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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2009655369
Collection material in English.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Organized by accession in fourteen accruals, then organized by format.
Eleanor Dickinson, collector and donor; 1970-2004.
See Appendix A for details.
The collection was processed by Tsai-Hong Miller, Nancy-Jean Seigel, T. Chris Aplin, and Marcia K. Segal.
Eleanor Dickinson papers, 1951-2003, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Oral history interview with Eleanor Dickinson, 2000 October 25, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact.
Eleanor Dickinson Collection (AFC 1970/001), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
This collection of video recordings, sound recordings, manuscripts, photographs, graphic materials, and artifacts documents Protestant religious revival meetings of various denominations in the southern Appalachian region, primarily in Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Georgia. The collection includes interviews with church leaders and members of congregations, and documentation of religious services, healing services, revivals, hymn singing, sermons, snake handling, and other religious rites and customs recorded by Eleanor Dickinson from 1968 to 1991. Other topics include beekeeping, church roadside signs, religious quilts, snake hunting, drinking strychnine, decorating graves in cemeteries, church dinners, and more. Included are some religious and secular radio programs recorded by Dickinson, including programs from Nashville, Tennessee, featuring bluegrass music, and a program featuring Paul Simon; and documentation of Protestant revivals in Oakland and San Francisco, California. Dickinson's interviews with visionary artist Rev. Howard Finster on various occasions between August 1, 1981 and July 25, 1991 in Summerville, Georgia, are included in the collection. The collection also includes audio logs and transcripts, video logs, the collector's powerpoint presentations (2004), documentation of Dickinson's exhibition, "Revival!," at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1970; and other manuscripts.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655369
Acquisitions and processing records from 1969 to 1998. Includes subfolders for miscellaneous materials, plus accruals part 5 through 14.
Photocopies of materials donated by Dickinson in 2004 as part of the collection.
Condition report worksheets from the vendor.
The documents include the AFC ID numbers for the original items, the collector's ID numbers, ID numbers for the preservation copies, shelflist numbers, and LC item barcodes.
See folder 1/10 for a photograph of Eleanor Dickinson in the Corcoran Gallery of Art newsletter,
The hymnals were donated to the Music Division, Library of Congress, and the revival artifacts were donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Dickinson.
An unpublished paper, by Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson.
"Revival at the Corcoran," in
First edition, published by Harper & Row, autographed by Dickinson.
First edition, published by Harper & Row, autographed by Dickinson.
A catalog from the 1979 exhibit of the same name; published by the Oakland Museum History Department, and a photocopy of the exhibit poster.
Published in
Published in
Two copies of the catalog, published by the Tennessee State Museum. See folder 4/24 for images of the exhibition (35 mm color slides).
Miscellaneous excerpts from press reviews of Dickinson exhibits, and Dickinson resume/bibliography.
Photocopies of handwritten notes on the original 13 tape boxes (two copies).
Photocopies of handwritten notes on the original 58 tape boxes (some boxes photocopied out of order). No photocopies for the following original Dickinson numbers: D5, D8, D11, D14, D17, D20, D22, D23, and D25-D27. D44 has a corner torn from the photocopy, with some information loss.
Photocopies of handwritten notes on the original 32 tapes and tape boxes.
Photocopies of handwritten notes on the original 8 audiocassette tape boxes and photocopies of handwritten notes on the original 6 audio reels, dubbed from moving images in the collection (two copies).
Photocopies of handwritten notes from the original 6 audiocassette tape housing materials and one accompanying slip of paper (two copies).
Photocopies of handwritten notes from the original 11 audiocassette tape housing materials (two copies).
Photocopies of handwritten notes from original 14 audiocassette tape housing materials.
Photocopies of handwritten notes from original 10 audiocassette tape housing materials.
Photocopies of handwritten notes from original 19 audiocassette tape housing materials.
Photocopies of handwritten notes from original 25 audiocassette tape housing materials (two copies).
Logs were not created for all video materials.
See folder 4/11 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/12 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/13 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/14 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/15 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/16 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/17 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/19 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/21 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/22 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 4/22 for photocopies of tape boxes and inserts.
See folder 3/16 for video logs.
See folder 3/17 for video logs.
See folder 3/18 for video logs.
See folder 4/1 for video logs.
See folder 4/2 for video logs.
See folder 4/3 for video logs.
No Dickinson numbers.
See folder 4/4 for video logs.
No Dickinson numbers. See folders 4/5 and 4/6 for video log.
Grayscale printouts of color images from the presentation. See Box 5 for CF2, containing original digital files for these images.
Grayscale printouts of color images from the presentation (see Box 5 for CF3, containing original digital files for these images).
4 Rally Day postcards. Heavy-stock paper; color; the largest measuring 3 inches by 5 inches. "A Light to Lighten the Gentiles the Glory of Israel." Paper clipping, measuring 2 inches by 3 inches; color.
Heavy-stock paper; color; 3 inches by 5 inches. This item is not part of the "Revival!" group of materials.
Identified on the label as Victorian; probably printed circa 1905-1911.
Revival church services, including snake-handling services, in Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
Revival church and tent services in Tennessee and West Virginia.
Tent revival meetings and other religious observances including: hymns, sermons, testifying, glossolalia, and snake handling; interview with folk artist and preacher Brother H.H. Mayes.
Pentecostal religious services (both Anglo and African American) recorded in the Appalachian coal country of West Virginia and Tennessee involving hymns, sermons and such practices as glossolalia, faith healing, and snake handling.
Tent revivals, church services, creek baptisms, and interviews in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Includes snake-handling, preaching, praying, singing, and testifying.
Includes homecomings, interviews, music, prayer meetings, public confessions, radio broadcasts, religious services, snake handling, snake hunts, tent revivals, and testimonies.
Audio portion of 5-inch open-reel videos documenting faith healing, foot washing, glossolalia, music, road signs, snake handling, services, tent revivals, and testimonies; also includes interviews with beekeeper Lem Owenby.
