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Collection Number: 20380

Collection Title: Billy Faier Collection, 1955-2011

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Size 8.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,320 items)
Abstract Billy Faier of Woodstock, N.Y., taught himself to play the five-string banjo and was later involved in the folk music revival as a performer, songwriter, observer, writer, and radio disc jockey. Faier was a prominent member of New York City's Washington Square folk scene in the late 1940s and of the folk music scene on both coasts during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection documents the personal and professional activities of Billy Faier. There are also more general materials collected and generated by Faier about the folk music revival, the counter-culture movement, and other interests. Included are correspondence, writings, artwork, and other materials relating to Faier's work with Pete Seeger; song writing and theatrical performances; music; Woodstock, N.Y.; juggling; games; bicycling; hitchhiking; and alternative lifestyles in general. Audio recordings include live and studio performances of Faier and other musicians; interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson and Frank and Ann Warner; recordings of Faier's radio shows; documentation of social and political events; and dubs from old records.
Creator Faier, Billy.
Curatorial Unit Southern Folklife Collection
Language English.
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[Identification of item], in the Billy Faier Collection #20380, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Billy Faier in June 2003 (Acc. 99533), July 2003 (Acc. 99586), and April 2016 (Acc. 102560). Received from William Ferris in May 2003 (Acc. 99515).
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Processed by: Elizabeth Matson, January 2004

Encoded by: Elizabeth Matson, January 2004

Updated by: Anne Wells, July 2016; Anne Wells, Emma Evans, and Patrick Cullom, July 2019; Anne Wells, Clare Carlson, and Jessica Venlet, October 2019

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Billy Faier was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on 21 December 1930. He moved to Woodstock, N.Y., with his family in 1944 at age thirteen. Faier had his first contact with folk music in Woodstock and taught himself to play the five-string banjo. Dropping out of high school to pursue his music, Faier traveled with Ramblin' Jack Elliott across the country and was a prominent member of New York City's Washington Square folk scene in the late 1940s. In 1957 and 1958, Faier recorded Art of the Five String Banjo and Travelin' Man for Riverside. Involved with the folk music revival scene on both coasts during the 1950s and 1960s, Billy Faier worked in night clubs, wrote songs, transcribed music for Pete Seeger, performed and taught banjo, performed as an on-stage musician in theater productions in New York City, hosted radio shows on Berkeley's KPFA and New York City's WBAI, and wrote for and eventually edited Caravan: Folk Music Magazine.

Despite time spent in New York and Berkeley, Faier's home base for a large part of his life has been the town of Woodstock and the surrounding area where he built his home in Lake Hill, N.Y., and became an active community member and renowned as a local street musician. From this home base, his music career experienced a revival in the 1980s with performances at folk music festivals; a self-produced recording, Banjos, Birdsongs, and Mother Earth; and a self-produced re-release of his earlier albums on cassette.

Throughout his life, Faier has opted for a non-mainstream, alternative lifestyle. Besides song writing and playing banjo and guitar, Faier's eclectic interests include juggling, traveling, hitchhiking, Rubik's Cube, the game of Go, sailing, folklore, and writing.

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The collection documents the life of Billy Faier as a musician, songwriter, and player of the five-string banjo and his role as observer, writer, and documenter of culture, particularly of the folk music revival and the counter-culture. The collection reflects both Faier's professional and personal experiences and his eclectic interests and collections. It contains material relating not only to Faier but to the events, ideas, and interests of an era and generation as well.

Correspondence, 1959-2003, includes letters from Faier's girlfriends, friends, fans, fellow musicians, tenants, and individuals he met while traveling and performing. It documents Faier's music career encompassing song writing, including transcription work for Pete Seeger's The Goofing-Off Suite and Faier's published songbooks; roles as an on-stage musician in theatrical performances, including The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Broadway; prose writings about music and the folk revival; and promotional and business materials, including programs, publicity photographs, and mail order and sales records for his self-produced tapes. Audio recordings include live and studio performances of Faier and other musicians; interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson, Frank Warner, and Ann Warner; Faier's radio shows; social and political events; and dubs from old records. Material on Faier's general interests and collections includes the folk music revival, including an interview with Faier by Ronald D. Cohen; collected writings and artwork by others; games, such as Rubik's Cube and Go; fanzines, including Gigline, Rainbow Family of Living Light, and The Realist; and hypnosis and Silva Mind Control. Faier's skills and interests are reflected in material on juglature, a method he invented of transcribing juggling moves, classes he taught, and multiple drafts of two juggling books. Faier's active involvement in his most consistent home community, as well as personal material relating to his house, sailing vessel, and legal matters, are included in the Woodstock, N.Y., files. Also included are articles on traveling with a bicycle across the country, hitchhiking as a means of alleviating the energy crisis, and a personal journal from 1974.

The Addition of April 2016 contains papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials related to Billy Faier's music career, general interests, juggling hobby, and home base of Woodstock, N.Y. Papers consist of personal correspondence, lyrics, sheet music, banjo tabs, business correspondence related to compact disc (CD) and tab orders, promotional materials, tape and song indexes compiled by Faier, printed materials and clippings, juggling notes and juglature drawings, and writings by Faier, including a copy of his 2003 manuscript, Whorehouse Fantasies. Faier's correspondents include girlfriends, friends, fans, and fellow musicians, including Martin Gardener, Frank Proffitt, and Pete Seeger. Photographs depict music performances, music festivals, including Woodstock, as well as Faier's personal life. The addition also contains Faier's Rubik's Cubes, oversize materials, including a one-page scrapbook, scattered printed materials, and a sketchbook containing drawings by Faier. Audiovisual materials consist of audio recordings of live performances, demos, radio programs, and dubbed albums by Faier and others; videotapes of Faier, including home movies, interviews, live performances, and footage of family reunions; and related documentation, such as notes and memos, found with the audiovisual materials. Notable artists found on the recordings include Moses Ash, Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, John Herald, and Pete Seeger. Audio recordings are on audiocassette and 1/4" open reel, while videotapes are on VHS and Betacam.

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Contents list

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1. Correspondence, 1959-2003 and undated.
1.1. Charles, Gloria Cosmo, 1979-1997 and undated.
1.2. Faier, Gerry, 1981-1999.
1.3. Wand, Christopher Nicklaus, 1985-2000 and undated.
1.4. Landlord-Tenant Correspondence, 1993-1998.
1.5. Other Letters, 1959-2003 and undated.
2. Music Career, 1955-2002 and undated.
2.1. Song Writing.
2.1.1. Compositions and Arrangements by Billy Faier.
2.1.2. The Goofing Off Suite, 1956-1960 and undated.
2.1.3. Billy Faier's Banjo Selections.
2.1.4. Collected Song Writing.
2.2. Theater Performances, 1960-1963 and undated.
2.3. Music Writing, 1958-1968, 1997.
2.4. Promotional Material.
2.4.1. Clippings and Reviews, 1957-1981 and undated.
2.4.2. Performance and Festival Programs, 1955-1990 and undated.
2.4.3. Publicity Photographs.
2.4.4 Posters and Fliers.
2.4.5. Promotional Writing.
2.5. Business Material, 1957-2002.
2.5.1. Business Correspondence, 1957-1992.
2.5.2. Mail Orders and Sales Records of Tapes, 1987-2002.
2.5.3. Contracts, 1957-1990.
2.5.4. Winnipeg Folk Festival, 1981.
3. Audio Recordings, 1957-2000 and undated.
3.1. Billy Faier Music, 1957-2000 and undated.
3.2. Recordings of Others, 1958-1982 and undated.
3.3. Radio Shows, 1957 and undated.
3.4. Disc Dubs.
4. General Interests and Collections.
4.1. Folk Music Revival.
4.2. Collected Writings.
4.3. Collected Artwork.
4.4. Research, Recreational, and Cultural Interests.
5. Juggling.
5.1. Juggling Notes.
5.2. Juggling Research.
5.3. Juggling Business.
5.4. Juggling Manuscripts.
6. Woodstock, N.Y.
6.1. General Community.
6.2. Personal Material.
7. Other Writings, 1974-1982 and undated.
7.1. Crossing the USA with a Bike, 1981-1982.
7.2. Hitchhiking, 1980-1981.
7.3. Journal, 1974.
7.4. Other Writings, Undated.
Addition of April 2016: Papers, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials

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About 425 items.

