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[Untitled German song] / Green grow the rushes, O, 1932 - 1938

 Item — Box: 28
Identifier: Phonodisk 403
Scope and Contents

A.K. Davis (1st work).

Dates: 1932 - 1938

Post-prandial convivialities, 1932 - 1938

 Item — Box: 28
Identifier: Phonodisk 404
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1932 - 1938

Instructions for using Fairchild Recording Machine, 1932

 Item — Box: 28
Identifier: Phonodisk 405
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1932

Test recording at the Sir Walter Hotel, 1932

 Item — Box: 28
Identifier: Phonodisk 406

Test recording, 1932 - 1938

 Item — Box: 28
Identifier: Phonodisk 409
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1932 - 1938

Accession 2019-0235, 1905 - 2007

 Series
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1905 - 2007

Accession 2019-0235, 1905 - 2003

 Box — Box: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

This box contains a mixture of materials (ephemera, cassettes (filed separately), original and photocopied correspondence, research, and primary source documents, administrative documents, flyers, photographs, and other papers) related to the Virginia Folklore Society at its inception and ca. 1970s-1990s.

Dates: 1905 - 2003

Accession 2019-0235, 1981 - 2001

 Box — Box: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

This box contains administrative and public-facing documents related to Virginia Folklore Society meetings and website, discontinuously from 1981-2001. It also contains documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program ca. 1988-1990s.

Dates: 1981 - 2001

Accession 2019-0235, 1974 - 2003

 Box — Box: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents

This box contains a number of Virginia Folklore Society newsletters, documents related to the creation and publication of the Journal of the Virginia Folklore Society (Folklore and Folklife in Virginia), documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society website, and other Virginia Folklore Society documents and ephemera including flyers and stationary.

Dates: 1974 - 2003

Accession 2019-0235, 1979 - 2003

 Box — Box: 4
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents

A large volume of materials related to the Journal of the Virginia Folklore Society (Folklore and Folklife in Virginia), all related to Volumes 1-5 (1979-1981, 1988). Administrative and public-facing documents related to the 75th anniversary meeting in 1988, and newsletters dated after that meeting. Documents related to Rosa Bibb, a ballad singer from Virginia.

Dates: 1979 - 2003

9 folders, 1920-1930s

 Box — Box: 21
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1920-1930s

10 folders, 1910s-1930s

 Box — Box: 22
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1910s-1930s

22 folders, 1910s-1930s

 Box — Box: 23
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1910s-1930s

6 folders, 1910s-1920s

 Box — Box: 24
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1910s-1920s

15 folders, 1910s-1930s

 Box — Box: 25
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1910s-1930s

7 folders, 1910s-1930s

 Box — Box: 26
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1910s-1930s

Folk songs

 Series
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1905 - 2007

23 folders, 1930s

 Box — Box: 2
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1930s

Folk Song recordings

 Series
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates: 1905 - 2007

Jack the sailor ; Miss Mary's parrot, 1932-08-04

 Item — Box: 27
Identifier: Phonodisk 229
Scope and Contents

Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States

Dates: 1932-08-04