Demonstration of Sacred Harp method and style of hymn singing (shape notes sung before verses with words). Singers in First Baptist Church, Wears Valley, Tennessee. Probably the same church and singers in tapes SR001-SR004 (Accrual part 13: "Old Harp Singers"). No original ID number.
Hymn singing and conversation; singers in Cades Cove Baptist Church, Wears Valley, Tennessee. Accrual part 13, "Old Harp Singing." No original ID number.
Hymn singing, Sevier County Old Harp Singers, Wears Valley, Tennessee. Probably the same church and singers in tapes SR001-SR004. The tape is broken. Accrual part 13: "Old Harp Singing." No original ID number.
Sevier County Old Harp Singers, Wears Valley, Tennessee. The tape was broken, but repaired by an LC engineer to make a digital transfer. Accrual part 13: "Old Harp Singing." No original ID number.
Radio; religious programs. Performers on the radio, in Tennessee and Virginia. Revival preaching, country-style hymn singing. The reference copy is on side A of a 90-minute tape. Accrual part 13: "2 Misc. Tapes, Revivals." Original ID CA-81-J.
The original tape is missing from the tape shell (possibly CA-81-G, recorded August 15, 1981, "Nashville to Kentucky" -- a radio program recorded by Dickinson). For more information see Accrual part 13: "2 Misc. Tapes, Revivals."
Interview (with Dewey Chafin?) on revivals, evening service, snake hunt. Dickinson and Church of The Lord Jesus interviewees, Jolo, West Virginia. Side A: interview. Side B: definition of revival vs. evangelism. The remainder of the original recording is blank. Accrual part 13: "Serpent Handling Churches." Original ID CA-81-K-1.
Homecoming, cane-brake rattlers, Georgia diamondbacks "singing." Musicians, preacher, singer, interviewer: "rural poor," in one of the serpent-handling churches, Jolo, West Virginia. Side A: amplified percussive music, sermon, and discussion on handling snakes. Side B: outdoors discussion (unintelligible), music, discussion of rattlesnakes. Accrual part 13: "Serpent handling churches." Original ID CA-82-K-2.
Interviews after Homecoming, evening service. Eleanor Dickinson, men (one may be Dewey Chafin), serpent-handling church, Jolo, West Virginia. Side A: music, interview about God and the devil, being saved, serpent-handling, plans for serpent hunt. Side B: discussion with two men about snakes, the faith to handle them, nine gifts and five signs, healing; evening service, percussive music. Only 1/4 of side taped. Accrual part 13: "Serpent handling churches." Original ID CA-81-K-3.
Continuation of evening service: holiness singing, prayers, testimony, revival preacher, congregation, Church of the Lord Jesus, Jolo, West Virginia. Side A: preaching, music (followed by a blank gap in the tape), music, testimonies of healing; Side B: testimonies, music, conversations on porch, discussion of snake habits, church characteristics. Accrual part 13: "Serpent handling churches." Original ID CA-81-L-1.
Discussion of medical symptoms of snake bites. Dewey and Claire Chafin, Jolo, West Virginia. Reference tape all on side A. Legal issues and snakes in church (followed by a long blank gap), discussion of dead snakes, various symptoms from different types of snake bites. Accrual part 13: "Serpent handling churches." Original ID CA-81-L-2.
Discussion: location of serpent-handling churches, serpents rattling, family discussions, packing up rattlesnakes in boxes after church, getting snake from taxidermist. Dewey Chafin and others, Jolo, West Virginia. "Serpent handling churches." Accrual part 13. Original ID CA-81-M-1.
Finster; Dewey Chafin, Jolo, West Virginia. "Serpent handling churches." Accrual part 13. Original ID CA-81-M-2.
Eleanor Dickinson interviewing Dewey Chafin. Dewey Chafin, Jolo, West Virginia. "Serpent handling churches." Accrual part 13. Original ID CA-81-M-3.
Jolo, West Virginia. The recording has a squeaky background sound, from the original recording. Accrual part 13: "Serpent handling churches." Original ID CA-81-N.
Prayer meeting. Rev. Bob Elkins, Church of the Lord Jesus, Jolo, West Virginia. "Serpent handling churches." Accrual part 13. Original ID CA-81-O.
The audio concordance gives September 9, 1981, as recording date. Accrual part 13. Original ID CA-81-P.
Douglas Jeffords, Mount Le Conte, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID CA-81-I-1
Uncle Lem Owenby, J.T. Higdon, Eleanor Dickinson, Elkmont, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID CA-80-N-1
WSIX Radio Interview (Tennessee State Museum meeting). James Meldriari. Accrual part 9. Original ID CA-81-B-1
Tennessee State Museum meeting. Accrual part 9. Original ID CA-81-B2
Tennessee State Museum Southeast Museum Conference. Accrual part 9. Original ID CA-81-Q-1
Tennessee State Museum. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID CA-81-S
Rev. Howard Finster, Middlesboro, Kentucky. Accrual part 9. Original IDs A-82-and A-1
Rev. Howard Finster and Brother H.H. Mayes, Middlesboro, Kentucky. Accrual part 9. Original IDs A-82-and A-2
Rev. Howard Finster and Brother H.H. Mayes, Middlesboro, Kentucky. Accrual part 9. Original IDs A-82-and A-3
Beverly Finster, Rev. Howard Finster, Eleanor Dickinson, in the car. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-82-B-1
Brother H.H. Mayes and Rev. Howard Finster. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-82-B-2
Also may be Brother H.H. Mayes and Rev. Howard Finster. See Accrual part 9 for details. Possibly original ID A-82-B-2; paired with SR030.
Pete Seeger concert. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-82-C-1.
Singing songs. Doug Jeffords, Bob Smith, Eleanor Dickinson, Elkmont, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-82-C-2.
