![]() Audiocassettes and videotapes chiefly record the Carter Family and Merle Travis.įield notes include tape logs, track listings, memos, scattered transcripts, and other Stoneman, Clayton McMichen, the Blue Sky Boys, the Stanley Brothers, and Of early country and folk musicians, including Charlie Bowman, Mose Rager, Doc Hopkins,Įrnest V. Open reel tapes chiefly include field recordings Of Mexican border radio programs featuring the Carter Family, Patsy Montana, Cowboy Reel tape, commercial and non-commercial audiocassettes and videocassettes, and correspondingįield notes found with select audio recordings. Of commercially recorded transcription discs, non-commercial field recordings on open Audiovisual materials include Kahn's collection Who was involved in a 1923 train robbery. Photographs include a publicity shot of Merle Travis and an image of Ray DeAutremont, Carter snapshots of the Carterįamily at various points during their career and images of friends and family. Images of Sara Carter, Maybelle Carter, and A. Such as Mainer's Mountaineers, James Carson, Jimmie Rodgers, and Chet Atkins individual Publicity shots of the Carter children the Carter Family performing with other artists, Photographs chiefly represent the Carter Family, including ![]() Of Travis, including interview transcripts, discographies, sheet music, and song titles Ĭhapter layouts and drafts for the biography and articles and liner notes on TravisĪnd American folk songs. Merle Travis research materials include personalĪnd professional correspondence research files relating to Kahn's planned biography With them letters to and from members of the Carter Family and their friends, family,Īnd business associates and handwritten songs found in a cabin where Sara Carter Transcripts from interviews with members of the Carter Family and people associated Carter Family research materials include personal and professionalĬorrespondence research files related to Kahn's dissertation on the Carter Family The bulk of the materials focus on Merle TravisĪnd the Carter Family. To Kahn's research documenting American folk songs, Mexican border radio, and earlyĬountry music and recording history. The collection consists of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating He was initiallyĪppointed Executive Secretary of the JEMF and was instrumental in starting the Kahn was was involved in the creation of the John Edwards Memorial Foundation (JEMF),Īlong with Archie Green, D. ![]() To the study of American folk songs and early country music, conducting extensiveįield research and writing at length about both Merle Travis and the Carter Family. 11.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 900 items)Įd Kahn (1938-2004), a Jewish scholar and folklorist, spent much of his life devoted
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