John Jacob Niles papers

Abstract

The John Jacob Niles papers (dated 1905-1984; 45.8 cubic ft.; 64 boxes, 6 items) contain correspondence, musical and literary manuscripts, and other materials written or collected by John Jacob Niles.

Descriptive Summary

Title
John Jacob Niles papers
Date
1905-1984 (inclusive)
Extent
45.8 Cubic Feet
Subjects
Aeronautics -- History
Folk songs, English -- United States.
Composers -- Correspondence.
Musicians -- Correspondence.
Phonodiscs.
Programs.
Sheet music.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations.
Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection
Arrangement
Organized into the following series: Correspondence, Personal, Career, Manuscripts, Instruments, and Oversized materials. The series are arranged chronologically within topical subseries.
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Archives Staff; Made machine-readable by Courtney Murphy
Preferred Citation
82M9: [identification of item], John Jacob Niles papers, 1905-1984, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Composer, Performer, and Author. Niles was born in Louisville in 1892. Coming from a musical family, Niles began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. After the war he studied music at the University of Lyon and the Schola Cantorium in Paris. Niles completed his musical education at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He renewed his search for folk songs in Appalachia as he accompanied noted photographer Doris Ulmann on her travels through the mountain region. He set traditional songs in new arrangements and composed many original songs.
Scope and Content
The John Jacob Niles papers (dated 1905-1984; 45.8 cubic ft.; 64 boxes, 6 items) contain correspondence, musical and literary manuscripts, and other materials written or collected by John Jacob Niles. Much of the correspondence is between Niles and his music publisher, G. Schirmer, Inc. Original drafts of Niles choral works, instrumental pieces, orchestral oratorios, song arrangements, and other musical compositions total approximately thirteen cubic feet. A significant portion of these materials is unpublished. The papers contain an interesting series of photographs, including several taken of Niles by well-known photographers such as Van Deren Coke, Alfred Eisenstaedt, George Kossuth, and Doris Ulmann. There are also original photographs taken at the 1903 launching of Orville and Wilbur Wright's airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. There are also a number of World War I era shots of Niles' flying group, The Lafayette Escadrille, and various Niles family pictures.
Other important items include the diaries and notebooks Niles used to record the folk songs, his World War I scrapbooks, autobiographical notes and drafts, original plays, radio scripts, and manuscripts of his published books. Miscellaneous materials include greeting cards and printed material on Anglo-Saxon balladry.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Use Restrictions
Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. Literary rights remain vested in the Niles family. Permission must be obtained to publish or quote extensively.

Contents of the Collection

Correspondence, 1919-1980

Scope and Contents note

The Correspondence Series is divided into three subseries according to general subject. The Personal Correspondence includes letters from John Jacob Niles to Rena Lipetz Niles. Many of these were written while Niles was on tour throughout the United States. The Professional Correspondence contains letters from many prominent figures in the music world as well as detailed information about Niles' own company, Boone Tolliver Records. The General Correspondence consists mainly of letters from various individuals and covers a variety of topics. The material in each of these subseries is arranged chronologically.

Personal, 1933-1962

John Jacob Niles to Roy Flannagan, 1933

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 1
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John Jacob Niles to Rena Lipetz Niles, 1933-1962

1933

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 2
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1934 February-December

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 3
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1935 February 25-April 27

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 4
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1935 May-December

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 5
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1936 January-February

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 6
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1936 March-July

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 7
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1938 June-August

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 8
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1940 January-July

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 9
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1940

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 10
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Miscellaneous, 1940

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 11
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1941 March-November

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 12
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1941

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 13
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1942 January-July

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 14
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1942 October-December

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 15
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1942

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 16
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Miscellaneous, 1942

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 17
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1943 February-November

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 18
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1943

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 19
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Miscellaneous, 1943

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 20
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1944 January

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 21
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1944 February

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 22
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1944 March-April

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 23
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1944 May

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 24
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1944 October-December

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 25
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1944

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 26
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Miscellaneous, 1944

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 27
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1945 January

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 28
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1945 February-June

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 29
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1945 July-November

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 30
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1945

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 31
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Miscellaneous, 1945

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 32
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Western tour, 1945

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 33
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1946 January-March

  • Box 82m9-001, folder 34
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1946 April-October

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 1
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1946 November

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 2
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1946

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 3
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1947 February-March

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 4
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1947 June-December

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 5
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1947

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 6
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Miscellaneous, 1947

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 7
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1948 January-March

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 8
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1948 Jul-October

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 9
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1948 November-December

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 10
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1949 January-February

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 11
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1949 March-May

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 12
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1949 July-October

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 13
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1949 November-December

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 14
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1949

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 15
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1950 January-March

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 16
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1950 April-October

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 17
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1950 November-December

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 18
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1950

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 19
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1951 January-March

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 20
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1951 April-July

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 21
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1951 October

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 22
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1951 November- December

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 23
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1952 February-July

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 24
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1952 October

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 25
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1952 November

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 26
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1952 December

  • Box 82m9-002, folder 27
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1952

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 1
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1953 July-August

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 2
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1953 October

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 3
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1953 November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 4
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1954 January - November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 5
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1955 January-June

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 6
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1955 July-October

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 7
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1956 March

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 8
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1956 April

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 9
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1956 November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 10
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1957 January-November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 11
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1958 April - August

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 12
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1959 January-October

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 13
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1960 May-June

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 14
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1961 July-October

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 15
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1962 February-November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 16
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1962

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 17
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Rena Lipetz Niles to John Jacob Niles, 1936-1952

1938 July-August

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 18
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1938

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 19
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1940 January-April

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 20
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1940

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 21
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1942 July-November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 22
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1942

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 23
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1944 April-May

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 24
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1945 April

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 25
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1946 November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 26
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1947 November-December

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 27
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1948 February-March

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 28
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1948 October

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 29
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1952 November

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 30
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undated

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 31
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Professional, 1936-1979

Frank Long/Leslie Shepard, 1936-1979

Frank Long, 1936-1952

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 32
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Frank Long, 1953-1977

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 33
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Leslie Shepard, 1957-1963 April

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 34
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Leslie Shepard, 1963 May-1964

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 35
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Typescript of liner notes by Leslie Shepard for Folkways album, 1964 January 14

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 36
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Liner notes for Folkways album, 1964

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 37
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Leslie Shepard, 1965-1968

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 38
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Leslie Shepard, 1970-1979

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 39
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RCA Victor, 1939-1972

1939-1941

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 40
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1939-1940

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 41
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1941-1943

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 42
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1944-1948

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 43
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1949-1972

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 44
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RCA Victor royalty statements, 1941-1975

1941-1949

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 45
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1950-1967

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 46
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1969-1975

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 47
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G. Shirmer, Inc., 1937-1978

1937

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 48
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1942-1943

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 49
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1944-1945

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 50
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1946-1948

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 51
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1949-1951

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 52
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1952-1953

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 53
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1954

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 54
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1955

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 55
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1956

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 56
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1957

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 57
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1958 January-February

  • Box 82m9-003, folder 58
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1958 March-December

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 1
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1959 January-April

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 2
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1959 May-December

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 3
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1960

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 4
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1961

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 5
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1962

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 6
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1963

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 7
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1964-1965

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 8
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1966-1970

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 9
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1971-1972

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 10
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1973-1978

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 11
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undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 12
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Miscellaneous letters to G. Shirmer, Inc., undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 13
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Affidavit regarding composition of "Black is the Color", undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 14
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Affidavit regarding composition of "Ef I Had a Ribbon Bow", undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 15
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Affidavit regarding composition of "Go 'Way From My Window", undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 16
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Affidavit regarding composition of "I Wonder as I Wander", undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 17
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Affidavit regarding composition of "Jesus the Christ is Born", undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 18
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Affidavit regarding composition of "Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head", undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 19
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G. Shirmer, Inc. royalty statements, 1937-1975

1929-1942

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 20
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1943-1944

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 21
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1945-1946

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 22
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1946-1947

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 23
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1948-1950

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 24
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1951-1953

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 25
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1954-1956

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 26
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1959-1969

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 27
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1937-1946

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 28
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1947-1953

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 29
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1954-1957

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 30
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1958-1959

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 31
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1960-1962

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 32
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1963-1964

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 33
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1965-1966

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 34
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1967

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 35
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1968-1975

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 36
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Collaborative efforts, 1946-1951

1946

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 37
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1947

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 38
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1948