Easter Sunday. Rev. Hester, New Light Missionary Baptist Church. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Interview with Uncle Lem Owenby, J.T. Higdon, Eleanor Dickinson, Elkmont, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Evelyn Gilder Creekmore; Brother H.H. and Sister Lillie Mayes, Elkmont, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Brother H.H. and Sister Lillie Mayes, Middlesboro, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Christian Rollin Emmit, Savannah, Georgia. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Christian Rollin Emmit, Savannah, Georgia. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Uncle Lem Owenby and niece Midge Higdon, Elkmont, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Uncle Lem Owenby. Only one side recorded. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Douglas Heinsohn, Elkmont, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling, Cosby, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. No original ID number.
Rev. Roger Powell, Church of God of the Mount Assembly, Lake City, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original IDs A-84 and ID A-1.
Rev. Roger Powell, Church of God of the Mount Assembly, Lake City, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-B-1.
Rev. Howard Finster, Georgia. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-C-1.
Revival. Rev. Roger Powell; Rev. Howard Finster, Lake City, Tennessee; Summerville, Georgia. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-D-1.
Rev. Howard Finster; Garrett. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-E-1.
Rev. Howard Finster. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-E-2.
Carlton Garrett. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-F-1.
Bluegrass. Rusty Grass Band, on the front porch, in Cosby, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-G-1.
Bluegrass. Rusty Grass Band, on the front porch, in Cosby, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-G-2.
Rev. Roger Powell, Lake City, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-H-1.
Footwashing and Lord's Supper. Rev. Roger Powell, Lake City, Tennessee. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-H-2.
Interviews. Rev. Roger Powell; Brother H.H. and Sister Mayes, Lake City, Tennessee; Middlesboro, Kentucky. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-H-3.
Brother H.H. and Sister Mayes, Middlesboro, Kentucky. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-I-1.
Brother H.H. and Sister Mayes, Middlesboro, Kentucky. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-I-2.
Interviews; religious radio. Brother H.H. Mayes, Middlesboro, Kentucky; Kentucky and West Virginia. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-1-3.
Music; Testimonials. Rev. Ray Stuart, Church of Jesus, Besoco, WV. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-J-1.
Service; interviews. Bill Spencer; Rev. Ray Stuart; Roy Garrettson; Donald Spencer, Church of Jesus, Besoco, West Virginia. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-K-1.
Interviews. Bill Spencer; Rev. Ray Stuart; Roy Garrettson; Donald Spencer, Church of Jesus, Besoco, West Virginia. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-K-2.
Interviews. Church of Jesus, Besoco, West Virginia. Accrual part 9. Original ID A-84-K-3.
Beth Coffelt, interviewer. Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-E-1.
Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. The recording quality was affected by weak batteries, resulting in a slow tape. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-E-2.
Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-E-3.
Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-E-4.
Talks with local people--opinions of Rev. Howard Finster; Eleanor Dickinson and Beth Coffelt. Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-F-1.
Rev. Howard Finster, Georgia. The battery ran down, so the recording is garbled and fast. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-F2.
Rev. Howard Finster, Georgia. The initial part of the recording is affected by a bad battery. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-F3.
Tennessee State Museum opening of "Revival." Rev. Howard Finster; Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling; Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID CA-81-P-1.
Tennessee State Museum opening of "Revival." Nashville, Tennessee. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." No original ID number.
Tennessee State Museum. Ed and Phil, Nashville, Tennessee. Dickinson marking on original indicate that recording is side 3 and 4 in a series of audio recordings. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." No original ID number.
"Paradise Garden." Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes."Original ID A-82-C-3.
Interview, Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia (Pennville). Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." No original ID number.
Interview, Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. 3 and 4, continued. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-85.
Interview, Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. 5 and 6, continued. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Possibly original ID A-85, continued.
Interview, Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia. 1 and 2. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Possibly original ID A-85, continued.
Homer Rathbon singing. Interview; country music, the front porch. Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia; Cosby, Tennessee. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Possibly original ID A-85, continued.
Blank tape (as noted by an LC audio engineer). Two Dickinson numbers are written on the tape--A-87-C-1 and A-87-B-4; listed as a recording of Rev. Howard Finster. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes."
Rev. Howard Finster. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-90.
Creekmore interview; religious radio; Rev. Howard Finster. Evelyn Creekmore; Rev. Howard Finster, Elkmont, Tennessee. Due to a bad battery the tape slowed down and the recording was affected. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-90.
Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, GA. 2 and 3; 3 garbled first 1/4 (low batteries so the recording was slow); erratic--sometimes OK. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-90.
Rev. Howard Finster. 4: 7-16-90; 1: 7-17-90. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-90.
Rev. Howard Finster. 2 and 3. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-90.
Rev. Howard Finster; Eleanor Dickinson; Steven Wicks, Summerville, GA. 1; Steve Wicks, curator of Knoxville Museum of Art. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-91.
Rev. Howard Finster. 2. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-91.
Rev. Howard Finster. 3. Accrual part 13: "Howard Finster Tapes." Original ID A-91.
The tape's content is not relevant to the collector's activities.
Images of serpent-handling, probably in Jolo, West Virginia.
Images from the Tennessee State Museum exhibition, "Revival!" See folder 2/4 for information about the exhibition.
Roadside signs, Brother Powell, Lake City, Tennessee. Original ID # V-76-A-1.
Pappy Beaver's Revival #1. Original ID # V-76-B-1.
Pappy Beaver's Revival #2. Original ID # V-76-B-2.
Pappy Beaver's Revival #3. Original ID # V-76-B-3.
Sevierville Church of God; House of Prayer for All People. Original ID # V-76-C-1.
Newport Tent Revival #1. Original ID # V-76-D-1.
Newport Tent Revival #2. Original ID # V-76-D-2.
Newport Tent Revival #3. Original ID # V-76-D-3.
Newport Tent Revival #4. Original ID # V-76-D-4.
