakers. Gift Drawing and Gift Song: a Study of Two Forms of Shaker Inspiration (1983) and centers on the Shakers' distinctive art and music. The Shaker Spiritual (1979) was re-released as a new edition in 2000. This book concentrates on Shaker music.
This series contains correspondence, Patterson's subject files and notes, printed material and clippings, and pictures related to the Shakers, their art and music, and Patterson's books. Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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3.1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1960-2001 and undated.
About 400 items.
Folder 64 contains Patterson's detailed correspondence list. Patterson made carbon copies of many of the letters he sent. Patterson corresponded with Shakers, people who had lived with the Shakers, people who wrote about the Shakers, and people interested in Shaker music or art. There is correspondence related to his book The Shaker Spiritual, including information about its re-publication. Correspondents include Sister R. Mildred Barker and Brother Theodore Johnson of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in New Gloucester, Me.; Robert F. W. Meader, director of the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, N.Y.; people at Rounder Records (Bill Nowlin, Sabbathday Lake Shakers, and others) on the production of Round 0078, Early Shaker Spirituals with grant information, reports, contracts, and other materials; Frank Sierra, friend of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers and collector of information on song manuscripts; Robert P. Emlen of Brown University and author of Shaker Village Views; and June Sprigg of Hancock Shaker Village.
Folder 64
Correspondence list
Folder 65
Correspondence with Shakers: Canterbury Shaker Village
Folder 66-68
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Barker, Sister R. Mildred, 1960-1989
Folder 69
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Brooks, Lenny, 1989-1995
Folder 70
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Carr, Frances, 1974-1998
Folder 71
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Hadd, Arnold, 1984-1997
Folder 72
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Johnson, Brother Theodore, 1960-1985
Folder 73
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Peacock, Sister Ethel, 1961-1971
Folder 74
Correspondence with Shakers: Sabbathday Lake: Miscellaneous members, 1974-1995
Folder 75
Correspondence with persons who had lived among Shakers: Austin, Olive Hayden, 1964-1978
Folder 76
Correspondence with persons who had lived among Shakers: Phelps, Florence, 1973-1974
Folder 77
Correspondence with persons who had lived among Shakers: Others
Folder 78
Correspondence with persons who wrote about the Shakers: Andrews, Edward
Folder 79
Correspondence with persons who wrote about the Shakers: Christenson-Lassiter
Folder 80-81
Correspondence with persons who wrote about the Shakers: Meader, Robert, 1960-1984
Folder 82
Correspondence with persons who wrote about the Shakers: Melcher-Richmond
Folder 83
Correspondence with persons who wrote about the Shakers: Sprigg-Wisbey
Folder 84-85
Correspondence about The Shaker Spiritual: Reprint corrections with publisher
Folder 86
Correspondence about The Shaker Spiritual: Review
Folder 87
Correspondence about The Shaker Spiritual: Permissions
Folder 88
Correspondence about The Shaker Spiritual: Second edition, 1990-2001
Folder 89
Correspondence about recordings of Shaker singers and songs: Charters, Samuel B.-Rounder Records
Folder 90
Correspondence about recordings of Shaker singers and songs: Rounder Records-Schirmer Books
Folder 91
Correspondence with persons who have adapted Shaker songs: Brock, D. D.-Gilbert, N.
Folder 92
Correspondence with persons who have adapted Shaker songs: Hall, Roger
Folder 93
Correspondence with persons who have adapted Shaker songs: McKeachie, W. J.-Wilson, W.
Folder 94
Correspondence about Shaker song manuscripts: Bissland family-Shea J. E.
Folder 95
Correspondence about Shaker song manuscripts: Sierra, F. and Steinert, R. M.
Folder 96
Correspondence about publications of gift drawings: Antiques Magazine-Covington, Dale
Folder 97-98
Correspondence about publications of gift drawings: Emlen, Robert P.
Folder 99
Correspondence about publications of gift drawings: Hamilton, R.-Promey S.
