Mary Elizabeth Barnicle and Tillman Cadle Recordings
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection is 567 field recordings, most on lacquer discs, made by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle and Tillman Cadle of music, stories, and speech in New York City, Florida, Georgia, the Bahamas, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee during collecting trips between 1935 and 1950. The recordings document both African-American and Anglo-American folk culture.
Supporting materials include a 1989 interview with Tillman Cadle, tape logs, photographs, song lyrics and the disc jackets.
Dates
- 1935 - 1989
- Majority of material found within 1935 - 1950
Creator
- Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth, 1891-1978 (Person)
- Cadle, Tillman, 1902-1994 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
None of the recordings may be used for commercial gain. Only East Tennessee State University, through the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, the Archives of Appalachia, and WETS-FM may disseminate this material, at no cost to the public, via public broadcast services.
Extent
588 sound recordings (584 discs (mostly acetate) in 9 disc storage boxes, 4 reel-to-reel audio tapes)
2.5 linear feet (5 document storage boxes and 1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Mary Elizabeth Barnicle and Tillman Cadle Collection was donated to the Archives by Tillman Cadle, Townsend, Tennessee on October 6, 1989, accession 1990-045a.
Processing Information
Processing of the collection was completed in 1991. At that time, audio tapes and discs were dubbed by Tim Stafford and Charles Moore. The following persons processed the collection: Marie Tedesco, Tim Stafford, Charles Moore, Georgia Greer, and Norma Myers. With support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, preservation masters and public-use copies were made of the instantaneous discs in 2002.
- Garland, Jim, 1905-1978
- Jackson, Aunt Molly
- Lawson, Andy
- Lawson, Anna
- Lawson, Will
- Maitland, Dick
- McGhee, Brownie, 1914-
- Terry, Sonny
- African-Americans--Music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ballads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bluegrass music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Blues (Music) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's songs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Church of the Ten Elders (Pineville, Ky.)
- Circle games Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining -- Songs and music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dance music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fiddle tunes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Garland family
- Ghost stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Instantaneous recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Jack tales Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Lacquer discs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Leadbelly, 1885-1949
- Music -- Bahamas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Music--Field work Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Osborne Family (Musical group)
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.)
- Political ballads and songs Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Political satire Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Public worship Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Railroads--Songs and music Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ring shout (Dance) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ritchie Sisters (Musical group)
- Sarah Ogan Gunning, 1910-1983
- Sea songs Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Sermons Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Shape note singing Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Spirituals (Songs) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tales Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Voodooism--Haiti--Fiction Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Voodooism--Haiti--Songs and music Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Work songs Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
