Singing Family of the Cumberlands typescript,
55M52
University of Kentucky Special Collections
0.23 Cubic feet
1 box
1955
A typescript of Ritchie's book
Singing Family of the Cumberlands.
Ritchie, Jean
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Preferred Citation note
55M52 : [identification of item],
Singing Family of the Cumberlands typescript, 1955, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Biographical note
Jean Ritchie, a 1946 graduate of the University of Kentucky, wrote
Singing Family of the Cumberlands about her maternal grandfather and his fourteen children living in Viper, Kentucky in the Cumberland Mountains.
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a typescript, including corrections, of Ritchie's book
Singing Family of the Cumberlands, as well as the book's jacket, a pencil drawing of an illustration for the book, and clippings of book reviews and articles about Ritchie.
Ritchie family, Musical group
Appalachian Region--Social life and customs.
Clippings.
Drawing.
Folk songs, English--United States.
Kentucky--Authors.
Musicians.
Manuscript,
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2
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1
1955
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript contains 130 pages.
Newspaper Clippings
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3
1955