{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=online\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1925\u0026page=5","prev":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=online\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1925\u0026page=4","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess%5D%5B%5D=online\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1925\u0026page=5"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":5,"next_page":null,"prev_page":4,"total_pages":5,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":40,"total_count":43,"first_page?":false,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_779","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Virginia Folklore Society records, 1905/2007","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_779#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eVirginia 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. 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This accession has been minimally  processed.","The broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: \"The Quest for the Ballad,\" \"The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years,\" and \"Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline.\"","The Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that \"[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore,\" still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5).","Under C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked \"all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present.\"","By 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the \"Year Ending November 25, 1920,\" J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's \"ballad tours\" by donating $500 \"for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State.\" The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America.","Two figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.","The second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will \"publish our findings\" and wrote in the Bulletin that \"I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best.\" Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history.","The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore.","In 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive.","Beginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country.","In March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program.","In addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society.  Its annual program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County.","In 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings.","With the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book \"To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone\", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition.","On March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, \"Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study.\" Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, \"the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore.\" This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972.","Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English \u0026 Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia.","The contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others.","The decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","In spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981.","The changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field.","Consistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s.","Excerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm.","Material transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis.  By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society.  It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society.","This resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","•\tA.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s.\n•\tMembership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in \"VFS Archive \u0026 Application Materials\" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999.\n•\tMaterial related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in \"Folklore Advisory Committee: Current\" and \"VFS: Folklife Coordinator\" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled \"Folklife Coordinator Rankings,\" and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials.  \n•\tPhotographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs.\n•\tCorrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.","•\tMembership records include: \"Membership Applications—Old\" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in \"Old, outdated mailing lists\" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002.\n•\tAlso includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including \"Returned to Sender\" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.","•\tMultiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom.\n•\tAssorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: \"75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society,\" presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988.\n•\tVirginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995.\n•\tAssorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.","•\t3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980.\n•\tAssorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s.\n•\tOnline printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. \n•\tAssorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of \"The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,\" vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of \"Virginia Wildlife\" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway.\n•\tA number of books, catalogued separately.","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 correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs.","The recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks.  Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).","Please note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","Folder 1 contains transcripts and notes.","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work); Mrs. J. P. McConnell, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: East Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals (1st work) ; Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, Vergie Wallace, vocals. Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; G.W. Palmer, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W.F. Starke, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Myrtle Griffitts, vocals. Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals (1st work) ; Roselle Faulkner, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Lawrence Wilsher, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Albemarle County, Virginia, United StatesPerformance location:","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","George B. Eager, Jr., vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Coleman Williams, vocals. Performance location: Halifax County, Virginia, United States","Performance location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States","Gospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Carter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","William Elliott Dold, vocals.","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Richard D. Smith, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals . Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Marion Edna Chapman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","G. W. Palmer, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","J. W. Fields, vocals. Performance location: Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Lena Gardner, vocals. Performance location: Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Roselle Faulkner, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals. Performance location: New Glasgow, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. S. A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Louise Forbes, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Abner Keesee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (1st, 3rd works) ; Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Vergie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Leta Adams, vocals (2nd-3rd works). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","J. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Minor Wilson, vocals.","Russell Davis, vocals. Performance location: Greene County, Virginia, United States","Ronald Witt, vocals (1st work) ; J. S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Florence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, dulcimer.","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Frank Geldand, piano.","Betty Booker, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis (1st work).","A.K. Davis, vocals.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Papers related to the A.K. Davis Duplication Project, documents related to Virginia Folklore Society membership, documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program, photographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, and materials related to Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","Virginia Folklore Society Membership records and a number of administrative and public-facing documents related to the Society, and an assortment of other Society-related documents.","Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, correspondence between Charles and Nancy Perdue and others, and other assorted Society papers.","Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, related to membership, correspondence, banking, the archive, the website, and the Society's presence in the UVA archive. Periodicals related to folklore and folklife in Virginia, including the Virginia Folklore Society newsletters.","Audio cassette tapes have been removed to a separate storage location.  Copies of membership checks have been deaccessioned when noted.  Some periodicals and printed material from box 8 have been separated for review.","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Keesee, Abner, 1875-1956","Gladden, Texas, 1895-1966","Barker, Horton, 1889-1973","Morris, Victoria Shifflett","Peel, Alfreda Marion","MacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-1990","Sears, Sis, 1888-1960","Hunt, John M., (Singer)","Lee, Charles Irving, 1874-1946","Barnard, Allie Wallace, 1909-2001","Palmer, George William, 1869-1936","Staples, Eleanor Louise, 1922-2012","Bean, Robert Bennett, 1874-1944","Eager, George Boardman, 1847-1929","Davis, Lambert, 1905-1993","Wicks, Carter, 1879-1950","Dold, W. E. (William Elliott)","Bibb, Rosa Lewis, 1906-1992","Hall, George Basil, 1863-1943","Gardner, Lena JoEllen, 1912-2004","Adams, Henry Ward, 1861-1944","Kinnier, Leta Adams, 1912-1963","French, Daisy Mae, 1904-1986","Wilson, Harry M. 