Guide to Collection 201. Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes, 1987?

Guide to Collection 201. Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes, 1987?

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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Creator: Marguerite Estep Carson
Title: Collection 201. Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes, 1987?
Language of Material: Material in English
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University.
Abstract: The Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes include one reel-to-reel cassette and one audio cassette of Marguerite Carson's slide show about gravestones in the Appalachian region.
Extent: 0.5 linear feet, 1 archival boxes

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No restrictions to access. No Inter-Library Loan.


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Copyright Notice

Standard federal copyright laws apply.


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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection 201. Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.


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Acquisitions Information

Provenance is unknown. Accession number is MCT. This collection was opened to the public on 2 January 2004.


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Processing Information

Processed by Deborah Bell, ~1994; Kathryn Staley, 2 January 2004

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, 1 July 2005


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Biographical Note

Marguerite Estep Carson studied gravestones in the Appalachian Region. Carson wrote "What say'd these stones?": in appreciation of our Appalachian heritage" and produced a slide show on the subject.


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Collection Arrangement

The Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes is organized into one series.


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Online Catalog Headings

Appalachians (People) -- Funeral customs and rites
Sepulchral monuments -- Appalachian Region, Southern

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Container List

Collection 201. Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes. (1987?)
Marguerite Estep Carson Audiocassettes consists one reel-to-reel and one audiocassette of Carson's slide program on gravestones. The recording is only on one side of the audiocassette. It includes a brief introduction without date or location. The primary contents are excerpts from interviews, religious songs and Carson's reading from an unidentified source or sources. The audiocassette contains a low regular beep, which was used to assist the slide projector's advancement. Interviewees discuss burial practices and loss of family.
Box
1 Audio-recordings.