Folder 100
Correspondence about publications of gift drawings: Sabbathday Lake Shakers, etc.
Folder 101
Correspondence about publications of gift drawings: Sanders, F. M.-Vlach, J.
Folder 102
Correspondence about publications of gift drawings: Western Reserve Historical Society Library-Wolfe, R.
Folder 103
Correspondence about prints and depictions of Shakers: Corrected reprints and playbills
Folder 104
Miscellaneous correspondence: Adams, E. R.-Newton, V.
Folder 105
Miscellaneous correspondence: Prentice, A. M.
Folder 106
Miscellaneous correspondence: Ralph, M.-Zieget, J.
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3.2. Subject Files and Related Material, 1785-2000 and undated.
About 200 items.
Subject files and related material include information on Shaker art and artists, Shaker conference material, Patterson's notes on Shaker music and dance, notes on historic Shaker music manuscripts, working notebooks about Shaker music, model notebooks about music manuscripts and Shaker music notation, four card file boxes relating to the locations and owners of song manuscripts, and an index of specific Shaker tunes. Notes on music manuscripts and Shaker artists include photocopies of some material, 1785-1800s. Also included is a large roll of brown wrapping paper with Robert F. W. Meader's drawings and measurements of the "Tone-ometer," a Shaker monochord in the Shaker Museum Collection.
Folder 116 contains Patterson's list for his note files; Folder 134 contains Patterson's list of Shaker song manuscripts; and Folder 136 contains background information on his notebooks and card files.
Folder 107
Shaker art: Notes
Folder 108
Shaker art: Artists: Biographical data
Folder 109
Shaker art: Artists of Hancock
Folder 110
Shaker art: Artists of Mount Lebanon (1st Order), Barber-Potter
Folder 111
Shaker art: Artists of Mount Lebanon (1st Order), Reed-Miscellaneous Hands
Folder 112
Shaker art: Artists of Mount Lebanon (2nd Order), Babcock
Folder 113
Shaker art: Artists of Watervliet and Unidentified Hands
Folder 114-115
Shaker conference materials
Folder 116
Shaker music: Patterson's list for note files including organization and detailed information
Folder 117-118
Shaker music: Notes, Library of Congress
Folder 119
Shaker music: Notes, New York Public Library
Folder 120
Shaker music: Notes, Sabbathday Lake
Folder 121
Shaker music: Notes, Western Reserve Historical Society Library
Folder 122
Shaker music: Notes on dance
Folder 123
Shaker music: Musical analyses
Folder 124
Shaker music: Musical transcriptions
Folder 125
Shaker music: Song texts
Folder 126-127
Shaker music: Photocopies of music manuscripts
Folder 128-129
Shaker music: Photocopies of other manuscripts
Folder 130
Shaker music: Interviews and song lists
Folder 131
Shaker music: Miscellaneous notes
Folder 132
Shaker music: Transcription logs of recordings
Folder 133
Shaker music: Data on library holdings of songs manuscripts
Folder 134
Shaker music: Patterson's checklist of Shaker song manuscripts
Folder 135
Shaker music: Index of songs in Patterson's work notebooks
Folder 136
Shaker music: Patterson's background information about notebooks
Folder 137
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Books I and II
Folder 138
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Books III and IV
Folder 139
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Book V
Folder 140
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Book VI
Folder 141
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Book VII
Folder 142
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Blue A and Blue B
Folder 143
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Brown
Folder 144
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Huntzinger
Folder 145
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Lebanon, N.H.
Folder 146
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Manuscript paper
Folder 147
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Red
Folder 148
Shaker music: Working notebooks, Sabbathday Lake
Folder 149
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1953
Folder 150
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1954
Folder 151
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1960 A and 1960 B
Folder 152
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1960 C
Folder 153
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1960 D
Folder 154
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1961-Kentucky and Ohio
Folder 155
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1961 and 1962: Washington, D.C.
Folder 156
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1963: Lebanon, Ohio, and Washington D.C.
