LCFAFA No. 23                                   February 1997    


                        OHIO COLLECTIONS

                 IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE





  Compiled by Christopher W. Alberding and Beth A. Sternheimer

               Series Editor:  Joseph C. Hickerson

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     This finding aid describes the Archive of Folk Culture's
unpublished ethnographic collections that document the
traditional music and other aspects of the folklife of Ohio.

     Throughout this finding aid you will encounter several
abbreviations.  AFS and AFC numbers refer to the sequential
numbering of recordings and other formats cataloged and
controlled by the Archive of Folk Culture.  The LWO, RW, RX, and
RY numbers are shelflist designations for cassettes and tapes. 
MUSIC numbers are shelflist designations for microfilms.  All
indications of time duration are estimates.

     The compilers wish to thank Rhona Campbell for her
assistance in the final stages of compiling this finding aid.

     Information about listening to and obtaining copies of the
recordings listed in this finding aid is contained in _A Guide to
the Collections of Recorded Folk Music and Folklore in the
Library of Congress_.  This guide, as well as a catalog with
ordering information for the Library's published recordings of
folk music and folklore, are available upon request from the
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
20540-4610; (202) 707-5510;  FAX: (202) 707-2076;  e-mail:
folklife@loc.gov.

     Also available upon request is _Ethnographic Collections in
the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide_.  We would be
most interested in learning of Ohio collections that might be
suitable for addition to the Archive of Folk Culture.

     This finding aid and others in the LCFAFA series are also
available from the American Folklife Center on the Internet via
the Library's World Wide Web Server
(URL=http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/).

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                Sound Recordings and Multiformat
Collections


AFS 1001-1054:  Fifty-four 12-inch discs of comments, a folk
drama, instrumentals, sermons, songs, and stories recorded in
Kentucky, Ohio, and South Carolina by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax,
June-July 1937.

     AFS 1001-1009:  Nine discs containing songs with commentary,
     sung and spoken by Captain Pearl R. Nye.  Recorded in Akron,
     Ohio, by John A. Lomax, June 26-28, 1937.  The collection
     shares with AFS 1603-1615 five linear inches of
     correspondence, notes, and textual transcriptions; seven
     photos; and one reel of microfilm (MUSIC-12) containing
     photos and transcriptions.  Portions of this collection, and
     of AFS 1603-1615, have been published by the Library of
     Congress on recording number AFS L51, _The Ballad Hunter:
     John A. Lomax: Parts V & VI_.  (One hour and forty-five
     minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 71B-72A)


AFS 1603-1615:  Thirteen 12-inch discs of songs sung by Captain
Pearl R. Nye.  Recorded in Akron, Ohio, by Alan and Elizabeth
Lomax, November 3, 1937.  The collection shares with AFS 1001-
1009 five linear inches of correspondence, notes, and textual
transcriptions; seven photos; and one reel of microfilm (MUSIC-
12) containing photos and transcriptions.  Portions of this
collection, and of AFS 1001-1009, have been published by the
Library of Congress on recording number AFS L51, _The Ballad
Hunter: John A. Lomax: Parts V & VI_.  (One hour and fifty
minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 117-118A)


AFS 1689-1767:  Seventy-nine 12-inch discs of instrumentals and
songs recorded in Indiana and Ohio by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax,
March 27April 3, 1938.  The collection includes one and one-
eighth linear inches of articles, correspondence, field notes,
postcards, reports, and transcriptions.

     AFS 1689-1696:  Eight discs containing six songs and ten
     instrumentals recorded primarily at the Ohio Valley Folk
     Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio,   March 2728, 1938.  (One hour;
     tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 119B-120A)

     AFS 1701-1718:  Eighteen discs containing thirty-two songs
     and twenty-five instrumentals performed by Pete Steele and
     others, recorded in Hamilton, Ohio, March 29-31, 1938.  (Two
     hours and thirty-five minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels
     120-121)


AFS 3396-3405:   Ten 12-inch discs of thirty-five songs recorded
in Michigan and Ohio by Ivan Walton, September 2-22, 1938.  The
collection includes twenty-eight pages of notes.