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Series three, accession number Accession 2019-0235, donated by Marc Charles Perdue and Martin Clay Perdue."],"access_subjects_ssim":["clippings (information artifacts)","Black-and-white photographs","Notebooks"],"access_subjects_ssm":["clippings (information artifacts)","Black-and-white photographs","Notebooks"],"has_online_content_ssim":["true"],"extent_ssm":["22.7 Cubic Feet 26 document boxes, 10 cubic foot boxes"],"extent_tesim":["22.7 Cubic Feet 26 document boxes, 10 cubic foot boxes"],"genreform_ssim":["clippings (information artifacts)","Black-and-white photographs","Notebooks"],"date_range_isim":[1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBoxes 27 and 28 do not circulate.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 27 and 28 in this series DO NOT circulate.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access","Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Boxes 27 and 28 do not circulate.","Boxes 27 and 28 in this series DO NOT circulate."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged into three series: Series 1: Folk Songs; Series 2: Folk Song recordings; Series 3: Accession 2019-0235\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMaterials within the boxes have been maintained in their orginal order.  This accession has been minimally  processed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged into three series: Series 1: Folk Songs; Series 2: Folk Song recordings; Series 3: Accession 2019-0235","Materials within the boxes have been maintained in their orginal order.  This accession has been minimally  processed."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: \"The Quest for the Ballad,\" \"The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years,\" and \"Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that \"[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore,\" still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnder C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked \"all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the \"Year Ending November 25, 1920,\" J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's \"ballad tours\" by donating $500 \"for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State.\" The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will \"publish our findings\" and wrote in the Bulletin that \"I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best.\" Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society.  Its annual program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book \"To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone\", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, \"Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study.\" Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, \"the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore.\" This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English \u0026amp; Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: \"The Quest for the Ballad,\" \"The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years,\" and \"Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline.\"","The Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that \"[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore,\" still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5).","Under C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked \"all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present.\"","By 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the \"Year Ending November 25, 1920,\" J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's \"ballad tours\" by donating $500 \"for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State.\" The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America.","Two figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.","The second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will \"publish our findings\" and wrote in the Bulletin that \"I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best.\" Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history.","The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore.","In 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive.","Beginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country.","In March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program.","In addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society.  Its annual program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County.","In 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings.","With the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book \"To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone\", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition.","On March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, \"Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study.\" Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, \"the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore.\" This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972.","Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English \u0026 Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia.","The contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others.","The decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","In spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981.","The changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field.","Consistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s.","Excerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis.  By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society.  It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Material transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis.  By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society.  It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\tA.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s.\n•\tMembership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in \"VFS Archive \u0026amp; Application Materials\" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999.\n•\tMaterial related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in \"Folklore Advisory Committee: Current\" and \"VFS: Folklife Coordinator\" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled \"Folklife Coordinator Rankings,\" and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials.  \n•\tPhotographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs.\n•\tCorrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\tMembership records include: \"Membership Applications—Old\" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in \"Old, outdated mailing lists\" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002.\n•\tAlso includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including \"Returned to Sender\" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\tMultiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom.\n•\tAssorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: \"75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society,\" presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988.\n•\tVirginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995.\n•\tAssorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\t3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980.\n•\tAssorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s.\n•\tOnline printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. \n•\tAssorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of \"The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,\" vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of \"Virginia Wildlife\" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway.\n•\tA number of books, catalogued separately.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","Inventory","Inventory","Inventory","Inventory"],"odd_tesim":["This resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","•\tA.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s.\n•\tMembership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in \"VFS Archive \u0026 Application Materials\" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999.\n•\tMaterial related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in \"Folklore Advisory Committee: Current\" and \"VFS: Folklife Coordinator\" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled \"Folklife Coordinator Rankings,\" and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials.  \n•\tPhotographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs.\n•\tCorrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.","•\tMembership records include: \"Membership Applications—Old\" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in \"Old, outdated mailing lists\" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002.\n•\tAlso includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including \"Returned to Sender\" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.","•\tMultiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom.\n•\tAssorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: \"75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society,\" presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988.\n•\tVirginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995.\n•\tAssorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.","•\t3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980.\n•\tAssorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s.\n•\tOnline printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. \n•\tAssorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of \"The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,\" vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of \"Virginia Wildlife\" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway.\n•\tA number of books, catalogued separately."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding 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 correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks.  Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlease note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eFolder 1 contains transcripts and notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTexas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTexas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTexas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHorton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHorton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHorton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals (1st work); Mrs. J. P. McConnell, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: East Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFanny Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFanny Grubb, vocals (1st work) ; Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllie Wallace, Vergie Wallace, vocals. Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; G.W. Palmer, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W.F. Starke, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyrtle Griffitts, vocals. Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEleanor Christian, vocals (1st work) ; Roselle Faulkner, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence Wilsher, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Bennett Bean, vocals. Albemarle County, Virginia, United StatesPerformance location:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge B. Eager, Jr., vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColeman Williams, vocals. Performance location: Halifax County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerformance location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Elliott Dold, vocals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Smith, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKit Williamson, vocals . Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Marion Edna Chapman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. W. Palmer, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. W. Fields, vocals. Performance location: Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLena Gardner, vocals. Performance location: Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoselle Faulkner, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEleanor Christian, vocals. Performance location: New Glasgow, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. S. A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLouise Forbes, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThelma Tinsley Lee, Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Abner Keesee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (1st, 3rd works) ; Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVergie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Leta Adams, vocals (2nd-3rd works). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinor Wilson, vocals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRussell Davis, vocals. Performance location: Greene County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Witt, vocals (1st work) ; J. S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlorence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. F. Russell, dulcimer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Geldand, piano.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty Booker, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.K. Davis, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.K. Davis (1st work).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.K. Davis, vocals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers related to the A.K. Davis Duplication Project, documents related to Virginia Folklore Society membership, documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program, photographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, and materials related to Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Folklore Society Membership records and a number of administrative and public-facing documents related to the Society, and an assortment of other Society-related documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, correspondence between Charles and Nancy Perdue and others, and other assorted Society papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, related to membership, correspondence, banking, the archive, the website, and the Society's presence in the UVA archive. 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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 correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs.","The recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks.  Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).","Please note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","Folder 1 contains transcripts and notes.","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work); Mrs. J. P. McConnell, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: East Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals (1st work) ; Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, Vergie Wallace, vocals. Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; G.W. Palmer, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W.F. Starke, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Myrtle Griffitts, vocals. Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals (1st work) ; Roselle Faulkner, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Lawrence Wilsher, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Albemarle County, Virginia, United StatesPerformance location:","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","George B. Eager, Jr., vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Coleman Williams, vocals. Performance location: Halifax County, Virginia, United States","Performance location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States","Gospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Carter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","William Elliott Dold, vocals.","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Richard D. Smith, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals . Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Marion Edna Chapman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","G. W. Palmer, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","J. W. Fields, vocals. Performance location: Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Lena Gardner, vocals. Performance location: Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Roselle Faulkner, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals. Performance location: New Glasgow, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. S. A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Louise Forbes, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Abner Keesee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (1st, 3rd works) ; Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Vergie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Leta Adams, vocals (2nd-3rd works). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","J. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Minor Wilson, vocals.","Russell Davis, vocals. Performance location: Greene County, Virginia, United States","Ronald Witt, vocals (1st work) ; J. S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Florence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, dulcimer.","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Frank Geldand, piano.","Betty Booker, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis (1st work).","A.K. Davis, vocals.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Papers related to the A.K. Davis Duplication Project, documents related to Virginia Folklore Society membership, documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program, photographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, and materials related to Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","Virginia Folklore Society Membership records and a number of administrative and public-facing documents related to the Society, and an assortment of other Society-related documents.","Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, correspondence between Charles and Nancy Perdue and others, and other assorted Society papers.","Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, related to membership, correspondence, banking, the archive, the website, and the Society's presence in the UVA archive. Periodicals related to folklore and folklife in Virginia, including the Virginia Folklore Society newsletters."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAudio cassette tapes have been removed to a separate storage location.  Copies of membership checks have been deaccessioned when noted.  Some periodicals and printed material from box 8 have been separated for review.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Audio cassette tapes have been removed to a separate storage location.  Copies of membership checks have been deaccessioned when noted.  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(Harry Minor), 1893-1981","Davis, Russell, 1904-1944","Ogg, Florence Belle, 1879-1954","Booker, Betty Burwell, 1875-1967"],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Keesee, Abner, 1875-1956","Gladden, Texas, 1895-1966","Barker, Horton, 1889-1973","Morris, Victoria Shifflett","Peel, Alfreda Marion","MacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-1990","Sears, Sis, 1888-1960","Hunt, John M., (Singer)","Lee, Charles Irving, 1874-1946","Barnard, Allie Wallace, 1909-2001","Palmer, George William, 1869-1936","Staples, Eleanor Louise, 1922-2012","Bean, Robert Bennett, 1874-1944","Eager, George Boardman, 1847-1929","Davis, Lambert, 1905-1993","Wicks, Carter, 1879-1950","Dold, W. E. (William Elliott)","Bibb, Rosa Lewis, 1906-1992","Hall, George Basil, 1863-1943","Gardner, Lena JoEllen, 1912-2004","Adams, Henry Ward, 1861-1944","Kinnier, Leta Adams, 1912-1963","French, Daisy Mae, 1904-1986","Wilson, Harry M. (Harry Minor), 1893-1981","Davis, Russell, 1904-1944","Ogg, Florence Belle, 1879-1954","Booker, Betty Burwell, 1875-1967"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":210,"online_item_count_is":173,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:29:38.998Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_779","ead_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_779","_root_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_779","_nest_parent_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_779","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/UVA/repositories_3_resources_779.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/687","title_filing_ssi":"Virginia Folklore Society records","title_ssm":["Virginia Folklore Society records"],"title_tesim":["Virginia Folklore Society records"],"unitdate_ssm":["1905-2007"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1905-2007"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1905/2007"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Virginia Folklore Society records, 1905/2007"],"text":["Virginia Folklore Society records, 1905/2007","MSS 9936","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/779","clippings (information artifacts)","Black-and-white photographs","Notebooks","Boxes 27 and 28 do not circulate.","Boxes 27 and 28 in this series DO NOT circulate.","Arranged into three series: Series 1: Folk Songs; Series 2: Folk Song recordings; Series 3: Accession 2019-0235","Materials within the boxes have been maintained in their orginal order.  