Folder 157
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1963: New York City
Folder 158
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1963: Sabbathday Lake
Folder 159
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1965 and 1968
Folder 160
Shaker music: Working notebooks, 1974 and 1977
Folder 161
Shaker music: Model notebooks, song index and 1780-1809
Folder 162
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1810-1815
Folder 163
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1820-1829
Folder 164
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1830-1839
Folder 165
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1840-1846
Folder 166
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1847-1849
Folder 167
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1850-1859
Folder 168
Shaker music: Model notebooks, 1860-1872
Folder 169
Shaker music: Model notebooks, Wordless laboring songs, "Minor"
Folder 170
Shaker music: Model notebooks, Wordless songs, "Major"
Folder 171
Shaker music: Model notebooks, Black binder
Box 20
Shaker music: Card file: Shaker Note Index; Topics and Persons
Box 21
Shaker music: Card file: Shaker Music Manuscripts by Owner and City
Box 22
Shaker music: Card file: Shaker Tune Variants for tunes in The Shaker Spiritual
Box 23
Shaker music: Card file: Shaker Indexes, Unused Tunes, Scribes
Oversize Image OP-P-20026/5
"Roll of brown wrapping paper with Robert F. W. Meader's drawings and measurements of the "Tone-ometer," a Shaker monochord in the Shaker Museum Collection"
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3.3. Printed Material and Clippings, 1780-2000 and undated.
About 300 items.
Printed material and clippings include photocopies of Shaker art, Shaker music manuscripts, and books related to Shaker art and music. Also included are articles and essays about the Shakers and their art and music; cards and ephemeral imprints; Shaker newsletters and periodicals; and other materials. Inclufrf is a photocopy of A Record of Spiritual Songs (1845) by Russell Haskell.
Folder 179 contains Patterson's list of the printed material included in this series. See Folder 187 for his list of cards and ephemeral imprints; Folder 198 for his list about music manuscripts; Folder 218 for his list of miscellaneous material and Shaker newsletters and periodicals; Folder 229 for his list concerning booklets, articles, and clippings; and Folder 239 for Patterson's lists for pictures.
Folder 172
List of photocopies of Shaker gift drawings andpPaintings in Patterson Collection
Folder 173
Photocopies of manuscripts, accounts of paintings, etc.
Folder 174
Copies of discussions of Shaker art
Folder 175-176
Photocopies of handwriting samples
Folder 177
Shaker music theory and instruction: Copies and related material
Folder 178
Miscellaneous copies of printed material
Folder 179
Shaker publications: Patterson's list; Andrews, E. (1960) and "The Gift of Inspiration" (1970 and 1979)
Folder 180
Shaker publications: Important Americana, 1997
Folder 181
Shaker publications: Kitch, Sally L. in Winterthur Portfolio, 1989
Folder 182
Shaker publications: Patterson's Gift Drawing and Gift Song, 1983
Folder 183
Shaker publications: Patterson in The Magazine Antiques (1990) and Sellin, David (1962)
Folder 184
Shaker publications: Tooley, June Sprigg (1996); Wertkin, Gerard (1995); Wolfe, Ruth (1980)
Folder 185
Printed copies of hard-to-get material: "CORD News" and "The Shaker Messenger"
Folder 186
Shaker sheet music and broadside
Folder 187
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Patterson's List
Folder 188
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Canterbury Shaker Village
Folder 189
