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| Repository: | W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | James Farmer Collett |
| Title: | James Farmer Collett Recordings, 1937 |
| Language of Material: | English |
| Location: | Belk Library Special Collections, Appalachian Collection, Closed Collection, Cold Storage Antechamber |
| Abstract: | This collection contains recordings of James Collett singing folksongs in Middle Fork, Kentucky. The recordings were made by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax of the Archive of American Folk Song, now American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, in 1937. There is a very poor audio cassette copy of the five discs available for use. |
| Extent: | 0.5 linear feet, 1 box |
An appointment for research is required. No Inter-Library Loan. Original recordings are not available for use. Access to recordings requires the creation of user copies, if none are available. For more information, contact Special Collections.
The collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Reproductions are made only for use as personal study or research. It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Archives of American Folk Songs retains copyright.
[Identification of item], Collection 108: James Farmer Collett Recordings, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 28608.
Stephanie Roark Keener donated the James Farmer Collett Records in February 2000.
Processed in 2000
James Farmer Collett (1904-1939) was a stone mason from Jacks Creek in Leslie County, Kentucky.
This collection contains five recordings of James Collett singing folksongs in Middle Fork, Kentucky. The recordings were made by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in September 1937. Original recordings include nine songs on 12-inch 78 rpm sound discs. Most songs are traditional except for "Jackson County Jail House Blues." Recordings document Collett singing and playing a guitar, or accompanying a banjo played by John Brook. An audio cassette user copy is available of the sound discs, but because the discs were not cleaned or treated before it was made, the copy is of very poor quality and static is the predominate audible sound.
Digitized index cards to James Collett's recordings are available from the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress, including song title, alternate title(s), singer(s), performer(s), recordist(s), recording location and date, format, subjects, and instruments.
| Collett, James Farmer, 1904-1939 |
| Folk songs, English -- Kentucky -- Leslie County |
| Library of Congress. Music Division |