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 39
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1949

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 40
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1950-1951

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 41
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undated

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 42
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Boone Tolliver records, 1952-1958

Letters, 1952 February-April

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 43
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Letters, 1952 May

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 44
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Letters, 1952-1954

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 45
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Record orders, 1952 January-July

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 46
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Record orders, 1952 August-October

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 47
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Record orders, 1952 November

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 48
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Record orders, 1952 December

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 49
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Record orders, 1953 January-February

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 50
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Record orders, 1953 March

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 51
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Record orders, 1953 April-May

  • Box 82m9-004, folder 52
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Record orders, 1953 June-October

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 1
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Record orders, 1953 November-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 2
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Record orders, 1954 January-February

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 3
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Record orders, 1954 March-April

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 4
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Record orders, 1954 May-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 5
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Record orders, 1955-1958

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 6
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Record orders, undated

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 7
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Invoices, 1952-1957

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 8
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Rampart Productions, 1954-1957

Letters, film fragments, contracts, announcements, 1953 July-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 9
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Letters, 1954-1957

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 10
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Letters, brochures, undated

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 11
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Tradition records, 1957-1966

Letters, catalogues, 1957-1962

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 12
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Leters, liner notes, biographical, song lists for records, 1965-1966

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 13
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Royalty statements, 1958-1966

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 14
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General, 1919-1980

1919-1935

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 15
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1936-1939

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 16
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1940-1941

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 17
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1942

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 18
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1943 January-August

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 19
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1943 September

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 20
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1943 October-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 21
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circa 1943

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 22
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1944

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 23
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1945-1946

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 24
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1947

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 25
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circa 1947

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 26
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1948

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 27
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1949

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 28
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1950

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 29
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1951 January-May

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 30
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1951 June-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 31
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1952

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 32
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1953

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 33
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1954

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 34
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1955

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 35
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1956

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 36
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1957

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 37
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1958

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 38
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1959

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 39
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1960 January-May

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 40
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1960 June-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 41
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1961 January-June

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 42
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1961 July-December

  • Box 82m9-005, folder 43
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1962 January-June

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 1
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1962 August-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 2
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1963 January-May

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 3
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1963 June-November

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 4
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1963

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 5
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1964 May-July

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 6
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1964 August-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 7
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1965 January-April

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 8
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1965 May-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 9
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1966 January-March

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 10
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1966 April-June

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 11
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1966 July-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 12
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1967 January-March

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 13
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1967 April-August

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 14
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1967 September-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 15
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1968 January-March

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 16
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1968 April-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 17
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1969 January-May

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 18
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1969 June-September

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 19
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1969 October-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 20
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1970 January-March

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 21
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1970 April-June

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 22
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1970 July-October

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 23
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1970 November-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 24
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1971 January-February

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 25
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1971 March-July

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 26
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1971 August-September

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 27
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1971 October-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 28
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1972 January-April

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 29
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1972 May-August

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 30
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1972 September-October

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 31
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1972 November-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 32
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1973 January-February

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 33
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1973 March-June

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 34
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1973 July-October

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 35
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1973 November-December

  • Box 82m9-006, folder 36
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1974 January-March

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 1
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1974 April-June

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 2
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1974 July-August

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 3
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1974 September

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 4
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1974 October-December

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 5
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1975 January-February

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 6
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1975 March-May

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 7
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1975 June-July

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 8
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1975 August-September

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 9
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1975 October

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 10
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1975 November-December

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 11
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1976 January-June

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 12
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1976 July-August

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 13
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1976 September

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 14
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1976 October-November

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 15
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1977 January-March

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 16
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1977 April-June

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 17
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1977 July-August

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 18
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1977 September-December

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 19
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1978 January-March

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 20
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1978 April-September

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 21
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1978 October

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 22
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1978 November-December

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 23
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1979 January-September

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 24
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1979-1980

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 25
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undated

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 26-31
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Personal, 1905-1980

Scope and Contents note

The Personal series consists of 53 boxes of material encompassing many aspects of Niles' life. Figuring prominently in this series are the diaries ad field notebooks. Recorded in these volumes are the legends, ballads, traditions, and philosophies of the people Niles encountered during his travels in the Southern Highlands. This series is subdivided into eight categories with the material arranged in chronological order within each subseries.

Journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, 1905-1979

Journal, 1905

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 32
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Field notebook, 1906

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 33
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Journal, 1906

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 34
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Journal, 1907

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 35
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Journal, 1908

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 36
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Journal, 1915

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 37
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Journal, 1918

  • Box 82m9-007, folder 38
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Notebook, 1919

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 1
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Scrapbook, 1919

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 2
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Contents of scrapbook, 1930

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 3
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Calendar notebook, 1931-1932

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 4
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Journal, 1932

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 5
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Field notebook, 1932

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 6-7
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Ballad transcribed from p. 117 of preceding field notebook, 1932

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 8
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Field notebook, 1933

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 9-11
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Field notebook, 1934

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 12-15
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Dialect dictionary, 1934

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 16
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Farm notebook, 1941

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 17
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Farm notebook, 1943

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 18
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Diary, 1944

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 19
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Journal, circa 1950

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 20
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Commonplace book, 1963

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 21
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Calendar notebook, 1964

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 22
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Calendar notebook, 1965

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 23
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Calendar notebook, 1966

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 24
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Notebook, 1969

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 25
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Notebook, circa 1970s

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 26
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Journal, 1976

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 27
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Calendar notebook, 1977

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 28
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Journal, 1979

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 29
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Contents of notebook, undated

  • Box 82m9-008, folder 30
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Field notebook, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 1
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Dialect dictionary, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 2
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Contents of notebook, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 3
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Notebook, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 4
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Prompt book, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 5
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Music notebook, 1931

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 6-7
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Music notebook, 1932

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 8
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Music notebook, 1933, 1934

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 9
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Music notebook, 1950

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 10
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Doris Ulmann material, 1933-1976

Letters from Doris Ulmann to Allen Eaton, 1933-1934

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 11
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Notes by Doris Ulmann concerning her will, 1934

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 12
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Letters from Doris Ulmann to Sarah Blanding, with cover letter from Sarah Blanding to ohn Jacob Niles, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 13
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Chronicle by John Jacob Niles of events surrounding Doris Ulmann's death., 1934 Aug 2

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 14
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Photographs by Doris Ulmann, Courier Journal magazine, 2 November 1941

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 15
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John Jacob Niles, Doris Ulmann: Preface and Recollections.The Call Number, University of Oregon Library, 1958

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 16
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Craft Horizons, 1966 June

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 17
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Program for exhibit of Doris Ulmann photographs, Western Carolina University, 1976 April

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 18
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"Inner Spirit: Doris Ulmann's Photography" by Rena Niles, 1984

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 19
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Book catalogues containing The Appalachian Photographs of Doris Ulmann, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 20
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John Jacob Niles, "The Legend of Doris Ulmann," typescript, undated

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 21
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Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands by Allen H. Eaton, galley proofs, 1937

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 22-23
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Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands by Allen H. Eaton, page proofs, 1937

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 24-27
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Articles on John Jacob Niles, 1940-1986

"Records for Christmas: Carols of the New World", Victor Records Review, 1940

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 28
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Borah, Leo. "Kentucky, Boone's Great Meadow" in The National Geographic, 1942 July

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 29
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Butterfield, Roger. "Folk Singer: John Jacob Niles Makes Rare Music from the Songs and Ballads of Early America." in Life , 1943 Sept 6

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 30
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"Amerika Singt". Heute (German publication), 1947 July 15

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 31
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McHugh, Vincent. "Sing Me a Homemade Song."The Magazine of the Year, 1948 January

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 32
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Stevens, Nelson. "Folk Songs: U.S.A."Arizona Quarterly , 1948

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 33
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Guthrie, A.B., Jr. "Kentucky". Holiday, 1951 March

  • Box 82m9-009, folder 34
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"Tragic Troubadour". Coronet, 1951 July

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 1
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"Ballads and Blackberries." The American Magazine, 1956 February

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 2
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Batiuk, Taras. "The Art of John Jacob Niles."East Magazine, 1958

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 3
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Arnold, Olga and Judy Catlin. "American Folk Singer."America Illustrated, 1959

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 4
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Nash, Gordon. "John Jacob Niles ."Kentucky Composers , 1964

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 5
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Lancaster, Thomas. "John Jacob Niles on Choral Participation in Folk Music."American Choral Review, 1966 June