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Sabbathday Lake Press, Christmas cards
Folder 190
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Sabbathday Lake Press, miscellaneous
Folder 191
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Sabbathday Lake Press, Easter cards
Folder 192
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Miniature books, David Serette
Folder 193
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Non-Shaker: Booklets
Folder 194
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Non-Shaker: Brochures from Shaker museums
Folder 195
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Non-Shaker: Note paper and postcards
Folder 196
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Non-Shaker: Conference and exhibition z announcements and invitations; museums
Folder 197
Cards and ephemeral imprints: Non-Shaker: Imitations of Shaker art
Folder 198
Patterson's List of photocopies of music and non-music manuscripts
Folder 199
Photocopies of music manuscripts: Canterbury Shaker Community
Folder 200
Photocopies of music manuscripts: Library of Congress, Manuscripts Department
Folder 201
A Record of Spiritual Songs (1845) by Russell Haskell: Photocopied notes from Patterson's original folders
Folder 202-207
A Record of Spiritual Songs (copy)
Folder 208
Photocopies of music manuscripts: Middlebury College and New York State Library
Folder 209
Photocopies of music manuscripts: Sabbathday Lake Shakers
Folder 210-213
Photocopies of music manuscripts: Frank Sierra
Folder 214
Photocopies of music manuscripts: Fragments and loose sheets
Folder 215
Haskell, Russell. A Musical Expositor
Folder 216
Youngs, Isaac N. A Short Abridgement of the Rules of Music (1843)
Folder 217
Shaker sales catalogs
Folder 218
Patterson's list of miscellaneous material and Shaker newsletters and periodicals
Folder 219
Miscellaneous articles and other imprints
Folder 220
Shaker newsletters and periodicals: The Clarion, 1978-2000
Folder 221
Shaker newsletters and periodicals: The Friends' Quarterly
Folder 222-224
Shaker newsletters and periodicals: The Shaker Messenger, 1979-1985
Folder 225
Shaker newsletters and periodicals: Shakers World, 1997; South Union Messenger, 1972, 1996-1999; The Swift, 1994
Folder 226
Shaker newsletters and periodicals: Village News, 1967, 1970, 1996-1998
Folder 227
Shaker newsletters and periodicals: World of Shaker, 1974-1975
Folder 228
Manuscript tune transcriptions
Folder 229
Booklets, articles, clippings: Patterson's list
Folder 230
Booklets, articles, clippings: About music
Folder 231-232
Booklets, articles, clippings: Containing music
Folder 233
Booklets, articles, clippings: Relating to other aspects of Shakerism
Folder 234-235
Booklets, articles, clippings: Clippings, 1961-1995
Folder 236-237
Booklets, articles, clippings: Booklets
Folder 238
"Map of the Public Meeting, Holy Mount, 1 January 1855, Second Family"
Folder 239
Patterson's lists for pictures
Folder 240
The Shaker Spiritual: Figure captions
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3.4. Pictures, 1780s-2000 and undated.
About 300 items.
Pictures include several copies of originals, many of which are undated but probably range from the 1780s through the 1900s. More recent pictures include photographs Patterson used for the film The Shakers or his two books about Shakers. Included are photographs and slides of Shakers and Shaker artists; Shaker manuscripts and art; pictures and drawings of Shaker dance and motioning; musical instruments and notation; Shaker sites, villages, and buildings; and photographs used in Patterson's books The Shaker Spiritual and Gift Drawing and Gift Song.
See Folder 239 for more information on pictures and Folder 240 for figure captions for The Shaker Spiritual.
