Guide to Collection 113. Isaac Garfield Greer Papers, 1853 - 1978

Guide to Collection 113. Isaac Garfield Greer Papers, 1853 - 1978

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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Copyright Notice
Preferred Citation
Acquisitions Information
Processing Information
Biographical Note
Online Catalog Headings
Container List
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Appalachian State University
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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Creator: Isaac Garfield Greer
Title: Isaac Garfield Greer Papers, 1853 - 1978
Language of Material: Material in English
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University.
Abstract: The bulk of the Isaac Garfield Greer Papers consists of Greer's written and recorded ballad collection from Watauga County, North Carolina. Some documents include the informant's name and others contain the musical arrangement. Also available are over 40 phonograph records which include professional produced hillbilly music and I.G. Greer's singing.
I.G. "Ike" Greer, a Watauga County native who worked as an history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932, was one of the only early collectors of Watauga County folk songs and ballads. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime.
Extent: 4 linear feet, 12 archival boxes

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. Patron use may be limited to photocopied materials, depending on accessibility and the fragility of the original document. No Interlibrary Loan. Photographs are housed separately within a cold storage unit. Please allow additional time to allow the photograph to adjust to room temperature.


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Copyright Notice

Standard federal copyright laws apply.


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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Isaac Garfield Greer Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.


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Acquisitions Information

In 1971, the family of I.G. Greer deeded the main body of folksong collection and Greer's correspondence to the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, then called the Appalachian Room. This collection was opened to the public in 2001.


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Processing Information

Processed by Kathryn Staley, one graduate student, two undergraduate students and the librarian technician, 2001

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, Rachel Critzer, 2005


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Biographical Note

Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was an history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant.

Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. The bass Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and a North Carolina House of Representatives.


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Online Catalog Headings

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)
Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region -- Sources
Ballads, English -- North Carolina -- Sources
Boone (N.C.) -- Sources
Folk songs, English -- Appalachian Region -- Sources
Folk songs, English -- Sources
Folklore -- Appalachian Region -- Sources
Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield)
Mills Baptist Children's Home of Thomasville (N.C.)