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 6
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Travis, James. "A Voice from Kentucky" draft with corrections by Rena Niles; final copy, 1969

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 7
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Travis, James. "John Jacob Niles: A Voice from Kentucky" Southern Living, 1969 June

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 8
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Holroyd, Sara. "John Jacob Niles: Renaissance Man."Bluegrass Music News, 1972 April-May

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 9
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Coppage, Noel "John Jacob Niles." Stereo Review , 1975 January

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 10
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Hinshaw, Donald. "Contemporary Composers: John Jacob Niles."Journal of Church Music., 1976 October

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 11
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Niles, Rena. "In the fall '33." Bluegrass Woman, 1976 winter

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 12
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Winland, Lorraine. "A Luncheon with John Jacob Niles"Kentucky Monthly, 1979 Oct

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 13
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Johnson, Helen Shea. "John Jacob Niles: The Minstrel of Boone Creek."Music Journal, 1980 Jan/Feb

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 14
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Roberts, Jacqueline Warnick. "In Memoriam: John Jacob Niles."Bluegrass Music News , 1980 May

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 15
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Nash, Alanna. "John Jacob Niles: His Legend Lives On."Frets, 1980 June

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 16
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Burg, David. "John Jacob Niles. "The Kentucky Review, 1980

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 17
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"John Jacob Niles." Sing Out!, 1980

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 18
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Kidd, Andrew Jason. "John Jacob Niles: A True Son of Kentucky."Kentcuky Heritage, 1981 Spring

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 19
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Nash, Alanna. "John Jacob Niles: A Song from the Heart."Beaux Arts, 1981 Summer

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 20
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"John Jacob Niles." St. Martins Press, 1981

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 21
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Blomstedt, Erik. "John Jacob Niles, Dean of American Balladeers."Dulcimer Players News, 1982 Summer

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 22
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Niles, Rena Lipetz. "The Songs of John Jacob Niles."NATS Bulletin, 1983 March/April

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 23
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"The Niles-meron Songs." NATS Bulletin , 1983 March/April

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 24
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Article for New Harmon Festival of Music, 1983 August

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 25
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"John Jacob Niles." the Kentucky Review, 1983 Autumn

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 26
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Niles, Rena. "On the Road with John Jacob Niles."High Roads Folio, 1986

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 27
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"Two Kentucky Folk Singers: John Jacob Niles and Jean Ritchie" Focus on Folk Songs, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 28
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Papers on John Jacob Niles, 1951-1975

Draft of an article on the oratorio Lamentation by William R. Moody, 1951

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 29
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Essays by school children, 1961-1968

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 30
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Essays by school children, 1972-1973

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 31
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Gobar, Ash. "Letter on the Philosophy of Being", 1973 December

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 32
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Essays by school children, 1974 March 13

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 33
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Gobar, Ash. "Notes on the Poetry of John Jacob Niles", 1975 April

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 34
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Student term papers, 1975 April 17, July 7

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 35
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Students' impression of John Jacob Niles concert, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 36
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Burg, David. "A Tribute to John Jacob Niles", undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 37
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Personal memorabilia, 1918-1967

Certificate of appoinment to First Lt. in Air Service, 1918 May

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 38
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Large map showing French front lines, 1918 July-September

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 39
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Reproduction of map showing Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1st American Army and reproduction of a map showing Aisne-marine and St. Mihail offensives, 1st American Army, 1918, 1937

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 40
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Honorable discharge and service record, 1919

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 41
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The Wing Slip, 1925, 1930

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 42
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Roster of World War I overseas flyers and revised booklet, 1972, 1978

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 43
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Aviators Post Directory of members, 1945

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 44
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Masonic demit, 1921

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 45
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Engraved business card used early in John Jacob Niles' career and original engraving plate, 1920s

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 46
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Notes of introduction to England, circa 1930s

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 47
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Handwritten will by John Jacob Niles, 1937 June 15

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 48
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Announcement of John Edward Niles' birth, 1945 May 21

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 49
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Pamphlet on Victor Hammer; works printed in Hammer-designed type., undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 50
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Piano solo, "The Dulcimer" dedicated to John Jacob Niles, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 51
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Published music owned by John Jacob Niles, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 52
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Poetry sent to or written for John Jacob Niles, including poem by Henrietta Child., 1936-1938; 1974; 1980

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 53
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Recipes collected by John Jacob Niles, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 54
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Postcard collection, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 55
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Jacqueline Roberts repertoire of John Jacob Niles's music, undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 56
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Blueprint of pony barn, 1973 October 3

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 57
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Brown paper pattern for dulcimer parts, dulicmer strings., undated

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 58
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Case knife used in dramatic presentation of ballads, undated

  • Box 27
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Woodcuts by John Jacob Niles, 1930, 1938, undated

  • Box 28
  • Box 29
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Various hand stamps, undated

  • Box 30
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Letter from Joseph Mayer to Mr. Smith, 1887 October 8

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 59
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New Testament , 1917

  • Box 82m9-010, folder 60
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Promissory note to John Jacob Niles, 1925 June 2

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 1
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Placecard, 1933 July 10

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 2
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Handwritten music manuscript book inscribed by Andrew Murdock. Cover letter to JJN., 1824, 1937 October 12

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 3
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Passports, 1930, 1936

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 4
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Large map of London underground system, circa 1930s

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 5
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"Kentucky is my Land" by Jesse Stuart, 1950

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 6
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WFMT program guide, 1956

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 7
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Script for children's play, 1965

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 8
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The Anglican Breviary. Gift of Burrel Farnsley, 1967

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 9
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Promotional material and sample program fo the Misses Fuller, English folksingers, undated

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 10
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Placecard for Mr. and Mrs. Frank McVey, undated

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 11
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Veda, undated

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 12
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Clippings

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 13
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Clippings of man who resembled John Jacob Niles' father, undated

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 14
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Maps, undated

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 15
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Miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 16-21
  • Box 31, folder 1
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Publication dates of John Jacob Niles' music, 1929-1946

  • Box 32
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Publication dates of John Jacob Niles' music, 1947-1951

  • Box 33
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Copyrights for "Gambling Songs" and other compositions, 1933-1934

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 22
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Christmas cards, 1938-1980

1938

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 23
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1940

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 24-25
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1941

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 26-29
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1950-1952

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 30
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1953

  • Box 82m9-011, folder 31-32
  • Box 82m9-012, folder 1
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1955

  • Box 82m9-012, folder 2
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1956

  • Box 82m9-012, folder 3
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1957

  • Box 82m9-012, folder 4-6
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1959

  • Box 82m9-012, folder 7-10
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1960

  • Box 82m9-012, folder 11-13
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1961

  • Box 82m9-012, folder 14-17
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1962

  • Box 82m9-013, folder 1-4
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1963

  • Box 82m9-013, folder 5-8
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1964

  • Box 82m9-013, folder 9-13
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1965

  • Box 82m9-013, folder 14-18
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1966

  • Box 82m9-014, folder 1-5
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1967

  • Box 82m9-014, folder 6-9
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1968

  • Box 82m9-014, folder 10-13
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1969

  • Box 82m9-014, folder 14-15
  • Box 82m9-015, folder 1-3
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1970

  • Box 82m9-015, folder 4-7
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1971

  • Box 82m9-015, folder 8-12
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1972

  • Box 82m9-015, folder 13
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1973

  • Box 82m9-015, folder 14-17
  • Box 82m9-016, folder 1
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1974

  • Box 82m9-016, folder 2-5
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1975

  • Box 82m9-016, folder 6-8
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1976

  • Box 82m9-016, folder 9-11
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1977

  • Box 82m9-016, folder 12-13
  • Box 82m9-017, folder 1
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1978

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 2-6
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1979

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 7-9
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1980

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 10-11
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undated

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 12-15
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Christmas cards designed by John Jacob Niles, 1934-1973

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 16
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Christmas card lists, undated

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 17
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Greeting cards, 1953-1979

Birthday, 1963-1979

1963, 1967

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 18
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1969

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 19
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1972

  • Box 82m9-017, folder 20-21
  • Box 82m9-018, folder 1-2
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1973

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 3
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1974

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 4
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1975

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 5
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1977

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 6
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1979

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 7
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Get-well; general, 1953, 1979

Get well notes, 1953

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 8
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Get well notes, 1979

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 9-10
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Notes, cards, etc., 1979

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 11-12
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Notes, cards, undated