This accession has been minimally  processed.","The broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: \"The Quest for the Ballad,\" \"The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years,\" and \"Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline.\"","The Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that \"[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore,\" still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5).","Under C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked \"all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present.\"","By 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the \"Year Ending November 25, 1920,\" J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's \"ballad tours\" by donating $500 \"for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State.\" The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America.","Two figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.","The second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will \"publish our findings\" and wrote in the Bulletin that \"I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best.\" Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history.","The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore.","In 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive.","Beginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country.","In March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program.","In addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society.  Its annual program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County.","In 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings.","With the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book \"To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone\", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition.","On March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, \"Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study.\" Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, \"the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore.\" This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972.","Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English \u0026 Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia.","The contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others.","The decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","In spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981.","The changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field.","Consistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s.","Excerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm.","Material transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis.  By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society.  It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society.","This resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","•\tA.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s.\n•\tMembership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in \"VFS Archive \u0026 Application Materials\" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999.\n•\tMaterial related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in \"Folklore Advisory Committee: Current\" and \"VFS: Folklife Coordinator\" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled \"Folklife Coordinator Rankings,\" and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials.  \n•\tPhotographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs.\n•\tCorrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.","•\tMembership records include: \"Membership Applications—Old\" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in \"Old, outdated mailing lists\" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002.\n•\tAlso includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including \"Returned to Sender\" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.","•\tMultiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom.\n•\tAssorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: \"75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society,\" presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988.\n•\tVirginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995.\n•\tAssorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.","•\t3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980.\n•\tAssorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s.\n•\tOnline printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. \n•\tAssorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of \"The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,\" vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of \"Virginia Wildlife\" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway.\n•\tA number of books, catalogued separately.","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 correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs.","The recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks.  Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).","Please note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","Folder 1 contains transcripts and notes.","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work); Mrs. J. P. McConnell, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: East Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals (1st work) ; Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, Vergie Wallace, vocals. Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; G.W. Palmer, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W.F. Starke, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Myrtle Griffitts, vocals. Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals (1st work) ; Roselle Faulkner, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Lawrence Wilsher, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Albemarle County, Virginia, United StatesPerformance location:","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","George B. Eager, Jr., vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Coleman Williams, vocals. Performance location: Halifax County, Virginia, United States","Performance location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States","Gospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Carter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","William Elliott Dold, vocals.","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Richard D. Smith, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals . Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Marion Edna Chapman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","G. W. Palmer, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","J. W. Fields, vocals. Performance location: Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Lena Gardner, vocals. Performance location: Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Roselle Faulkner, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals. Performance location: New Glasgow, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. S. A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Louise Forbes, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Abner Keesee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (1st, 3rd works) ; Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Vergie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Leta Adams, vocals (2nd-3rd works). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","J. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Minor Wilson, vocals.","Russell Davis, vocals. Performance location: Greene County, Virginia, United States","Ronald Witt, vocals (1st work) ; J. S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Florence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, dulcimer.","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Frank Geldand, piano.","Betty Booker, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis (1st work).","A.K. Davis, vocals.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Papers related to the A.K. Davis Duplication Project, documents related to Virginia Folklore Society membership, documents related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program, photographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, and materials related to Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","Virginia Folklore Society Membership records and a number of administrative and public-facing documents related to the Society, and an assortment of other Society-related documents.","Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, correspondence between Charles and Nancy Perdue and others, and other assorted Society papers.","Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, related to membership, correspondence, banking, the archive, the website, and the Society's presence in the UVA archive. Periodicals related to folklore and folklife in Virginia, including the Virginia Folklore Society newsletters.","Audio cassette tapes have been removed to a separate storage location.  Copies of membership checks have been deaccessioned when noted.  Some periodicals and printed material from box 8 have been separated for review.","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Keesee, Abner, 1875-1956","Gladden, Texas, 1895-1966","Barker, Horton, 1889-1973","Morris, Victoria Shifflett","Peel, Alfreda Marion","MacAlexander, Eunice Yeatts, 1909-1990","Sears, Sis, 1888-1960","Hunt, John M., (Singer)","Lee, Charles Irving, 1874-1946","Barnard, Allie Wallace, 1909-2001","Palmer, George William, 1869-1936","Staples, Eleanor Louise, 1922-2012","Bean, Robert Bennett, 1874-1944","Eager, George Boardman, 1847-1929","Davis, Lambert, 1905-1993","Wicks, Carter, 1879-1950","Dold, W. E. (William Elliott)","Bibb, Rosa Lewis, 1906-1992","Hall, George Basil, 1863-1943","Gardner, Lena JoEllen, 1912-2004","Adams, Henry Ward, 1861-1944","Kinnier, Leta Adams, 1912-1963","French, Daisy Mae, 1904-1986","Wilson, Harry M. 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This accession has been minimally  processed.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged into three series: Series 1: Folk Songs; Series 2: Folk Song recordings; Series 3: Accession 2019-0235","Materials within the boxes have been maintained in their orginal order.  This accession has been minimally  processed."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: \"The Quest for the Ballad,\" \"The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years,\" and \"Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that \"[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore,\" still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnder C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked \"all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present.