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Container List

Collection 113A. Folksong Files Series. (1853-1957)
Folksong Files Series contains Greer's laminated collection of folk songs and ballads alphabetized by title. Most have multiple versions. Some are written on the backs of other songs; therefore, the second song is out of alphabetical order. Many songs include the musical arrangement and a few include information regarding the informant. Additional folders include Greer's divisions by subject and a collection of songs without explicit titles.
Box Folder
1 1 Index
2 Song Titles Beginning with "A"
"After the Ball" Variant 1 (pp. 1-3)
"After the Ball" Variant 2 (pp. 1-3)
"Alcanzas and Zaida" (pp. 1-3)
"The Alleghany Mountains" (pp.1-2)
Box Folder
1 3 Song Titles Beginning with "A"
"Song of the Allens" (pp. 1-4) (alt. The Allen Boys) (alt. Claud Allen)
"Song of the Allens" (pp. 5-6) (alt. The Allen Boys) (alt. Claud Allen)
"The Allen Boys" (pp. 1-4) (alt. Song of the Allens) (alt. Claud Allen)
"The Allen Boys" (pp. 5-6) (alt. Song of the Allens) (alt. Claud Allen)
"Claud Allen" (alt. Song of the Allens) (alt. The Allen Boys)
"Claud Allen" Copy (alt. Song of the Allens) (alt. The Allen Boys)
"Claud Allen" Copy Carbon (alt. Song of the Allens) (alt. The Allen Boys)
"The Allen Clan" Variant 1 (pp. 1-4)
"The Allen Clan" Variant 1(pp. 5-8)
"The Allen Clan" Variant 2 (pp. 1-4)
"The Allen Clan" Variant 2 (pp. 5-8)
"The Allen Clan" Variant 3 (p. 1)
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan"
"The Allen Clan" Variant 3 (p 1)
"The American Star"
"Antelope Song" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Apprentice Boy"
"Arkansas Traveler" [Sheet music, handwritten]
Box Folder
1 4 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"The Banks of Champlain"
"The Banks of the Dee"
"The Banks of the Schuylkill"
"Barbara Allen" [Various pieces of handwritten sheet music]
"The Battle of the Kegs"
"The Battleship Maine" [handwritten sheet music]
"Beau Lampkins"1 [handwritten sheet music]
Box Folder
1 5 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"Beautiful Light over the Ocean" [handwritten for Miss Mattie McNeil, by Mollie (?)]
"Beautiful Snow"
"Ben the Coachman"
"The Big Bob"
"Billy Boy" [handwritten sheet music]
"Billy Grimes, the Drover" [1910, handwritten lyrics, handwritten sheet music]
Box Folder
1 6 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"Black Jack David" [13th Century Ballad. Handwritten sheet music]
"The Blind Child's Prayer" [handwritten by Effie Martin]
"The Blind Girl" [hand writtensheet music]
Box Folder
1 7 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"The Bloody Miller, or the Murdering Miller" [Handwritten sheet music, May 27th, 1901]
"Blue-Eyed Mary"
"Bobbie"
"Bold Adkins"
"Bonapart on the Isle of St. Helena"
"Brave Wolfe"
"Breath O' Spring"
"Bring Me Back The One I Love"
"The Briscom Farmer"
"The Broken Engagement"
"The Broken Heart"
"Bruce's Address"
"The Bucket"
"The Builders"
"By the Riverside"
Box Folder
1 8 Song Titles Beginning with "C"
"Captain Ward"
"The Castanet"
"Charles Gibbs"
"Charles Giteau" [One by Mrs. Manilla Dula]
"Charlie Grew"
"Charming Fellow"
"Chicken Crowing on Sourwood Mountain"
"A Child's Dream"
"Clear De Kitchin"
"Cocky Robin" [sheet music. Tune: C.J.S., From Knox Co. Ky, verses 4, 8, and 9 are from the Middleton family, Niggerskull Mountain, Jackson County, N.C.]
"Cold Mountain Song Ballad" [Effie Martin]
"Columbia"
"Commerce and Freedom"
Box Folder
1 9 Song Titles Beginning with "C"
"Common Bill" [handwritten sheet music]
"The County Tyrone"
"Crazy Jane"
"The Creation" [James Weldon Johnson]
Box Folder
1 10 Song Titles Beginning with "D"
"Dan You or The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin"
"The Dance"
"Dark Hollow"
"Darling Chloe"
"The Daylight is Gone" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Death of Queen Jane" [handwritten sheet music]
"Death of the Infidel's Daughter" [For Owen Mills]
"Don's Our Tailor"
"Don't You See That Little Bird?"
"A Dream of Home"
"Dream of the Miner's Child" [Ruth Grogan]
"A Drunkard"
Box Folder
1 11 Song Titles Beginning with "D"
"Dull Cares"
"The Dumb Wife"
"The Dusky Night"
"The Dying Cowboy" [hand written sheet music]
"The Dying Cowboy or O, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie"
"The Dying Nun" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Dying Preacher"
Box Folder
1 12 Songs Beginning with "E"
"The Exile of Erin"
Box Folder
1 13 Songs Beginning with "F"
"Fair Eliza"
"Faithful Friend" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"Faithful John Hanfield"
"Fancy Stirring Bowl"
"Fare The Well"
"Farewell"
"Farewell"
"Farewell"
"The Farmer is the Man that Feeds Them All" [handwritten sheet music]
"The Farmer's Boy" [hand written sheet music]
"Farther"
"The Fatal Wedding" [written for the Mrs. H. C. Hodges, Sands, N.C., Feb. 26th, 1899. By Jos. H. Woolsey, Thatcher, AZ]
Box Folder
1 14 Songs Beginning with "F"
"Father, Dear Father Come Home"
"Father's a Drunkard"