Newport Tent Revival #5. Original ID # V-76-D-5.
Camp Creek #1. Original ID # V-76-E-1.
Camp Creek #2. Original ID # V-76-E-2.
Camp Creek #3. Original ID # V-76-E-3.
Camp Creek #4. Original ID # V-76-E-4.
Camp Creek #5 and travel. Original ID # V-76-E-5.
Brother H.H. Mayes #1. Original ID # V-76-F-1.
Brother H.H. Mayes #2. Original ID # V-76-F-2.
Brother H.H. Mayes #3. Original ID # V-76-F-3.
Brother H.H. Mayes #4. Original ID # V-76-F-4.
Brother H.H. Mayes #5. Original ID # V-76-F-5.
Brother H.H. Mayes #6. Original ID # V-76-F-6.
Brother H.H. Mayes #7. Original ID # V-76-F-7.
Brother H.H. Mayes #8. Original ID # V-76-F-8.
Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling. Original ID # V-76-I-1.
Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling, Cosby, Tennessee; Baillie Brothers, Grand Ole Opry Review, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Original ID # V-76-J-1.
Rev. Walter Bailes, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, #2. Original ID # V-76-J-2.
Beekeeper Uncle Lem Owenby, Elkmont, Tennessee, Original ID # V-76-K-1.
Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian; Corcoran. Original ID # V-76-L-1.
Photographs, Drawings, and Sounds. Original ID # V-76-M-1.
Titles, Graphics l. Original ID # V-76-O-1.
Auction, "Carl's," Maryville, Tennessee. Original ID # V-77-A-1.
Brother Roger Powell, #1. Original ID # V-77-B-1.
Brother Roger Powell, #2. Original ID # V-77-B-2.
Revival #1, Rev. Ken Ivey, Lafollette, Tennessee. Original ID # V-77-D-1.
Revival #2, Rev. Ken Ivey, Lafollette, Tennessee. Original ID # V-77-D-2.
Rev. Joe Turner, #1; Camp Creek, West Virginia. Original ID # V-77-E-1.
Brother Joe Turner, #2; Camp Creek, West Virginia. Original ID # V-77-E-2.
Rev. Joe Turner, #3; Holiness. Original ID # V-77-E-3.
Brother Joe Turner #4; Rev. Pappy Beaver. Original ID # V-77-E-4.
Rev. Bob Elkins, #1. Original ID # V-77-F-1.
Rev. Bob Elkins, #2. Original ID # V-77-F-2.
Rev. Bob Elkins, #3. Original ID # V-77-F-3.
Brother Paul Breeden, #1. Original ID # V-77-G-1.
Brother Paul Breeden, #2. Original ID # V-77-G-2.
Brother Breeden's Apostolic Church #3; Revival - Rev. Manifred Polk, Cathedral of Deliverance. Original ID # V-77-H-3.
Brother H.H. Mayes - photos. Original ID # V-77-I-1.
Pappy Beaver's Revival, #2. Original ID # V-77-J-1.
Epilogue "Brother Mayes" (edited master). Original ID # V-77-K-1.
Epilogue "Brother Mayes" (third generation copy). Original ID # V-77-L-1.
Brother H.H. Mayes, #1. Original ID # V-77-M-1.
Brother H.H. Mayes, #2. No original ID number.
Greater Gesthemane Church of God in Christ, #1. Original ID # V-78-A-1.
Greater Gesthemane Church of God in Christ, #2. Original ID # V-78-A-2.
Greater Gesthemane Church of God in Christ, #3. Original ID # V-78-A-3.
Greater Gesthemane Church of God in Christ, #4. Original ID # V-78-A-4.
Homecoming, #1. Original ID # V-78-B-1.
Homecoming, #2. Original ID # V-78-B-2.
Homecoming, #3. Original ID # V-78-B-3.
Homecoming, #4. Original ID # V-78-B-4.
Homecoming, #5. Original ID # V-78-B-5.
Orville Sisk, 74 years. Original ID # V-78-C-1.
Schilling--Songs; Revival--Denton #1. Original ID # V-78-D-1.
Revival--Denton, #2. Original ID # V-78-E-2.
Revival--Denton, #3. Original ID # V-78-E-3.
Revival--Denton, #4. Original ID # V-78-E-4.
Camp Creek, #1. Original ID # V-78-F-1.
Camp Creek, #2. Original ID # V-78-F-2.
Camp Creek, #3. Original ID # V-78-F-3.
Jolo, West Virginia, #1. Original ID # V-78-G-1.
Jolo, West Virginia, #2. Original ID # V-78-G-2.
Jolo, West Virginia, #3. Original ID # V-78-G-3.
Jolo, West Virginia, #4. Original ID # V-78-G-4.
#5 Jolo, West Virginia 6-24-78. Original ID # V-78-G-5.
Camp Creek, #1. This tape documents Eleanor Dickinson attacked by preacher's daughters. Original ID # V-78-H-1.
Camp Creek, #2. Original ID # V-78-H-2.
Camp Creek, #3. Original ID # V-78-H-3.
Camp Creek, #4; Turner, #1. Original ID # V-78-H-4.
Turner, #2. Original ID # V-78-I-2.
Brother H.H. Mayes. The recording was made on the 28th of an unknown month, in 1978. Original ID # V-78-J-1.
Holders Grove, #1. Original ID # V-78-K-1.
Holders Grove, #2; then Jeffords. Original ID # V-78-K-2.
Beaver Lord's Supper, #1. Original ID # V-78-L-1.
Beaver Lord's Supper, #2. Original ID # V-78-L-2.
Beaver, #3. Original ID # V-78-L-3.
Beaver, #4; Creek baptism, #1. Original ID # V-78-L-4.
Creek baptism. Original ID # V-78-M-2.
Creek baptism, #3. Original ID # V-78-M-3.
Creek baptism, #4; Tent Revival. Original ID # V-78-M-4.