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 13
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Obituaries and related materials, 1980

Obituaries, 1980

Lexington Herald Leader, 1980 March 2

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 14
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Louisville Courier Journal , 1980 March 2

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 15
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1980 March 3

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 16
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1980 March 4

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 17
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1980 March 9, 14, 16

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 18
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1980 Spring

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 19
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Sympathy notes, 1980

1980 March 2

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 20
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1980 March 3

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 21
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1980 March 4

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 22-23
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1980 March 5

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 24
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1980 March 6

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 25
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1980 March 7

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 26
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1980 March 8-9

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 27
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1980 March 10

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 28
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1980 March 11

  • Box 82m9-018, folder 29
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1980 March 12

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 1
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1980 March 13

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 2
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1980 March 14-15

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 3
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1980 March 17-19

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 4
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1980 March 20, 22, 24-25

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 5
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1980 March 26-29

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 6
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1980 April 1, 5

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 7
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1980 April 7, 30

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 8
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1980 May 1, 12-13, 16

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 9
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undated

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 10
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Related materials, 1980

Letters of condolence, 1980 March 27-November 20

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 11
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Correspondence acknowledging contributions to John Jacob Niles scholarship fund, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, list of contributors, 1980 March 7-November 14

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 12
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Notes accompanying gifs and flowers, 1980 March

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 13
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Guest book and order for funeral service, 1980 March 3

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 14
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Memorial programs, 1980 March 9-April 28

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 15
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Acknowledgment card printed by King Library Press, undated

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 16
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Lists of those who sent notes, food, flowers, undated

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 17
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Dried flowers, undated

  • Box 34
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Career, 1914-1984

Scope and Contents note

The Career series contains twenty-nine boxes of concert programs, newspaper clippings, and promotional material documenting Niles' life as a performer.

Concert programs, 1914-1983

1914, 1920-1921

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 18
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1931-1939

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 19
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1940

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 20
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1941

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 21
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1942

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 22
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1943

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 23
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1944

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 24
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1945

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 25
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1946

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 26
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1947

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 27
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1948

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 28
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1949

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 29
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1950

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 30
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1951

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 31
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1952

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 32
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1953

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 33
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1954

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 34
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1955

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 35
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1956

  • Box 82m9-019, folder 36
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1957

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 1
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1958

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 2
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1959

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 3
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1960

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 4
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1961

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 5
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1962

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 6
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1963

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 7
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1964

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 8
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1965

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 9
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1966

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 10-11
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1967

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 12
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1968

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 13
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1969

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 14
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1970

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 15
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1971

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 16
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1972

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 17
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1973

  • Box 82m9-020, folder 18
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1974

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 1
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1975

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 2
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1976

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 3-4
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1977

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 5
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1978

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 6
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1979

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 7
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1980

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 8
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1981

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 9
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1982

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 10
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1983

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 11
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Program inserts, undated

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 12
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Song lists for John Jacob Niles' concerts, undated

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 13
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Prompt sheets, circa 1930s-present

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 14
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Concert programs with John Jacob Niles' handwritten notes, undated

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 15
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undated

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 16-17
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Programs from events attended, 1941-1979

1941-1942, 1947, 1961

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 18
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1962

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 19
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1963

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 20
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1964

  • Box 82m9-021, folder 21
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1965

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 1
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1966

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 2-3
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1967

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 4
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1968

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 5
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1969-70

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 6
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1971

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 7
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1972

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 8
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1973

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 9
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1974

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 10
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1975

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 11
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1976

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 12
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1977-1979

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 13
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undated

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 14-17
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Tour and itineraries, 1937-1979

Fall concert tour, 1937 October-December

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 18
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1944-1979

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 19
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Clippings, schedules, programs from Alaskan tour, 1962

  • Box 82m9-022, folder 20
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Notes on Canadian tour, undated

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 1
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Notes, rough itineraries, undated

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 2
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Names and addresses obtained while on tour, undated

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 3
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Newspaper clippings, 1928-1984

1928, 1931-1942

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 4-5
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1943

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 6
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1944

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 7
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1945

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 8
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1946

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 9
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1947

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 10
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1948

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 11
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1949

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 12
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1950

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 13
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1951

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 14
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1952

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 15
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1953

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 16
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1954

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 17
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1955

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 18
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1956

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 19
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1957

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 20
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1958

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 21
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1959

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 22
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1960

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 23
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1961

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 24
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1962

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 25
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1963

  • Box 82m9-023, folder 26
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1964

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 1
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1965

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 2
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1966

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 3
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1967

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 4-5
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1968

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 6
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1969

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 7
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1970

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 8
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1971

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 9
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1972

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 10
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1973

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 11
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1974

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 12
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1975

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 13
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1976

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 14
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1977

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 15
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1978

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 16
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1979

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 17
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1980

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 18
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1981

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 19
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1982

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 20
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1983

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 21
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1984

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 22
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undated

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 23
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Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1927-1943

1927-1928

  • Box 31, folder 2
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1937-1941

  • Box 35
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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1940-1943

  • Box 31, folder 3
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Promotional material, 1961-1982

Promotional play, 1961 April

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 24
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Concert tours managed by Boo Hill Farm, 1972

  • Box 82m9-024, folder 25
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Benefit concert for University of Kentucky Art Museum, 1978 March 28

  • Box 25, folder 1
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Concert tours managed by various agencies, undated

  • Box 25, folder 2
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Boone Tolliver Record Company, undated

  • Box 25, folder 3
  • Box 31, folder 4
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Disc records, undated

  • Box 25, folder 4
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RCA Victor, undated

  • Box 25, folder 5
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Tradition Records, undated

  • Box 25, folder 6
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Appalshop Films, undated

  • Box 25, folder 7
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Carl Fischer, Inc., undated

  • Box 25, folder 8
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Mark Foster Music Company, undated

  • Box 25, folder 9
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G. Shirmer, Inc., undated

  • Box 25, folder 10
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Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, undated

  • Box 25, folder 11
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Special events and awards, 1955-1984

Kentucky Colonels Derby eve dinner, program and tickets, 1955

  • Box 25, folder 12
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Transylvania College performance: clippings and programs, 1966 November 30

  • Box 25, folder 13
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Niles-Merton Song Cycle; correspondence, clippings, and performances, 1968-1975

  • Box 25, folder 14
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World premiere program, Golgotha, 1971 March 30

  • Box 26, folder 1
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Commencement program, University of Louisville, honorary doctor of Humanities, 1971 May 16

  • Box 25, folder 16
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Commencement program from University of Kentucky, honorary doctor of letters, 1973 May 12

  • Box 25, folder 17
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Honorary Certificate of Citizenship for Boonesborough Bicentennial Celebration, undated

  • Box 25, folder 18
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Lexington Opera House grand opening, correspondence, contracts, programs, 1976 May 18

  • Box 25, folder 19
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Invitation to dedication of JJN collection, University of Kentucky, 1983 April 28

  • Box 25, folder 20
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Exhibition schedule at University of Kentucky Art Museum, undated

  • Box 25, folder 21
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Certificates of appreciation, undated

  • Box 25, folder 22
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Kentucky Center for the Arts opening night, program, 1983 November 19

  • Box 25, folder 23
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10th Annual Celebration of traditional music, schedule, poster, 1984 November 1-4

  • Box 25, folder 24
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Notices and announcements of work and biographical material, 1943-1984

Notices and announcements of work, 1943, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1970

  • Box 25, folder 25
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Notices and announcements of work, undated

  • Box 25, folder 26
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Biographical material, 1984 September 23

  • Box 25, folder 27
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Instructional material, 1942-1951

Indiana University catalogues, 1942 June-August

  • Box 25, folder 28
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University of Denver catalogue, 1943 July

  • Box 25, folder 29
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Julliard School catalogue, bibliography, 1945 Summer

  • Box 25, folder 30
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Cincinnati Conservatory of Music catalogue, 1950

  • Box 25, folder 31
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Boston University catalogue, 1951

  • Box 25, folder 32
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Alice Lloyd College bulletin, undated

  • Box 25, folder 33
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University of Missouri progress report, undated

  • Box 25, folder 34
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University of Kansas City course description, bibliography, undated

  • Box 25, folder 35
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History of Folk Ballad and Carol, bibliography, undated

  • Box 25, folder 36
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Manuscripts, 1926-1980

Scope and Contents note

John Jacob Niles' creative works including music compositions, books, prose, poetry, radio programs, articles, and plays comprise the Manuscript series.