"Fine Sally" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Flower Grower" [Calcium, NY, July 1927. The Flower Grower Magazine]
"Floyd Collins"
"Fly Away Sweet Dove"
"Fly to the Desert"
"The Fog and the Dew"
"For You"
"Forsaken House Carpenter" [Arthur K. Moore]
"The Fox and the Duck"
"Frankie Sylvan"
"Franky and Albert" [hand written sheet music]
"The Funniest Thing's a Frog"
Box Folder
1 15 Songs Beginning with "G"
"The Gambler's Dying Words" [printed lyrics, by D.F. Canup]
"Gambling For Gold"
"The Gambling Man"
"Generous Wine"
"The Girl I Left Behind"
"Give Him One More as He Goes"
"Give My Love to Nell"
"Go Ask Poppa" [typed lyrics and hand written sheet music]
"The Golden Willow Tree" [hand written sheet music]
"Goodbye"
"The Grand Army Song" [empty]
"Grandfather's Clock"
Box
4 [all papers are photocopies of Box 3]
Box Folder
2 2 Song Titles Beginning with "A"
"After the Ball"
"Afterwards One Sweetly Solemn Thought"
"Alcanzas and Zaida"
"The Alleghany Mountains"
"Allen Clan Songs"
Box Folder
2 3 Song Titles Beginning with "A"
"The American Star"
"Antelope Song"
"The Apprentice Boy"
"Arkansas Traveler"
Box Folder
2 4 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"The Banks of Champlain"
"The Banks of the Dee"
"The Banks of the Schuylkill"
"Barbara Allen" [Various pieces of handwritten sheet music]
"The Battle of the Kegs"
"The Battleship Maine" [handwritten sheet music]
"Beau Lampkins"1 [handwritten sheet music]
Box Folder
2 5 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"Beautiful Light over the Ocean" [handwritten for Miss Mattie McNeil, by Mollie (?)]
"Beautiful Snow"
"Ben the Coachman"
"The Big Bob"
"Billy Boy" [handwritten sheet music]
"Billy Grimes, the Drover" [1910, handwritten lyrics, handwritten sheet music]
Box Folder
2 6 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"Black Jack David" [13th Century Ballad. Handwritten sheet music]
"The Blind Child's Prayer" [handwritten by Effie Martin]
"The Blind Girl" [hand writtensheet music]
Box Folder
2 7 Song Titles Beginning with "B"
"The Bloody Miller, or the Murdering Miller" [Handwritten sheet music, May 27th, 1901]
"Blue-Eyed Mary"
"Bobbie"
"Bold Adkins"
"Bonapart on the Isle of St. Helena"
"Brave Wolfe"
"Breath O' Spring"
"Bring Me Back The One I Love"
"The Briscom Farmer"
"The Broken Engagement"
"The Broken Heart"
"Bruce's Address"
"The Bucket"
"The Builders"
"By the Riverside"
Box Folder
2 8 Song Titles Beginning with "C"
"Captain Ward"
"The Castanet"
"Charles Gibbs"
"Charles Giteau" [One by Mrs. Manilla Dula]
"Charlie Grew"
"Charming Fellow"
"Chicken Crowing on Sourwood Mountain"
"A Child's Dream"
"Clear De Kitchin"
"Cocky Robin" [sheet music. Tune: C.J.S., From Knox Co. Ky, verses 4, 8, and 9 are from the Middleton family, Niggerskull Mountain, Jackson County, N.C.]
"Cold Mountain Song Ballad" [Effie Martin]
"Columbia"
"Commerce and Freedom"
Box Folder
2 9 Song Titles Beginning with "C"
"Common Bill" [handwritten sheet music]
"The County Tyrone"
"Crazy Jane"
"The Creation" [James Weldon Johnson]
Box Folder
2 10 Song Titles Beginning with "D"
"Dan You or The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin"
"The Dance"
"Dark Hollow"
"Darling Chloe"
"The Daylight is Gone" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Death of Queen Jane" [handwritten sheet music]
"Death of the Infidel's Daughter" [For Owen Mills]
"Don's Our Tailor"
"Don't You See That Little Bird?"
"A Dream of Home"
"Dream of the Miner's Child" [Ruth Grogan]
"A Drunkard"
Box Folder
2 11 Song Titles Beginning with "D"
"Dull Cares"
"The Dumb Wife"
"The Dusky Night"
"The Dying Cowboy" [hand written sheet music]
"The Dying Cowboy or O, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie"
"The Dying Nun" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Dying Preacher"
Box Folder
2 12 Songs Beginning with "E"
"The Exile of Erin"
Box Folder
2 13 Songs Beginning with "F"
"Fair Eliza"
"Faithful Friend" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"Faithful John Hanfield"
"Fancy Stirring Bowl"
"Fare The Well"
"Farewell"
"Farewell"
"Farewell"
"The Farmer is the Man that Feeds Them All" [handwritten sheet music]
"The Farmer's Boy" [hand written sheet music]
"Farther"
"The Fatal Wedding" [written for the Mrs. H. C. Hodges, Sands, N.C., Feb. 26th, 1899. By Jos. H. Woolsey, Thatcher, AZ]
Box Folder
2 14 Songs Beginning with "F"
"Father, Dear Father Come Home"
"Father's a Drunkard"
"Fine Sally" [Mrs. Alice Cook]
"The Flower Grower" [Calcium, NY, July 1927. The Flower Grower Magazine]
"Floyd Collins"
"Fly Away Sweet Dove"
"Fly to the Desert"
"The Fog and the Dew"
"For You"
"Forsaken House Carpenter" [Arthur K. Moore]
"The Fox and the Duck"
"Frankie Sylvan"
"Franky and Albert" [hand written sheet music]
"The Funniest Thing's a Frog"
Box Folder
2 15 Songs Beginning with "G"
"The Gambler's Dying Words" [printed lyrics, by D.F. Canup]
"Gambling For Gold"
"The Gambling Man"
"Generous Wine"
"The Girl I Left Behind"
"Give Him One More as He Goes"
"Give My Love to Nell"
"Go Ask Poppa" [typed lyrics and hand written sheet music]