Rev. Love, #1. Original ID # V-78-N-1.
Rev. Love, #2. Original ID # V-78-N-2.
Rev. Love, #3. Original ID # V-78-N-3.
Int. "Revival!" Tony T. Original ID # V-79-A-1.
No original ID number.
Greater Gesthemane Church of God in Christ, #2. Original ID # V-79-B-2.
Greater Gesthemane Church of God in Christ. Original ID # V-79-B-3.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, #1 and #2 (original). No original ID number.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, #3 (original). No original ID number.
Cloretta. No original ID number.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, #1. Original ID # V-79-C-1.
Beaver, #1; Beaver, #2. Original ID # V-79-C-2.
Faith Deliverance Temple, #1. Original ID # V-79-D-1.
Faith Deliverance Temple, #2. Original ID # V-79-D-2.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, #1. Original ID # V-79-E-1.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, #2. Original ID # V-79-E-2.
Apostolic Faith Church. Original ID # V-79-F-1.
Revivals. Original ID # V-79-G-1.
Holiness Church of Jesus Christ. Original ID # V-79-H-1.
Holiness Church of Jesus Christ. Original ID # V-79-H-2.
Holiness Church of Jesus Christ. Original ID # V-79-I-1.
Sister Lillie, Brother H.H. Mayes and tent scenes. Original ID # V-79-I-2.
Sister Lillie Mayes, Brother H.H. Mayes. Original ID # V-79-J-1.
Uncle Lem Owenby; J.T. Higdon. Original ID # V-79-K-1.
Pentecostal revival meetings in California. No original ID number.
Revival photographs, #1; Brother H.H. Mayes, #2; signs. No original ID number.
Mrs. Irene Russell and car, 1/1. Original ID # V-80-A-1.
Roadside signs, revival tents, #2. Original ID # V-80-B-1.
Interview - preacher; tent revival; Int., 3/2. Original ID # V-80-C-1.
Camp Creek Church of Jesus Christ, #4. Original ID # V-80-D-1.
Danny and Darlene Turner; Jesus Church, 5/1. Original ID # V-80-E-1.
Micco West Virginia, 6/2. Original ID # V-80-E-2.
Country music; tent revival, 7/1. Original ID # V-80-G-1.
Tent revival, 8/2. Original ID # V-80-G-2.
Revival, 9/3. Original ID # V-80-G-3.
Revival, #4. Original ID # V-80-G-4.
Tent revival, 11/1. Original ID # V-80-H-1.
Tent revival, 12/1. Original ID # V-80-H-2.
Rev. Roy Phillips and Rev. Isaih [sic] Tent revival, 13/3. Original ID # V-80-H-3.
14. Music at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, 14; Road signs. Original ID # V-80-I-1.
15/1 Meeting in Middlesboro. Kentucky (July 22, 1980); Baptism (July 27, 1980). Original ID # V-80-J-1.
Baptism, 16/2. Original ID # V-80-K-1.
Tent revival, 17/1. Original ID # V-80-L-1.
Tent revival, 18/2. Original ID # V-80-L-2.
Tent revival; Rev. Roy Phillips, 19/3, 19/1. Original ID # V-80-L-3.
Tent revival, #1. Original ID # V-80-L-4.
Tent revival, #2. Original ID # V-80-L-5.
Tent revival, 22/#3. Original ID # V-80-L-6.
Tent revival, 23/#4. Original ID # V-80-L-7.
Rev. Roy Phillips; Rev. Clay Ogle. Original ID # V-80-L-10.
Dan White Show - interview, 26. Original ID # V-80-M-1.
Tent revival, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Original ID # V-80-N-1.
Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling, 29/1. Original ID # V-80-O-1.
Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling; Victory Temple Tent Revival, 30. Original ID # V-80-P-1.
Tent Revival, 31/1. Original ID # V-80-P-2.
Tent Revival, 32/2. Original ID # V-80-P-3.
Interviews after baptism; tent revival, 33/1. Original ID # V-80-Q-1.
Tent Revival, 34/2. Original ID # V-80-Q-2.
Kerosene Lantern; Lord's Supper and foot washing, #1. Original ID # V-80-R-1.
Kerosene Lantern Revival Service, 36/2. Original ID # V-80-R-2.
Kerosene Lantern Revival Service, #3. Original ID # V-80-R-3.
Kerosene Lantern Revival, 38/4. Original ID # V-80-R-4.
New Light Missionary Baptist Church, 39. Original ID # V-80-S-1.
Mattie Mae Lawson; Mrs. Roger Powell. Original ID # V-81-A.
Irene Russell and car; Sister and Brother H.H. Mayes. Original ID # V-81-B.
Rev. Roger Powell and car; Wayne Simmons. Original ID # V-81-C.
Tent revival. Original ID # V-81-D.
Dining on the grounds; Baptism creek; Irene Russell; Guilt, Rev. and Mrs. Roger Powell. Original ID # V-81-E.
Rev. Howard Finster, #1. Original ID # V-81-F-1.
Rev. Howard Finster, #2. Original ID # V-81-F-2.
Rev. Howard Finster, 3/1; Elkmont. Original ID # V-81-F-3.
Homecoming, #1. Original ID # V-81-H-1.
Homecoming, #2. Original ID # V-81-H-2.
Homecoming, #3. Original ID # V-81-H-3.
Serpent hunt. Original ID # V-81-I-1.
Serpent boxes. Original ID # V-81-I-3.
Quilt; Rev. and Mrs. Powell. Original ID # V-81-J.
Easter Sunday. No original ID number.
Easter Sunday. No original ID number.
Easter Sunday. No original ID number.
No original ID number.
Easter service. Original ID # V-82-A-1.
Easter service. Original ID # V-82-A-2.
Easter service. No original ID number.
Rev. Howard Finster and Brother H.H. Mayes. No original ID number.
Easter Sunday service. No original ID number.