The Music manuscript subseries is comprised of twenty-nine boxes of original manuscripts and published music. These works are categorized according to the instrument for which they are written and arranged alphabetically in each category. Differing slightly in arrangement from the rest of the series is the Niles-Merton Song Cycle. Though originally written for solo voice and piano, there are also choral arrangements of some of these songs. Consequently, the entire work is arranged alphabetically by song title so that all versions of a song may be found together. Untitled works and incomplete sketches are described at the close of the series.

The Books manuscript subseries consists of 45 boxes of manuscripts divided into five subseries and arranged chronologically. The series includes Song My Mother Never Taught Me, a collection of World War I Army songs, The Ballad Book. Niles' most widely acclaimed literary effort; and his unfinished Autobiography. Correspondence and other related materials are filed within each subseries.

The Plays manuscript subseries consists of seven boxes. The material is arranged chronologically. Those manuscripts which are undated are listed alphabetically. The radio programs manuscript series consists of two boxes. This material is arranged chronologically by broadcast date. Most notable in this series are the radio programs entitled "Salute to the Hills." These programs, prepared by John Jacob Niles, were a part of the University of Kentucky's experiment in directed broadcasting.

The Articles manuscript subseries consists of two boxes of magazine and newspaper articles by John Jacob Niles. This material is arranged chronologically. The miscellaneous manuscript series consists of three boxes. Contained in this series are typed and handwritten notes, reflections, and observations by John Jacob Niles in the form of prose and poetry.

Music, undated

Works for voice and piano, undated

"Advice to Lovers"

  • Box M1, folder 1
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"Alone"

  • Box M1, folder 2
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"American Street, Field and Jailhouse Cries"

  • Box M1, folder 3
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"And It Shall Come to Pass"

  • Box M1, folder 4
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"Bethlehem, Fair City"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 1
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"Beware of the Wind"

  • Box M1, folder 5
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"Billy Boy"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 2
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"Bird Song"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 3
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"The Black Dress"

  • Box M1, folder 6
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"Black is the Color"

  • Box M1, folder 7
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"The Black Oak Tree"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 4
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"Bridge Across the Stars"

  • Box M1, folder 8
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"By-Loe Babe"

  • Box M1, folder 9
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"Cajun Song"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 5
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"Calm is the Night"

  • Box M1, folder 10
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"Careless Love"

  • Box M1, folder 11
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"The Carol of the Bells"

  • Box M1, folder 12
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"The Carrion Crow"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 6
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"The Cherry Tree"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 7
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"Chickens A'Crowin' on Sourwood Mountain"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 8
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"Choose Your Seat and Sit Down"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 9
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"Come By Here Lord"

  • Box M1, folder 13
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"Come Gentle Dark"

  • Box M1, folder 14
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"Country Nightfall"

  • Box M1, folder 15
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"Courting Time"

  • Box M1, folder 16
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"The Cypress Tree"

  • Box M1, folder 17
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"Death in the Hot Sand"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 10
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"Death in the Tide"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 11
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"Death of a Maiden"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 12
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"December Morning"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 13
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"Distance"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 14
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"Don't Roll Your Eye"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 15
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"Down by a Cornshock"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 16
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"Down in the Valley"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 17
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"Epitaph"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 18
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"Every Time I Feel the Spirit"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 19
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"Farmer's Song"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 20
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"Father Grumble"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 21
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"Figures on the Hill"

  • Box M1, folder 18
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"Five Negro Folk Poems"

  • Box M1, folder 19
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"Flame Within"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 22
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"Folk Carol from Tennessee"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 23
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"Fond Affection"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 24
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"For My Lord"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 25
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"Found My Lost Sheep"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 26
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"The Fox and the Black Duck"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 27
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"Frog in the Spring"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 28
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"Frog Went A' Courtin'"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 29
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"Funeral March"

  • Box M1, folder 20
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"Gambler Don't You Lose Your Place at God's Right Hand"

  • Box M1, folder 21
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"God Said Unto His Only Son"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 30
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"Go Tell Aunt Rhodie"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 31
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"Good Old Man"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 32
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"Grandma Grunts"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 33
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"The Haunting of Pilate"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 34
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"The Hebrew Children"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 35
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"He's Goin' Away"

  • Box M1, folder 22
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"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 36
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"Hi-Hi — The Gamblin' Song of the Big Sandy"

  • Box M1, folder 23
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"Hold On"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 37
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"How Firm a Foundation"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 38
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"I Dare Not Ask Your Love My Dear"

  • Box M1, folder 24
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"I Got Two Wings"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 39
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"I have a God to Glorify"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 40
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"I Know a Wide River"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 41
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"I Love You I Love You and I Love You"

  • Box M1, folder 25
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"I Never Had But One Love"

  • Box M1, folder 26
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"If What I Have Known is Love"

  • Box M1, folder 27
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"I'm A-Searchin' for a City"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 42
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"I'm So Glad"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 43
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"In Love Again"

  • Box M1, folder 28
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"In My Dyin' Hour"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 44
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"In My Little Cabin"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 45
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"The Irish Girl"

  • Box M1, folder 29
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"It's I Have Lived Constantly With Sorrow"

  • Box M1, folder 30
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"I've Been Working on the Railroad"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 46
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"I've Got Seven Stars in My Right Hand"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 47
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"Jacob's Ladder"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 48
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"The Jaybird"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 49
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"Jaybird Song"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 50
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"Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 51
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"Johnnie Pleased the Ladies"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 52
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"Kitty Alone and I"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 53
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"The Lass from the Low Countriee"

  • Box M1, folder 31
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"Let the Church Roll On"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 54
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"Little Black Star"

  • Box M1, folder 32
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"The Little Family"

  • Box M1, folder 33
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"Liza Jane Blues or Railroad Ridin' Mama"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 55
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"Locusts"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 56
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"Lone Light"

  • Box M1, folder 34
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"Lonely Nancy"

  • Box M1, folder 35
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"Lost Love"

  • Box M2, folder 1
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"The Lotus Bloom"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 57
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"March Love Song"

  • Box M2, folder 2
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"Mary's Newborn Boy"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 58
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"Mary Sweet Mary"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 59
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"Mary, Tell Me How to Woo Thee"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 60
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"Moses and Pharoh's Daughter"

  • Box M2, folder 3
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"My Horses Ain't Hungry"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 61
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"My Little Mohee"

  • Box M2, folder 4
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"My Lover is a Farmer Lad"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 62
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"The 19th Day of May"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 63
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"The Nightingale"

  • Box M2, folder 5
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"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"

  • Box M2, folder 6
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"The Old Woman and the Pig"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 64
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"On Top of Old Smokey"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 65
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"A Paper of Pins"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 66
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"the Paw-Paw Patch"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 67
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"Perhaps"

  • Box M2, folder 7
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"Pray On, Brother"

  • Box M2, folder 8
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"Pretty Little Miss"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 68
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"Rabbit Song"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 69
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"The Rambling Boy"

  • Box M2, folder 9
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"Redeemed"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 70
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"Red River Valley"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 71
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"Religion is a Fortune"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 72
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"Reward"

  • Box M2, folder 10
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"Ribbon Bow"

  • Box M2, folder 11
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"The Robin and the Thorn"

  • Box M2, folder 12
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"Rock-a-bye Baby"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 73
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"Rosy Peach"

  • Box M2, folder 13
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"The Rovin' Gambler"

  • Box M2, folder 14
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"The Sea Witch"

  • Box M2, folder 15
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"Shenandoah"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 74
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"Skip to My Lou"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 75
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"Softly Blew the East Wind"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 76
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"Song Cycle-Courtship"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 77
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"Song of the Earth"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 78
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"Song Weary Night Bird"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 79
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"Sourwood Mountain"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 80
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"Speak Gently to my Heart"

  • Box M2, folder 16
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"The Story of Noah and the Ark"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 81
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"Sunday Mornin' Band"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 82
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"The Swapping Song"

  • Box M2, folder 17
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"Sweet Jane"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 83
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"Sweet Mama Blues"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 84
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"Sweet One When I Saw Your Name"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 85
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"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 86
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"Three Little Pigs"

  • Box M2, folder 18
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"To Wake at Dawn"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 87
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"Trip to Raleigh: A Reel from the Carolinas"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 88
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"Two Love Songs"

  • Box M2, folder 19
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"The Turtle Dove"