Correspondence consists largely of letters to Billy Faier with some carbon copies of Faier's letters interspersed. The period covered spans from 1959 to 2003, with the bulk of the material dating from 1980 to 1999. Letters reflect not only the relationships and events of Faier's life, but also provide something of a portrait of a generation for those who were involved in and influenced by the folk music revival, counter-culture, and alternative lifestyles. While it is often difficult to make clear distinctions between personal, fan, and business correspondence as friends help arrange gigs, sponsors and fans become friends, fans and fellow musicians become correspondents, and fans offer business propositions, this series focuses on personal correspondence. See Series 2. Music Career for correspondence directly related to business matters. Faier's correspondents include girlfriends, friends, fans, fellow musicians, tenants, and individuals he met while traveling and performing, including hitchhikers he picked up. Correspondents of both short-term and long-term duration are included. Correspondence of note, either for its duration or the correspondent's relationship to Billy Faier, is separated out from the general correspondence and includes: Gloria "Cosmo" Charles (whose correspondence with Faier dates from the 1970s), Gerry Faier (Faier's mother), Christopher Nicklaus Wand (Faier's son), and Landlord-Tenant Correspondence (for Faier's Lake Hill, N.Y., house, which he often rented when he traveled).

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.1. Charles, Gloria Cosmo, 1979-1997 and undated.

About 35 items.

Gloria "Cosmo" Charles is a former girlfriend who traveled with Faier to the west coast in the 1970s. She retained a strong and enduring friendship with Faier as evidenced through their correspondence, which dates from the late 1970s. Additional references to Cosmo Charles in the collection can be found in Other Writings and Audio Recordings.

Folder 1

Charles, Gloria "Cosmo"

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. Faier, Gerry, 1981-1999.

About 10 items.

Gerry Faier is Billy Faier's mother.

Folder 2

Faier, Gerry

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About 15 items.

Christopher Nicklaus Wand is Billy Faier's son with Barbara Wand. He started his correspondence with his father as a young man.

Folder 3

Wand, Christopher, Nicklaus

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About 5 items.

Billy Faier periodically rented out his house in Lake Hill, N.Y., when he went on extended travel for music performances and pleasure. Correspondence relating to these rental transactions is included here.

Folder 4

Landlord-Tenant Correspondence

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About 360 items.

Correspondents include girlfriends, friends, fans, fellow musicians, and individuals Faier met while traveling or performing. The letters reflect not only the relationships and events of Billy Faier's life but provide something of a portrait of a generation for those who were involved in and influenced by the folk music revival and alternative lifestyles. While it is often difficult to make clear distinctions between personal, fan, and business correspondence as friends help arrange gigs, sponsors and fans become friends, fans and fellow musicians become correspondents, and fans offer business propositions, this series focuses on personal correspondence.

Folder 5

1959

Folder 6

1964

Folder 7

1977-1979

Folder 8

1980-1984

Folder 9

1985-1989

Folder 10

1990-1994

Folder 11

1995-1999

Folder 12

2000-2003

Folder 13

Undated

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About 420 items.

The creative aspects of Billy Faier's accomplishments as a musician are highlighted here in his song writing, theater performances, and music writing. The business aspects can be found in the promotional photographs, posters, business correspondence and writing, contracts, and Winnipeg Folk Festival material. Of particular note are the music transcription and notation work Faier did for Pete Seeger for The Goofing-Off Suite and Faier's involvement with Caravan: Folk Music Magazine. Additional material relating to Billy Faier's career as a musician and the folk music revival can be found in Series 3. Audio Recordings and Series 4.1. Folk Music Revival.

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About 170 items.

Songs written, composed, arranged, or transcribed by Billy Faier, as well as compositions by other composers that Faier collected. Included are complete scores of Faier's own songs, the first and second edition folios of banjo music selections from his album The Art of the Five String Banjo, and commercially published banjo music scores. Of particular note is music transcription and notation work Faier did for Pete Seeger, specifically for The Goofing-Off Suite.

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About 115 items.

Songs written, composed, or arranged by Billy Faier. Though much of the general material is unsigned, the songs in this series are presumed to be composed, arranged, or transcribed by Faier. Faier's work includes: arrangements and adaptations of other composers' songs, handwritten and typewritten lyrics, music in various stages of composition, and completed songs with lyrics accompanied by music notation organized by individual song titles. Compositions that clearly appear to have different authorship are included in 2.1.4. Collected Song Writing.

Folder 14

Arranged by Faier

Folder 15

General Lyrics

Folder 16

General Notation

Folder 17

General Notation (Notebooks)

Folder 18

Song: "Actions Speak Louder than Words"

Folder 19

Song: "Baby You Opened My Heart"

Folder 20

Song: "Bees to My Honey Blues"

Folder 21

Song: "Bright Angel Rag"

Folder 22

Song: "Daddy I Had a Dream"

Folder 23

Song: "Diane's Reel"

Folder 24

Song: "Doublethink"

Folder 25

Song: "Faier's Jig"

Folder 26

Song: "Folksinger's Heaven"

Folder 27

Song: "Funniest Thing"

Folder 28

Song: "G. V. Crawl"

Folder 29

Song: "Great Big Number"

Folder 30

Folder number not used

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/1

Song: "Greatest Cycle"

Folder 31

Song: "I Can Tell That You Love Me"

Folder 32

Song: "In Each Other's Arms"

Folder 33

Song: "Jigsaw Thing"

Folder 34

Song: "Short Suite"

Folder 35

Song: "The Song of the Coo-Coo"

Folder 36

Song: "Ten Times Around"

Folder 37

Song: "Together Free"

Folder 38

Song: "When You Have Found Your Superman"

Folder 39

Song: "Why Do I Make Mary Cry"

Folder 40

Song: "Wild Substance"

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About 25 items.

In the 1950s, Billy Faier did music transcription and notation work for Pete Seeger, particularly for The Goofing-Off Suite. Along with the music transcription, this series incorporates, as originally received, their correspondence on the project, which includes reference to the McCarthy trials Seeger was dealing with at the time. See also FT-11344 for a tape of music by Pete Seeger that Faier used for his transcription project.

Folder 41

Music Transcription for Pete Seeger

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2 items.

Copies of Billy Faier's first and second edition folios of banjo music selections from his album The Art of the Five String Banjo.

Folder 42

Banjo Selections from The Art of the Five String Banjo

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About 25 items.

Commercially published banjo music scores were collected by Billy Faier, as well as handwritten and typewritten lyrics and music compositions by other musicians and friends.

Folder 43

Collected Lyrics

Folder 44

Collected Music

Folder 45

Collected Banjo Songbooks

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About 30 items.

In addition to composing and performing as an individual musician, Billy Faier appeared in a number of theatrical productions, often as an on-stage musician. Material relating to these productions includes newspaper reviews, photographs, scripts, correspondence, and playbills. Faier played the part of Jib in A Christmas Story, a one-act play by Monica Beebe, which appears to have been a community production, possibly in Woodstock, N.Y. Faier was an on-stage musician in the 1963 production of In White America by Martin B. Duberman, which was performed at the Sheridan Square Playhouse in New York City, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown by Meredith Willson, a Broadway show in 1960 starring Tammy Grimes.

Image Folder PF-20380/1

P-20380/4495: Photograph of cast of In White America, including Billy Faier, Gloria Foster, JAmes Greene, Moses Gunn, Claudette Nevins, Michael O'Sullivan, and Fred Pinkard

P-20380/4496: Photograph of cast of In White America, including Billy Faier, Gloria Foster, James Greene, Moses Gunn, Claudette Nevins, Michael O'Sullivan, and Fred Pinkard

P-20380/4497: Photograph of The Unsinkable Molly Brown; shot includes Tammy Grimes and Billy Faier

P-20380/4498: Photograph of cast of unidentified production, includes Billy Faier

Folder 46

A Christmas Story

Folder 47

In White America

Folder 48

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Folder 49

Other Performances

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About 20 items.

Billy Faier's writings about music and the folk revival date from 1958 to 1968 and 1997. Much of the earlier material comes from his involvement with Caravan: Folk Music Magazine. This popular fanzine also involved Lee Shaw, Lee Haring, and Roger D. Abrahams, among others. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Faier was first a contributor and assistant editor and then editor-in-chief of the magazine. Full issues of the magazine are in the Southern Folklife Collection's serial collection. Faier also wrote for Gardyloo, Folk Music Magazine, and The Week. His writings include letters to the editor, reports and comments on the folk music scene, record reviews, a report on the 1958 December meeting of the American Folklore Society, and an article on "Style and the Phonograph Record." In 1997, Grant Alden wrote a plea for the re-discovery of Billy Faier in the letters section of No Depression. He subsequently corresponded with Faier with the result of the publication of Faier's memories of Townes Van Zant in the letters section of the magazine.

Folder 50

Music Writing, 1958-1968

Folder 51

No Depression, 1997

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About 110 items.

Material used to promote or document Billy Faier's career as a musician, including clippings and reviews, programs from performances and festivals, publicity photographs, posters and fliers, and event and biographical promotion pieces.

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About 50 items.

Clippings and reviews include material that features, includes, or mentions Billy Faier. Concert and album reviews and announcements are particularly prominent. There are also newspaper and fanzine articles featuring Faier.

Folder 52

Clippings and Reviews

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About 20 items.

Programs from performances and festivals in which Billy Faier participated.

Folder 53

Performance and Festival Programs

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About 20 items.