"The Golden Willow Tree" [hand written sheet music]
"Goodbye"
"The Grand Army Song" [empty]
"Grandfather's Clock"
Box Folder
3 1 Song Titles Beginning with "H"
"Hail America"
"Hail Liberty"
"The Hamlet Wreck"
"Harp on the Willow Tree"
"Hattie Belle"
"He is Quite the Thing"
"Her Reply"
"Home Sweet Home"
"The Homespun Dress"
"The House Carpenter"
"How Lonesome Was That Tuesday Night"
"Hunters of Kentucky"
"A Hymn of Liberty"
Box Folder
3 2 Song Titles Beginning with "I"
"I am a Little Lad"
"I am a Peaceful Woman"
"I am Happy in Him"
"I am the Boy for Bewitching Them"
"I Have No Mother Now"
"I Saw My Mother Kneeling"
"I Wish I Were Single"
"If You But Knew "
"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight, Love"
"I'll Hang my Harp on a Willow Tree"
"The Ill Wife"
"I'm Dreaming of the Days of Long Ago"
"In the Baggage Coach Ahead"
"In the Pines"
"In the Valley"
"The Irish Robber"
Box Folder
3 3 Song Titles Beginning with "J"
"Jack and Joe"
"Jack and Joe (Jack and Nell)"
"Jack and Maye"
"Jack from India"
"Jack, the Sailor"
"James Bird"
"The Jealous Lover"
"Jerry Go Nimble"
Box Folder
3 4 Song Titles Beginning with "J"
"Jimmy and Nancy"
"Jockey to the Fair"
"John Lewis"
"John Reiley"
Box Folder
3 5 Song Titles Beginning with "J"
"Johnny Been to the Sea"
"Johnny Dowl"
"Just Fifty Years Ago"
"Just Going Down to the Gate"
"Just Plain Folks"
"Just Twenty Years Ago"
Box Folder
3 6 Song Titles Beginning with "K"
"Katherine Oggy"
"Kitty Wells, or Katy Wells"
Box Folder
3 7 Song Titles Beginning with "L"
"Lady Gray or Three Little Babes" (empty folder)
"The Lady in the Tower"
"La Fayette"
"The Landslide"
"Let Me Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister"
"The Lightening Express"
"Lily Dear"
"Little Black Moustache"
"Little Breeches"
Box Folder
3 8 Song Titles Beginning with "L"
"Little Bunch of Roses"
"Little Darling"
"Little Old Log Cabin in the Land"
"Little Oma Wise"
"The Little Rosewood Casket"
"Lochinvar"
"The Lonesome Dove"
"Lord Thomas"
"The Lover's Farewell"
Box Folder
3 9 Song Titles Beginning with "M"
"Mabel Clair"
"Madam, I Have a Very Fine Cow:"
"The Maid of Erin"
"Marriage Bed"
"Mary's Death"
"Mary's Dream"
"A Mason's Daughter"
"Miss Liza Jane"
"Missionary Farewell"
"Mollie Darling"
"Mother and Sweetheart"
"Mother says Mustn't"
Box Folder
3 10 Song Titles Beginning with "M"
"Mouliness Maria"
"The Mourning Dove"
"My Birthday"
"My Little Dear"
"My, Nancy, O"
"My Old Love"
"My Pretty Quadroon"
Box Folder
3 11 Song Titles Beginning with "N"
"Naval Song"
"Negroes Complaint"
"Nine Pound Hammer"
"The North Carolina Hills"
Box Folder
3 12 Song Titles Beginning with "O"
"Old and Gray"
"The Old Arm Chair"
"Old Black Cat "
"Old Folks are Gone"
"The Old Folks at Home (Suawnee River)"
"My Old Kentucky Home"
"Old Folks at Home"
"Old Joe Clark"
"The Old Mill Wheel"
"The Old Oaken Bucket"
"Old Smokey"
"On the Banks of the Ohio"
"Only Been Down to the Club"
Box Folder
3 13 Song Titles Beginning with "O"
"The Ore Knob Song"
"The Orphan Girl"
"The Other Pitcher"
"Others"
"Over the Garden Wall"
Box Folder
3 14 Song Titles Beginning with "P"
"Paddy and the Barber"
"Peaceful Woman"
"Perry's Victory"
"Polly and the Soldier Boy"
"Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins"
"The Poor Married Man"
Box Folder
3 15 Song Titles Beginning with "P"
"The Praise of Woman"
"A Pretty Fair Maid"
"My Pretty Mohea"
"Pretty Sarah"
"The Prisoner's Song"
Box Folder
3 16 Song Titles Beginning with "Q"
"The Quaker Courtship"
Box
4 [all papers are photocopies of Box 3]
1 Song Titles Beginning with "H"
"Hail America"
"Hail Liberty"
"The Hamlet Wreck"
"Harp on the Willow Tree"
"Hattie Belle"
"He is Quite the Thing"
"Her Reply"
"Home Sweet Home"
"The Homespun Dress"
"The House Carpenter"
"How Lonesome Was That Tuesday Night"
"Hunters of Kentucky"
"A Hymn of Liberty"
Box Folder
4 2 Song Titles Beginning with "I"
"I am a Little Lad"
"I am a Peaceful Woman"
"I am Happy in Him"
"I am the Boy for Bewitching Them"
"I Have No Mother Now"
"I Saw My Mother Kneeling"
"I Wish I Were Single"
"If You But Knew "
"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight, Love"
"I'll Hang my Harp on a Willow Tree"
"The Ill Wife"
"I'm Dreaming of the Days of Long Ago"
"In the Baggage Coach Ahead"
"In the Pines"
"In the Valley"
"The Irish Robber"
Box Folder
4 3 Song Titles Beginning with "J"
"Jack and Joe"
"Jack and Joe (Jack and Nell)"
"Jack and Maye"
"Jack from India"
"Jack, the Sailor"
"James Bird"
"The Jealous Lover"
"Jerry Go Nimble"
Box Folder
4 4 Song Titles Beginning with "J"
"Jimmy and Nancy"
"Jockey to the Fair"
"John Lewis"
"John Reiley"
Box Folder
4 5 Song Titles Beginning with "J"
"Johnny Been to the Sea"
"Johnny Dowl"
"Just Fifty Years Ago"
"Just Going Down to the Gate"
"Just Plain Folks"
"Just Twenty Years Ago"
Box Folder
4 6 Song Titles Beginning with "K"
"Katherine Oggy"
"Kitty Wells, or Katy Wells"
Box Folder
4 7 Song Titles Beginning with "L"
"Lady Gray or Three Little Babes" (empty folder)
"The Lady in the Tower"
"La Fayette"
"The Landslide"
"Let Me Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister"
"The Lightening Express"
"Lily Dear"
"Little Black Moustache"
"Little Breeches"
Box Folder
4 8 Song Titles Beginning with "L"
"Little Bunch of Roses"
"Little Darling"
"Little Old Log Cabin in the Land"
"Little Oma Wise"
"The Little Rosewood Casket"
"Lochinvar"
"The Lonesome Dove"
"Lord Thomas"
"The Lover's Farewell"
Box Folder
4 9 Song Titles Beginning with "M"
"Mabel Clair"
"Madam, I Have a Very Fine Cow:"
"The Maid of Erin"
"Marriage Bed"
"Mary's Death"
"Mary's Dream"
"A Mason's Daughter"
"Miss Liza Jane"
"Missionary Farewell"
"Mollie Darling"
"Mother and Sweetheart"
"Mother says Mustn't"
Box Folder
4 10 Song Titles Beginning with "M"
"Mouliness Maria"
"The Mourning Dove"
"My Birthday"
"My Little Dear"
"My, Nancy, O"
"My Old Love"
"My Pretty Quadroon"
Box Folder
4 11 Song Titles Beginning with "N"
"Naval Song"
"Negroes Complaint"
"Nine Pound Hammer"
"The North Carolina Hills"
Box Folder
4 12 Song Titles Beginning with "O"
"Old and Gray"
"The Old Arm Chair"
"Old Black Cat "
"Old Folks are Gone"
"The Old Folks at Home (Suawnee River)"
"My Old Kentucky Home"
"Old Folks at Home"
"Old Joe Clark"
"The Old Mill Wheel"
"The Old Oaken Bucket"
"Old Smokey"
"On the Banks of the Ohio"
"Only Been Down to the Club"
Box Folder
4 13 Song Titles Beginning with "O"
"The Ore Knob Song"
"The Orphan Girl"
"The Other Pitcher"
"Others"
"Over the Garden Wall"
Box Folder
4 14 Song Titles Beginning with "P"
"Paddy and the Barber"
"Peaceful Woman"
"Perry's Victory"
"Polly and the Soldier Boy"
"Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins"
"The Poor Married Man"
Box Folder
4 15 Song Titles Beginning with "P"
"The Praise of Woman"
"A Pretty Fair Maid"
"My Pretty Mohea"
"Pretty Sarah"
"The Prisoner's Song"
Box Folder
4 16 Song Titles Beginning with "Q"
"The Quaker Courtship"
Box Folder
5 1 Song Titles Beginning with "R"
"The Raven Black Hair"
"Ready to Serve" (empty folder)
"A Reason Why I Fill my Glass"
"A Responsive Service"
"The Rich Lady"
"The Rich Man and Lazarus"
"Richmond, Virginia"
"Ring the Bell"
"Robinson Crusoe"
"Rosa Lee, The Prairie Flower"
"The Rose and Titin"
"Run Rattler Run"
Box Folder
5 2 Song Titles Beginning with "S"
"Sailor Boy"
"A Sailor Boy"
"The Sailor Boy"
"The Sailor's Advice"
"Sandy and Jenny"
"Sassafras Tea"
"Seven Long Years"
"The Shenan Valley"
"The Ship That Never Returned"
"The Shoe Cobbler"
"The Silver Dagger"
"Single Gal"
"Single Life"
Box Folder
5 3 Song Titles Beginning with "S"
"Single Tax"
"Snow Dear"
"A Soldier I Adore"
"A Soldier Lad"
"The Soldier Lass"
"Song Ballad"
"Sourwood Mountain"
"Sparking on Sunday Night"
"Spirit of God"
"The Squires Sons"
Box Folder
5 4 Song Titles Beginning with "S"
"States and Capitals"
"The Storm on Sea"
"Sweet Ella's Grave"
"Sweet Forget-me-Not"
"Sweet Rivers"
"The Sweet Sailor Boy"
"Sweet William"
"Sweet William and Fair Ellen"
"Sweet Willie"
Box Folder
5 5 Song Titles Beginning with "T"
"Take This Letter to My Mother"
"Tell Me the Story of Jesus"
"The Texas Ranger"
"That Fellow That Looks Like Me"
"There is a Secret in my Heart"
"There'll Come a Time"
"They Found No Change in me"
Box Folder
5 6 Song Titles Beginning with "T"
"Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold"
"Time Lost in Wooing"
"Time Steals Our Years Away"
"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer, Love's Old Sweet Song"
"And Alice where Art Thou?"
"Tittery Ira A"
"Tom Halliard"
"Too Late"
Box Folder
5 7 Song Titles Beginning with "T"
"Tragedy of the Death of Laura Foster"
"Trouble's Just a Bubble"
"Twilight"
"The Two Letters"
"Two Little Girls in Blue"
"Too Little Lads"
"Two Little Orphans"
"Two Soldiers"
"The Turf Be my Shrine"
Box Folder
5 8 Song Titles Beginning with "V"
"Voices of The Woods"
Box Folder
5 9 Song Titles Beginning with "W"
"A Warning to the Wicked"
"The Washing Day"
"The Watchman"
"The Wayfaring Stranger"
"We Left Behind Us"
"The Weeping Willow Tree"
"Went to See My Girl"
"When the Roses Bloom Again"
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie"
"When You were a Tulip"
"Wife, Children and Friends"
Box Folder
5 10 Song Titles Beginning with "W"
"The Wife of Usher's Well"
"Willie"
"Willie Weaver"
"Worry for Rent"
"The Wreck of the C.N.O." or "Between Richmond and Norfolk on the Seven Pine Road"
"The Wreck of the Old Ninety Seven"
Box Folder
5 11 Song Titles Beginning with "Y"
"Yankee Doodle"
"Young Charlotte"
"Young Damon"
"Young Days Shaded"
"Youthful Prime"
Box Folder
5 12 Song Titles
13 Song Titles with Words Only
14 Ephemera: Newspaper Clippings of Folksongs and Ballads
15 Ephemera: Folklore and Folk Customs Discussed
16 Ephemera: Miscellaneous Folksong Materials
Box
6 [all papers are photocopies of Box 5]
1 Song Titles Beginning with "R"
"The Raven Black Hair"
"Ready to Serve" (empty folder)
"A Reason Why I Fill my Glass"
"A Responsive Service"
"The Rich Lady"
"The Rich Man and Lazarus"
"Richmond, Virginia"
"Ring the Bell"
"Robinson Crusoe"
"Rosa Lee, The Prairie Flower"
"The Rose and Titin"
"Run Rattler Run"