  • Box M2, folder 20
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"Unused I Am to Lovers"

  • Box M2, folder 21
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"Wake, Oh Wake My Little Sheperd"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 89
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"Weepin' Days for Jesus"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 90
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"Weep No More for Me"

  • Box M2, folder 22
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"What is Beauty"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 91
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"What Songs Were Sung"

  • Box M2, folder 23
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"What Should You Have Done"

  • Box M2, folder 24
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"When the Curtains of the Night are Pined Back by the Stars"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 92
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"When I Lay Down and I Do Die"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 93
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"When Our Lord Jesus"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 94
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"Where is the Spring"

  • Box M2, folder 25
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"Whistle Daughter Whistle"

  • Box M2, folder 26
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"The Wild Rider"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 95
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"Wild Roses"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 96
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"The World is Wide "

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 97
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"Written in the Stars"

  • Box M2, folder 27
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Duets for voice, undated

"Advice to Lovers"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 98
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"Ain't It a Shame"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 99
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"The Bitter Withy"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 100
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"Chickens A-Crowin' on Sourwood Mountain"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 101
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"Deep River"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 102
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"Disconsolate Lover"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 103
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"Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Around"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 104
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"I Got Two Wings"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 105
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"Not Made By Hands"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 106
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"Poor Mourner"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 107
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"The Roving Gambler"

  • Box M2, folder 28
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"Starlight"

  • Box M2, folder 29
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"There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 108
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"When I Gets Up Into Heaven"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 109
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"Who's Me For Prince Charlie"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 110
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"You Better Run"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 111
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"'Zekiel Saw the Wheel"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 112
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Untitled Chirstmas Song

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 113
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Untitled

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 114
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Choral works: mixed chorus, undated

"Amazing Grace"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 115
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"Away, Away With time of Day"

  • Box M2, folder 30
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"The Bird Song or The Blackbird"

  • Box M2, folder 31
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"Birthday Party for Jesus"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 116
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"Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair"

  • Box M2, folder 32
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"Carol of Welcome"

  • Box M2, folder 33
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"Charity"

  • Box M2, folder 34
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"Chorus of the Drivers"

  • Box M2, folder 35
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"Come Sit Down in the Dust"

  • Box M3, folder 1
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"Cry, Cry Where is the Promised Messiah"

  • Box M3, folder 2
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"Down in Yon Forest"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 117
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"Edward"

  • Box M3, folder 3
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"The Flower of Jesse"

  • Box M3, folder 4
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"Fond Affection"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 118
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"From God, Our Heavenly Father"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 119
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"Garden Hymn"

  • Box M3, folder 5
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"A God to Glorify"

  • Box M3, folder 6
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"Greenfield"

  • Box M3, folder 7
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"He that Leadeth"

  • Box M3, folder 8
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"I Know a Rose Tree Springing Forth"

  • Box M3, folder 9
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"I Never Had But One Love"

  • Box M3, folder 10
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"In That Lovely Far Off City"

  • Box M3, folder 11
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"Jack O'Diamonds"

  • Box M3, folder 12
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"Jesus was a Weary Wanderer"

  • Box M3, folder 13
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"Lady in Distress"

  • Box M3, folder 14
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"Lady of All Time Mariee"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 120
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"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"

  • Box M3, folder 15
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"The Little Family"

  • Box M3, folder 16
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"Lo, How the City"

  • Box M3, folder 17
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"The Lonesome Road"

  • Box M3, folder 18
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"Mary Birthed Her Own Sweet Son"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 121
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"Mary, Mary, Sweet Mary"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 122
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"The May Carol"

  • Box M3, folder 19
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"Moses and Pharoah's Daughter"

  • Box M3, folder 20
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"Night in Bethlehem"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 123
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"O Come, O Come Emanuel"

  • Box M3, folder 21
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"Oh Bethlehem, Fair City"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 124
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"Old Father Grumble"

  • Box M3, folder 22
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"Prayer for the Innocents"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 125
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"Pretty Polly"

  • Box M3, folder 23
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"Primrose"

  • Box M3, folder 24
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"Psalm 126-From the Oratorio Lamentation"

  • Box M3, folder 25
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"Queen of Heaven"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 126
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"Queen of Pity"

  • Box M3, folder 26
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"The Robin and the Thorn"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 127
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"The Roper"

  • Box M3, folder 27
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"Santus"

  • Box M3, folder 28
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"The Shepherd's Carol"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 128
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"Sing We to Christ the King"

  • Box M3, folder 29
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"Softly Blew the East Wind"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 129
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"Sourwood Mountain"

  • Box M3, folder 30
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"Sweet Marie and her Baby"

  • Box M3, folder 31
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"There is No Rose"

  • Box M3, folder 32
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"The TWA Corbies"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 130
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"The Weep Willow Tree"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 131
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"What is Beauty but a Breath"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 132
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"What Songs Were Sung"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 133
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"Where Can We Rejected Ones"

  • Box M3, folder 33
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"The Yellow Rose of Texas" (photocopy)

  • Box M3, folder 34
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Choral works: women's chorus, undated

"And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears"

  • Box M3, folder 35
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"By the Side of the River"

  • Box M3, folder 36
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"Courting Time"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 134
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"Flower of Jesse"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 135
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"Good Morning, Father Christmas"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 136
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"I Love Little Willie"

  • Box M3, folder 37
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"In that Lovely Far-Off City"

  • Box M3, folder 38
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"The Little Family"

  • Box M3, folder 39
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"The Lotus Bloom"

  • Box M3, folder 40
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"Man Be Joyful"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 137
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"The May Carol"

  • Box M4, folder 1
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"Night in Bethlehem"

  • Box M4, folder 2
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"Oh Bethlehem Fair City"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 138
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"Primrose"

  • Box M4, folder 3
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"See-Saw Marjorie Daw"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 139
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"The Shepherd's Carol"

  • Box M4, folder 4
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"Sister Suzan"

  • Box M4, folder 5
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"Song Cycle"

  • Box M4, folder 6
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"Where Can We Rejected Ones"

  • Box M4, folder 7
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Choral works: men's chorus, undated

"The Bird Song"

  • Box M4, folder 8
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"Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair"

  • Box M4, folder 9
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"The Lass from the Low Countriee"

  • Box M4, folder 10
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"The May Carol"

  • Box M4, folder 11
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"Primrose"

  • Box M4, folder 12
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"Sourwood Mountain"

  • Box M4, folder 13
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"Venezuela"

  • Box M4, folder 14
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Choral works: miscellaneous, undated

"Frog Went A-Courtin'"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 140
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"The Kentucky Nativity Play"

  • Box M4, folder 15
  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 141
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"The Promised Land"

  • Box M4, folder 16
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"The Twelve Apostles"

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 142
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Niles-Merton Song Cycle, undated

Autumn

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 143
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Bird Cage Walk

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 144
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Cana

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 145
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Carol

  • Box M4, folder 17
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Evening

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 146
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Flocks Feed by Darkness

  • Box M4, folder 18
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For my Brother

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 147
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The Greek Woman

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 148
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Jesus Weeps into the Fire

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 149
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Lament of the Maiden for Warrior's Death

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 150
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Love Winter When the Planet Says Nothing

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 151
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The Messenger

  • Box M4, folder 19
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Mirror's Mission

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 152
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The Nativity of Our Lord

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 153
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The Ohio River

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 154
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Original Sin

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 155
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Prayer

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 156
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A Responsory

  • Box M4, folder 20
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Sundown

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 157
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Sweet Brother

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 158
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Sweet Irrational Worship

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 159
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The Weathercock on the Cathedral of St. Quito

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 160
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When You Point Your Finger

  • Box M5, folder 1
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Wisdom

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 161
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Song fragments

  • Box M5, folder 2
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Front cover of folio

  • Box M5, folder 3
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"Opus" 171 and 172, published

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 162
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Published music, undated

The Bells of Heaven; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 163
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Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair; voice, piano, women's chorus, and string quartet

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 164
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The Black Oak Tree; voice, piano, and mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 165
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The Blessed Bird; mixed chorus and women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 166
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The Blue Madonna; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 167
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Boundless Mercy

  • Box M5, folder 4
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Cantata on Appalachian Christmas Carols; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 168
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The Carol of the Angels; mixed chorus, women's chorus, piano, and four hands