Image Folder P-20026/7
Sabbathday Lake: Portraits and group shots
Image Folder P-20026/8
Sabbathday Lake: Interiors and exteriors
Image Folder P-20026/9
For Rounder Album: Early Shaker Spirituals, 1976
Image Folder P-20026/10
Portraits: Austin-Liddill
Image Folder P-20026/11
Portraits: Perkins-Whitely
Image Folder P-20026/12
Portraits: Miscellaneous sizes
Image Folder P-20026/13
Barker motioning "With a New Tongue"
Image Folder P-20026/14
Musical Instruments: Pitchpipe and Tone-ometer
Image Folder P-20026/15
Musical notation
Image Folder P-20026/16
Shaker sites
Image Folder P-20026/17
Photos of magazine and book illustrations
Image Folder P-20026/18
Diagram for "A Changeable March" and map used in The Shaker Spiritual
Image Folder P-20026/19
Marching and motioning from Emily Williams's article, 1905
Image Folder P-20026/20
Sabbathday Lake: Barker and groups, 1972, 1999-2000
Image Folder P-20026/21
Shaker Art: Manuscript pages, notation, drawings
Image Folder P-20026/22
Photos of art used in Gift Drawing and Gift Song, 1983
Image Folder P-20026/23
Miscellaneous drawings and paintings: Polly Reed, Heart Notice and Heart Cut-out
Image Folder P-20026/24
Miscellaneous drawings and paintings: Unidentified Hand, Dove in Rings
Image Folder P-20026/25
Miscellaneous drawings and paintings: Emily Babcock, Circular Booklet
Image Folder P-20026/26
The Shaker Spiritual: Line cuts for diagrams
Image Folder P-20026/27
The Shaker Spiritual: Original dust jack design, "Shakers at Meeting" from The Graphic, 1870
Image Folder P-20026/28-32
The Shaker Spiritual: Figures 1-64
Image Folder P-20026/33
Slides: Manuscripts (Music and non-music); Illustrations of Shaker rituals; Musical implements
Image Folder P-20026/34
Slides: Members (by community): Connecticut-Massachusetts
Image Folder P-20026/35
Slides: Members (by community): New Hampshire-New York
Image Folder P-20026/36
Slides: Members (by community): Ohio-Pennsylvania and Unknown Individuals and Groups
Image Folder P-20026/37
Slides: Activities: Various communities
Image Folder P-20026/38
Slides: Sites
Image Folder P-20026/39
Slides: Art (by artist): Adams-Barber
Image Folder P-20026/40
Slides: Art (by artist): Bates-Potter
Image Folder P-20026/41
Slides: Art (by artist): Reed-Unidentified Hand
Image Folder P-20026/42
Slides: Manuscripts by Emily Babcock; Designs by D. A. Buckingham; Unidentified Hands; and Village Views
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3.5. Audio Material, 1963-1999 and undated.
83 items.
Audio material related to the Shakers includes interviews with Shaker members and field recordings of Shaker music and songs. Many examples of Shaker songs were sung by Shaker Sister Mildred Barker, who was featured in the film The Shakers and was a long-time correspondent of Patterson's.
Audiodisc 45-5523
Audio Heritage 740118, "Simple Gifts and other Shaker Songs," the Berkshire Consort.
Audiodisc 45-5524
South Union 001, "Songs of the Shakers," the South Union Singers, Shakertown at South Union, Kentucky.
Audiodisc 45-5525
Donerail 452, "Shaker Medley"/"Three Shaker Hymns," Dan and Louise Brock.
Audiodisc FD-927
RCA Custom Records from RCA Victor U4RM-8117. "Early Shaker Spirituals, 1967 version" (acetate disc)
Audiocassette FS-7273
"Love is Little: A Sampling of Shaker Spirituals," Roger Hall and others, Sampler Records, 9222, 1992
Audiocassette FS-7274
"Bow and be Simple," South Union Shaker Quartet
Audiocassette FS-7275
"Simple Gifts: Instrumental arrangements of Shaker Melodies," William Coulter and Barry Phillips, Gourd Music, GM106, 1990
Audiocassette FS-7276
"Tree of Life: Instrumental arrangements of Shaker hymns and dance tunes: a companion album to Simple Gifts," William Coulter and Barry Phillips, Gourd Music, GM114, 1993
Music Compact Disc CD-4672
"Verdant Groves: A Musical Journey through Four New England Shaker Villages," Community Music School of Santa Cruz, CM101, 1998
Music Compact Disc CD-4673
"All at Home," The Singers of Lower Shaker Village, Impact Media, CD5020, 1995
Music Compact Disc CD-4674
"O Hear Their Music Ring," The Singers of Lower Shaker Village, Impact Media, CD5001, 1992
Music Compact Disc CD-4675
"Music on the Mountain," William Coulter and Barry Phillips, Gourd Music, GM123, 1996
Music Compact Disc CD-4676
"Awake My Soul," The South Union Shaker Quartet
Music Compact Disc CD-4677