Posters and fliers promoting performances and recordings by Billy Faier and others.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/2

Oversized Posters and Fliers

Folder 54

Posters and Fliers

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About 10 items.

Event and biographical promotion pieces presumed to have been written by Billy Faier. Also included are liner notes to Faier's albums, Travelin' Man and The Beast of Billy Faier.

Folder 55

Promotional Writing

Folder 56

Album Liner Notes

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About 90 items.

Business material focuses on the contractual and monetary aspects of Billy Faier's work as a musician. Included are business letters, particularly relating to Faier's recording and performing arrangements, 1957-1992; mail order correspondence and sales records for his self-produced tapes, Banjos, Birdsong, and Mother Earth and The Art of the Five String Banjo/Travelin' Man, 1987-2002; contracts for recordings, song publication, transfer of ownership of Caravan: Folk Music Magazine, and performances; and material relating to being hired for and performing at the 1981 Winnipeg Folk Festival.

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About 30 items.

Business correspondence directly relating to Faier's work as a musician, especially with regards to recording and performing arrangements. The correspondence ranges from 1957 to 1992 with the bulk from the 1980s. Included is correspondence with record producers, festival organizers, BMI, and tape producers. Correspondence from fans ordering tapes by mail order directly from Faier is filed separately in 2.5.2. Mail Orders and Sales Records of Tapes.

Folder 57

Business Correspondence

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About 35 items.

In 1987, Billy Faier self-produced a new tape, Banjos, Birdsong, and Mother Earth. A few years later, in 1990, Faier re-released on one tape the two albums he had made in 1958 for Riverside, The Art of the Five String Banjo and Travelin' Man. These tapes were only available by mail order directly from Faier. This series includes the mail order correspondence for these tapes, 1987-2002, and Faier's record of sales for Banjos, Birdsongs, and Mother Earth until, as he wrote in the front of his sales record book, he stopped keeping records.

Folder 58

Mail Orders

Folder 59

Sales Records

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.5.3. Contracts, 1957-1990.

About 15 items.

Contracts are primarily Billy Faier's recording contracts, but also includes song publication, transfer of ownership of Caravan: Folk Music Magazine, and performance contracts.

Folder 60

Contracts

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About 10 items.

Material relating to the 1981 Winnipeg Folk Festival, which Faier attended as a featured performer. It provides a fairly complete overview of one of Faier's performance gigs through the span of material, which includes the early phone messages, contract, travel arrangements, performance schedule, and festival information for performers. Faier's participation in the Winnipeg Folk Festival was part of a revival of his performance and recording career that he initiated in the 1980s. The Winnipeg Folk Festival was one stop on a tour of festivals and concerts, which also included the Vancouver Folk Music Festival and Kerrville Folk Festival. Promotional performer buttons for these festivals have been transferred to the North Carolina Collection Gallery. Additional material related to this tour can be found in Series 1. Correspondence, especially folders 1 and 8, and Series 7. Other Writings.

Museum Item MU-20380/1-4

MU-20380/1

MU-20380/2

MU-20380/3

MU-20380/4

Promotional Buttons

Folder 61

Winnipeg Folk Festival, 1981

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 3. Audio Recordings, 1957-2000 and undated.

130 items.

Recordings made by and of Billy Faier, as well as recordings collected by him. Some of the recordings in this series were previously part of the Billy Faier Archives compiled by Mitchell Blank and Jeff Friedman and have previously been given identification numbers (BF-AT-###). The original archive order has been only partially maintained as the Billy Faier Archives was not received in its entirety and other, previously unarchived, tapes are also included in the collection. However, previous identification numbers are noted in parentheses where applicable and can be matched to the archive notes made by Blank and Friedman. Written documentation, including the previous archive notes and photocopies of the boxes, is available for most of the recordings. Documentation includes glosses by Faier identifying recordings and noting particularly good versions of his songs both at the time of recording and at a later date.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Billy Faier Music, 1957-2000 and undated.

48 items.

Recordings on open reel tapes and acetate discs of Billy Faier and/or his songs recorded in concert, in the studio, or in his home, mostly as a solo performer. Includes 1990 professional remasters of earlier 1957 and 1958 Riverside Long Playing Record albums Travelin' Man and The Art of the Five String Banjo and a professional master recording of Banjos, Birdsong, and Mother Earth, as well as the commercial cassettes Billy Faier produced of these titles.

Field notes for FT-20380/11303-11414 and FS-20380/6904-6905 reside in Folders 977 and 372 within the Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes Collection (#30025).

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11303

Billy Faier in concert at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, Calif. 13 December 1957. Broadcast over KPFA-California on a "Midnight Special" program, 14 December 1957. Tape 1 of 4. (BF-AT-028-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11304

Billy Faier in concert at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, Calif., 13 December 1957. Broadcast over KPFA-California on a "Midnight Special" program, 14 December 1957. Tape 2 of 4. (BF-AT-028-B)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11305

Billy Faier in concert at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, Calif., 13 December 1957. Broadcast over KPFA-California on a "Midnight Special" program, 14 December 1957. Tape 3 of 4. (BF-AT-028-C)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11306

Billy Faier in concert at Fugazi Hall, San Francisco, Calif., 13 December 1957. Broadcast over KPFA-California on a "Midnight Special" program, 14 December 1957. Tape 4 of 4. (BF-AT-028-D)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11307

Billy Faier in concert, location unknown, 31 January 1958. Tape 1 of 4. (BF-AT-029-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11308

Billy Faier in concert, location unknown, 31 January 1958. Tape 2 of 4. (BF-AT-029-B)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11309

Billy Faier in concert, location unknown, 31 January 1958. Tape 3 of 4. (BF-AT-029-C)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11310

Billy Faier in concert, location unknown, 31 January 1958. Tape 4 of 4. (BF-AT-029-D)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11311

Billy Faier in concert, Berkeley Little Theater, Berkeley, Calif., 2 May 1958. Tape 1 of 3 (BF-AT-030-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11312

Billy Faier in concert, Berkeley, Little Theater, Berkeley, Calif., 2 May 1958. Tape 2 of 3. (BF-AT-030-B)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11313

Billy Faier in concert, Berkeley Little Theater, Berkeley, Calif., 2 May 1958. Tape 3 of 3. (BF-AT-030-C)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11314

Billy Faier in concert, A. Y. H., location unknown, 10 October 1958. Tape 1 of 2. (BF-AT-031-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11315

Billy Faier in concert, A. Y. H., location unknown, 10 October 1958. Tape 2 of 2. (BF-AT-031-B)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11316

Billy Faier in concert, Caffe Lena, New York, N.Y., 6 May 1967. (BF-AT-032)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11317

John Wayne Studio, Albuquerque, N.M. (for Tacoma Records) with Family Lotus. (BF-AT-033)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11318

A Number One Whoop-De-Do Banjo Thing and Waltz. (BF-AT-038)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11319

Billy Faier on banjo, others on harmonica, bass. Studio tape. (BF-AT-045)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11320

Billy Faier recorded 26 November 1967. (BF-AT-046)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11321

Rag/Piece in Amin/New World/The Existential Crisis Blues/Zzyzx/Circumcision. (BF-AT-047)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11322

A Number One Whoop-De-Do Banjo Thing and Waltz. Woodchuck Hollow Band-Rehearsal. (BF-AT-048)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11323

A Number One Whoop-De-Do Banjo Thing and Waltz. Very Long, Very Good, Best Yet 13 December 1982. (BF-AT-049)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11324

In Each Other's Arms/Banjo Piece/Funniest Thing/Mary Morrison. (BF-AT-050)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11325

Fragmented Rag/Rag/Pseudo Raga/Fiddle Tune/Zzyzx/Rhinocerus Waltz/Cosmo/New World. (BF-AT-051)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11326

Improvisations on banjo. Contains very early Cosmo. (BF-AT-052)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11327

Billy Faier and others practice session. (BF-AT-054)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11328

Live Performance. Actions Speak Louder Than Words/10 X 50/Live and Let Live/Superman/I Can Tell. (BF-AT-055)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11329

Doublethink/Coo-Coo/Slow and Easy/Dog's Life/#/Wild/Fly/Daddy/Bees. (BF-AT-056)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11330

A Number One Whoop-De-Do Banjo Thing and Waltz/Last Part of Pizzaraga/Funniest Thing. (BF-AT-057)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11331

Banjo Instrumentals. (BF-AT-058)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11332

Billy Faier. Dear Mother Earth (early version)/Zzyzx. (BF-AT-063)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11333

Strange Time with Harmonica Again/Pizzaraga. (BF-AT-065)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11334

Billy Faier. Banjo Instrumentals. (BF-AT-066)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11335

Billy Faier. Byrdcliffe Music, Box 471, Woodstock, N.Y. When You Have Found Your Superman/Daddy, I Had a Dream/Great Big Number/Jig Saw Puzzle/Song of the Coo-Coo (Davidson County Music)/Together Free/Baby, You Opened My Heart/Bees to My Honey Blues/Doublethink. (BF-AT-068)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11336

Byrdcliffe Music, Woodstock, N.Y., 1967. Pizzaraga/In Each Other's Arms/Funniest Thing/Why Do Make Mary Cry/Great Big Number/Actions Speak Louder Than Words/You Won't See Me/I've Just Seen a Face/A Little Help from my Friends/For No One/Norwegian Wood. (BF-AT-070)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11337

Billy Faier. Banjo instrumentals with harmonica player. (BF-AT-071)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11338

Billy Faier. Daddy I Had a Dream Last Night. Roll Down the Line. (BF-AT-080)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11339

Billy Faier in concert, date and location unknown. (BF-AT-083)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11340

Billy Faier. (BF-AT-086)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11526

Travelin' Man (12-657-A) remaster by Fantasy Studios, 2 May 1990. Tape 1 of 2.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11527

Travelin' Man (12-657-B) remaster by Fantasy Studios, 2 May 1990. Tape 2 of 2.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11528

Art [of the Five String Banjo] (12-813-A) remaster by Fantasy Studios, 3 May 1990. Tape 1 of 2.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11529

Art [of the Five String Banjo] (12-813-B) remaster by Fantasy Studios, 2 May 1990. Tape 2 of 2

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11530

Banjos, Birdsong, and Mother Earth (7922-A) Nibor Recording Studio, 26 July 1994. Tape 1 of 2.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11531

Banjos, Birdsong, and Mother Earth (7922-B) Nibor Recording Studio, 26 July 1994. Tape 2 of 2.

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/6904

The Art of the Five String Banjo and Travelin' Man, self-produced cassette re-release of Billy Faier's 1957-1958 albums, 1990.

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/6905

Banjos, Birdsong, and Mother Earth, 1987.

Instantaneous Disc FD-20380/791

Faier 1: Billy Faier and Five String Banjo, Galveston Flood

Instantaneous Disc FD-20380/792

Faier 2: Otherwise unidentified acetate.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Recordings of Others, 1958-1982 and undated.

42 items.

Recordings featuring musicians other than Billy Faier, as well as interviews and other current events. Faier is included on some of these recordings as interviewer or interviewee, playing in a band or for other musicians, or, notably, as a lecturer. However, he is not featured as a solo musician in any of these recordings. Of particular interest are recordings of Pete Seeger playing for Faier so that he could transcribe The Goofing Off Suite, interviews with Aunt Molly Jackson, Frank Warner and Ann Warner, and Archie Green, and several "sign of the times" recordings from the 1960s and 1970s featuring demonstrations, political candidates, and talking to a friend while she's tripping.

Field notes for FT-20380/11303-11414 reside in Folder 977 within the Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes Collection (#30025).

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11341

All That The Name Implies (band name). Includes Wild Substance with Billy Faier on banjo. End of interview with Eric Weisberger about civil rights action, cuts off abruptly. (BF-AT-036)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11342

Either continuation of FT-11341 or first part of interview with Eric Weisberger. (BF-AT-037)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11343

Practice session of All That The Name Implies. (BF-AT-039)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11344

Pete Seeger plays for Billy Faier for transcriptions for Hargail Press. Carl Sandburg reciting poetry (from a recording). Billy Faier in discussion with (possibly) Harold Newman. (BF-AT-040)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11345

The Four Dodgers, 2 July 1958. (BF-AT-042)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11346

Frank Fletcher. (BF-AT-043)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11347

Brass and Woodwind Choir Band at Billy Faier's house. (BF-AT-053)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11348

Interview of Billy Faier. Great Assembly. Last of Callahan (from record). Library of Congress recording of The Last of Callahan. Song of the Coo-Coo. (BF-AT-059)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11349

Richard J. Hughes, Democratic candidate for Governor of N.J., on how automation is changing jobs in New Jersey and the crisis in New Jersey colleges. (BF-AT-060)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11350

Hard Working Woman - D. Bollwith. (BF-AT-061)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11351

Rehearsal Tape of All That The Name Implies. (BF-AT-062)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11352

Woodchuck Hollow Brass and Woodwind Choir in performance at the Woodstock Playhouse. (BF-AT-064)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11353

Bundle of Songs by Frank Beddoe (vocal with organ accompaniment). (BF-AT-067)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11354

The Four Dodgers, Dick Emerson Studio, 17 May 1958. (BF-AT-069)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11355

New Lost City Ramblers. Claude Lawrence Quartet, October 1968. (BF-AT-072)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11356

Fisherman's Hornpipe. (BF-AT-075)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11357

Piano snippets. (BF-AT-076)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11358

Faier balancing channels on tape machine, distorted music, speed problems. Un-listenable. (BF-AT-077)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11359

Unidentified. (BF-AT-078)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11360

Billy Faier talking to friend while she is tripping. Indian music in background. Not much happens. Tape made in late 1960s. (BF-AT-079)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11361

Billy Faier interviews Aunt Molly Jackson. Barry Olivier is also present. Throughout the interview Faier plays banjo and sings and Aunt Molly Jackson sings. Tape 1 of 6. (BF-AT-081-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11362

Billy Faier interviews Aunt Molly Jackson. Barry Olivier is also present. Throughout the interview Faier plays banjo and sings and Aunt Molly Jackson sings. Tape 2 of 6. (BF-AT-081-B)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11363

Billy Faier interviews Aunt Molly Jackson. Barry Olivier is also present. Throughout the interview Faier plays banjo and sings and Aunt Molly Jackson sings. Tape 3 of 6. (BF-AT-081-C)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11364

Billy Faier interviews Aunt Molly Jackson. Barry Olivier is also present. Throughout the interview Faier plays banjo and sings and Aunt Molly Jackson sings. Tape 4 of 6. (BF-AT-081-D)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11365

Billy Faier interviews Aunt Molly Jackson. Barry Olivier is also present. Throughout the interview Faier plays banjo and sings and Aunt Molly Jackson sings. Tape 5 of 6. (BF-AT-081-E)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11366

Billy Faier interviews Aunt Molly Jackson. Barry Olivier is also present. Throughout the interview Faier plays banjo and sings and Aunt Molly Jackson sings. Tape 6 of 6. (BF-AT-081-F)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11367

Billy Faier interviews various record collectors and folklorists for radio program: Frank and Ann Warner. Tape 1 of 5. (BF-AT-082-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11368

Billy Faier interviews various record collectors and folklorists for radio program: Frank and Ann Warner. Topics include Hicks Family and Frank Proffitt. Tape 2 of 5. (BF-AT-082-B)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11369

Billy Faier interviews various record collectors and folklorists for radio program: Archie Green. Topics include folklore of American labor movement. Tape 3 of 5. (BF-AT-082-C)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11370

Billy Faier interviews various record collectors and folklorists for radio program: Miscellaneous guitar techniques are explored via records and discussion. Tape 4 of 5. (BF-AT-082-D)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11371

Billy Faier interviews various record collectors and folklorists for radio program: Miscellaneous banjo techniques are explored via records and discussion. Tape 5 of 5. (BF-AT-082-E)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11372

Bile Dem Cabbage Down - Harlan Miners Fiddlers (bones and an ocarina are prominent instruments); Cripple Creek (a Jew's harp is the lead instrument). Sent to Faier by a listener of his radio program. (BF-AT-084)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11373

Demonstration in Time's Square, New York City, as recorded by Hamish Sinclair, 3 March 1962. Citizens are protesting he presidential decision for resumption of nuclear testing. Mark Lane is heard arguing with the police over the use of excessive force. Demonstrators make comments. (BF-AT-085)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11374

This tape appears to be blank. (BF-AT-087)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11375

Bossom, 13 December 1982, Audition. (BF-AT-088)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11376

Billy Faier lecture at Columbia University on the subject of "Folk Music in the U.S. Songs" performed and discussed are: Peg and Awl/The Wreck of the Old 97/William Moore/The Horse Named Bill/The Great Assembly/This Train/Hellbound Train/Bye and Bye. (BF-AT-090)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11377

Mark Spoelstra. Tape 1 of 2. (BF-AT-091-A)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11378

Mark Spoelstra. Tape 2 of 2. (BF-AT-091-B)

78-rpm Disc 78rpm-20380/19225

Charles Kellogg: How Birds Sing, The Bird Chorus

Audiodisc FC-20380/13785

Frank Warner, sings American folk Songs and Ballads (cover autographed to Billy Faier)

Instantaneous Disc FD-20380/789

Jenkins 1: Ella Jenkins, Oyez me Tambuo and Composite Pornography

Instantaneous Disc FD-20380/790

Jenkins 2: Ella Jenkins, Yo Me Voy

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3. Radio Shows, 1957 and undated.

7 items.