"Brother Mayes;" "Sister Mayes;" "collage." Used in the exhibit "Revival!" at Tennessee State Museum, 1981-82. See folder 2/4 for information about the exhibit. Original ID # VC-81-B.
"Brother Roy: healing and casting out devils, Madison, Tennessee" (1980; color); " Holiness people of West Virginia" (1979; black and white). Used in the exhibit "Revival!" at Tennessee State Museum, 1981-1982. See folder 2/4 for information about the exhibit. Original ID # VC-81-C.
Sister Mayes (5 minutes); healing and casting out devils (4 minutes); healing (16 minutes); music in the southern Appalachian Mountains (28 minutes); Lord's Supper (color). Used in the exhibit "Revival!" at Tennessee State Museum, 1981-82. See folder 2/4 for information about the exhibit. Original ID # VC-81-D.
Stigmata; Larry Hester and choir; California revivals; casting out devils; Sister Mayes. Used in the exhibit "Revival!" at Tennessee State Museum, 1981-82. See folder 2/4 for information about the exhibit. Original ID # VC-81-E.
Music in southern Appalachia; preaching and salvation; fire and serpents and poison; speaking in tongues; casting out devils; Lord's Supper, footwashing, baptism. Used in the exhibit "Revival!" at Tennessee State Museum, 1981-82. See folder 2/4 for information about the exhibit. Original ID # VC-81-F.
"Howard Finster from God Paints A Picture, Painting #4575," Summerville, Georgia.
In two parts: "Real Time in West Virginia With Four Holiness People," 1978 (recording date: June 24, 1978) and "Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling, Creekmore Cabin, Elkmont, Tennessee" (recording date: August 23, 1987).
Glass whiskey bottle (3 in. x 6.5 in. x 1 in.), emptied and cleaned; containing religious messages translated into 14 various languages, and printed on a slip of paper. The bottle is corked.
One metal lapel pin, with the words "Jesus First" (the "t" is a cross), from Jerry Falwell's "The Old-Time Gospel Hour" (1956 or after).
3 CD-Rs.
Originally made in 1968 and 1969. These audio recordings document Tennessee church music (songs), sermons, and speaking in tongues, all in a revival setting. Specific Tennessee revivals noted are: Valley Grove Baptist Church; Missionary Baptists' tent on Sevierville Highway; Holy Rollers, Knoxville; 5th Avenue Baptist Revival; Scott Street Assembly of God Revival; Magnolia Avenue Revival; Missionary Baptist and Pentecostal, Elkmont; Church of God, Sunset Gap; First Calvary Baptist Church, Lonsdale; Pigeon Forge Church of God. Services are principally Anglo American, some African American. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: June 1970. See folders 2/7-2/12 for audio logs and transcripts.
Originally made in the summer of 1972 and include sermons, praying, singing, call and response, testifying, anointing with oil, faith healing, speaking in tongues, drinking strychnine, snake handling, foot washing, and holy kiss. Specific revivals and prayer meetings include: Johnny Chambers tent revival, Knoxville, Tennessee–urban tent revival; Meridian Baptist, Knoxville, Tennessee; First Calvary Baptist Church, Lonsdale, Tennessee–prayer meeting; Scrabble Creek Holiness Church, West Virginia; Camp Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church, West Virginia. Reverend Pappy Beaver figures prominently in several of these tapes. Recordings also include interviews with Brother H.H. Mayes (Middlesborough, Kentucky) and a discussion of his religious road sign ministry. Made from 16 original 5-inch field recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: March 1973. See folders 2/13-2/16 for audio logs and transcripts.
Originally made in June-July, 1973, in Tennessee and West Virginia. Recordings document Reverend Pappy Beaver's tent revival, Knoxville, Tennessee; Camp Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church, West Virginia; Scrabble Creek Holiness Church, West Virginia. Tapes also include creek baptizing, Beaver Creek, Dry Gap, Tennessee; interview with Reverend Roger Powell and Mrs. Powell, Church of God of the Mountain Assembly, Lake City, Tennessee; First Calvary Baptist Church Sunday service, Knoxville, Tennessee; interviews concerning "baptism of fire," "faith healing," and snake-bite medical data. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: August 1973. See folders 2/17-2/25 for audio logs and transcripts.
The field recordings comprising Part 4 were originally made on unknown dates in Tennessee and Kentucky and include tent revival meetings, hymns, sermons, testifying, speaking in tongues, and snake handling. Specific revivals include: Greater Gethsemane Church of God in Christ Holy Ghost meeting; Holiness Church of God in Jesus Name tent revival, Newport, Tennessee; Brush Arbor Revival, Claiborne County, Tennessee; Pappy Beaver's Revival, Tennessee. Recordings also include interviews with Brother H.H. Mayes and his wife discussing his religious sign ministry, house, and bottles; auctioneering, Carl's Auction, Maryville, Tennessee; and bluegrass renditions of patriotic songs: "America Bless God," Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Baillie Brothers "Grand Ole Opry" Revue, and Sons of the Smokies religious music program. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: August 1977. See folder 2/26 for audio logs and transcripts.
Originally recorded in the summer of 1977 and document revivals and services that include hymns, sermons, speaking in tongues, faith healing, casting out a devil, dancing in the spirit, prophesying, and snake handling. Tapes identify revival and service participants as African American, white, and inter-racial, urban and rural. Specific revivals and church services include: Church of God of the Mountain Assembly, Lake City, Tennessee–Brother Roger Powell; tent revival, Lafollette, Tennessee–Reverend Kenneth Ivey; Reverend Pappy Beaver's Revival, Knoxville, Tennessee; Reverend Paul Breeden's Apostolic Church, Knoxville, Tennessee; Jesus Christ Church, Camp Creek, West Virginia; Church of Jesus Christ, Jolo, West Virginia. Interviews are conducted with Brother and Sister Mayes of Middlesborough, Kentucky, and with Blitz Turner of Ridgeview, West Virginia. In the latter, topics of discussion include snake and fire handling, and strychnine drinking. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: June 1978. See folders 1/2 and 3/1 for audio logs and transcripts.