\" \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the \"Year Ending November 25, 1920,\" J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's \"ballad tours\" by donating $500 \"for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State.\" The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will \"publish our findings\" and wrote in the Bulletin that \"I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best.\" Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society.  Its annual program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book \"To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone\", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, \"Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study.\" Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, \"the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore.\" This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFolklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English \u0026amp; Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm. \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["The broad outlines of change and growth in the study of folklore/folklife, however, is reflected on a small scale in the history of the Virginia Folklore Society and its three successive, but overlapping periods of development and achievement. These can be defined as: \"The Quest for the Ballad,\" \"The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years,\" and \"Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline.\"","The Quest for the Ballad: This era began with the founding of the Society by C. Alphonso Smith and is identified with his efforts and those of notable collectors, such as John Stone, Alfreda Peel, Martha Davis and Juliet Fauntleroy, as well as other teachers and members of the Virginia State Educational Association. In the first Bulletin of the Society in 1913, Smith made the pursuit of the ballad explicit and primary. Although he expressed interest in other types of folklore and acknowledged that \"[t]he ballad is not the whole of folklore,\" still this and all subsequent volumes of the Bulletin were devoted almost entirely to considerations of the ballad and its collection in Virginia (pp. 1-5).","Under C. Alphonso Smith's guidance as its first President and later as Vice-President and Archivist, early members of the Society concentrated on collecting oral versions of the classic English and Scottish ballads as defined by Francis James Child in his five volumes of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published between 1882 and 1898. In the Bulletin for the third annual meeting held November 26, 1915, Smith reported on progress toward the Society's goal of obtaining at least 50 Child ballads in the State and he thanked \"all those who have co-operated with us in the effort made to restore our lyric past, and to make it a part of our lyric present.\"","By 1920, Stone's expansive program had suffered from membership and revenue loss in the wake of World War I. In the Secretary-Treasurer's report for the \"Year Ending November 25, 1920,\" J. B. Ferneyhough noted that after paying $16.80 for paper and printing of the Bulletin, $.65 on envelopes for same, and $1.13 on postage to send them, the Society's balance in the Treasury was $.52. (Report for 1920, Bulletin, No. 8, p. 10). However, the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia took an interest in the Society the following year and supported John Stone's \"ballad tours\" by donating $500 \"for the recapture of these priceless relics of colonial literature scattered through the State.\" The typescript of instructions written by C. Alphonso Smith to John Stone regarding the field work to be carried out with that support, as well as excerpts from Stone's meticulous accounts of expenditures including his final $.25 charge for shoe polish are of some historic interest in the annals of supported folklore research. Needless to say, the Society's Bulletin for 1921 was gratefully dedicated to the Colonial Dames of America.","Two figures, who were important in the later periods of the Society's history, appeared on the scene for the first time at the 10th annual meeting on November 30, 1923, again held at the John Marshall High School in Richmond. One of these persons was Benjamin C. Moomaw, Jr. of Barber, Virginia, who was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.","The second individual was Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. who was, at that time, an Instructor of English at the University of Virginia, where he remained throughout his lifetime. C. Alphonso Smith introduced Davis as the person who will \"publish our findings\" and wrote in the Bulletin that \"I shall turn over all of our ballads to him and he will select, reject, and edit as he thinks best.\" Davis was elected Archivist of the Society at that meeting. (Report for 1923, No. II). In June of 1924, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith died in Annapolis, Maryland. With his passing, the Virginia Folklore Society entered the second and longest phase of its history.","The Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. Years: Meetings of the Society were held intermittently between 1924 and 1967, with both the purpose and organization of the Society becoming less clearly defined and apparent. There were periods of intensive collecting, recording and publishing, alternating with intervals of relative inactivity with regard to folklore.","In 1929, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. completed his initial work as editor and published 51 ballads collected under the auspices of the Society in Traditional Ballads in Virginia. Later, Davis wrote a series of articles for The University of Virginia News Letter (April 1, 1931; February 1, 1932; November 15, 1934; and March 1, 1935) describing the ongoing efforts of the Society and urging the further collection of ballads and folksongs. And many Society members did continue through time to actively collect folksongs or other folklore materials and to deposit the results in the Society's archive.","Beginning in 1932, Davis recorded 325 aluminum disks of folksongs and ballads, many of which, had been previously collected from informants identified earlier in the Society's history. These recordings, which were made possible by a $1,000 grant to Davis and the Society from the American Council of Learned Societies, are among the earliest field recordings of Anglo-American folksong extant in this country.","In March of 1934 Davis was able to obtain some funding from the Civil Works Administration, one of the Depression-generated New Deal programs. With that assistance he hired John Stone to collect folksongs and Winston Wilkinson to transcribe music. The project only lasted three weeks, but in that short time Stone managed to add another 89 songs to the Society's archive. Davis also was able to employ University of Virginia student and Crozet native, Fred F. Knobloch, in the spring of 1935 through the student-aid provision of another New Deal agency, the Federal Emergency Relief program.","In addition, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. served at least one term as President of the Southeastern Folklore Society.  Its annual program held at the University of Virginia in April, 1941 included Virginia ballads and folksongs sung by one of Alfreda Peel's informants, Mrs. Texas Gladden of Roanoke County.","In 1949, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. edited and published Folk-Songs of Virginia: A Descriptive Index and Classification. Otherwise, Society activities appear to have been at their lowest ebb during World War II and for a number of years following. By the mid-1950s, however, Davis, with the help of students George Walton Williams, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli and Paul Clayton Worthington, pursued further collecting possibilities and began efforts to make taped copies of the earlier aluminum disk recordings.","With the assistance of the aforementioned students, Davis also published More Traditional Ballads of Virginia in 1960. In dedicating the book \"To the Memory of C. Alphonso Smith, Martha M. Davis, Juliet Fauntleroy, Alfreda M. Peel, and John Stone\", Davis gave symbolic recognition--even though belated in some cases--to the passage of an age and a generation in the history of both the Society and of ballad collecting in the old style and tradition.","On March 15, 1963, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. wrote another article for The University of Virginia News Letter titled, \"Folklore in Virginia: Its Collection and Study.\" Perhaps stimulated by the urban folksong revival that was underway nationwide, he stated, \"the time seems ripe to revive the Society and to set its course toward the assembling of the State's miscellaneous folklore.\" This article prompted a considerable response and receipt of folklore collectanea. With that renewed interest, the Society began again to have regular annual meetings in 1967 and folklore materials began coming into the Society's archive in greater volume. Davis had plans to expand Society activities, including the publication of a journal, and he had made preliminary steps in those directions. Those projects were left unrealized when Professor Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. died in September, 1972.","Folklore/Folklife: Professionalization of the Discipline: The third phase of the Virginia Folklore Society's history actually began prior to Davis's death, when the media influence from the urban folksong revival and the development of scholarly programs in Folklore at several universities combined both to attract and create a demand for persons trained in such a discipline. In part in response to those particular circumstances and in part due simply to serendipity, several such newly trained Folklore specialists came to work in Virginia and not unexpectedly, soon became involved with the Virginia Folklore Society. With a Ph.D. from the Folklore Progam at the University of Pennsylvania, Charles L. Perdue, Jr. came to teach Folklore courses in the University of Virginia's English Department in 1971 and later became jointly affiliated with both the English \u0026 Anthropology Departments there. Shortly thereafter J. Roderick Moore, with an M.A. in Folklore Studies from the Cooperstown Program in New York State, began working and teaching first at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, then at the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia.","The contact between Perdue, specifically, and Davis at the University with regard to the Society was obviously