Maud Karpeles Fieldwork Recordings: The Appalachians
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0816
label: General
content: REEL C9; CDR copy FW-ASCH-7RR-0812 through FW-ASCH-7RR-0816 were among a large number of tapes (at least 35) provided to Moe by Sidney Robertson Cowell, who produced several Folkways albums and whose correspondence with Moe and Folkways fills three folders in the Archives Correspondence Files. She recorded many traditional folksingers in the 1930's and most of the songs on these tapes are dubs of 78's in our Archives and/or in the Archive of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress. Despite having reviewed her correspondence in the Archives Correspondence Files, I couldn't locate anything regarding the "why and wherefore" of the many such tapes she sent to Moe. Regarding the current five tapes, the first four contain recordings made in 1936 through1939 by Ms. Cowell, primarily in the southeastern U.S.; some were made by her in Missouri, Arkansas,Wisconsin, Illinois and California. Four songs on -0815 were originally recorded in 1909 in England, by Percy Grainger. The fifth tape was originally recorded by Maud Karpeles in Appalachia in 1950. FW-ASCH-7RR-0816 contains: 1. A field recording of Ms. Lydia Banks of Proffit, Virginia, made by Maud Karpeles on October 4, 1950; and a recording of a child, perhaps on tape before Lydia was recorded and probably not intended for archival preservation. Ms. Banks sings spirituals, including a lining-out hymn. Based on handwriting on tape box and "C-9" designation, the tape apparently was one of many provided to Moses Asch by Sidney Robertson Cowell.
name: label: Recorder
content: Karpeles, Maud, 1885-1976
label: Artist
content: Banks, Lydia
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Appalachian Region, Southern -- Songs and music
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: hymns
label: Topic
content: Spirituals (Songs)
creator: label: Recorder
content: Karpeles, Maud, 1885-1976
label: Artist
content: Banks, Lydia
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-0816
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Lydia Banks--Savior, visit thy plantation (2x)--Give me that old time religion--Rock in the weary land; unidentified--Mary Had a little lamb--O, come all ye faithful