Originally recorded between 1973 and 1979 in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Miscellaneous additional dates include a 1963 radio broadcast "20th Century Reformation Hour;" an October 1974 Seventh Day Adventist Revival, San Francisco, California; a 1972 Canadian Broadcast Corporation tape featuring a story on Cloretta Starks Robertson of West Oakland, California, noted here as the first child, first African American, first Pentecostal, and second person in North America to have stigmata.
Recordings include various revival practices and phenomena such as: speaking in tongues, snake handling, drinking of strychnine, casting out of devils, screams, praying, healing, all-day hymn singing and meeting, sermons, Bible quiz, dancing in the spirit, falling out under the power, testifying, Lord's Supper, foot washing, instrumental performances (including instruments such as accordion, guitar, cymbals, piano, organ, drums, dulcimer, autoharp, harmonica, recorder, tambourine), two forms of creek baptizing (one in Jesus' name only and one in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, thus distinguishing the split in the Holiness churches [1978]), at Holston River near Marblehead, Tennessee. Other practices recorded include a "homecoming" ceremony, the decoration of graves at Elkmont and Jake's Creek cemeteries, and dinner on the grounds. Vocal music is featured prominently throughout these recordings and includes: Old Harp Singers, secular, folk and religious songs of many varieties. Related recorded sounds include: summertime sounds of a Tennessee afternoon and evening, and the amplified rattles and hisses of rattlesnakes and copperheads. Tapes identify revival and service participants as white, rural coal miners, as well as farmers and older people. Additional segments identify participants as poor, urban, and interracial.
Specific revivals and church services include: Camp Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church, West Virginia; Apostolic Holiness Church, Knoxville, Tennessee; Cathedral of Deliverance, Knoxville, Tennessee; Church of God of the Mountain Assembly, Lake City, Tennessee; Revival "Faith Home Mission," Gay Street ("special mission to the drunks and whores of Knoxville"), Knoxville, Tennessee; Holiness Church of Jesus Christ, Jolo, West Virginia; tent revival, Yoakum Junction, Lafollette, Tennessee; Pappy Beaver, store front revival and "Bible Church of God," Western Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee; Sevierville Church of God, Tennessee; Brush Arbor Revival, Claiborn, Tennessee; RocKentucky Grove Baptist Church near Cosby, Tennessee.
Of special note is original tape D36, which documents Dickinson's experiences while recording a revival at Camp Creek, West Virginia, on June 25, 1978. Two daughters of a preacher, who objected to having a photographer present, launched an attack on Dickinson and her equipment, finally throwing the video camera into the tape recorder and tripod. Large portions of four hours of taping were completely lost; however, some parts were salvaged. Some material on the tapes appears to be duplicated. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: January 1981. See folders 1/4 and 3/2 for audio logs and transcripts.
Originally recorded between 1980 and 1981 and document prayer meetings, services, and one church meeting at the Church of the Lord Jesus, as well as a "Homecoming" and a "serpent hunt" based in Jolo, West Virginia. There is also a recording of an exhibition opening ceremony at the Tennessee State Museum, with Rev. Howard Finster, as well as Jean Schilling and Lee Shilling, who prayed and sang. The exhibition opening was followed by a songfest at a private home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Taped interviews include conversations with "Uncle" Lem Owenby, Elkhurst, Tennessee; Mattie Mae Lawson, Washington, D.C.; Reverend Womack, Roanoke, Virginia; a series of recordings made over a two-day period with Rev. Howard Finster, Summerville, Georgia; Barbara Elkins, Jolo, West Virginia; several discussions with Dewey and Claire Chaffin about medical symptoms of snake bites, location of snake handling churches, snake handling in general, handling fire, and drinking poison in Jolo, West Virginia; Reverend Floyd Somerville and others, Springfield, Tennessee.
Recordings include religious radio program broadcasts from Knoxville to Nashville, Tennessee, Adairville, Kentucky, as well as Virginia and Pennsylvania and a Paul Simon special from Nashville, Tennessee. Miscellaneous tapes feature songs and stories by "Fiddlin" Arthur Smith and family, Nashville, Tennessee; a sermon by Reverend Thomas King; and "Imitating God" by Isaiah Hughes at a tent revival, in Madison, Tennessee. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: November 1984. See folders 1/5 and 3/3 for audio logs and transcripts.
Originally recorded in 1976 and document prayers, songs leading to the Lord's Supper, reading and explanation, foot washing, casting out of the devil, "altar call," testifying, prayer for the anointing to handle snakes, speaking in tongues, preaching, dancing, jerks, and faith healing.
Specific revivals include: Pappy Beaver's Open Bible Church, Western Ave., Knoxville, Tennessee; Sevierville Church of God, and "House of Prayer," Sevierville, Tennessee, including a reference to Pigeon Ford, Tennessee, and to Reverend Jake Owens, grandfather of Dolly Parton (the subject of the song "Daddy was an Old Time Preacher Man"); Brush Arbor, Yoakum Junction, Tennessee; and a tent revival at Carson Springs with Reverend Raines.
Interviews include: personal discussions of revival practices and paraphernalia (Brother H.H. Mayes is a prominent informant), creating artifacts and erecting signs, folk music of the region (labeled by Dickinson as "early settlers music"); "Uncle" Lem Owenby and his nephew J.T. Higdon on beekeeping, history of settlers and development of Great SmoKentucky Mountains National Park; Reverend and Mrs. Roger Powell regarding his mother-in-law featured in a famous photo on strip mining, devils, and the Bible; after revival discussion with Rev. Raines, son and wife including a discussion of beliefs; Brother H.H. Mayes and Sister Lillie Mayes showing revival paraphernalia and scrapbooks in their home, road signs, missionary bottles and other artifacts, and discussing their faith, beliefs, morality, etc.; Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling featured in a concert in the mountains singing "America Bless God"; Reverend Walter Baillie and others in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Preservation and reference tapes in the possession of the American Folklife Center were duplicated from 8 90-minute cassettes loaned by Dickinson. The cassettes were returned to the collector, while preservation and reference duplicate recordings were assigned AFS numbers 23177-23182. Made from recordings loaned by Dickinson for duplication. Accrual date: November 1984. See folder 3/4 for audio logs and transcripts.