     AFS 3403:  One disc containing three songs sung by Captain
     Pearl R. Nye, recorded in Akron, Ohio, September 22, 1938. 
     (Thirteen minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reel 225B)

     AFS 3405:  One disc containing four songs, one in French,
     sung by Harvey Bonnah, recorded in Cleveland, Ohio,
     September 22, 1938.  (Nine minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872
     reel 225A)


AFS 9829-9868:  One 12-inch and thirty-nine 16-inch discs of
instrumentals, radio programs, and songs recorded primarily at
the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C., by the U.S.
Recording Company, May 6-8, 1938.  The collection includes three-
fourths linear inch of lists, newspaper articles, and programs.

     AFS 9842B5; 9845A7:  Two 16-inch discs containing two
     renditions of "The Old Skipper," sung by Captain Pearl R.
     Nye of Akron, Ohio.  (Five minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111
     reel 266)


AFS 11,330-11,332:  Three 10-inch tapes of instrumentals, songs,
and stories recorded in Darke County and Portsmouth, Ohio, by
John Ball and Bruce Buckley, July 1951June 1952; and piano
playing and singing by Rufus Perryman (Speckled Red), recorded by
John Ball, 1955.  The collection includes one-fourth linear inch
of notes.

     AFS 11,330B-11,331B12:  Two tapes containing a fiddling
     contest recorded in Darke County, Ohio, by John Ball, 1952. 
     (One hour and thirty minutes; LWO 2668 reels 1B-2)

     AFS 11,331B13-11,332B:  Two tapes containing songs and
     stories sung and spoken by Ira Cephas, recorded in
     Portsmouth, Ohio, by Bruce Buckley, July 1951 and June 1952. 
     (One hour and thirty minutes; LWO 2668 reels 2B-3)


AFS 13,672-13,680:  Nine 10-inch tapes of Baptist lining-out
hymns recorded in Knott County, Kentucky, and Lima, Ohio, by
William H. Tallmadge, May-July, October 1968.  The collection
includes two linear inches of notes.

     AFS 13,680A:  One tape containing hymns and a sermon
     recorded at the United Baptist Church, Lima, Ohio, October
     13, 1968.  (Forty-five minutes; LWO 5611 reel 9A)


AFS 14,217:  One 3-inch tape of "Little Ida," discussed and sung
by Mrs. James Wilson, originally of Ohio.  Recorded by Francis W.
Sheild in Hampton, Virginia, July 1970.  (Twenty minutes; LWO
6085)


AFS 17,014-17,019:  Two 7-inch and four 5-inch tapes of
instrumentals and interviews recorded in Ohio and West Virginia
by Carl Fleischhauer and others, February 15, 1973April 6, 1974. 
The collection includes one-half linear inch of concordances,
correspondence, and lists.

     AFS 17,016:  One 5-inch tape containing twenty instrumentals
     performed on banjo, fiddle, and guitar by Ward Jarvis,
     originally of Braxton County, West Virginia, with Dan
     (Danlovich) Dagget and John Hutchison.  Recorded in
     Guysville, Ohio, by Bob Bohl, September 1, 1973.  (One hour
     and seven minutes; LWO 7976 reel 3)


AFS 17,502:  One 10-inch tape of a concert performed by Pete
Seeger of Beacon, New York.  Recorded at Oberlin College,
Oberlin, Ohio, by Stephen Lee Taller and others, April 16, 1955. 
The collection includes six pages of lists and four pages of
photocopies of the concert program.  (Two hours and ten minutes;
LWO 8394)


AFS 18,053-18,058:  Six 10-inch tapes of primarily Yiddish songs
recorded in Albuquerque; Cincinnati; Denver; New York City;
Pittsburgh; and West Orange, New Jersey by Jack Manischewitz,
1957-61.  The collection includes thirty-two pages of notes.