Billy Faier worked as a disc jockey presenting radio programs featuring folk music on several radio stations, including Berkeley's KPFA and New York City's WBAI. Open reel recordings of some of those radio shows, most notably "The Midnight Special" radio show on WBAI, are included, as well as an acetate recording of Dillybean Radio Spots.

Field notes for FT-20380/11303-11414 reside in Folder 977 within the Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes Collection (#30025).

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11379

Radio Show, exact date and location unknown. Contributions to the Delinquency of Minor Poetry by Guy Wehham, 1957. Billy Faier introduces and makes comments between the poems. (BF-AT-034)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11380

Repeat of FT-11379 but without commentary. (BF-AT-035)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11381

"Midnight Special" radio show/WBAI/New York City, date unknown. New World Singers. (BF-AT-041)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11382

"Midnight Special" radio show. Remote broadcast from the Gaslight, New York City, date unknown. Kay Billig, the Highwaymen, John Wynne. (BF-AT-044)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11383

Radio Show. Billy Faier. (BF-AT-074)

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11384

"Midnight Special" radio show. 15 September, year unknown. Tape pre-recorded for later broadcast. (BF-AT-089)

Instantaneous Disc FD-20380/793

Dillybean Radio Spots: 1: 60 sec. Open end, 2: 15 sec., 3: 10 sec.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Disc Dubs.

33 items.

Most of the recordings are unidentified beyond reel number and "disc dubs," but they appear to be recordings of old albums, presumably 78 rpms.

Field notes for FT-20380/11303-11414 reside in Folder 977 within the Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes Collection (#30025).

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11385

Will the Weaver - Parker and Woolbright, Everyday Dirt - David McCarn, Jumpin' and Jerkin' - Bill Carlisle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11386

Reel #3. The Bum Song. Hallelujah I'm a Bum - Pete Wiggins, The Brakeman's Blues - Jimmie Rodgers, Two Other Bums Sought - Asparagus Joe.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11387

Callahan Brothers, Crokett Kentucky Miners, Uncle Dave Macon.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11388

Reel 53-54, Leadbelly, Almanac Singers, Bobby Gregory, Sons of the Pioneers.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11389

Reel 51-52, Uncle Dave Macon, Harry C. Browne and Peerless Quartet, Frank Warner, Harry McClintock, Leadbelly, Vernon Dalhart, Red River Dave.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11390

Reel 49-50, Parker and Woolbright, David McCarn, Bill Carlisle, Leadbelly, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Bill Broonzy, Uncle Dave Macon, Coon Creek Girls, Callahan Brothers, Crokett Kentucky Miners.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11391

Reel 55-56, Sons of the Pioneers, Esmereldy, Frank Novak, Sourwood Mountain Boys, Red River Dave, Harlan Miners Fiddlers.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11392

Hogman (Matthew) Moxey, Guitar Robert Welch.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11393

78s. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11394

Reel 1/23. Roy Acuff, Almanac Singers, Aunt Molly Jackson, Ella Jenkins, Grandpa Jones and his grandchildren.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11395

Reel 2/24. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11396

Reel 3/25. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11397

Reel 4/26. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11398

Reel 5/27. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11399

Reel 6/28. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11400

Reel 7/29. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11401

Reel 8/30. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11402

Reel 9/31. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11403

Reel 10/32. Disc Dubs. 78s. Oscar Craver, Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robinson, Adelyne Hood, Bill Helms and his Upson County Band, Cliff Carlisle, The Wabash Trio, Wendell Hall, Jules Allen, John White, Frankie Wallace and his guitar, Bob Wills and Sleepy Johnson, Roan County Revelers.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11404

Reel 11/33. Disc Dubs. Jack Elliott, Cousin Emmy, Susan Reed, Tex Ritter, A. C. Robertson, Paul Robeson.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11405

Reel 12/34. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11406

Reel 13/35. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11407

Reel 14/36. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11408

Reel 15/37. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11409

Reel 16/38. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11410

Reel 17/39. Disc Dubs. Hallelujah Trio, Kelly Harrell, Scotty Harrell, Sam Hinton, the Hokum Boys, Jo Stafford, the Stanley Brothers, Budy Starcher, Kay Starr, Pete Steele, J. M. (Sailor Dad) Hunt.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11411

Reel 18/40. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11412

Reel 19/41. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11413

Reel 20/42. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11414

Reel 21/43. Disc Dubs. Burl Ives, the Weavers, Josh White.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11415

Reel 22/44. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11416

Reel 45/46. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/11417

Reel 47/48. Disc Dubs. Unidentified.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. General Interests and Collections.

About 210 items.

Items relating to the folk music revival, mental challenges and activities, alternative lifestyles, and peace, as well as his collections of manuscript writings, poetry chapbooks, and artwork. This series is particularly reflective of the counter-culture interests arising out of the 1950s and 1960s. Besides being a participant in the folk music revival, Faier collected material relating to it, including clippings on the folk music scene, generally and on individual musicians; song books, particularly those of a socialist and labor bent; and material relating to or generated by Ronald D. Cohen, Archie Green, Aunt Molly Jackson, and Casey Jones, individuals significant to the folk music revival as researchers, folklorists, activists, performers, and folk figures. Manuscripts and chapbooks collected by Faier include poetry; a banjo book; a short story by his brother-in-law, Bob Peterson; and an autobiography of May Picqueray, a self-ascribed revolutionary. Artwork collected by Faier includes drawings, paintings, and photographs, presumed to have been created by his friends and acquaintances. Faier's research, recreational, and cultural interests include games such as Rubik's Cube and Go; music; hypnosis; overcoming consumerism; Silva Mind Control; peace; and alternative lifestyles. Many of his interests are reflected in fanzines, such as Gigline (for and by veterans against the Vietnam war), Rainbow Family of Living Light, Pearls Before Vinegar, and The Realist.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1. Folk Music Revival.

About 40 items.

Billy Faier was not only a participant in the folk music revival, he wrote and lectured on it and collected material related to it. The material Faier collected includes clippings on the folk music scene generally and on individual musicians (most notably Barbara Dane and Frank Proffitt); song books, particularly those of a socialist and labor bent; and material relating to or generated by Ronald D. Cohen, Archie Green, Aunt Molly Jackson, and Casey Jones, individuals significant to the folk music revival as researchers, folklorists, activists, performers, and folk figures. Ronald D. Cohen's material includes a transcript from an 8 August 1992 interview with Billy Faier about his involvement in the folk music revival as well as a copy of his book, "Wasn't That a Time!": Firsthand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival. The Archie Green material consists of booklets he wrote for the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois on labor topics. The Aunt Molly Jackson material includes transcripts of interviews Billy Faier and Archie Green conducted with her on 5 May 1958 and Faier conducted with her on 19 May 1958. The Casey Jones material includes an article relating to Casey Jones' widow. Other related material received from Billy Faier but retained in the Southern Folklife Collection general periodical holdings rather than this individual collection are issues of the folk music fanzines Caravan and Gardyloo.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/3

Oversized clippings

Folder 62

Clippings (see also OPF-20380/3)

Folder 63

Song Books

Folder 64

Cohen, Ronald D.

Folder 65

Cohen, Ronald D.: "Wasn't That a Time!": Firsthand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival

Folder 66

Green, Archie

Folder 67

Jackson, Aunt Molly

Folder 68

Jones, Casey

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Collected Writings.

8 items.

Manuscripts and chapbooks written by others and collected by Billy Faier. The banjo book manuscript does not list an author but, based on the handwriting, is presumed not to be by Billy Faier. "Duck Caller (and the Hemingway Hex)" is a short story written by Bob Peterson, Faier's brother-in-law. "May: The Revolutionary, for my 81 years of anarchy" is by May Picqueray and translated by Malkine Dattorre and Michael Dattorre. Poetry chapbooks include "Guide to the City" by Michael Grieg, "1001 Ways to Live Without Working" by Tuli Kupferberg, "Elegies" by Herschel Silverman, and "Nite Train" by Herschel Silverman.

Folder 69

Banjo Book Manuscript

Folder 70

"Duck Caller (and the Hemingway Hex)"

Folder 71

"May: The Revolutionary"

Folder 72

Poetry Chapbooks

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.3. Collected Artwork.

About 40 items.

Artwork collected by Billy Faier includes drawings, paintings, and photographs, which are presumed to have been created by his friends and acquaintances. Most of the works are unsigned. Signed artwork includes works by H. J. Nicholes, John G. Ernst, and Kenneth Matt Hewes. This collection includes some drawings with Faier as the subject and calligraphy of one of Faier's juggling mottos: "You Can't Learn to Juggle Without Dropping Balls."

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/4

Oversized Drawings

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/5

Sketchbook

Folder 73

Collected Artwork

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.4. Research, Recreational, and Cultural Interests.

About 120 items.

