Vintage fiddling in eastern Kentucky collection
By: collected by Marynell Young
Contributors: Bartlett, David, photographer; Alfrey, Clela B.; Alfrey, Virgil; Bailey, Alfred Clark; Bailey, Mary G.; Davenport, Clyde, 1921-; Fraley, Annadeene; Fraley, J. P.; Leach, Chillson; Sizemore, David; Stamper, Hiram, b. 1893; Kentucky Oral History Commission
Published: 1984
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Fiddling; Old-time music; Interviews; Fiddle tunes; Music; Folklore; Fiddlers; Folk music
Other titles: Vintage fiddling in eastern Kentucky; Vintage fiddlers of eastern Kentucky; Marynell Young "Vintage fiddlers of eastern Kentucky collection"
Description: The "Vintage Fiddling in Eastern Kentucky" oral history project was conducted by Marynell Young from 1984-1986 with support from the Appalachian Development Center, Morehead State University; and the Kentucky Folklife Foundation, Kentucky Oral History Commission. The collection includes interviews conducted by Marynell Young with eastern Kentucky fiddlers, musicians, and their family members including Alfred Bailey, Mary G. Bailey, Virgil Alfrey, Clela B. Alfrey, Chillson Leach, J.P. Fraley and Annadeene Fraley, David Sizemore, Hiram Stamper, and Clyde T. Davenport. These musicians learned to play their instruments early in the century, and they discuss the transmission of fiddle tunes from one generation to the next, dance music, instrument making, and other topics. Recordings are predominantly performances of fiddle tunes. Manuscripts include seven b&w photographs (photocopies) of fiddlers by David Bartlett; photocopies of clippings, programs, and correspondence from the performers' personal scrapbooks; and performers' signed releases for the Kentucky Oral History Commission, plus tape recording logs. Posters advertise the collection and the 10th anniversary Appalachian Celebration, June 22-28, 1986.
Notes: Various performers speaking and performing on fiddle and guitar.

Marynell Young "Vintage Fiddling in Eastern Kentucky" Collection (AFC 1986/007), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Originals in the Camden-Carroll Library, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky.

Duplication of the collection materials is governed by copyright and other restrictions; copyright Kentucky Oral History Commission, Kentucky Historical Society.

Marynell Young; Donation; 1986.

Recording logs for sound cassettes.