shortlived. Nevertheless, a collaborative effort to revitalize the Society shortly after Davis's death involved long-time members, Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., President; C. Alphonso Smith, Jr. and Virginia F. Jordan, Vice-Presidents; and Fred F. Knobloch, Secretary-Treasurer; along with Perdue and Moore, their wives Nancy J. Martin-Perdue and Elizabeth Moore, Thomas E. Barden, a former student of Davis's, and many others.","The decision was made to separate the Society from its former association with the Virginia Educational Association and to hold regular, annual meetings, independently, each Fall in Charlottesville, Virginia. These were begun in November, 1974, with occasional Spring meetings held in various regions of the State. In 1979 the Society began publication of an occasional journal, with this being the fourth volume in the series of Folklore and Folklife in Virginia.","In spite of its new face, the reorganized Society retained the stamp of an earlier era, which was manifested to a large degree through the personalities and interests of Ben C. Moomaw, Jr., who continued as president of the Society until his death in 1978, and Fred F. Knobloch, who retired as the Society's secretary-treasurer shortly before his death in 1981.","The changes that have taken place in the Virginia Folklore Society reflect changes that have occurred in the field of Folklore generally, and also in other similar disciplines nationally, since 1913. The expansion of definitions of folklore to include material culture; the establishment of graduate programs in Folklore at Indiana University, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Texas, and California at Los Angeles, and elsewhere; and the movement of folklorists, who were trained in those settings and who thus have a broader view of the discipline, into a wide range of public sector positions have led to a gradual professionalization of the field.","Consistent with those directions, the Society was in recent years directly involved in the creation of the position of Virginia Folklife Coordinator. A proposal to create such a position was submitted by VFS Executive Board members to the National Endowment for the Arts, Folks Arts Program, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) in 1988. This venture, which was subsequently funded, was a cooperative one between NEA, VCA, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFHPP). The Folklife Coordinator, Garry W. Barrow, hired in 1989 to develop and administer a statewide Virginia Folklife Program, working under the heading of the VFHPP in Charlottesville. Initially, the Virginia Folklore Society Executive Board acted in an advisory capacity to that program, along with representatives from VCA and VFHPP. The fact that the position was called the Virginia Folklife Coordinator was, in itself, a reflection of the changes, already suggested, that had been occurring in the field of folklore/folklore in the late 1960s to 1970s.","Excerpted from http://faculty.virginia.edu/vafolk/archive.htm."],"custodhist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis.  By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society.  It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"custodhist_heading_ssm":["Custodial History"],"custodhist_tesim":["Material transferred from the papers bequeathed to the Library by Arthur Kyle Davis.  By agreement with Charles Perdue, archivist of the Virginia Folklore Society, the material, which was originally collected for the society, is now to become the archives of the Society.  It is not to be withdrawn from the library by the Society."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\tA.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s.\n•\tMembership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in \"VFS Archive \u0026amp; Application Materials\" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999.\n•\tMaterial related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in \"Folklore Advisory Committee: Current\" and \"VFS: Folklife Coordinator\" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled \"Folklife Coordinator Rankings,\" and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials.  \n•\tPhotographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs.\n•\tCorrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\tMembership records include: \"Membership Applications—Old\" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in \"Old, outdated mailing lists\" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002.\n•\tAlso includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including \"Returned to Sender\" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\tMultiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom.\n•\tAssorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: \"75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society,\" presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988.\n•\tVirginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995.\n•\tAssorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e•\t3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980.\n•\tAssorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s.\n•\tOnline printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. \n•\tAssorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of \"The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,\" vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of \"Virginia Wildlife\" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway.\n•\tA number of books, catalogued separately.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","Inventory","Inventory","Inventory","Inventory"],"odd_tesim":["This resource contains racially insensitive and offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","•\tA.K. Davis Duplication Project documents include annotated indices of 180 discs recorded by AK Davis (1932-34) and of 8 reels recorded by Fred Knobloch (1948) (n.b.: the indices indicate that the recordings were transferred to cassette from their original formats), photocopies of typed descriptions of the recordings ca. 1970-1973, standardized notes on songs recorded in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1970s.\n•\tMembership documents include membership application forms (blank and processed) ca. 1981-1987, membership card for the Virginia Folklore Society (in \"VFS Archive \u0026 Application Materials\" folder), Virginia Folklore Society Membership Directories and newsletters ca. 1998-1999.\n•\tMaterial related to the creation of the Virginia Folklife Program including materials ca 1990 and 1987 (in \"Folklore Advisory Committee: Current\" and \"VFS: Folklife Coordinator\" folders), also includes 2 manilla envelopes: one of papers ranking each possible head coordinator, titled \"Folklife Coordinator Rankings,\" and one addressed to Charles Perdue with each applicant's application materials.  \n•\tPhotographs of collectors and subjects of the original Virginia Folklore Society, (many in the sm. brown envelope include information each photo on its back). In four small manilla envelopes, ca 1900-1920s (each of the three white envelopes also include original negatives). In 5 large white manilla envelopes, sheets of printed photo-negatives that seem to accompany the archival photographs.\n•\tCorrected and final proofs for the Virginia Folklore Society Folklore and Folklife in Virginia Volume 4, 1988 (75th anniversary edition)—3 versions in soft plastic container.","•\tMembership records include: \"Membership Applications—Old\" ca. 1970s, 1988 membership directory, processed memberships 1988-1989, membership lists from 1980-1982 (multiple printed copies) and 1977 (in \"Old, outdated mailing lists\" folder), membership lists, n.d., directory of members (1997) and of scholars (n.d.), memberships 1989-2002.\n•\tAlso includes publicity and mailing lists (n.d.), blank Virginia Folklore Society mailing labels, journal orders and invoices (in booklets) ca 1980s, correspondence including \"Returned to Sender\" Virginia Folklore Society materials ca. 2001, correspondence with Hubert Davis Jr. ca 1980, and assorted miscellaneous papers.","•\tMultiple correspondence folders (1980s-1990s) including miscellaneous correspondence from 1985 onwards, and between Charles and Nancy Perdue and: Wayland D. Hand, George F. Jones, Fred F. Knobloch, Ann McCleary, Mary Anne McDonald, Benjamin C. Moomaw, Carol L. Oakey, Dan Patterson, Lila W. Robinson, John C. Rogers, Raymond H. Sloan, Elmer L. Smith, Margaret (Peggy) Yocom.\n•\tAssorted Virginia Folklore Society promotional and public-facing materials including: newsletters ca 1980s-1990s, logo drafts, stationary proofs and final papers, brochures, and an unlabeled folder containing paper documents (including original case labels) for the exhibition: \"75 Years in the History of the Virginia Folklore Society,\" presumably gathered for the 75th anniversary in 1988.\n•\tVirginia Folklore Society meeting materials: handouts for executive board meetings ca. 1993, meeting plans, notes, and invitations ca. 1990, and Virginia Folklore Society meeting programs with some notes from 1992, 1994, and 1995.\n•\tAssorted photocopies, materials related to Fred F. Knobloch, data sheets including grant awards and names of Virginia-local craftspeople from various regions (n.d.), handwritten membership reports ca. 1970s-1980s, assorted financial documents, other miscellaneous Virginia Folklore Society papers.","•\t3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980.\n•\tAssorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s.\n•\tOnline printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. \n•\tAssorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of \"The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,\" vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of \"Virginia Wildlife\" vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway.\n•\tA number of books, catalogued separately."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding 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 correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks.  Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlease note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eFolder 1 contains transcripts and notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTexas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTexas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTexas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHorton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHorton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHorton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals (1st work); Mrs. J. P. McConnell, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: East Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMolly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFanny Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFanny Grubb, vocals (1st work) ; Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllie Wallace, Vergie Wallace, vocals. Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; G.W. Palmer, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W.F. Starke, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyrtle Griffitts, vocals. Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEleanor Christian, vocals (1st work) ; Roselle Faulkner, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence Wilsher, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Bennett Bean, vocals. Albemarle County, Virginia, United StatesPerformance location:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge B. Eager, Jr., vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColeman Williams, vocals. Performance location: Halifax County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerformance location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Elliott Dold, vocals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Smith, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKit Williamson, vocals . Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Marion Edna Chapman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. W. Palmer, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. W. Fields, vocals. Performance location: Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLena Gardner, vocals. Performance location: Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoselle Faulkner, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEleanor Christian, vocals. Performance location: New Glasgow, Amherst County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. S. A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLouise Forbes, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThelma Tinsley Lee, Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Abner Keesee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (1st, 3rd works) ; Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVergie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Leta Adams, vocals (2nd-3rd works). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinor Wilson, vocals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRussell Davis, vocals. Performance location: Greene County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Witt, vocals (1st work) ; J. S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlorence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. F. Russell, dulcimer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Geldand, piano.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty Booker, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.K. Davis, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.K. Davis (1st work).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.K. Davis, vocals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers related to the A.K. 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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 correspondence is with members of the Virginia Folklore Society and some to miscellaneous individuals who sent in material or had information and/or questions regarding folksongs.","The recordings in this collection include a large collection of the recordings made by A. K. Davis, with the assistance of Fred Knobloch and other Virginia Folklore Society members/collectors on Fairchild aluminum transcription disks.  Davis divided the recordings into four groups: A (12 inch disks), B: (10 inch disks), C: (8 inch disks), D: 6 inch disks).","Please note, there are some song titles and lyrics that contain racially insensitive and/or culturally offensive language. In an effort to represent the resource as accurately as possible, library staff have transcribed the title exactly as it appears on the archival material or object.","Folder 1 contains transcripts and notes.","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals. Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Texas Gladden, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Horton Barker, vocals. Performance location: Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work); Mrs. J. P. McConnell, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: East Radford, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Martha Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Orilla Keyton, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Orpha Pedneau, vocals. Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Molly Stinett Whitehead, vocals. Performance location: Agricola, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","S.F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Virginia Howdyshell, Mary Howdyshell, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Minter Grubb, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Fanny Grubb, vocals (1st work) ; Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mr. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J.S. Witt, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Susie A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","John M. Hunt, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, Vergie Wallace, vocals. Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; G.W. Palmer, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W.F. Starke, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Myrtle Griffitts, vocals. Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals (1st work) ; Roselle Faulkner, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Lawrence Wilsher, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Albemarle County, Virginia, United StatesPerformance location:","Robert Bennett Bean, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","George B. Eager, Jr., vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Lambert Davis, vocals (1st work) ; Charles Morris, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Coleman Williams, vocals. Performance location: Halifax County, Virginia, United States","Performance location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States","Gospel Train Quartet, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Carter Wicks, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","William Elliott Dold, vocals.","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Richard D. Smith, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals (1st work) ; Kit Williamson, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Kit Williamson, vocals . Performance location: Yellow Branch, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals . Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. W. F. Stark, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Marion Edna Chapman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Wayne Crabtree, vocals. Performance location: Cleveland, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Nannie Harrison Ware, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","George Basil Hall, vocals. Performance location: Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","J. H. Chisholm, vocals. Performance location: Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","G. W. Palmer, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","J. W. Fields, vocals. Performance location: Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, United States","Lena Gardner, vocals. Performance location: Woodlawn, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Roselle Faulkner, vocals. Performance location: Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Eleanor Christian, vocals. Performance location: New Glasgow, Amherst County, Virginia, United States","Margaret Michie Carter, vocals. Performance location: Carlottesville, Virginia, United States","Allie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. S. A. Bishop, vocals. Performance location: Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, United States","Louise Forbes, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Charles Lee, vocals. Performance location: New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Abner Keesee, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Abner Keesee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. John Webb, vocals. Performance location: Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals. Performance location: Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia, United States","Ruby Bowman, vocals (1st work) ; Eunice Yates, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Eunice Yates, vocals. Performance location: Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia, United States","Alfreda M. Peel, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Marth Elizabeth Gibson, vocals. Performance location: Crozet, Albermarle County, Virginia, United States","Lucy Perrin Gibbs, vocals. Performance location: Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. B. Crawford, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (1st work) ; Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Thelma Tinsley Lee, vocals (1st, 3rd works) ; Merkley Keesee Lewis, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","H. W. Adams, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Vergie Wallace, vocals (1st work) ; Leta Adams, vocals (2nd-3rd works). Performance location: Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Mrs. J. F. Hodges, vocals (1st work) ; Daisy Pruitt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","J. P. Whitt, vocals (1st work) ; Mrs. W. E. Gilbert, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Radford, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","W. J. Lewis, vocals. Performance location: Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, United States","Minor Wilson, vocals.","Russell Davis, vocals. Performance location: Greene County, Virginia, United States","Ronald Witt, vocals (1st work) ; J. S. Witt, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Rosa Lewis Baltimore, vocals. Performance location: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States","Sis Sears, vocals. Performance location: Roanoke County, Virginia, United States","Florence Ogg, vocals (1st work) ; Ruby Bowman, vocals (2nd work). Performance location: Virginia, United States","S. F. Russell, dulcimer.","Victoria Morris, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","Frank Geldand, piano.","Betty Booker, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis, vocals. Performance location: Albemarle County, Virginia, United States","A.K. Davis (1st work).","A.K. Davis, vocals.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Papers related to the A.K. 