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Related Berea Sound Archives Sites
- Traditional Music Performances This link opens in a new windowListen to selected traditional music performances. Search by performer, subject, collection, or geographical location.
- Sound Archives Research GuidesResearch guides are the work of Archives staff and the College's Sound Archives Fellows. Using audio and video illustrations, the guides cover a wide range of topics.
- Sound Archives Collection Finding AidsFinding Aids provide information and a complete list of collection materials. Many finding aids include links to digitized audio and video content.
- Sound Archives Fellowship ProgramFrom 2005-2016, the Sound Archives Fellowship program supported both the scholarly use of Berea's non-commercial audio / video collections and the conducting of cultural documentation projects that produced new material for future research use.
- Sound Preservation ProgramThe program's focus is on Berea's collections of noncommercial recordings that document Appalachian history and culture and the history of Berea College.
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Fiddle Tunes and Fiddlers Research Guides
These guides are the work of Archives staff and scholars supported by the College’s Sound Archives Fellowship Program.
Fiddle Tunes and Fiddlers Collection Finding Aids
These collections contain audio and / or video content available in the Berea Sound Archives or the Digital Archives (Berea College). Click on the collection title for more information, a complete list of collection materials, and links to the digitized content.
Selected Books and Journals
Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes by Call Number: 787.2 T621o"A collection of outstanding Kentucky old-time fiddle tunes, many of them quite rare, meant for listeners, players, and researchers"
Music in the Air Somewhere by Call Number: 781.62 M367m 2006"The shifting borders of West Virginia’s fiddle and song traditions"
Fiddle Tunes Illuminated by "45 tunes transcribed and annotated for stylistic study, chiefly from the repertoire of Henry Reed."
The Devil's Box: Masters of Southern Fiddling by Call Number: 787.216 W855d"Wolfe concentrates on Southern fiddling in the years 1925-55, paying particular attention to early recordings by fabled old-timers."
Old-Time HeraldCall Number: 780 O44