     AFS 18,053A1-27, A30-B4, B818,055A; 18,057B1-8:  Four tapes
     containing one hundred forty-eight songs recorded in
     Cincinnati, Ohio, 1957-60.  (Five hours and twenty minutes;
     LWO 8692 reels 1-3A, 5B)


AFS 18,962:  One 5-inch tape of instrumentals recorded in
Maryland and Ohio by Mike Seeger, July 1955 and FebruaryMarch
1971.  The collection includes a one-page list.

     AFS 18,962A3-B:  One tape containing nine instrumentals
     played on steel guitar by Sam Bowles.  Recorded in
     Centerville, Ohio, February 22, March 3, and March 5, 1971. 
     (Thirteen minutes; LWO 9415)


AFS 19,130-19,132:  Three 10-inch tapes of instrumentals, songs,
and stories recorded in Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and
Tennessee by John McCutcheon, 1975-76.  The collection includes
fifty-one pages of notes.

     AFS 19,130:  One tape containing instrumentals and stories
     played on the melodeon and spoken by Michael J. Kennedy,
     recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1976.  (Two hours; LWO
     9566 reel 1)


AFS 19,161-19,178:  Eighteen 10-inch tapes of Lithuanian songs
with commentary recorded in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin
by Jonas Balys, 1949-59.  Portions of this collection are also
contained on AFS 10,751, 10,874, and 18,805.  The collection
includes seven linear inches of fieldnotes and two monographs.


     AFS 19,165A11-19,166A11:  Two tapes containing sixty-eight
     songs with commentary recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, August
     14-17, 1949.  (Two hours and five minutes; LWO 9748 reels 5-
     6A)

     AFS 19,177B1-8:  One tape containing twenty-one songs
     recorded in Columbus, Ohio, November 23, 1950.  (Twenty-five
     minutes; LWO 9748 reel 17B) 


AFS 19,257:  One 7-inch tape of an interview and demonstrations
of spoon playing by Joe "Mr. Spoons" Jones.  Recorded by Cal
Kowal in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1975.  The collection includes twenty-
six pages of articles, correspondence, and lists as well as A
Book Full of Spoons by Cal Kowal, which includes a 45-rpm disc of
spoon playing by Mr. Jones.  (Thirty minutes; LWO 12,084)


AFS 19,386:  One 10-inch tape of instrumentals and stories
performed on banjo and fiddle and spoken by Ward Jarvis. 
Recorded in Stewart, Ohio, by David A. Brose, April 30, 1978. 
(One hour and fifteen minutes; LWO 12,904)


AFS 21,951-21,956:  Six 10-inch tapes of instrumentals and songs
played and sung by Guy Blakeman (fiddle), Wally Bollinger
(banjo), "Pigmeat" Jarrett (piano), Phil McGing (melodeon), Vince
Sawma (oud), and The Liberty Cornet Band.  Recorded in the
Cincinnati area by Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen for the
"Traditional Music and the Elderly Project," 1978.  Portions of
the collection have been published on June Appal LP 36142 _Snow
on the Roof, Fire in the Furnace_ (1979).  The collection
includes one linear inch of articles, logs, and notes.  (Ten
hours; RWA 185-190)


AFS 22,063-22,067:  Five 10-inch tapes of instrumentals and
interviews performed on banjo and fiddle and spoken by Ward
Jarvis of Braxton County, West Virginia.  Recorded in Stewart,
Ohio, by David A. Brose, December 12, 1978June 26, 1979.  The
collection includes twenty-four pages of logs.  (Ten hours; LWO
16,744)


AFS 22,562-22,566:  Five 10-inch tapes of Hungarian-American
songs recorded in Cleveland and Shaker Heights, Ohio, by Stephen
Erdely, 1961-65.  The collection includes one-half linear inch of
correspondence, lists, and logs.  (Ten hours; RWA 7789-7793)


AFS 22,608:  One cassette of a lullaby with commentary sung and
spoken by Louisa Butler of Detroit, Michigan.  The commentary
includes an explanation of how Butler learned the lullaby from
her aunt, Grace Evans of Waynesville, Ohio.  Recorded by Alan
Lomax, February 27, 1978.  The collection includes three pages of
notes.  (Seven minutes; RYA 1322)


