Identifier
C 2518 (local)

Repository
State Historical Society of Missouri

Date
1953 - 1976 (Bulk dates)

Summary

The collection contains audio tapes of Ozark folklore collected by Max F. Hunter, including fiddle tunes, jokes, sayings, songs, visits, and miscellaneous material. The collection also includes photocopies of lists, transcripts of songs, synopses, and indexes to the tapes.

The Max F. Hunter Collection consists of audio tapes and manuscript material documenting Ozark folklore. Included on the audio tapes are fiddle tunes, jokes, sayings, songs, visits, and miscellaneous material. The fiddle tunes, songs, and visits were taped by Hunter in the field. During these trips, Hunter also made notes of sayings and jokes that he heard; then at a later date, he gathered this material together and taped it. The miscellaneous material includes tapes given to Hunter, material taped from old records, and radio programs. Also included are items that do not pertain to Ozark folklore, but were of interest to Hunter.

The entire collection has been digitized and is available at Missouri State University's https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/. Related: Unprocessed Max Hunter Papers (2.1 linear feet total), CA5414, CA5089, CA5499.

Creator and/or Contributor
Hunter, Max F. (creator), Pool, Frank (musician), Battle, Milton (musician), Witt, Leander (musician), Reeves, Dillard (musician), Leath, Tom (musician), Orrill, Auburn (musician), Weddington, Paralee (musician), Gilbert, Ollie (musician), Copeland, Percy (musician), Moody, Kermit (musician), Orhlen, Glenn (musician), Sutterfield, Ed (musician), Holland, Floyd (musician), Horton, Charley (musician), Horton, Barry (musician), Jenkins, Reba (musician), Crawford, Henry (musician), Kinkead, Bill (musician), Baker, Bill (musician), Krusell, David (musician), Hughes, Arlin (musician), Pence, Jim (musician), Griggs, Everette (musician), Strayer, Charles Jr. (musician), Ralph Spencer Family (Musicians) (musician), Aley, Thomas (contributor), Bain, Chloe (contributor), Barclay, Audrey (contributor), Battle, Milton (contributor), Bell, Sarah Jo (contributor), Bird, Odis (contributor), Breazeal, J.W. (contributor), Brewer, Pearl (contributor), Burnett, Harrison (contributor), Campbell, O. B. (contributor), Carlisle, Irene (contributor), Carter Family (musician), Coberley, Olive (contributor), Copeland, Percy (contributor), Crawford, Henry (contributor), Crawford, Henry Jr. (contributor), Curry, J.J. (contributor), Davis, Boyce (contributor), Davis, Lula (contributor), Dearmore, Reba (contributor), Dobson, Velma (contributor), Driftwood, Jimmie (contributor), Edens, William (contributor), Engler, Mrs. Norman (contributor), Everly, Gladys (contributor), Fendley, Sara Jo (contributor), Fox, Fleecy (contributor), Gilbert, Ollie (contributor), Griggs, Everette (contributor), Hammontree, Doney (contributor), Harlson, Kenny (contributor), Haslett, Iva (contributor), Hauser, Olivia (contributor), High, Fred (contributor), Holland, Floyd (contributor), Horton, Barry (contributor), Horton, Charley (contributor), Hunter, Ethel (contributor), Ingenthron, C.W. (contributor), Jenkins, Reba (contributor), Kinkead, Bill (contributor), Kisner, Norma (contributor), Kounce, Donnie (contributor), Krusell, David (contributor), Lance, Virgil (contributor), Leath, Tom (contributor), Loy, George (contributor), Lynch, Arlie (contributor), Maguire, Lizzie (contributor), Majors, Fran (contributor), McChristian, Gladys (contributor), McCord, May Kennedy (contributor), McDonald, Laura (contributor), McGinnis, Floyd (contributor), Mitchum, Johnny (contributor), Moody, Kermit (contributor), Morrison, Abbsey (contributor), Mullins, John (contributor), Newton, Mrs. Ed (contributor), O'Bryant, Joan (contributor), Orhlen, Glenn (contributor), Orill, Mrs. Auburn (contributor), Parker, Allie Long (contributor), Pence, Jim (contributor), Ping, Bill (contributor), Pool, Frank (contributor), Profitt, Frank (contributor), Quigley, Lucy (contributor), Ralph Spencer Family (Musicians) (musician), Reeves, Dillard (contributor), Richardson, Mrs. Claudie (contributor), Richardson, Glenda Sue (contributor), Riddle, Almeda (contributor), Ripley, Mrs. George (contributor), Rogers, Melvin (contributor), Sanders, Raymond (contributor), Smith, Fred (contributor), Strayer, Charles Jr. (contributor), Sutterfield, Ed (contributor), Tresler, Clifford (contributor), Stilley, Ed (contributor), Walker, Joe (contributor), Williams, Otis (contributor)

Extent
3.4 (linear feet)
78 (audio tapes)

Language
English (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Renfro Valley Gathering (Radio program) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk songs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk music (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Banjos (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Fiddle tunes (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk medicine (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Ozarks (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Jokes (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Oral history (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Proverbs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Wit and humor (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))

Temporal Coverage
1953 - 1976

Geographic Coverage
Missouri (state) (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)

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