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Photograph Of Disassembled Mountain Dulcimer

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Black and white photograph of the pieces of a disassembled mountain dulcimer lain out on backdrop with the book, "Four & Twenty: Songs for the Mountain Dulcimer" propped in the background.

Photograph Of Dulcimer

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This is a black and white photograph of a dulcimer belonging to Lynn McSpadden.

Arkansas Folk Music Lesson Plan

Lesson plans

This lesson plan will introduce students to Arkansas folk music and three of its pioneers, Almeda Riddle, Jimmy Driftwood, and Patsy Montana. Through primary source analysis of recordings and sheet music students will identify characteristics of folk music, compare folk music to other styles of music, discuss the significance of the song, and consider the social and historical context of the lyrics.

This lesson plan was produced for 6^th grade, 7^th grade, 8^th grade, 9^th grade, 10^th grade, 11^th grade, and 12^th grade students, but may be altered by teachers to fit other …

West Virginia Folk Music: A Descriptive Guide To Field Recordings In The West Virginia And Regional History Collection, John A. Cuthbert

Bibliographies and Research Guides

West Virginia University's contribution to the foundation of modern folk music scholarship is widely recognized. Due to the pioneering achievements of its faculty, the University became an important center of folksong scholarship in the 1920s and 30s. John Harrington Cox's Folk-Songs of the South' served as both precedent and pattern for the myriad of subsequent publications upon which folksong study is based.Various works by Josiah Combs, who taught at the University for but a few years, and Louis Watson Chappell, who remained throughout his career, are equally notable if less obviously influential. The University's subsequent contributions to the field, however, …

Lyrics To "Down In The Arkansas," Jimmy Driftwood, Leo Rainey

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Lyrics to Jimmy Driftwood's song, "Down in the Arkansas"

Folk Song, "The English Soldier And The Irish Lady", Leo Rainey

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Lyrics to the fok song, "The English Soldier and the Irish Lady."

Excerpt Of Lyrics From "Almeda Riddle's Book Of Ballads", Almeda Riddle

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Excerpt of lyrics from "Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads" to a song about the 1926 tornado that destroyed part of Heber Springs.

The Ursinus Weekly, March 9, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, David J. Phillips, Carl F. Peek, John Bradley, Susan Bell, Carlton Dingman, Cheryl Siegal

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Junior Prom and Agency concert highlight coming weekend • Curtain Club chooses cast; Meridy Murphy will direct "Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" • Kaffee Klatsch topic "politics" • Sig Nu and ZX win Songfest • Photo contest • Wedgwood, controversial historian, author, here Wednesday evening • Campus Chest plans underway • Red Cross seeking qualified swimmers • 1,100 applications filed at UC for Fall admissions • Jean Hunter, Howard Smith elected Ruby co-editors • March placement schedule posted • Ursinus to raise tuition rate $200 effective Sept. 1 • Review: Mr. Lincoln on civil rights • Navy OCS team will visit campus …

The Ursinus Weekly, March 2, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, Carl F. Peek, Craig Garner

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Old Cape Cod Junior Prom theme • Agency concert set for Jr. Prom weekend: Lonnie Johnson, Gordon Bok • Genevieve Blatt will speak Wednesday: Secretary of Internal Affairs possible US Senate nominee; Miss Blatt is central figure in Pennsylvania Democratic controversy • Pi Nu sponsors Greek Song Fest • Junior class will elect men for top Ruby positions • UC represented at State Band; Campbell and Stayer travel to Wilkes • Frats pledge 45 men today • Yale professor arrested as spy speaks at Lincoln; Lincoln IRC invites Ursinus to lecture • Debate Team falls to Naval Academy • UC …

The Ursinus Weekly, March 13, 1961, Catherine A. Nicolai, William Mast, Richard F. Levine, John B. Piston, John Swinton, Gerald Morita

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

U.N. official speaks on Africa • Aviation team to visit; Group on campus Mar. 22 • Two frosh girls complete Spring Festival court • Committee set up to plan first Parents Day • State Department seeks people for jobs • "Mr. Barrie's etchings" chosen as Spring play • Listings for March job interviews are posted • Ursinus to host SPSEA convention on Sat., March 18 • WAA investigates insurance plan • Music fraternity invites three people to join • CAC to present second music night on March 18 • "Archaeology & the Bible" topic of Wed. Y program • Two …

Lyrics To "Me And My Cowboy Sweetheart," Patsy Montana, Patsy Montana

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Lyrics to Patsy Montana's song, "Me and My Cowboy Sweetheart."

Biography, "The Story Of Patsy Montana"

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Biography about Patsy Montana from a songbook

Sheet Music, "I'Ve Found My Cowboy Sweetheart" By Patsy Montana, Patsy Montana

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Sheet music with lyrics to Patsy Montana's song, "I've Found My Cowboy Sweetheart."

Folk Song, "When The Work's All Done This Fall", John Lomax, Alan Lomax

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Lyrics to "When All the Work's Done this Fall," a folk song collected by John and Alan Lomax.

Folk Song, "Jesse James", John Lomax, Alan Lomax

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Lyrics to "Jesse James," a folk song collected by John and Alan Lomax.

Folk Song, "The Cowboy's Dream", John Lomax, Alan Lomax

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Cowboy folk song collected by John and Alan Lomax.

"Heber Springs Is A Sad Scene Of Desolation," Arkansas Gazette, November 26, 1926

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Newspaper article from the Arkansas Gazette about a storm that struck Heber Springs in 1926.

The Arkansaw Bear: A Tale Of Fanciful Adventure Told In Song And Story Book Cover

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Horatio the bear does not know all the words to the folk-song "The Arkansas Traveler," so his friend Bo helps him finish it. What they don't know, they make up as they go.

Folk Song Lyrics, "Rome County" And "Brother Green", Almeda Riddle

Arkansas folk music supplemental materials

Lyrics to the folk songs "Rome County" and "Brother Green" as sung by Almeda Riddle from "Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads."