Charles Gunter Oral History Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of recordings of interviews conducted by Gunter's students in connection with his courses on social geography. The interview subjects are primarily from East Tennessee and often discuss topics of regional interest such as music, farm life, coal mining, and foodways. The collection also includes dub sheets for the first eight tapes, partial transcripts of tapes 2, 5 and 6, and summaries of interviews.
Dates
- 1974-1996
Creator
- Gunter, Charles, Jr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
2.75 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The recordings are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Method of Acquisition
The Charles Gunter, Jr. Collection was given to the Archives of Appalachia on January 15, 1980 by East Tennessee State University professor Charles Gunter, Jr. Additional recordings were donated by Gunter in May of 1995 and 1996.
Processing Information
Processing was completed by Anne Sims, and the collection was opened for research on January 23, 1980. The Finding Aid was revised in 1991 by Marie Tedesco and in 1996 by Norma Myers.
- Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Animals--Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Appalachians (People) in literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Baptists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Big Mary (Elephant) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blues (Music) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Boones Creek (Tenn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Boones Creek Male and Female Seminary (Washington County, Tenn.)
- Butler (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
- Childbirth Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cosby (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courtship Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Distilling, Illicit Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dulcimer Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- English language -- Dialects -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farm life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk dancing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk medicine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Food--Preservation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Funeral rites and ceremonies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Handicraft Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Instrumental music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ku Klux Klan
- Logging Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Marriage Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Midwives Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Old-time music Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Physicians Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Preaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public worship Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Railroads--Folklore Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Snake cults (Holiness churches) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soap-making Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tourism Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Toys Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Unicoi County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Water mills Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Woodworking Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu