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 169
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The Carol of the Birds; voice and piano, mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 170
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Carol of the Polish Grenadiers; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 171
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The Carrion Crow; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 172
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Charity; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 173
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The Cherry Tree; voice and piano, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 174
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The Cuckoo; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 175
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Curtains of the night; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 176
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The Devil's Questions; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 177
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Down in Yon Forest; voice and piano, mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 178
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The Dreary Dream; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 179
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Ef I Had a Ribbon Bow; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 180
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Evening; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 181
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Fee Simple; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 182
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Five Gambling Songs; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 183
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Flower of Jesse; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 184
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Fond Affection; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 185
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Frog in the Spring; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 186
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Frog Went Courtin'; mixed chorus and women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 187
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Gabriel's Message; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 188
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Gambler Don't You Lose Your Place; men's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 189
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Garden Hymn; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 190
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Go 'Way From My Window; voice and piano, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 191
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God Send Us Peace in Good Time; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 192
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Green Beds; two pianos

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 193
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How Firm a Foundation; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 194
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I Had a Sister Suzan; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 195
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I Love Little Willie; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 196
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I'm In the Notion Now; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 197
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I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Alway; mixed chorus and women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 198
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In Bethlehem That Fair City; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 199
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In That Lovely Far-Off City; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 200
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I Wash My Face in the Golden Vase; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 201
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I Wonder As I Wander; voice and piano, mixed chorus, women's chorus, men's chorus, piano,four hands, piano solo

  • Box 82m9-M10, folder 202
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Jack O'Diamonds; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 1
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Jesus Born in Beth'ny; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 2
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Jesus The Christ is Born; mixed chorus, women's chorus, piano, four hands

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 3
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Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head; voice and piano, mixed chorus, women's chorus, piano, four hands

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 4
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John Henry; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 5
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Kedron; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 6
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The Kentucky Wassail Song; voice and piano, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 7
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The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 8
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King William's Son; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 9
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The Lass from the Low Countree; voice and piano, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 10
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Little Brother Jesus; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 11
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The Little Family; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 12
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The Little Lyking; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 13
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Lost Love; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 14
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The Lotus Bloom; voice and piano, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 15
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Lulle Lullaby; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 16
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Mary Mary; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 17
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The May Carol; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 18
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The Milk Maid; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 19
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The Miraculous Harvest; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 20
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Moses and Pharaoh's Daughter; women's chorus, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 21
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My Little Mohee; two pianos

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 22
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A National Hymn of Victory; mixed chorus, men's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 23
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The Nativity; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 24
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Never was a Child so Lovely; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 25
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Night in Bethlehem; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 26
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Oh, Judy, My Judy; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 27
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Oh Wally, Wally; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 28
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Once a Fair Maiden; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 29
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One Morning in May; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 30
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Our Lovely Lady Singing; voice and piano, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 31
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Primrose; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 32
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Rejoice All Men; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 33
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The Robin and the Thorn; mixed chorus, wome's chorus, unison chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 34
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See Jesus the Saviour; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 35
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Seven Joys of Mary; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 36
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The Seven Virgins; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 37
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The Shepherd on the Hill; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 38
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The Silent Stars; voice and piano, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 39
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Sing All Men; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 40
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Sing We the Virgin Mary; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 41
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Sister Suzan; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 42
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Star in the East; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 43
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The Story of the Bee; two pianos

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 44
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The Story of Norah; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 45
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The Swapping Song; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 46
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Sweet Little Boy Jesus; voice and piano, mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 47
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Sweet Marie and Her Baby; voice and piano, mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 48
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Symbol; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 49
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The TWA Corbies; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 50
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Three Little Pigs; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 51
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Tirani, My Love; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 52
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Turtle Dove; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 53
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The Twelve Days of Christmas; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 54
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Waken, Little Shepherd; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 55
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Wayfaring Stranger; voice and piano, mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 56
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What Songs Were Sung; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 57
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When Jesus Lived in Galilee; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 58
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Whistle, Daughter Whistle; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 59
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Who Killed Cock Robin; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 60
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Wild Roses; men's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 61
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The Wonder Thing; women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 62
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Wondorous Love; mixed chorus, women's chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 63
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You Got to Cross that Lonesome Valley; mixed chorus

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 64
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Songs of the Hill-Folk, Set 14; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 65
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Ten Christmas Carols, Set 16; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 66
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More Songs of the Hill-Folk, Set 17; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 67
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Ballads, Carols, and Tragic Legends, Set 18; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 68
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Ballads, Love-Songs, and Tragic Legends, Set 20; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 69
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The Anglo-American Ballad Study Book, Set 24; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 70
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The Anglo-American Carol Study Book, Set 26; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 71
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The Shape-Note Study Book, Set 27; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 72
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Four American Carols for Organ; organ

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 73
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John Jacob Niles' Song Book for Guitar; voice and guitar

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 74
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Seven Kentucky Mountain Songs; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 75
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Seven Negro Exaltations; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 76
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The Singing Campus; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 77
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The Songs of John Jacob Niles; voice and piano

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 78
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Instrumental works, undated

Appalachian String Serenade; parts only

  • Box M5, folder 5
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Cumberland Carols for Strings; double bass parts

  • Box M5, folder 6
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"Cumberland Carols for Strings"; background text; bound

  • Box M5, folder 7
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Dream Ballet--Star Crossed; piano score

  • Box M5, folder 8
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I Heard a Maiden Sing; piano score

  • Box M5, folder 9
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I'm Goin' Away; two pianos

  • Box M5, folder 10
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Indian Summer Afternoon; piano solo

  • Box M5, folder 11
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Indian Summer Suite; piano solo

  • Box M5, folder 12
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Little Concerto For Sayre; varied parts

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 79
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The Little Lyking; piano solo

  • Box M5, folder 13
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Meditation; violin and piano

  • Box M5, folder 14
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Sweet Marie and Her Baby; piano solo

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 80
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Large-scale works, undated

Chorus and orchestra full score

  • Box M5, folder 15
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Chorus and orchestra draft

  • Box M5, folder 16-17
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Cities; The Death of Thomas Canterbury; and Earl Brand

  • Box M6 , folder 1-2
  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 81-83
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From Africa to Harlem; Get Up and Bar the Door

  • Box M6 , folder 3-4
  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 84
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Golgotha

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 85-87
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Jimmy Randal; The King and the Common Man

  • Box M6 , folder 5-6
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The King of Little Italy

  • Box M6 , folder 7-8
  • Box M7, folder 1
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Lamentation

  • Box M7, folder 2-5
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Mary the Rose

  • Box M7, folder 6-7
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Rhapsody for the Merry Month of May

  • Box M8, folder 1-3
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Star Crossed

  • Box M8, folder 4
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Symphony No. 1, 1st movement, full score

  • Box M8, folder 5
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Untitled works, 1950, undated

Miscellaneous, 1950, undated

Orchestral score. Incomplete, undated

  • Box M8, folder 6
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Piano score from ballet. Incomplete, undated

  • Box M8, folder 7
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Song collection, undated

  • Box M8, folder 8
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Folio containing "The Rovin' Gambler," piano, four hands; "The Hebrew Children," voice and piano; "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," voice and piano; and miscellaneous sketches, undated

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 88
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First proofs of songs published by G. Schirmer, Inc., 1950 March 23

  • Box M8, folder 9
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Work for mixed chorus, undated

  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 89
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Incomplete sketches, undated

  • Box M8, folder 10-12
  • Box M9, folder 1-12
  • Box 82m9-M11, folder 90-91
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Books, 1928-1976

Songs My Mother Never Taught Me draft, 1928

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 1
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A Hinky Dinky Barley Brew: A Cry from the Heart, 1932

A Hinky Dinky Barley Brew: A Cry from the Heart paste-up, 1932

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 2
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A Hinky Dinky Barley Brew: A Cry from the Heart, 1932

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 3
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Anglo-American Carol Study Book draft, 1948 April 29

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 4
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A. Wince of Winkydoodle, 1952, undated

Drafts, 1952 February 20

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 5-8
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Drafts, undated

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 9-15
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The Ballad Book, 1952-1970

Early draft, undated

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 16-21
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Early draft, music, undated

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 22
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Second draft, undated

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 23-27
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Carbon copy of second draft, undated

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 28-32
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Manuscript draft, undated

  • Box 82m9-M12, folder 33-34
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Manuscript draft, 1952 September

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 1-2
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Manuscript draft, 1959 April

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 3
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Edited typescript, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 4-5
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Edited typescript marked for printer, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 6-7
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Marked galley proofs, undated

  • Box M20, folder 1-6
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Page dummy, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 8-9
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Signatures, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 10
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Printed proofs, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 11
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Page proofs, undated

  • Box M21, folder 1-3
  • Box M22, folder 1-3
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Paste-up, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 12-13
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Music proofs, first drafts, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 14-16
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Music proofs, first revision, undated

  • Box 82m9-M13, folder 17-19
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Music proofs, second revision, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 1
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Music proofs, final revision, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 2
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First verses of ballads, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 3
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Music proofs, miscellaneous, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 4
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Source material, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 5
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Promotional material, reviews, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 6
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Correspondence, 1958-1959

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 7
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Correspondence, 1960-1970, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 8
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Royalty statements, 1961-1970

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 9
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Folk Carols for Young Actors and Folk Ballads for Young Actors , 1961-1974

Source material, draft/notebook, drafts, 1961, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 10
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. correspondence, 1961 July-December

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 11
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. correspondence, 1962-1963

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 12
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. financial agreements and royalty statements, 1961-1974, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 13
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Autobiography, 1968-1976

Early notes, undated

  • Box 82m9-M14, folder 14-23
  • Box 82m9-M15, folder 1-2
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Typescript edited by John Jacob Niles, undated

  • Box 82m9-M15, folder 3-12
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Typescript edited by David Burg, undated

  • Box 82m9-M15, folder 13-16
  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 1-4
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Final draft, undated

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 5-9
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European research tour - Correspondence, papers, itineraries, 1968 January-March

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 10
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant - correspondence, papers, 1970-1972

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 11
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant - correspondence, papers, 1973-1976

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 12
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National Endowment for the Humanities Grant - correspondence, papers, undated

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 13
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Plays, 1944-1983

Grannie Carries On, 1944

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 14
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As I Wander, 1947-1948

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 15-19
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"Robin Hood and the Potter", 1956

  • Box 82m9-M16, folder 20
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My Days as a Youngling, 1978-1983

Play scripts, 1978-1979

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 1
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Piano/vocal score, 1978-1979

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 2
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Clippings, 1978-1983, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 3
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Correspondence, 1978-1980

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 4
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Contracts, 1979 April

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 5
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Papers, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 6
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Promotional materials, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 7
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The Carrion Crow, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 8
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Get Up and Bar the Door, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 9
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Hell on Wheels, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 10
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Jack O'Diamonds, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 11
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Kentucky Juliet, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 12-13
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Star-Crossed, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 14
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The Promised Land, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 15
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Robin and the Thorn, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 16
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The Tailor and the Crow , undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 17
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Them That Has, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 18-20
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Miscellaneous portions of scripts, undated

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 21
  • Box M22, folder 4
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Radio Programs, 1937-1946

"Forty-five minutes of Model Educational Broadcasting", 1937 June 26

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 22
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"Salute to the Hills", 1937-1938

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 23-25
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"The Nativity Play", 1938

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 26-27
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"The Robin and the Thorn", 1939 April 6

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 28
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"A Promise to Grannie Tolliver", 1939 November 11

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 29
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"Eleven A.M.", 1939 November 11

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 30
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"The Kentucky Nativity Play", 1939 December 21

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 31
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"The Kentucky Nativity Play", 1940

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 32
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"Get Up and Bar the Door", 1940

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 33
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"Against the Storm", 1941 February 6

  • Box 82m9-M17, folder 34
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"The Kentucky Nativity Play", 1943 December 24

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 1
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"Musical Favorites", 1946 December 20

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 2
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"Music Round the World", undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 3
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Untitled, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 4
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Related materials, 1937-1938

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 5
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Articles, 1927-1971

"Hill Billies." Scribner's, 1927 November

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 6
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"In Defense of the Backwoods." Scribner's, 1928 June

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 7
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"The Sixth Hanger." Scribner's, 1928 July

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 8
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"Hedge Hoppers." Scribner's, 1929 March

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 9
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"The Passing of the Street Cry." Scribner's, 1929 September

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 10
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"Eleven A.M." Scribner's, 1930 January

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 11
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"Faire I'Ecole Buissoniere" The Seven Seas, 1931 April

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 12
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"Gossip from the English Inns" The Seven Seas , 1931 July

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 13
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"Traveling Carpeters." The Seven Seas, 1931 October

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 14
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"Villeneuve les Avigon." The Cunardner, 1932 February

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 15
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"The Caledonia Market." The Seven Seas, 1932 February

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 16
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"Perfumed Dew for the Little Folk", 1932

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 17
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Book reviews Courier Journal, 1944-1967

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 18
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"America has Carols, Too", 1946 December

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 19
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"My Precarious Life in the Public Domain." The Atlantic Monthly , 1948 December

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 20
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"Deft Hands Carve the Dulcimer", 1952 January

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 21
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Book review by John Jacob Niles typescript, 1964 February

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 22
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"Folksingers and Folksongs in America", 1965

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 23
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Identification of people pictured in The Appalachian Photographs of Doris Ulmann, circa 1971

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 24
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"Art Treasures of the Old World: the Barberini Vase" typescript, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 25
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"Fairy Spinner of the South" newspaper article, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 26
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"Mr. Phouff Does the Churning" newspaper article, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 27
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"Pansy Gets a Permanent Face" newspaper article, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 28
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"When Noah Failed" typescript, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 29
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"Where the Sugar Cane Grows" newspaper, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 30
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Book Review by JJN typescript, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 31
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Miscellaneous, 1926-1980

Prose and Poetry, undated

  • Box 82m9-M18, folder 32-36
  • Box 82m9-M19, folder 1-5
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Poetry, 1926, undated

  • Box 82m9-M19, folder 6-9
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"The Cycle of the Weed, A sonnet cycle for the tobacco plant", 1939

  • Box 82m9-M19, folder 10
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John Jacob Niles' poetry Kentucky Poetry Review , 1979 Fall

  • Box 82m9-M19, folder 11
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"Sonnet" printed by A. Graham, 1980 December 17

  • Box M22, folder 5
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"Rhapsody for the Very Month of May", undated

  • Box 82m9-M19, folder 12
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"Brick Dust and Buttermilk"; drafts, gallery proofs, and cover, undated

  • Box 82m9-M19, folder 13-18
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Instruments, undated

Dulcimer

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Dulcimer

  • Item 2
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3 String Dulcimer, in oak, walnut, pine and cherry made in West Virginia. Walnut pegs.

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Dulcimer

  • Item 3
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Dulcimer

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Dulcimer

  • Item 5
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Dulcimer, 1933

  • Item 6
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4 String Dulcimer in Yellow Poplar, made by Nathaniel Hicks, Romanger, N.C. Strung, fretted and pegged (ebony pegs), by Mr. Niles, Wintertime, 1933.

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Oversized materials, 1917-1982

Scope and Contents note

The Oversized materials series contains materials designated as oversized and housed in oversized boxes. Notable items include publicity posters; scrapbooks, such as Niles' WWI scrapbook and his The Ballad Book scrapbook; sketches, drawings, and paintings; and a template for the design on St. Hubert's church doors.

Various sketches and drawings of John Jacob Niles, 1932-1968

  • Box O1, folder 1
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Painting of John Jacob Niles

  • Box O1, folder 2
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Section of Louisville Courier Journal, 1959 May 25

  • Box O1, folder 3
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75th Anniversary Issue of Lexington Herald Leader, 1963 May 19

  • Box O1, folder 4
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Order of Kentucky Colonels, 1980 January 29

  • Box O1, folder 5
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Template for design on St. Hubert's church doors, undated

  • Box O1, folder 6
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World War I scrapbook, 1917-1919

  • Box O1, folder 7
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Scrapbook preservation copy

  • Box O1, folder 8
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Scrapbook of clippings, reviews about "The Ballad Book", 1961

  • Box O1, folder 9
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Plate of offset printing, 1964

  • Box O2, folder 1
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Newspaper composite, 1970

  • Box O2, folder 2
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Centennial issue of the "Winchester Sun", 1978

  • Box O2, folder 3
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Christmas card/photo from Louisville Dulcimer Society, undated

  • Box O2, folder 4
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Drawing of Dulcimer, undated

  • Box O2, folder 5
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"The Ballad Book" paste-up, undated

  • Box O3
  • Box O4
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Publicity posters, 1944-1982

  • Box O5
  • Box O6
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John Jacob Niles mask

  • Box O7
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