Faier's research, recreational, and cultural interests include games such as Rubik's Cube and Go, music, hypnosis, overcoming consumerism, Silva Mind Control, the secret government, peace, and alternative lifestyles. Many of his interests are reflected in fanzines such as Gigline (for and by veterans against the Vietnam war), Rainbow Family of Living Light, Pearls Before Vinegar (a zine of clippings and articles from other sources), and The Realist. The almost complete collection of The Realist, 1959-1970, is particularly interesting for the intellectual skepticism and questioning by the counter-culture that shaped Billy Faier and others of that era.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/6

Rainbow Family of Living Light (see also folder 81)

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/7

Silva Mind Control (see also folder 107)

Folder 74

Ancient Music

Folder 75

Cubology (Rubik's Cube)

Folder 76

Gigline, December 1969-April 1970

Folder 77

Go

Folder 78

Hypnosis

Folder 79

Overcoming Consumerism

Folder 80

Pearls Before Vinegar

Folder 81

Rainbow Family of Living Light (see also OPF-20380/6)

Folder 82

The Realist, No. 8-13, May-November 1959

Folder 83

The Realist, No. 14, undated

Folder 84

The Realist, No. 15-22, February-December 1960

Folder 85

The Realist, No. 23-30, February-December 1961

Folder 86

The Realist, No. 31, February 1962

Folder 87

The Realist, No. 33-40, undated

Folder 88

The Realist, No. 41-42, June-August 1963

Folder 89

The Realist, No. 43, undated

Folder 90

The Realist, No. 47, February 1964

Folder 91

The Realist, N. 48-50, undated

Folder 92

The Realist, No. 51-54, June-November 1964

Folder 93

The Realist, No. 55, undated

Folder 94

The Realist, No. 56-63, February-May 1965

Folder 95

The Realist, No. 64-72, February-December 1966

Folder 96

The Realist, No. 73-74, February-May 1967

Folder 97

The Realist, No. 75-76, undated

Folder 98

The Realist, No. 77-83, March-Dec. 1968

Folder 99

The Realist, February-December 1969

Folder 100

The Realist, No. 87, May-June 1970

Folder 101

The Realist, No. 90, undated

Folder 102

Secret Government

Folder 103

Silva Mind Control (see also OPF-20380/7)

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 5. Juggling.

About 30 items.

One of Billy Faier's passions is juggling. After several earlier false starts in his life, he taught himself to juggle and then came up with the juglature, a way of notating juggling maneuvers similar to music notation. Faier wrote a number of book-length manuscripts on how to juggle using his juglature notation and actively engaged in submitting his manuscript for publication and in teaching juggling. Included are Faier's research notes and material, his juglature drawings, correspondence pertaining to his juggling manuscripts and classes, and his juggling manuscripts, including "Balls!" and "One Ball Meditation: A Juggling Primer."

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Juggling Notes.

5 items.

Juggling Notes includes Faier's early juglature drawings, notes on particular juggling moves, an outline for an article, and early notes and thoughts on juggling.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/8

Juglature Notes

Folder 104

Juggling Notes

Folder 105

Juggling Notebooks

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Juggling Research.

About 10 items.

Juggling research includes the clippings and other research materials that Faier collected.

Folder 106

Juggling Research

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3. Juggling Business.

About 10 items.

Juggling business primarily consists of correspondence relating directly to publication queries and responses on Faier's manuscripts and to juggling classes that Faier taught.

Folder 107

Juggling Business

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.4. Juggling Manuscripts.

6 items.

Faier's juggling manuscripts include different drafts of his manuscript "Balls!," a short juggling manuscript, and several drafts of "One Ball Meditation: A Juggling Primer," including a sealed copy designed to serve as his "poor person's copyright."

Folder 108

1st Draft of "Balls!"

Folder 109

Manuscript of "Balls!"

Folder 110

Short Juggling Manuscript

Folder 111

"One Ball Meditation: A Juggling Primer" Draft

Folder 112

"One Ball Meditation" Manuscript

Folder 113

Poor Person's Copyright (sealed copy of "One Ball Meditation")

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 6. Woodstock, N.Y.

About 80 items.

Billy Faier moved to Woodstock, N.Y., with his family in 1944 at age thirteen and had his first contact with folk music at that time. Though he traveled extensively and lived elsewhere, including New York City and California, his home base for a large part of his life has been Woodstock and the surrounding area. He built a home in nearby Lake Hill and became an active member of the community, participating in area politics, controversies, and the local art and music scene, including becoming a locally renowned street musician. This series reflects Faier's integral involvement in his community with clippings, community publications, including assorted newspapers from 1959 to 1992, and writings on the tower controversy. Material relating to Faier's personal business affairs based in Woodstock include plans and documents concerning his house; the purchase and sale of the vessel, Dark Companion of Sirius; a copy of a 20 April 1988 last will and testament; and documents pertaining to a harassment charge.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 6.1. General Community.

About 45 items.

Billy Faier's involvement with the general community surrounding Woodstock, N.Y., is represented through clippings, publications, and manuscripts about the community, including writings by and about Faier. Of particular interest in the clippings section are Faier's letters to the editor and copies of his articles from the local papers. The Woodstock publications include copies of assorted local newspapers from 1959 to 1992, a 1990 yearbook of the town, and a 1962 Woodstock Folk Festival program book. In the early 1980s, Faier became an outspoken critic against the building of a tower on Overlook Mountain. Writings relating to that controversy are included.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/9

Woodstock Clippings

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/10

Woodstock Publications

Folder 114

Woodstock Clippings

Folder 115

Woodstock Publications

Folder 116

Woodstock Tower Controversy Writings

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 6.2. Personal Material.

About 35 items.

Material relating to Billy Faier's personal business affairs based in Woodstock, N.Y. "Histoire de Harassment" is Faier's title for the material relating to an accusation of harassment made against him by a local hitchhiker he picked up. Legal paper work and Faier's written notes in his defense are included. Also included are legal documents and plans relating to Faier's Lake Hill, N.Y., house and his sailing vessel, Dark Companion of Sirius, and his last will and testament, dated 20 April 1988. See also Series 1.4. Landlord-Tenant Correspondence and Series 1. Correspondence, particularly from Gloria "Cosmo" Charles for other references to the Lake Hill house and the sailing vessel.

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20380/11

House Drawings and Plans (see also folder 118)

Folder 117

"Histoire de Harassement"

Folder 118

Lake Hill House (see also OPF-20380/11)

Folder 119

Dark Companion of Sirius

Folder 120

Last Will and Testament, 20 April 1988

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 7. Other Writings, 1974-1982 and undated.

About 25 items.

Faier's writings, both personal and intended for publication, not included elsewhere in the collection. In the early 1980s, Faier arranged a cross-country trip of performance gigs and visits with friends. His intention was to travel by bicycle and his actual misadventures and experiences in that attempt are chronicled in an article, "Crossing the USA with Bicycle," published in Bicycle magazine. His manuscript, correspondence with the editor, and the published article are included. Faier engaged in and promoted hitchhiking as a solution to the energy crisis of the early 1980s. His writings on the subject include several short manuscripts, a letter to Russell Baker, and a published article in the Woodstock Times. Among Faier's personal and apparently unpublished writings are a journal from a 1974 trip to California with his girlfriend, Gloria "Cosmo" Charles, and dog, Pizza, and assorted descriptive and informative manuscripts.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.1. Crossing the USA with a Bike, 1981-1982.

About 10 items.

In 1981, Billy Faier arranged a cross-country performance tour, including visits with friends along the way. Other references to this trip can be found in Series 1. Correspondence and Series 2. Music Career. His intention was to travel by bicycle and his actual misadventures and experiences in that attempt are chronicled in an article, "Crossing the USA with Bicycle" that was published in Bicycle magazine. His manuscript, correspondence with the editor, and published article are included here. Other material related to this performance tour can be found in Personal and Business Correspondence and Winnipeg Folk Festival, 1981.

Folder 121

"Crossing the USA with a Bike"

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.2. Hitchhiking, 1980-1981.

3 items.

Faier engaged in hitchhiking both as hitcher and as driver. See Series 1. Correspondence for letters from hitchhikers he picked up. During the energy crisis of the early 1980s, Faier passionately promoted hitchhiking as a solution for dependence on foreign oil. His writings on the subject include several short manuscripts, a letter to Russell Baker, and a published article in the Woodstock Times.

Folder 122

Hitchhiking

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.3. Journal, 1974.

1 item.

A journal by Faier from a 1974 trip to California with his girlfriend, Gloria "Cosmo" Charles, and dog, Pizza. References to Cosmo Charles and Pizza can also be found in Series 1. Correspondence, Series 2.1. Song Writing, and Series 3. Audio Recordings.

Folder 123

Journal

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.4. Other Writings, Undated.

About 10 items.

Faier's personal and apparently unpublished writings include assorted opinion pieces, memoir writing, descriptive personal experience writing, including a piece on hiking in the Grand Canyon, and prose manuscripts, including a piece on the Saturday Night Barn Dance.

