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Collection Number: 20325

Collection Title: Woodrow W. Rowland Storytelling Videotapes, 1978-

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Abstract Woodrow W. Rowland was a storyteller from western North Carolina. The collection consists of two video tapes of a performance by traditional Appalachian storyteller Woodrow W. Rowland during a 1978 visit to Charles (Terry) Zug's folklore class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He tells two Jack tales, Cat 'N Mouse and The Heifer Hide, and several humorous true stories about the people in western North Carolina mountain community, where Rowland lived in all his life.
Creator Rowland, Woodrow W.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
Use of visual materials may require production of viewing copies.
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No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Woodrow W. Rowland Storytelling Videotapes #20325, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Gillian Debreczeny in February 1996 (Acc. 98759).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Woodrow W. Rowland was a storyteller from western North Carolina.

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The collection consists of two video tapes of a performance by traditional Appalachian storyteller Woodrow W. Rowland during a 1978 visit to Charles (Terry) Zug's folklore class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He tells two Jack tales, "Cat 'N Mouse" and "The Heifer Hide," and several humorous true stories about the people in western North Carolina mountain community, where Rowland lived in all his life.

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Processing Information

Processed by: Elizabeth Matson, March 2003

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, April 2009

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