Dr. Dorothy Horne and Oliver Hamby Ballad Project Papers
Content Description
Song lyrics, musical transcriptions, interview notes, scrapbooks, publications, and other material created by the Dr. Dorothy Horne and Oliver Hamby ballad project in 1937-1938.
Dates
- 1912
- 1931 - 1938
- 1990
- undated
Creator
- Horn, Dorothy D. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
"Oliver Hamby, a student of [Maryville College], under Dr. Hill Shine began a collection of ballads of Appalachia. He did not have a music background. When Dorothy Horne came to MC, it was suggested that she go out with Hamby and notate the music. Hamby, who was gifted in finding and getting cooperation from country people, made appointments to visit and to transcribe the remembered ballads. [Dorothy] Horne would notate the music, frequently on the back of the written ballad. [She] did an article on the ballads which was published in the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin November 1938." (from M.G.P.'s notes on a telephone conversation with Dr. Dorothy Horne, February 8, 1990).
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Organized into four (4) series: SERIES I: Introductory Material; SERIES II: Interview Notes; SERIES III: Collected Ballads; and SERIES IV: Publications.
Provenance
Dr. Dorothy Horne and Oliver Hamby (compilers); Dr. Dorothy Horne donated to Joan Worley (librarian at MC) in Fall 1989.
Condition Description
Good
Creator
- Horn, Dorothy D. (Person)
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amy Lundell (MC Archivist)
- Date
- 2022 November 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Maryville College Archives Repository
Maryville College Archives
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Maryville TN 37804 United States
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amy.lundell@maryvillecollege.edu