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Big Mary (Elephant)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

John Biggs "Pat" Alderman Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0149
Scope and Contents The Pat Alderman papers contain many different types of materials. Included are books, plays, articles and music written by Alderman, as well as typed drafts and handwritten notes for his historical works. The music dates from the late 1920s through the 1960s, while the plays and books date from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Incoming correspondence (1920s-1980s), church programs, play programs, autobiographical notes, clippings on music, history, natural history and conservation also are...
Dates: 1918 - 1983
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / John Biggs "Pat" Alderman Papers

Thomas G. Burton-Ambrose N. Manning Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0025
Scope and Contents The collection resulted from Dr. Burton’s and Mr. Manning’s interests in Appalachian folklore and related teaching, research, and service activities. A central component of the collection consists of reel-to-reel audio recordings, dub sheets, transcripts, and indices created as part of the professors' efforts to gather ballads, instrumental music, stories, superstitions and beliefs, folk remedies, and accounts of everyday life from individuals in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. ...
Dates: 1899 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1971
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Thomas G. Burton-Ambrose N. Manning Collection

Charles Gunter Oral History Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0069
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
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Charles Gunter Oral History Collection

Charles Edwin Price Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0359
Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series: Series 1, Correspondence, 1990-91; Series 2, Publications, 1986-91; Series 3, Research Files, 1916-91 and undated; Series 4, Writings, c. 1988-1992 and undated; and Series 5, Oral History Interviews, 1986-1990 and undated.

Dates: 1916-1992 and undated
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Charles Edwin Price Papers

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