Folder 124

Other Writings

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Addition of April 2016: Papers, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials

About 7500 items.

Acquisitions information: Acc. 102560

Arrangement: Audio recordings arranged by format. Papers listed first, followed by oversize materials, photographs, audio recordings, and video recordings. Audio recordings by Faier are listed first, followed by recordings by other artists.

Processing information: Titles for audio recordings compiled from original containers. Titles supplied by processing archivists are in brackets. A tape index and documentation found with audiovisual materials resides in box 10. Documentation has been annotated with the corresponding audiovisual item's call number.

Papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials related to Billy Faier's music career, general interests, juggling hobby, and home base of Woodstock, N.Y. Papers consist of personal correspondence, lyrics, sheet music, banjo tabs, business correspondence related to compact disc (CD) and tab orders, promotional materials, tape and song indexes compiled by Faier, printed materials and clippings, juggling notes and juglature drawings, and writings by Faier, including a copy of his 2003 manuscript, Whorehouse Fantasies. Faier's correspondents include girlfriends, friends, fans, and fellow musicians, including Martin Gardener, Frank Proffitt, and Pete Seeger. The addition also includes Faier's Rubik's Cubes and oversize materials, including a one-page scrapbook and a sketchbook containing drawings by Faier. Photographs depict music performances, music festivals, including Woodstock, as well as Faier's personal life. Audiovisual materials consist of audio recordings of live performances, demos, radio programs, and dubbed albums by Faier and others; videotapes of Faier, including home movies, interviews, live performances, and footage of family reunions; and related documentation, such as notes and memos, found with the audiovisual materials. Notable artists found on the recordings include Moses Ash, Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, John Herald, and Pete Seeger. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, 1/4" open reel, and compact disc (now listed as digital folders "DF"), while videotapes are on VHS and Betacam.

Box 9-12

Box 9

Box 10

Box 11

Box 12

Papers

Oversize Box 1

Oversize materials

Includes one-page scrapbook, scattered printed materials, name tag, and a sketchbook containing drawings by Faier.

Image Box IB-20380/1

Faier Photographs, circa 1960s-2000s

Black-and-White Photographic Negatives, Black-and-White Photographic Prints, Color Ink Jet Prints

1500 Images

Many of the negatives are numbered and are grouped together.

Image Box IB-20380/2

Faier Photographs, circa 1960s-2000s

Black-and-White Photographic Prints, Color Photographic Prints, Color Ink Jet Prints

500 Images

A majority of the images are in labeled enclosures.

Image Box IB-20380/3

Faier Photographs, circa 1960s-2000s

Black-and-White Photographic Prints, Color Photographic Prints, Color Ink Jet Prints, Color 35mm Slides

500 Images

A majority of the images are in labeled enclosures.

Image Box IB-20380/4

Faier Photographs, circa 1960s-2000s

Black-and-White Photographic Prints, Color Photographic Prints, Color Ink Jet Prints, Color 35mm Slides

500 Images

A majority of the images are in labeled enclosures.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/17501

Billy Faier, reel 1

1/2" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/17502

Billy Faier, reel 2

1/2" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/17503

Billy Faier, reel 3

1/2" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20380/17504

Goodwin Productions recording, 13 August 1962

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17233

Billy Faier 001, 002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17234

Billy Faier 1

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17235

Billy Faier 2, Hitchhiking, 8 January 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17236

Billy Faier 003, 004

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17237

Billy Faier 3, 10 January 2011

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17238

Billy Faier 005, 006

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17239

Billy Faier, 5, 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17240

Billy Faier 007, 008, 009

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17241

Billy Faier 8, 12-17 January 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17242

Billy Faier 009, 010, 011

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17243

Billy Faier 10, Pedro Rosa; Billy Faier 11, Stanley 2NB, "The Middle of Stanley Rosenberg"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17244

Billy Faier 10, 2; Billy's mother Gerry, 3, 16-20 March 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17245

Billy Faier 12, Canyon Havasu, Henderson, Nev., 20-22 March 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17246

Billy Faier 012, 013

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17247

Billy Faier 13, Canyon (Halla), Moe Asch to Al Grossman, 22-24 March 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17248

Billy Faier 13, Managers, Lou Gottlieb, Havasu, Point Loma, Calif., 24 March 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17249

Billy Faier 014, 015

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17250

Billy Faier 016 , 3 October 1958

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17251

Billy Faier 017, 018, 019 part 1

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17252

Billy Faier 019 part 2, 020, 021, 022

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17253

Billy Faier 21 recorded on Rusty [?] home disc recorder; Robert's Pest

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17254

Billy Faier 023, 024, 025

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17255

Billy Faier 026, 027

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17256

Billy Faier 029A, 029B, 029C, 029D

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17257

Billy Faier 031A, 031B

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17258

Billy Faier 032

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17259

Billy Faier 033

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17260

Billy Faier 034, 035, 036 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17261

Billy Faier 037, 038, 039

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17262

Billy Faier 040

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17263

Billy Faier 041, 042, 043

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17264

Billy Faier 044, 045

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17265

Billy Faier 046, 047

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17266

Billy Faier 048, 049 part 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17267

Billy Faier 049 part 2 of 2; 050

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17268

Billy Faier 051, 052

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17269

Billy Faier 053, 054

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17270

Billy Faier 055, 056

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17271

Billy Faier 057, 058, 059

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17272

Billy Faier 060, 061, 062, 063, 064, 065, 066

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17273

Billy Faier 067, 068, 069

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17274

Billy Faier 070, 071, 072, 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17275

Billy Faier 072 tape 2 of 2, 073, 074, 075, 076, 077 tape 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17276

Billy Faier 077, 078, 079, 080, tape 2 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17277

Billy Faier 78, cassette 1

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17278

Billy Faier 78, cassette 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17279

Billy Faier 78, cassette 3

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17280

Billy Faier 78, cassette 4

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17281

Billy Faier 78, cassette 5

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17282

Billy Faier 78, cassette 6

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17283

Billy Faier 78, cassette 7

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17284

Billy Faier 78, cassette 8

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17285

Billy Faier 78, cassette 9

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17286

Billy Faier 78, cassette 10

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17287

Billy Faier 78, cassette 11

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17288

Billy Faier 78, cassette 12

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17289

Billy Faier 78, cassette 13

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17290

Billy Faier 78, cassette 14, Jews Harp

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17291

Billy Faier 78, cassette 15

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17292

Billy Faier 78, cassette 16, Harry Holman

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17293

Billy Faier 78, cassette 17

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17294

Billy Faier 78, cassette 18

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17295

Billy Faier 78, cassette 19

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17296

Billy Faier 78, cassette 20

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17297

Billy Faier 78, cassette 21

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17298

Billy Faier 78, cassette 22

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17299

Billy Faier 78, cassette 23

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17300

Billy Faier 78, cassette 24

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17301

Billy Faier 78, 25, cassette 25

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17302

Billy Faier 78, 26, cassette 26

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17303

Billy Faier 081A, 081B

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17304

Billy Faier 081B continued, 081C, and 081D

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17305

Billy Faier 81E, 81F

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17306

Billy Faier 081F continued

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17307

Billy Faier 082A and 082B

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17308

Billy Faier 082B and 082C cont

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17309

Billy Faier 082C cont. and 082D

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17310

Billy Faier 082E

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17311

Billy Faier 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, 088

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17312

Billy Faier 089, 090 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17313

Billy Faier 090 and 091; 091A and 091B

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17314

Billy Faier 091B, 2 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17315

Billy Faier 092A, 092B, 092C, 093, 094

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17316

Billy Faier 095A, 095B, 1

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17317

Billy Faier 095B 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17318

Billy Faier 096A, 096B

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17319

Billy Faier 097A, 097B, 098

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17320

Billy Faier 099, Side A, Right Channel

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17321

Billy Faier 099, Side 1, Left Channel

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17322

Billy Faier 099, Side 2, Right Channel

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17323

Billy Faier 100A/100B, Billy Faier 101A/101B part 1 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17324

Billy Faier 101B, part 2 of 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17325

Billy Faier 102, 103

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17326

Billy Faier 104, 105

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17327

Billy Faier 106

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17328

Billy Faier 107, 108, 109

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17329

Billy Faier 110

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17330

Billy Faier, 7 Pieces with banjo and voice, 2 instruments, tape 2

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17331

Billy Faier, Assorted, "Defenders of Israel"; Cisco Houston, Cowboy Songs; Frank Warner with Billy Faier, "Our Singing Heritage"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17332

Billy Faier, AYH Concert, Eric[?] and Dick[?], 10 October 1958

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17333

Billy Faier, Banjos, Birdsong, Mother Earth test tape, 2 August 1994

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17334

Billy Faier, "Banjo," Takoma album

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17335

Billy Faier, "Banjo"; 5-String Banjo Greats ; 900 Miles and Other Railroad Songs, 1973