AFS 23,019-23,155:  Eighteen 7-inch tapes, two 5-inch tapes, and
one hundred seventeen cassettes of ethnic radio broadcasts
recorded for the Ethnic Broadcasting in America Project of the
American Folklife Center.  Recorded mostly off the air by Elena
Bradunas, Theodore Grame, Alan Jabbour, and others at various
locations in the United States, 1977-78.  Documentation includes
Theodore Grame's _Ethnic Broadcasting in the United States_
(Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, 1980;
PN1991.8.E84G7) and nine linear inches of manuscript materials.

     AFS 23,055:  One 7-inch tape containing the program "Old
     World Melodies" on WCBE, Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1978. 
     (Thirty minutes; RXA 4461)

     AFS 23,056-23,060:  Five 7-inch tapes containing three
     "Music of the Balkans" programs on WCBE, Columbus, Ohio, May
     20, June 24, and July 29, 1978.  (Two hours and thirty
     minutes; RXA 4462-4466)

     AFS 23,110:  One 7-inch tape containing the Spanish program
     "Puerta Abierta" on WOSU, Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1978. 
     (Thirty minutes; RXA 4468)

     AFS 23,126-23,134:  Nine 7-inch tapes containing an
     interview with John Heurich about German radio, and two
     German radio programs on WRMZ, Columbus, Ohio, May 21, 1978,
     and July 17, 1979.  (Four hours and fifteen minutes; RXA
     4469-4477)

     AFS 23,147:  One cassette containing the Spanish program "La
     Voz Hispana" on WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1978.  (One
     hour; RYA 2995)

     AFS 23,148:  One cassette containing a Polish program on
     WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1978.  (One hour; RYA 2996)

     AFS 23,149:  One cassette containing a Greek program and a
     Hungarian program on WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1978. 
     (One hour; RYA 2997)

     AFS 23,150:  One cassette containing a Slovak program on
     WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1978.  (One hour; RYA 2998)

     AFS 23,151:  One cassette containing the Irish program
     "Echoes of Erin" on WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, May 30, 1978. 
     (One hour; RYA 2999)

     AFS 23,152:  One cassette containing an Arab program on
     WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, May 31, 1978.  (One hour; RYA 3000)

     AFS 23,153:  One cassette containing a Czech program on
     WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1, 1978.  (One hour; RYA 3001)

     AFS 23,154:  One cassette containing a Bohemian program on
     WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1, 1978.  (Thirty minutes; RYA
     3002)

     AFS 23,155:  One cassette containing a Slovenian program on
     WZAK, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1, 1978.  (One hour; RYA 3003)


AFS 24,370-24,458:  Eighty-nine 5-inch tapes of children's songs,
interviews of Amish and formerly Amish people, New Order Amish
songs, Old Order Amish hymns, and various sounds of Amish life. 
Recorded in Ohio by Victoria Larimore and Michael Taylor,
September 1983July 1984.  The collection includes fifty-two
pages of correspondence and notes.  (Thirty hours; RXA 6612-6700)


AFC 1984/007:  Ten 10-inch tapes and two cassettes of
instrumentals and songs performed as part of the 1984 Neptune
Plaza Concert Series, sponsored by the American Folklife Center. 
Recorded at the Library of Congress, May-September 1984.  The
collection includes five linear inches of ephemera, notes, and
photos.

     AFC 1984/007:SR1-2:  Two tapes of a bluegrass concert by
     Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver of Ohio.  Recorded May 4, 1984. 
     (One hour and thirty minutes; RWA 7311-7312)


AFC 1984/010:  Three videocassettes of commentary, instrumentals,
and songs spoken and performed with banjo by Harvey Phelps.  
Recorded in Delaware, Ohio, by David A. Brose, Jack Shortlidge,
and Gary L. Walker, April 23, 1984.  (One hour)


AFC 1985/015:  Eleven 10-inch tapes of dances, instrumentals, and
songs performed as part of the 1985 Neptune Plaza Concert Series,
sponsored by the American Folklife Center.  Recorded at the
Library of Congress, April-October 1985.  The collection includes
fifteen linear inches of ephemera, notes, photos, and slides.