"Joy of Angels: Shaker Spirituals for Christmas and the New Year," Randy Folger and others, Sampler Records, 9528, 1995
Music Compact Disc CD-4678
"Gentle Words: Shaker Music," Randy Folger, 1993
Music Compact Disc CD-4679
"Music of Angels: Songs of the Shaker West," Pleasant Hill Singers, Verdant Groves Music Foundation, CDVGMF01, 1999
Audiodisc FC-12273
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3861/MO8P-3862. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 19 and 20"
Audiodisc FC-12279
Shaker Village Work Group 1A. "14 Shaker Folk Songs"
Audiodisc FC-12325
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3857/MO8P-3858. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 15 and 16"
Audiodisc FC-12326
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3859/MO8P-3860. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 17 and 18"
Audiodisc FC-12327
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3855/MO8P-3856. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 13 and 14"
Audiodisc FC-12328
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3853/MO8P-3854. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 11 and 12"
Audiodisc FC-12329
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3851/MO8P-3852. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 9 and 10"
Audiodisc FC-12373
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3849/MO8P-3850. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 7 and 8"
Audiodisc FC-12374
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3847/MO8P-3848. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 5 and 6"
Audiodisc FC-12375
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3845/MO8P-3846. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 3 and 4"
Audiodisc FC-12380
The American Culture Series AC2/MO8P-3843/MO8P-3844. "The Shaker Heritage, volumes 1 and 2"
Audiodisc FC-15760
"Early Shaker Spirituals," Sister R. Mildred Barker and other Singers of Shaker Society, Sabbathday Lake, Me.
Audiodisc FC-15762
Century-Advert PC-08-767. "Harp of Joy: Shaker Folk Spirituals, New England Psalmody," the Chancel Choir of Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio
Audiodisc FC-15763
Art and Man FS12508. "Music of the Shakers"
Audiotape FT-8881
Shaker songs sung by Mrs. Olive Austin, Clinton, Conn. (formerly of Hancock Shakers)
Audiotape FT-8882
Shaker songs, Mrs. Olive Austin
Audiotape FT-8883
Shaker interview, Mrs. Olive Austin on her experiences at Hancock, Mass. Recorded at her home, Clinton, Conn., 12 August 1974, Reel 3 of 3
Audiotape FT-8884
Sister R. Mildred Barker, Shaker
Audiotape FT-8885
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker, August 1964
Audiotape FT-8886
Letter on tape from Sister R. Mildred Barker to Dan Patterson
Audiotape FT-8887
Shaker songs recorded by Daniel Patterson, 1963 [master tape discarded after preservation, bad vinegar syndrome]
Audiotape FT-11858
Shaker interview, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 18 August 1973
Audiotape FT-11859
Florence Phelps interview, Gloucester, Mass., 2 August 1974, Reel 1 of 4
Audiotape FT-11860
Florence Phelps interview, Gloucester, Mass., 2 August 1974, Reel 2 of 4
Audiotape FT-11861
Florence Phelps interview, Gloucester, Mass., 2 August 1974, Reel 3 of 4
Audiotape FT-11862
Florence Phelps interview, Gloucester, Mass., 2 August 1974, Reel 4 of 4
Audiotape FT-11863
Eldress Bertha Lindsay, Canterbury, N.H., 16 August 1974, Reel 1 of 2
Audiotape FT-11864
Eldress Bertha Lindsay, Canterbury, N.H., 17 August 1974, Reel 2 of 2
Audiotape FT-11865
Shaker tape B
Audiotape FT-11866
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 1971, Tape B
Audiotape FT-11867
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., Tape E
Audiotape FT-11868
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., August 1969, Tape F
Audiotape FT-11869
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., Tape G
Audiotape FT-11870
Early Shaker Spirituals, prep tapes, Reel 1 of 5
Audiotape FT-11871
Early Shaker Spirituals, prep tapes, Reel 2 of 5
Audiotape FT-11872
Early Shaker Spirituals, prep tapes, Reel 3 of 5
Audiotape FT-11873
Early Shaker Spirituals, prep tapes, Reel 4 of 5
Audiotape FT-11874
Early Shaker Spirituals, prep tapes, Reel 5 of 5
Audiotape FT-11875
Shaker songs, Christmas tape, with letter, dubbed from a tape sent to Dan Patterson by Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me.
