Post on 16-Oct-2020
ARCHIVESof APPALACHIA
+ American Roots Music (Fall 2018)
Hello!I am Laura Smith.Education & Outreach ArchivistYou can reach me at archives@etsu.edu.
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What are archives?Archives + Libraries + Museums
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Archives + Libraries + Museums
Museums◂ Artifacts ◂ Exhibits◂ Programming
Materials viewed on exhibit or by special request
Libraries◂ Books, media◂ Technical
resources & services
◂ Study spaces
Materials circulate
Archives◂ Original
documents, photographs, media
Materials must stay in archives
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Archives of Appalachia
◂ Center for Appalachian Studies & Services◂ Reece Museum◂ Regional Resource Institute
◂ Governor’s School for the Scientific Exploration of Tennessee Heritage
◂ Appalachian Teaching Project◂ Now & Then Magazine
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9,000 linear feetarchival material
8,000moving images
84,000sound recordings
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Boxes ofImportance.
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1.So, how do I know what’s in an archive? (Sometimes phrased as: How is the Archives going to help me with my assignment?)
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n. ~ 1. A group of materials with some unifying characteristic. - 2. Materials assembled by a person, organization, or repository from a variety of sources; an artificial collection. (Source: Society of American Archivists)
n. ~ 1. A group of similar records that are arranged according to a filing system and that are related as the result of being created, received, or used in the same activity; a file group; a record series.
No surprises here - just an acid free, archival box for storage.
A folder of documents or photographs or an item, such as an an audio or video tape.
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Bernard Rousseau Collection
Series 1: Festivals and Fiddler’s Conventions, 1969-1984
[No box, skip to next]
Tape 1: Union Grove, April 4, 1969
Collections to Remember...
Bernard Rousseau◂ 187 open reel
audio tapes of performances at fiddlers’ conventions, bluegrass festivals, music clubs, and studio sessions, 1957-84; as well as radio broadcasts of bluegrass and country music, 1983-88.
Glenn Roberts, Jr.◂ Consists of audio
tapes of Roberts' radio program; of bluegrass festival performances; and of home jamming sessions involving Roberts and other Southwest Virginia musicians.
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Broadside Television◂ Local television station
programming, includes bluegrass, country, and mountain music.
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What else?
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Step 1
Browse the Archives’ database!
Do it!
Step 2
Pick a few recordings so you have a few choices. Come talk to us or e-mail if you have having trouble.
But, it helps us if you can at least identify an artist or artist(s). Give us something to work with!
archives@etsu.edu
Step 3
Make sure the song is commercially available.
DON’T START WRITING WITHOUT A MATCH! Just...don’t. Google will tell you. Google is friendly that way.
Hint: You don’t need to pick your commercial recording from the Archives.
Step 5
Talk to the librarians about other potential resources. The Archives may have some information about performers and the recordings themselves, but you may want to dig further.
Step 4
Listen to the recording in the Archives. You’re going to have to. We’re not bootleggers.
Pro tip: e-mail ahead and we’ll have it ready.
Once here, take detailed notes so you can write with your cup of coffee at 11 p.m. in the comfort of your home.
Laura’s 5 Steps for Success (well, for this assignment)
“ The Archives is a tear-free, no panic zone.
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And early…
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And we stay that way by researching smart...
And starting with the Archives...
And asking for help when needed...
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Findlay Donaldson, The FFB, The Swiftest on the Line, 1939. Mary Barnicle-Tillman Cadle Collection, Phonograph 291.
The Carter Family on Border Radio from Radio Station XET..., 1939, vol. 1. Arhoolie Productions, Inc, 1995.
Critical listening & thinking
◂ Who is singing? ◂ Why are they singing? ◂ What is different about
the performances? ◂ Instruments? Lyrics?
Genre? Something else? You decide!
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