Box Folder
6 2 Song Titles Beginning with "S"
"Sailor Boy"
"A Sailor Boy"
"The Sailor Boy"
"The Sailor's Advice"
"Sandy and Jenny"
"Sassafras Tea"
"Seven Long Years"
"The Shenan Valley"
"The Ship That Never Returned"
"The Shoe Cobbler"
"The Silver Dagger"
"Single Gal"
"Single Life"
Box Folder
6 3 Song Titles Beginning with "S"
"Single Tax"
"Snow Dear"
"A Soldier I Adore"
"A Soldier Lad"
"The Soldier Lass"
"Song Ballad"
"Sourwood Mountain"
"Sparking on Sunday Night"
"Spirit of God"
"The Squires Sons"
Box Folder
6 4 Song Titles Beginning with "S"
"States and Capitals"
"The Storm on Sea"
"Sweet Ella's Grave"
"Sweet Forget-me-Not"
"Sweet Rivers"
"The Sweet Sailor Boy"
"Sweet William"
"Sweet William and Fair Ellen"
"Sweet Willie"
Box Folder
6 5 Song Titles Beginning with "T"
"Take This Letter to My Mother"
"Tell Me the Story of Jesus"
"The Texas Ranger"
"That Fellow That Looks Like Me"
"There is a Secret in my Heart"
"There'll Come a Time"
"They Found No Change in me"
Box Folder
6 6 Song Titles Beginning with "T"
"Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold"
"Time Lost in Wooing"
"Time Steals Our Years Away"
"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer, Love's Old Sweet Song"
"And Alice where Art Thou?"
"Tittery Ira A"
"Tom Halliard"
"Too Late"
Box Folder
6 7 Song Titles Beginning with "T"
"Tragedy of the Death of Laura Foster"
"Trouble's Just a Bubble"
"Twilight"
"The Two Letters"
"Two Little Girls in Blue"
"Too Little Lads"
"Two Little Orphans"
"Two Soldiers"
"The Turf Be my Shrine"
Box Folder
6 8 Song Titles Beginning with "V"
"Voices of The Woods"
Box Folder
6 9 Song Titles Beginning with "W"
"A Warning to the Wicked"
"The Washing Day"
"The Watchman"
"The Wayfaring Stranger"
"We Left Behind Us"
"The Weeping Willow Tree"
"Went to See My Girl"
"When the Roses Bloom Again"
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie"
"When You were a Tulip"
"Wife, Children and Friends"
Box Folder
6 10 Song Titles Beginning with "W"
"The Wife of Usher's Well"
"Willie"
"Willie Weaver"
"Worry for Rent"
"The Wreck of the C.N.O." or "Between Richmond and Norfolk on the Seven Pine Road"
"The Wreck of the Old Ninety Seven"
Box Folder
6 11 Song Titles Beginning with "Y"
"Yankee Doodle"
"Young Charlotte"
"Young Damon"
"Young Days Shaded"
"Youthful Prime"
Box Folder
6 12 Song Titles
13 Song Titles with Words Only
14 Ephemera: Newspaper Clippings of Folksongs and Ballads
15 Ephemera: Folklore and Folk Customs Discussed
16 Ephemera: Miscellaneous Folksong Materials
Collection 113B. Personal Files Series. (1913-1968)
Personal Files Series contains biographical sketches of Greer, correspondence, 2 outlines for a sermon, various programs from plays, radio program information and a hand-painted memory book given to the Greers by their Appalachian State Teachers College colleagues prior to their move to Thomasville, North Carolina in September 1932. Also included is a flyer from the 1931 White Top Mountain Music Festival.
Box Folder
1 1 Biographical Sketches of I. G. Greer
2 Correspondence
3 Newspaper Clippings about Greer Family
4 Programs Kept
5 Radio programs, PTA plus 2 Outlines for Sermons
1 Memory Book
6 Miscellaneous Documents
Box
2 [all papers are photocopies of Box 1]
1 Biographical Sketches of I. G. Greer
2 Correspondence
3 Newspaper Clippings about Greer Family
4 Programs Kept
5 Radio programs, PTA plus 2 Outlines for Sermons
6 Miscellaneous Documents
Collection 113C. Miscellaneous Files Series. (1895-1932)
Miscellaneous Files Series contains deeds to the Thomasville orphanage, a reprint of Benton MacKaye's "The Appalachian Trail: A Guide to the Study of Nature" from the April 1932 issue of Scientific Monthly, random school papers, and a photostatic copy of an undated partial letter from Andrew Jackson to an unknown individual.
Box Folder
1 7 Legal Documents
8 Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous
9 Miscellaneous
Box
2 [all papers are photocopies of Box 1]
7 Legal Documents
8 Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous
9 Miscellaneous
Collection 113D. Audio Files Series. (1939-1978, n.d.)
Audio Files Series contains 45 commercial and homemade phonographs. Most are undated. The record collection includes many professionally-produced Traditional Appalachian and American folk music as well as I.G. Greer's 1941-1946 Library of Congress contributions and original recordings. Also included are records from the opening of Boone radio station WATA and music from the Horn in the West. It is currently unknown why the collection includes records originating from after Greer's death.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 1 Side 1:"GFWC Convention Dr. and Mrs. I. G. Greer, Asheville, N.C."; June 6, 1957
Side 2:"GFWC Convention Dr. and Mrs. I. G. Greer, Ballad Concert."; June 6, 1957
Box Folder
1 Envelope 2 Side 1:"Ballad Concert Dr. and Mrs. I.G. Greer."; Jun6, 1957
Side 2:"Ballad Concert Dr. and Mrs. I.G. Greer."; Jun6, 1957
Box Folder
1 Envelope 3 Side 1: "W.B. Austin Dedication"; May 22, 1966