Audiotape FT-11876
Shaker songs, dubbings from originals, Tape A
Audiotape FT-11877
Shaker songs, dubbings from originals, Tape C
Audiotape FT-11878
Shaker songs, dubbings from masters, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., Tape D
Audiotape FT-11879
Shaker Spirituals, 1967 version
Audiotape FT-11880
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker (dubbing- listening copy of 19 June 1976 studio recording), 1976
Audiotape FT-11881
Shaker rejects (songs not used in 1967 "Early Shaker Spirituals")
Audiotape FT-11882
Early Shaker Spirituals, 1970 version with "electronic enhancement," Side 1, The Shaker Society, Sabbathday Lake, Me., Reel 1 of 2
Audiotape FT-11883
Early Shaker Spirituals, 1970 version with "electronic enhancement," Side 2, The Shaker Society, Sabbathday Lake, Me., Reel 2 of 2
Audiotape FT-11884
Shaker Spirituals, protection copy of master, Side A, Bands 1,2,3 (through #5), Reel 1 of 4
Audiotape FT-11885
Shaker Spirituals, protection copy of master, Side A, Band 3 (beginning #6), Reel 2 of 4
Audiotape FT-11886
Shaker Spirituals, protection copy of master, Side B, Bands 1,2 (through #6), Reel 3 of 4
Audiotape FT-11887
Shaker Spirituals, protection copy of master, Side B, Bands 2 (beginning #7), 3, Reel 4 of 4
Audiotape FT-11888
Studio recordings, marred by reverb, Sister Mildred Barker, The United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Poland Springs, Me., 29 May 1976
Audiotape FT-11889
Studio cuts, Sister Mildred Barker, The United Society of Shakers, Poland Spring, Me., 19 June 1976
Audiotape FT-11890
Sister Mildred Barker, a letter to Dan Patterson
Audiotape FT-11891
Shaker songs, Side 1: Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sister Ethel Peacock, and others, Sabbathday Lake, Me.; Side 2: Sister Marguerite Frost, Canterbury, N.H., July 1963
Audiotape FT-11892
Shaker songs, selections from Millenial Praises, sung by Brother Ricardo Belden, dubbed from wire recording recorded 21 October 1950 by Otto Janz, 22 May 1973
Audiotape FT-11893
Shaker interview, Mrs. Olive Austin on her experiences at Hancock, Mass., recorded at her home in Clinton, Conn., 12 August 1974, Reel 1 of 3
Audiotape FT-11894
Shaker interview, Mrs. Olive Austin on her experiences at Hancock, Mass., recorded at her home in Clinton, Conn., 12 August 1974, Reel 2 of 3
Audiotape FT-11895
Shaker songs, Sister R. Mildred Barker, Sabbathday Lake, Me., 18 August 1973
Audiotape FT-11896
Shaker songs, Tape 4
Audiotape FT-11897
Shaker songs, Tape A, 11 October 1966, Reel 1 of 2
Audiotape FT-11898
Shaker songs, Tape A: Conclusion, 11 October 1966, Reel 2 of 2
Audiotape FT-11899
Shaker songs, Tape B
Audiotape FT-11900
Shaker songs, Tape C, Reel 1 of 2
Audiotape FT-11901
Shaker songs, Tape C, conclusion, Reel 2 of 2
Audiotape FT-11902
Shaker songs, Tape D

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4. Sounds of the South, 1989-1993 and undated.

About 200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.