Title: Lee Knight Collection, 1970-1980
Primary Creator: Knight, Lee.
Extent: 6.0 MS boxes
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as follows:
Open reel recordings (Boxes 1-3)
Cassette tape recordings (Box 4)
CD Listening copies of select recordings (Boxes 5-6)
Subjects: African Americans -- Folklore., Banjo music -- Kentucky., Banjo music -- North Carolina., Banjo music -- South Carolina., Folk music -- Appalachian Region., Folk music -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island)., Jack tales -- North Carolina., Spirituals (Songs) -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island)., Women musicians -- Kentucky., Women musicians -- North Carolina., Women musicians -- South Carolina.
Languages: English
This collection consists mainly of interviews and performances by several traditional musicians and story tellers, their associates, and scholars. The recordings were made during the 1970s by North Carolina folksinger and storyteller, Lee Knight. The geographic area represented are portions of Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
A large portion of the collection focuses on banjo players and their repertoires. Included are well known banjoists such as Frank Proffitt, Jr. and Roscoe Holcomb along with several others from North and South Carolina. Notable women performers include Malvena Reynolds, Almeda Riddle, Roberta Voyles, and Lily May Ledford.
Other performance styles and instrumentation represented include lap dulcimer, African American singing from Johns Island, South Carolina, African American children's game songs, Jack tales, and unaccompanied ballad singing.
The collection also includes interviews with folk music scholars, Anne and Frank Warner, performer/activists, Guy and Candie Carawan, and country-bluegrass musicians, Bill Monroe, Kenny Baker, Ralph Stanley, and Roy Acuff.
African Americans -- Folklore.
Banjo music -- Kentucky.
Banjo music -- North Carolina.
Banjo music -- South Carolina.
Folk music -- Appalachian Region.
Folk music -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island).
Jack tales -- North Carolina.
Spirituals (Songs) -- South Carolina -- Johns Island (Island).
Women musicians -- Kentucky.
Women musicians -- North Carolina.
Women musicians -- South Carolina.
Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions: Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions: There are no restrictions on use of this material other than federal copyright regulations.
Preferred Citation: [Object identification/Item Number/Box], Lee Knight Traditional Music Collection, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, KY.
Processing Information: The collection was processed by Harry Rice, Sound Archivist. The finding aid updated by Harry Rice and Lori Myers-Steele, Collections Archivist, in August 2015.
Other Note: Collection Number: BCA 0132 SAA 132