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Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection.","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170.","The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia.","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers.","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","Barnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","Watts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.","There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life.","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan.","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children.","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee.","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","Box 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.","Letter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.","There are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article.","An obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home.","There is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.","A. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family","[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880","Autographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.","This series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","Mary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts.","Most of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834].","Mary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","There are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836).","She also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836).","Her letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).","Additional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838).","Correspondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824).","Mary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.).","There are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845).","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 12170","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous 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Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. 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Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection.","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026amp; Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nBarnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nWatts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia.","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers.","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","Barnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","Watts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026amp;keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026amp;searchType=person\u0026amp;showsearch=True\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026amp; Lee, and William \u0026amp; Mary College are also mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eBox 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834]. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nAdditional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845). \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life.","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan.","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children.","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee.","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","Box 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.","Letter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.","There are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article.","An obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home.","There is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.","A. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family","[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880","Autographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.","This series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","Mary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts.","Most of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834].","Mary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","There are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836).","She also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836).","Her letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).","Additional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838).","Correspondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824).","Mary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.).","There are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845)."],"corpname_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":281,"online_item_count_is":1,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:28:33.807Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","ead_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","_root_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","_nest_parent_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_1396","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/UVA/repositories_3_resources_1396.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/151360","title_filing_ssi":"Watts family papers","title_ssm":["Watts family papers-addition"],"title_tesim":["Watts family papers-addition"],"unitdate_ssm":["1786-1950"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1786-1950"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1786/1950"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"text":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950","MSS 12170","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/1396","United States --  History  -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Slavery--United States -- Virginia","lawyers -- Virginia","The collection is open for research use.","The Watts family papers are arranged into 9 series. Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection.","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170.","The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia.","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers.","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","Barnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","Watts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.","There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life.","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan.","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children.","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee.","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","Box 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.","Letter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.","There are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article.","An obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home.","There is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.","A. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family","[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880","Autographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.","This series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","Mary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts.","Most of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834].","Mary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","There are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836).","She also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836).","Her letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).","Additional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838).","Correspondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824).","Mary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.).","There are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845).","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"collection_ssim":["Watts family papers-addition, 1786/1950"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 12170","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous 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Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. 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Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection.","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026amp; Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nBarnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nWatts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia.","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers.","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","Barnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","Watts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026amp;keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026amp;searchType=person\u0026amp;showsearch=True\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eMSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026amp; Lee, and William \u0026amp; Mary College are also mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eBox 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834]. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nAdditional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845). \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life.","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan.","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children.","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee.","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","Box 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.","Letter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.","There are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article.","An obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home.","There is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.","A. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family","[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880","Autographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.","This series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","Mary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts.","Most of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834].","Mary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835)","There are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836).","She also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836).","Her letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).","Additional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838).","Correspondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824).","Mary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. 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