Side 2: "I.G. Greer."; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 4 Side 1: "Tell Mother I'll Be There (singing with Instrumental Acc.)" y: Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseeans; n.d. (Columbia records)
Side 2:"Great Speckle Bird no. 2 (singing with Instrumental Acc.)" By: Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseeans; n.d. (Columbia records)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 5 Side 1:"Folksay: Cindy (Country Dance)" By: Pete Seeger and Orchestra; n.d. (Asch Records)
Side 2:"Folksay: Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Tennessee Mountain song)" By: Woody Guthrie, Crisco Houston; n.d. (Asch Records)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 6 Side 1:"Black Jack Davy-Part 1" By: Professor and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Paramount Records)
Side 2:"Black Jack Davy-Part 2" By: Professor and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Paramount Records)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 7 Side 1:"Black Pine Waltz" By: Gwen Foster (Harmonica Solo with Guitar); n.d. (Victor Records)
Side 2:"Wilkes County Blues" By: Gwen Foster (Harmonica Solo); n.d. (Victor Records
Box Folder
1 Envelope 8 Side 1:"Folksay: Don't Lie Buddy (Answer Back song)" By: Josh White, Lead Belly; n.d. (Asch Records)
Side 2:"Folksay: Biggest Thing (Nonsense Ballad)" By: Woody Guthrie; n.d. (Asch Records)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 9 Side 1:"In the Valley" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:"Edward" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 10 Side 1:"Mary Golden Tree Part-1" By: I.G. Greer ; n.d.
Side 2:"Mary Golden Tree Part-2" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 11 Side 1:"Old Smokey" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:Blank
Box Folder
1 Envelope 12 Side 1:"Sweet William and Fain Ellen Part-1" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:"Sweet William and Fain Ellen Part-2" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 13 Side 1:"The Three Babes" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:"Bolakins (Lamkin)" By: Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 14 Side 1:"Sanford Barney" By: I.G. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:"Claude Allen" By: Hobart Smith; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 15 Side 1:1. "Rolly Trudum"By: Mrs. May K. McCord; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "The Tree in the Wood" By: Doney Hammontree; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:1. "Sourwood Mountain" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "The Darby Ram" By: Charles Ingethron; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 16 Side 1:1. "The Widom's Old Broom" By: Charles Ingethron; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Our Goodman" By: Orrin Rice; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:"Sweet William" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 17 Side 1:1. "The Widom's Old Broom" By: Charles Ingethron; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Our Goodman" By: Orrin Rice; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:"Sweet William" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 18 Side 1:"Young Charlotte Part-1" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:"Young Charlotte Part-2" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 19 Side 1:"Young Charlotte Part-1" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d.
Side 2:"Young Charlotte Part-2" By: I.G. Greer and Mrs. Greer; n.d.
Box Folder
1 Envelope 20 Side 1:1. "Darling Cory" By: Pleaz Mobley; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Devilish Mary" By: Paul Rogers; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:1. "Jack of Diamonds" By: Bill Nicholson; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Old Smokey" By: I.G. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 21 Side 1:1. "Devilish Mary" By: Paul Rogers; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Darling Cory" By: Pleaz Mobley; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:1. "Jack of Diamonds" By: Bill Nicholson; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Old Smokey" By: I.G. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 22 Side 1:1. "Fiddle-I-Fee" By: Mrs. Maud Long; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Billy Grimes" By: I.G. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:1. "Father Gumble" By: Jean Ritchie; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Common Bill" By: I.G. and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 23 Side 1:1. "Fiddle-I-Fee" By: Mrs. Maud Long; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Billy Grimes" By: I.G. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Side 2:1. "Father Gumble" By: Jean Ritchie; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording) 2. "Common Bill" By: I.G. and Mrs. Greer; n.d. (Library of Congress Recording)
Box Folder