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17336

Billy Faier, Berkeley Little Theater, 2 May 1958

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17337

Billy Faier, Big Time Folk Music Scene, NYC Woodstock, Joan Darling, Janice, 11 January 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17338

Billy Faier, Cafe Reno, 6 May 1967

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17339

Billy Faier and Chorus

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17340

Billy Faier Show with Bob Dylan, WBAI, FM, 1958, 1962

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17341

Billy Faier, "The English Album" with Andrew Schulman, Guitar

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17342

Billy Faier on Bob Fass, WBA 1, 7 January 2000

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17343

Billy Faier, Fugazi Hall, 1 of 2, 13 December 1957

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17344

Billy Faier, the Green [?], Caravan, 25 September 2002

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17345

Billy Faier Live, John Herald, Woodstock, N.Y., circa 1965

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17346

Billy Faier, John Herald, Woodstock, N.Y., 1965

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17347

Billy Faier, "In White America", 12 January 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17348

Billy Faier, "In White America"; Ed McCurdy and Billy Faier, "Children's Songs", 1958

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17349

Billy Faier and Howard Johnson, The Wall Cafe, 1st Set, 13 February 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17350

Billy Faier and Howard Johnson, The Wall Cafe, 2nd set , 13 February 1999

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17351

Billy Faier and Kessey sisters, Housewives Hell

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17352

Billy Faier, Kleinert concert

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17353

Billy Faier, "London Home, Sick Blues, Fiddle Tune, Never Could Do Nothin Right, For Me and My Baby, The Gre Assembly, [?] Music, Angel From Montgomery, Red Haired Boy, Fisher's Hornpipe"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17354

Billy Faier and Gilles Malkine, "Opus 40"; Smokey Mt. Ballads, Victor Records, Roxy Dawn on Accordion

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17355

Billy Faier and Gilles Malkine, Work Tape; Bayou [?] and Mother Earth

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17356

Billy Faier and others

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17357

Billy Faier, Piano [?] rag

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17358

Billy Faier, Sexual Adventures, outline of places he lived, 2001

Audiocassette

Digital Folder DF-20380/1

Billy Faier, Skip Weshner radio interview, Los Angeles, Calif., 1971

15 digital files

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17359

Billy Faier, Southwest Pickers Concert , 26 August 1989

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17360

Billy Faier tape

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17361

Billy Faier, "Travelin' Man", "Bahaman Lullaby", "All Star Hootenanny", 14 September 2003

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17362

Billy Faier et al, WAMC, B.O.H., 8 February 1989

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17363

Billy Faier and Robert Ward improvision, promo

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17364

Billy Faier, "What time is it?"; Bill Keck, Apt. on Fire, 10 January 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17365

Billy Faier rehearsal with Woodchuck Hollow Brass and Woodward Choir

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17366

Billy Faier, "The World of Folk Music"; American Folk Songs, Frank Warner; Election Songs, Oscar Brand with Billy Faier, 10 September 1962

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Open Reel FS-20380/17520

[unidentified sound recording of Billy Faier]

Microcassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17367

A1 and Waltz, 45 minute [?]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17368

Alpine Mountaineers

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17369

Don and Victoria Armstrong, 1990

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17370

Banjo Improv, early 80s, 31 January 1958

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17371

Banjo Takes

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17372

The Baroque Style; For Marilyn, Love Andrew

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17373

BB and ME master copy, 25 July 1990

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17374

Beverly Hills master, 31 January 1958

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17375

Allan Block, Ebenezer, "Tell It To Me" and "Alive and Well and Fiddling"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17376

Cajun Bayou

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17377

Hoagy Carmichael 19

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17378

Carol and Billy, 21 September 1986

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17379

Corazon Gitano, making way

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17380

Smoke Dawson, "Fiddle"; Jimmy Yancey, "Yancey Getaway"; Salli Terri, "At the Gate of Heaven"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17381

Ellen Diamond, 1991

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17382

Bob Dylan, Tunes from the Simple Years, 1961-1964

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17383

Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Bob Fass Show Wrap, 13 June 1996

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17384

Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Daryl Adams

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17385

Extraneous material from acetates, 78s, and returned vinyl

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17386

Jerry Faires and Friends, 1992

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17387

Folklore LinoAmericano, Peru Andes, Condor

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17388

[?] Gray, 25 February 2006

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17389

[?] Hoagy

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17390

Linda Joseph, Vintage

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17391

Linda Joseph, 3 vocals, instrumental excerpts

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17392

Kenco

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17393

Mead Lux Lewis, Piano and Celeste, In White America

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17394

"London Homesick Blues," The Great Assembly, tape 1

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17395

Lullabies, Reveilles, and Siesta!; To Michelle, my old Gal, Love Andrew

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17396

Blair Lundstedt

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17397

Nico MacCondry home

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17398

"The Next Sound" and "Won a Third", 28 March 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17399

Managers, Lou Gottlieb, 24 March 2001

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17400

Paul McCartney, "Tug of War"; John Renbourn, "The Lady and the Unicorn"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17401

Mysterious Group

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17402

O'Pera

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17403

Party [?]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17404

"I'm the Man That Built the Bridges", Tom Paxton; "The Days of '49", Songs of the Gold Rush, Logan English

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17405

Peruvian Flute I

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17406

Peruvian Tune 4x; New Lost City Ramblers

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17407

Pinche Gringos Marathon Motel Buffalo Bash, tape 1

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17408

Pinche Gringo, Marathon Motel Buffalo Bash, 25 February 2005

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17409

The Pizza Pusher, John Thomas Conclusion, 78, dubs Leadbelly, [?] etc

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17410

The Pizza Pusher by J.R. Goodwin, The North Beach Opera Co., White Slavery, and US Steel Cello Ensemble, "Bitter Suites"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17411

Poozies Again

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17412

Potluck, Ed Doyles, Mt. Tremper, 1983

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17413

Pubs for Listening

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17414

Graciela Riviera, "All That the Name Implies, Danzas de Puerto Rico"; C Mother and the All Night Newsboys, "Albion Moonlight"

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17415

Mark Rust, The Sea of Silver Sand, 1988

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17416

Pete Seeger and Frank Hamilton, "Nonesuch and Other Folk Songs"; Uncle Dave Macon

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17417

Pete Seeger interview for [?] book

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17418

Song of the Cuckoo I and II

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17419

South American Tune 112, MATKATAMEBA 194, Bright Angel reg 307, Improv and For Me and My Baby, 26 October 1986

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17420

Talking about [?] D. [?], Playing Banjos

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17421

Taped Journal, Santa Fe

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17422

Teeny and Motsy

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17423

"That'll Show 'Em" and others, 1985-1986

Audiocassette

Digital Folder DF-20380/2

Wade Ward, playing banjo

2 digital files

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17424

John Wayne

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17425

Guy Wernham

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17426

Anne and Eldon Whitford

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17427

Mel Wienstein

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17428

Val's Lesson

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17429

Val, [?] Love

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17430

YCB

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17431

[unidentified sound recording]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17432

[unidentified sound recording]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17433

[unidentified sound recording]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17434

[unidentified sound recording]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17435

[unidentified sound recording]

Audiocassette

SFC Audio Cassette FS-20380/17436

[unidentified sound recording]

Audiocassette

Videotape VT-20380/1

Billy Faier, Beam-Up Party

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/2

Billy Faier, Beta HiFi Tape, Banjos Birdsong Mother, 26 July 1994

Betacam

Videotape VT-20380/3

Billy Faier, Civil War, parts 1-4

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/4

Billy Faier, Civil War, parts 5-9

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/5

Billy Faier Family Party in Woodstock, NY, Brief Selfy of Nico Wand, Introduction by Erik Darling of Billy Faier

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/6

Billy Faier Family Reunion, tape 1

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/7

Billy Faier Family Reunion, tape 1, dub

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/8

Billy Faier Family Reunion, tape 2

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/9

Billy Faier Family Reunion, tape 2, dub

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/10

Billy Faier, Home Movies, Wand, Barrymore

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/11

Billy Faier, Home Movies, 1953

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/12

Billy Faier, Light Boxes and Lokehill House and cats

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/13

Billy Faier Interview by Marylou Paturel, November 1991

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/14

Billy Faier, Woodstock Community Center, 1995

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/15

Carnal Cravings Vol. 1

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/16

Sage Social

VHS

Videotape VT-20380/17

Nick Wand, "Dorado", 6 May 1992

VHS

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Image Boxes (IB-20380/1-4)

Promotional buttons (MU-20380/1-4)

Oversized items (OPF-20380/1-11, OB-20380/1)

Digital Folders (DF-20380/1-2)

Audiotapes (FT-11303-11417, FT-11526-11531, FT-17501-17504)

Audiocassettes (FS-6904-6905, FS-17233-17436, FS-17520)

Instantaneous Discs (FD-789-793)

LPs (FC-13785)

Videotape (VT-20380/1-17)

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