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Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association, Collection, 1827-2002, (C3715) C Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association, Collection, 1827-2002 3715 0.4 cubic feet, 39 audio cassettes, 10 video cassettes, 5 compact discs, 1 audio disc This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. INTRODUCTION A collection of field, commercial, and private label recordings, interviews, newsletters, brochures, broadsides, music, video cassettes, and correspondence of the association. Materials are added periodically, filed and indexed in the order they are received. DONOR INFORMATION The Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection was donated to the Univer- sity of Missouri by the Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association. See the information folder for complete accession information. HISTORICAL SKETCH The Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association is a nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of "that genre of fiddle playing and accompaniment unique to the musical tradi- tions of the State of Missouri, and known as Missouri old time fiddling ...." Its members seek to provide information and assistance to individuals and groups in the state who are sponsoring or organizing old time fiddling contests and events. They are also interested in "promulgating, dis- seminating, and otherwise popularizing Missouri old time fiddling music" through publication in written or phonographic form as well as "providing a forum for the determination of a consensus of thought among... contest participants concerning contest rules, formats, and scoring proce- dure." They produce an annual calendar of fiddling contests and events that is distributed to the membership. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1970s on. The following pages briefly de- scribe the various types of material included. An alphabetical index to individual performers is included at the end of the finding aid. Series A. Organizational Organizational materials and publications of the association f. A 1 Bylaws f. A 2 Contest calendars f. A 3 Missouri State Old Time Fiddler's Association Quarterly f. A 4 Missouri State Old Time Fiddler's Association Journal f. A 5 Missouri State Old Time Fiddler's Association Bulletin C 3715 Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 page 2 Series B. Missouri Brochures and Broadsides Announcements of fiddle contests in Missouri. Files are arranged chronologically. f. B 1 1975-1979 f. B 2 1980 f. B 3 1981 f. B 4 1982 f. B 5 1983 f. B 6 1984 f. B 7 1985 f. B 8 1986 f. B 9 1987 f. B 10 1988 f. B 11 1989 f. B 12 1990 f. B 13 1991 f. B 14 1992 f. B 15 1993 f. B 16 1994 f. B 17 1995 f. B 18 1996 f. B 19 1997 Series C. Out of State Brochures and Broadsides Out-of-state files are arranged alphabetically by state and then in chronological order. f. C 1 Arkansas f. C 2 Colorado f. C 3 Illinois f. C 4 Iowa f. C 5 Kansas f. C 6 Kentucky f. C 7 Minnesota f. C 8 Nebraska f. C 9 Nevada f. C 10 New Mexico f. C 11 New York f. C 12 North Dakota f. C 13 Oklahoma f. C 14 South Dakota f. C 15 Tennessee f. C 16 Vermont f. C 17 Virginia f. C 18 Wisconsin C 3715 Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 page 3 Series D. Newspaper Clippings f. D 1 Newspaper clippings and obituaries are arranged in alphabetical order by per- former. Series E. Publications Publications and catalogs from various sources other than the Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association. Arranged alphabetically by title. f. E 1 The Devil's Box, volume 10, number 3, September 1976 Old-Time Herald, volume 4, number 5, Fall 1994 Ozarks Watch, volume IV, number 2, Fall 1990 Series F. Tri-State Bluegrass Association Band and Festival Guides f. F 1 1980-1985 f. F 2 1986-1989 f. F 3 1990-1992 f. F 4 1993-1995 f. F 5 1996-1998 Series G. Tri-State Bluegrass Association Band and Festival Newsletter f. G 1 1980-1984 f. G 2 1985 f. G 3 1986 f. G 4 1987 f. G 5 1988 f. G 6 1989 f. G 7 1990 f. G 8 1991 f. G 9 1992 f. G 10 1993 f. G 11 1994 f. G 12 1996, 2002 C 3715 Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 page 4 Series H. Sheet Music f. H 1 "Old Missouri," published by Allen Music Company, Columbia, Missouri, circa 1907. Also contains words and music for "My Son Lou or a Higher Education" by Thomas T. Railey. Series I. Music Contains bound and unbound, published and unpublished, music scores for traditional instru- ments and dances. f. I 1 [E.F. Adam Tune Book], copyright 1928. f. I 2 Kerr's Caledonian Collection, Highland Airs and Quicksteps, Hornpipes, Scottish and Irish Reels, Irish Jigs, Reels and Strathspeys, Country Dances...arranged for the pianoforte or piano-accordion. Glasgow: James S. Kerr, n.d. f. I 3 Kerr's Collection of Reels and Strathspeys, Highland Schottisches, Country Dances, Jigs, Hornpipes, Flirtations... arranged for the pianoforte. Glasgow: J.S. Kerr, n.d. Contains verbal descriptions of positions and steps for various country dances. f. I 4 Kerr's Modern Dance Album for the Violin. Glasgow: James S. Kerr, n.d. f. I 5 The Scottish Violinist...composed and arranged by J. Scott Skinner. Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, Ltd., n.d. f. I 6 "Good Morning" Music, Calls, and Direction for Old-time Dancing as revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. 4th ed. Dearborn, Michigan: n.p., 1943. f. I 7 Bowers' Standard Method for the Violin. Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Compa- ny, [c. 1891, T.B. Harms and Company]. f. I 8 Buch fur Marches, Minuetts, Walzer pro. Rudolph Wolfer, Economy, [PA], 1827. [Photocopy of handwritten music scores] f. I 9 Henry [Heinrich] Giesy's Music Book: n.p., 1848. [Photocopy of handwritten mu- sic scores] f. I 10 Jacob Giesy's Note [music] Book: n.p., 1849. [Photocopy of handwritten music scores] f. I 11 Quintette Quadrille Band, in Five Separate Books, viz:--lst. Violin...: Boston, 1865. C 3715 Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 page 5 f. I 12 Quintette Quadrille Band, in Five Separate Books, viz:--2nd. Violin...: Boston, 1865 f. I 13 Mr. Wells [music book]: n.p., n.d. [Photocopy of handwritten music scores] f. I 14 Original Dances, Waltzes and Hornpipes, Higgins, M. Published by Firth & Hall, New York. f. I 15 Old Time Violin Melodies, Book No. 1. Published by W. H. Morris, St. Joseph, Missouri. f. I 16 Uncle Pink and other Central Missouri fiddle tunes, from Lyman Enloe. Com- piled and edited by Bill Shull. Published by Missouri State Old Time Fiddler's Association, Columbia, Missouri in 1993. Series J. Audio Cassettes f. J 1 Information on the audio cassettes made from commercial records. Includes dust jacket information and copies of brochures included with some albums. Cassettes are stored separately. a.c. 1 Field recording with Bob Holt of Ava, Douglas County, Missouri, made in 1980. Includes, on side 1, Fort Smith, Walk Along John, Stoney Point, Turkey Buzzard, Blackberry Blossom, Wilson's/Murphy's Hornpipes, Lost Train Blues, Old Hen Cackle, Cumberland Gap, Sugar in the Coffee, Hop Up Kitty Puss, Uncle Joe, Blue Mule, Whistling Rufus, Spotted Pony in C, Spotted Pony in A, East Tennes- see Blues, Fourteen Days in Georgia, and Crazy Creek. On side 2 are Old Melinda, Fat Meat and Dumplings, Harvester, Charleston No. 1, Old Parnell, Stone's Rag, Tickle Rag, Kansas City Breakdown Blues, Texas Crapshooter, Nig- ger Fever No. 1, Nigger Fever No. 2, Oklahoma Redbird, Done Gone, Polk Coun- ty Breakdown, Martha Campbell, Rabbit in the Pea Patch, Rabbit Where's Your Mammy, Lonesome Indian, Dry and Dusty, and Snowflake Reel. a.c. 2 Continuation of audio cassette 1, field recording with Bob Holt. Side 1 includes Hell Among the Yearlings, Jackson's Hornpipe, Dubuque, Eighth of January, Flop-Eared Mule, Forked Deer, Ozark Moon, Got a Little Home to Go to (AE- AE), Sally Goodin (AEAE), Cotton-Eyed Joe (AEAE), Wolves A-Howlin' (AE- AE), Rattlesnake (AEAE), Bear-creek Sally Goodin (AEAC#), The Old Still- house (AEAC#), Lost Indian (AEAC#), Jerusalem Ridge, Snowshoes, Ragtime Annie, Liberty, Ozark Moon and Carroll County Blues. Side 2 includes Oak Pic Waltz, Seamus O'Brien Waltz, Johnny Run the Jug Around, Sleepy-Eyed Joe, Festival Waltz, Forgotten Waltz, Bully of the Town, Billy in the Lowground, Missouri Fever/Knockin' at Your Door, Sally Went Huntin', Tennessee Wagoner, Laughing Boy, Virginia Darling, Katy Hill, Sally Johnson, Santa Claus, Echoes of the Ozarks, When You and I Were Young, Mag- C 3715 Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Collection, 1827-2002 page 6 gie; Fiddler's Dream, Texas Quickstep, Comin' Down from Denver, Durham's Reel, Westphalia Waltz, Arkansas Turnback, and Whiskey Before Breakfast. a.c. 3 Commercial recording Arhoolie #5027, of Harry Choates' 1946-1949 songs. Original recordings were on 78 r.p.m. records made by Bill Quinn in Houston, Texas. Songs on side 1 include Allons a Lafayette, Basile Waltz, Cajun Hop, Port Arthur Waltz, Harry Choates Special, It Won't be Long, Wrong Keyhole, and Draggin the Bow. On side 2 are Poor Hobo, Louisiana, Devil in the Bayou, Grand Mamow, Lawtell Waltz, Harry Choates Blues, Chere Meon, and Louisiana Boo- gie. Band members on side 1 include Johnnie Mae Smirle Manuel, piano; Joe Ma- nuel, banjo; B.D. Williams, bass; and Eddie Pursley, guitar.
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