1 Envelope 24 Side 1:"Casey Jones (Baritone and Tenor Duet)" By: Collins and Harlan; n.d. (Oxford Records)
Side 2:Blank
Box Folder
2 Envelope 1 Side 1:"Whoa Mule Whoa" By: Gwyn Biddix (Acco. By: The toe River Valley Boys); n.d. (Mayland Records)
Side 2:"Rubins Train" By: Gwyn Biddix (Acco. By: The toe River Valley Boys); n.d. (Mayland Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 2 Side 1:"Whoa Mule Whoa" By: Gwyn Biddix (Acco. By: The toe River Valley Boys); n.d. (Mayland Records)
Side 2:"Rubins Train" By: Gwyn Biddix (Acco. By: The toe River Valley Boys); n.d. (Mayland Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 3 Side 1:1. "Last Night I Made You Cry" By: Les Waldroop, Sparky Watts; n.d. (Appalachian Records) 2. "Les Waldroop" By: (vocal Arr.) Bobby Harden Trio; n.d. (Appalachian Records)
Side 2:1. "The Appalachian Trail" By: Les Waldroop BMI, Sparky Watts BMI; n.d. (Appalachian Records) 2. "Les Waldroop" By: (vocal Arr.) Bobby Harden Trio; n.d. (Appalachian Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 4 Side 1:1. "Lost John" By: Arlie Watson and Ora Watson; n.d. (Appalachian Records) 2. "Lil' Red Rocking Chair" By: Arlie Watson and Ora Watson; n.d. (Appalachian Records)
Side 2:"Barbue Ellen" By: Arlie Watson and Ora Watson; n.d. (Appalachian Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 5 Side 1:1. "Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair" By: Betty Vaiden Williams; n.d. (Colonial Record) 2. "Who's Gonna Shoe My Pretty Little Foot" By: Betty Vaiden Williams; n.d. (Colonial Record)
Side 2:1. "Don't Make No Likker" By: Betty Vaiden Williams; n.d. (Colonial Record) 2. "The Lass Front the Low Countree" By: Betty Vaiden Williams; n.d. (Colonial Record)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 6 Side 1:"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" By: (C. Calhoun, J. Stone) Big Tom White; n.d. (Moon Records
Side 2:"Rubins Train" By: (Ballad of Jim Hunter)(Bobby Hollowell) Big Tom White; n.d. (Moon Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 7 Side 1:"(Music from the Horn in the West) Squirrel" By: The Fox n.d.
Side 2:"(Music from the Horn in the West) Lolly Too Dum" By: Buffalo Boys n.d.
Box Folder
2 Envelope 8 "Sawmill Man" By: Glenn Bolick; n.d. (Bailey's Camp Records)
Side 2:"Defenders of Freedom" By: (Thomas Grey) Glenn Bolick; n.d. (Bailey's Camp Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 9 Side 1:"Whoa Mule Whoa" By: Gwyn Biddix (Acco. By: The toe River Valley Boys); n.d. (Mayland Records)
Side 2:"Rubins Train" By: Gwyn Biddix (Acco. By: The toe River Valley Boys); n.d. (Mayland Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 10 Side 1:"The Catfish Kid(The Ballad of Jim Hunter)" By: B. Hollowell; n.d. (CMH Records)
Side 2:"The Catfish Kid(The Ballad of Jim Hunter)" By: B. Hollowell; n.d. (CMH Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 11 Side 1:"Barbue Ellen" By: Arlie Watson and Ora Watson; n.d. (Appalachian Records)
Side 2:1. "Lost John" By: Arlie Watson and Ora Watson; n.d. (Appalachian Records) 2. "Lil' Red Rocking Chair" By: Arlie Watson and Ora Watson; n.d. (Appalachian Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 12 Side 1:"Straws and Prelude (Opening of WATA)"By: Dr. Dougherty and H. Wilcox; September 24, 1950
Side 2:"Hot" By: Murie; September 23, 1950
Box Folder
2 Envelope 13 Side 1:"Native Calypso Songs" By: n/a n.d. (Royale Records)
Side 2:"Native Calypso Songs" By: n/a; n.d. (Royale Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 14 Side 1:"Indian Nappanee" By: (Arr.) Raper; n.d. (Advanced Recordgin and Transcription Company) 2. "Red Raper, Vocalist" By: Red Raper and His Mountaineers; n.d. (Advanced Recordgin and Transcription Company)
Side 2:1. "Johnson's Old Gray Mule" By: (Arr.) Raper; n.d. (Advanced Recordgin and Transcription Company) 2. "Red Raper, Vocalist" By: Red Raper and His Mountaineers; n.d. (Advanced Recordgin and Transcription Company)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 15 Side 1:"Oh! Susanna" By: Wendell Hall and Shannon Quartet; n.d. (Victor Records)
Side 2:"Gwine to Run All Night" By: Wendell Hall and Shannon Quartet; n.d. (Victor Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 16 Side 1:"Ida Red" By: Riley Puckett; n.d. (Columbia Records)
Side 2:"Sally Goodwin" By: Riley Puckett; n.d. (Columbia Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 17 Side 1:"Two Black Crows part 1" By: Moran and Mack; n.d. (Victor Records)
Side 2:"Two Black Crows part 2" By: Moran and Mack; n.d. (Victor Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 18 Side 1:"Sweet Fern" By: (A. P. Carter) The Carter Family (Singing and Guitars); n.d. (Victor Records)
Side 2:"LuLu Wall" By: (A. P. Carter) The Carter Family (Singing and Guitars); n.d. (Victor Records)
Box Folder
2 Envelope 19 Side 1:"John Hardy was a Desparate Little Man"By: (A. P. Carter) The Carter Family (Singing and Guitars); n.d. (Victor Records)
Side 2:"Bring Back my Blue-Eyed Boy to Me"By: (A. P. Carter) The Carter Family (Singing and Guitars); n.d. (Victor Records)