     AFC 1985/015:SR4-5:  Two tapes of a bluegrass concert by the
     Dry Branch Fire Squad of Springfield, Ohio.  Recorded June
     20, 1985.  (One hour and thirty minutes; RWB 0487-0488)


AFC 1995/004:  Two hundred seventy-five 10-inch tapes of
bluegrass, country, and folk music, recorded in California,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia, primarily by Mike
Seeger, 195367.  The collection includes three linear inches of
computer disks, correspondence, notes, and photos.  The tape
numbers indicated in the following annotations correspond with
Mike Seeger's "dub numbers."



     111B12-112A6:  Two tapes containing commentary,
     instrumentals, and songs performed by the Stanley Brothers,
     recorded at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, November
     16, 1961.  (Thirty minutes)

     114B8-116B4:  Three tapes containing commentary,
     instrumentals, and songs spoken and performed by the Stanley
     Brothers, recorded at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio,
     May 14, 1960.  (One hour and fifty minutes)

     116B7-117A6:  Two tapes containing commentary,
     instrumentals, and songs spoken and performed by the Osborne
     Brothers with Benny Birchfield.  Recorded at Antioch
     College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, April 1960.  (Thirty minutes)

     Ten pages of notes containing information about Kennedy
     Jones of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is regarded as an innovator
     of the thumbpick style of guitar playing.


AFC 1996/003:  One hundred three 7-inch tapes, twenty-two 5-inch
tapes, two 4-inch tapes, and thirteen 3-inch tapes of
instrumentals, interviews, songs, and stories, recorded primarily
in Ohio by Anne Grimes, 1953-92.  The collection includes one
hundred eighty-five articles, eighty-three other ephemeral
publications, nine-hundred fifty-five pages of manuscripts, one
hundred two photos, and three videocassettes.  Portions of the
tapes are included on AFS 11,443-11,458 (LWO 2627).  (Seventy-
five hours)


AFC 1996/061:  One cassette of Italian songs sung by Vincenza
Montecalvo, recorded in 1959.  Donated by her son Dominic
Montecalvo of Ravenna, Ohio.  The collection includes eleven
pages of notes and a photo of the singer.   (Thirty-two minutes)


AFC 1996/067:  106 issues of _Msu ingsniai: Savaitins Lietuviu
inios_ (Our Steps: Weekly Lithuanian News) (1981-84), and one
issue of _Biuletenis: Dievo Motinos Nuolatins Pagalbos Parapija_
(Bulletin: Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help) (October 16,
1983), both published by a Lithuanian parish in Cleveland, Ohio. 
The collection includes one page of correspondence.  Donated by
Rev. G. Kijauskas.



                     Manuscript Collections


"Folk Songs of Rural Ohio," edited by W. Alwyn Ashburn.  A
twenty-four volume manuscript (eighteen and one-half linear
inches) of songs collected by Harry Lee Ridenour, with essays and
headnotes.  Berea, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace College, 1973. 
(M1629.R458F6)


"Library Collections of Ohio Folksong," by Rebecca D. Schroeder. 
A sixty-page M.A. thesis investigating the unpublished
collections of Ohio folksong materials available for study at the
Library of Congress and four Ohio libraries.  Kent, Ohio: Kent
State University, June 1964.


"Mary Linebaugh/Nora Rush Manuscript."  Nine pages of
correspondence and typescript copies of twelve rhymes and song
texts written in a notebook by Nora Rush of Youngstown, Ohio,
1880s.  Submitted by her great granddaughter Mary Linebaugh of
Albany, New York, November 7, 1973.


"`The Mountains Stay With Us': Southern Upland Folklife in the
Midwest," by Mary Hufford et al.  A sixty-five-page monograph
with two memorandums documenting the culture of people who
migrated to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio from the
southern mountains.  Compiled for The Great Lakes Arts Alliance,
Cleveland, Ohio, 1982.