The video portion of Part 9 was donated as a gift to the American Folklife Center, while the audio materials were loaned by Dickinson for duplication. The original cassette recordings were returned to the collector and assigned identifier numbers SR042-060.
The 2 VHS videocassettes are as follows: "Real Time West Virginia with Four Holiness People, 1978" (first shown at Camera Work Gallery, San Francisco, 1987), 42.5 minutes; includes Jean Schilling and Lee Schilling, Creekmore Cabin, Elkmont, Tennessee. Recording date: August 23, 1987.
Rev. Howard Finster, "God Paints a Picture," 94 minutes, Summerville, Georgia. Recording date: July 19, 1985. Includes entire sequence of painting a picture. Accrual date: June 24, 1988.
Subjects and interviews featured on the videocassettes include the following: "Brother Mayes," "Sister Mayes," collage. Each videocassette has a segment of "Revival!" (1981); 1 copy of "Revival!" and other published materials. "Brother Roy–healing and casting out devils," Madison, Tennessee, 1980; "Holiness People of West Virginia" 1979, music.
"Sister Mayes," "Healing and casting out devils," "Healing," "Music in South Appalachian Mountains," "Lord's Supper."
"Stigmata," "Larry Hester and choir (New Light Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, California)," "California Revivals," "Casting out devils," "Sister Mayes."
"Music in South Appalachia," "Preaching and salvation," "Fire and Serpents and Poison," "Speaking in tongues," "Lord's Supper," "Foot Washing Baptism."
See folder 4/5 for documentation. Accrual dates: June 8, 1982; December 18, 1996.
Four U-matic videocassettes (originals) of tent revivals taped on August 2, 1980, in Madison, Tennessee. Also included were two 5-inch videoreels of Howard Finster from 1981 (V-81-F-2 and V-81-F-3). Accrual date: July 3, 1991.
These extensive handwritten logs identify the subjects on the tapes. The people, places and activities noted are an excellent starting point for understanding this collection as a whole, as many of the audio tapes duplicate the moving images. The Library of Congress does not have all tapes listed in the logs. See the 1996 video chart for complete holdings.
The content of these tapes include African American and Anglo American churches, urban and rural church services, and revivals videotaped in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. These videoreels include practices associated with revivals, including but not limited to: singing, preaching, testifying, symbols (roadside signs and crosses), snake handling, falling out under the power, handling fire, drinking poison, glossolalia, healing, foot washing, as well as interviews with ministers and others.
Accrual date: December 1996. See the tape logs in folders 3/15-3/18 and 4/1-4/7, which Dickinson refers to as "editing scripts" in folders 52-66.
Taped in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, the tapes cover diverse topics that Dickinson was not sure that she had sent in before. As a consequence, there may be duplications of earlier materials sent to the American Folklife Center. This portion contains a very comprehensive collection of interviews with Rev. Howard Finster. An inventory and content summary of these recordings follow:
Finster tapes: 24 audiocassettes recorded between 1981 and 1991 at the Finster home in Summerville, Georgia. Interviews were conducted by Eleanor Dickinson and include singing as well as conversation. Among these 24 recordings are two miscellaneous interviews: side B (from July 19, 1985) features Homer Rathbone singing in Cosby, Tennessee, and Side B (from July 16, 1990) contains conversation with Evelyn Creekmore, of Elkmont, Tennessee. In addition, two miscellaneous recordings of the opening of Dickinson's show at the Tennessee State Museum recorded November 15, 1981. On the second sides of these tapes are Nashville musicians and singing and conversation in Nashville, Tennessee. See folder 3/9 for audio log information, concordance, and tape photocopies.
Old Harp Singing: 4 audiocassettes recorded October 1976 and September 1978 and recorded in Wears Valley, Tennessee. These cassettes feature singers at First Baptist Church, Cades Cove Baptist Church, and the music of the Sevier County Old Harp Singers. See folder 3/5 for audio log information, concordance, and tape photocopies.
Miscellaneous tapes: 2 audiocassettes recorded August 1981. These are religious radio programs from the southern Appalachian region.
Serpent Handling Churches: 10 audiocassettes recorded September 1981. All of these audiocassettes appear to be associated with the Church of the Lord Jesus in Jolo, West Virginia. They cover the service along with interviews before and after concerning various revival practices especially associated with snake hunting. There is a notation on the log for an unnumbered tape for September 8, 1981 (interview with Barbara Elkins, wife of the preacher). There is no tape to go with this notation. See folder 3/6 for audio log information, concordance, and tape photocopies.
Accrual date: April 23, 1992.
Five items used in "Revival!": 4 Rally Day postcards (heavy-stock paper; color), and "A Light to Lighten the Gentiles the Glory of Israel" (paper clipping; color); one prayer card or Sunday School card (identified on the label as "Victorian"); one Rally Day card (heavy-stock paper; color; not part of the "Revival!" group).
Bound item: one
Artifact: one metal lapel pin, with the words "Jesus First" (the "t" is a cross), from Jerry Falwell's "The Old-Time Gospel Hour" (not earlier than 1956).
Optical media: 2 CD-Rs of images and PowerPoint files for presentations in "Revival!" (2004); they contain the same files, and 1 CD-R of materials for presentation on "Elkmont" (undated).
Accrual date: April 1, 2004. See folder 1/3 for documentation.