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Collection Number: 20016

Collection Title: Fiddler's Grove Collection, 1968-2004

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Size 14.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7675 items)
Abstract Fiddler's Grove, an old-time-music and family-oriented campground, which hosts traditional music and dance events throughout the year is owned and operated by Harper and Wanona Van Hoy in Union Grove, N.C. The Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, a fiddling competition, has been held annually in the spring since Fiddler's Grove's founding in 1970, and the Square-Up, a clogging competition was held in the fall until 1982. The fiddling festival, however, traces its history in Union Grove to 1924 when Harper Van Hoy's father, H. P. Van Hoy, founded the Old Time Fiddlers Convention as a school fundraiser. The collection provides an overview of the history and operation of Fiddler's Grove, and its main entertainment events, the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival and the Square-Up. The work of Harper Van Hoy and Wanona Van Hoy in building the reputation of Fiddler's Grove as a gathering place for old-time music and family entertainment is documented throughout the collection. Also documented is the split between Harper Van Hoy and his brother, J. Pierce Van Hoy, which resulted in two competing Van Hoy-operated spring fiddling events in Union Grove, 1970-1979. General correspondence, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and other items go back to the founding of the Old Time Fiddlers Convention. Festival materials include participation registration information, lists of winners, judges' notes, and correspondence, and other items. Also included are open-reel tapes, an eight-track tape, compact discs, and a videotape, all of which relate to the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival.
Curatorial Unit Southern Folklife Collection
Language English
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[Identification of item], in the Fiddler's Grove Collection #20016, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Harper Van Hoy in October 1990 (Acc. 89008, 89009), February 2000 (Acc. 98553), August 2001 (Acc. 99061), October 2001 (Acc. 99096), February 2002 (Acc. 99183), and 2004 (Acc. 99874). Website harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013 (Acc. 101956).
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Preservation of the Fiddler's Grove Collection was made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Fiddler's Grove, an old-time-music and family-oriented campground, was developed on land purchased in Union Grove, N.C., by dairy farmer and fiddler Harper Van Hoy and his wife, Wanona, in 1970. From the beginning, Fiddler's Grove was envisioned as the site for an annual fiddling competition. Central entertainment events at Fiddler's Grove have been the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, a spring fiddling competition held annually since 1970, and the Square-Up, a fall clogging dance competition held until 1982.

The history of Fiddler's Grove, and particularly the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, is rooted in Van Hoy family history and the history of fiddling competitions in Union Grove, N.C. In 1924, Harper Van Hoy's father, H. P. Van Hoy, a school teacher and musician, started the Old Time Fiddlers Convention as a fundraiser for the Union Grove school. Held annually on the school grounds every Easter weekend, the fiddling convention was a popular community event that brought many area old-time fiddlers into the small unincorporated town of Union Grove to compete. With the folk music revival in the 1950s and 1960s, however, this small-town community event became increasingly popular with young people who would travel great distances to attend. The unconventional lifestyles of many of these young people, particularly their long hair and consumption of illegal drugs and alcohol, disturbed many residents of the conservative farming community. After the 1968 convention, a group of Union Grove residents, led by a Methodist minister, protested the immoral and illegal conduct attributed to the young people attending the event from outside the community. The Iredell County School Board decided that the fiddling convention would have to find a new home after the 1969 event. Harper and Wanona Van Hoy purchased land near the Union Grove school with the intention of developing Fiddler's Grove into a family campground that would be the new home of the fiddling convention. However, Harper Van Hoy and his older brother, J. Pierce Van Hoy, disagreed over the direction the convention should take. The disagreement resulted in two rival fiddling events being held each spring in Union Grove from 1970 to 1979.

Since it was no longer a fundraiser for the school, Pierce Van Hoy felt the convention should be promoted and developed commercially into a profitable business while promoting and preserving old-time music. He held his event on his farm and called it the World's Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Convention. Financially committed to Fiddler's Grove, Harper Van Hoy felt it was important to focus on the music and the community by creating a family atmosphere and enforcing a ban on alcohol and illegal drugs. He called his event the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival and received early support from Doc Watson, Lee and Jean Shilling, Alan Jabbour, and Allein Stanley, among others. While the World's Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Convention attracted large crowds and was immediately financially successful, Harper Van Hoy's Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival deliberately stayed small, despite early financial losses, by implementing an invitation-only attendance policy in 1973. Both fiddling events were held simultaneously in Union Grove over Easter weekends. After newspaper accounts erroneously reported drug-related incidents and other problems occurring at the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival instead of the World's Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, Harper Van Hoy moved his festival to Memorial Day weekend in 1974 distance it from his brother's festival. Community residents continued to protest the influx of illegal drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity attendant with the huge crowds at Pierce Van Hoy's World's Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Convention. The enactment of a bill to regulate rock festivals and other mass gatherings eventually resulted in the closing of the World's Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Convention by court order in 1980.

Fiddler's Grove continued to host the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival on Memorial Day weekend along with a number of other events. The Festival's commitment to the preservation and perpetuation of old-time music is particularly reflected in its special competition categories of Old-Time Fiddler (fiddlers 55 years and older who play strictly by ear with no formal violin training) and Heritage Tune (in which the fiddler must not only perform but tell the origin and story of an old tune). The Square-Up, an annual dance competition, held over Labor Day weekend was an institution at Fiddler's Grove until 1982. This dance competition featured traditional mountain, precision, and smooth clogging teams as well as individual buck and flatfoot dancers. Fiddler's Grove and the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival were nominated in the Local Legacy category by Senator Jesse Helms as part of the Library of Congress Bicentennial in 2000.

See also online exhibit: Fiddler's Grove: Retrospective 1970-2000.

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The collection provides an overview of the history and operation of Fiddler's Grove in Union Grove, N.C., and its main annual entertainment events, the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, a fiddling competition held in the spring, and the Square-Up, a clogging dance competition held in the fall until 1982. The work of Harper Van Hoy and Wanona Van Hoy in building the reputation of Fiddler's Grove as a gathering place for old-time music and family entertainment is documented throughout the collection. Also documented is the split between Harper Van Hoy and his brother, J. Pierce Van Hoy, which resulted in two competing Van Hoy-operated spring fiddling events in Union Grove, 1970-1979. General correspondence, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and other items go back to the founding of the Old Time Fiddlers Convention by Harper Van Hoy's father, H. P. Van Hoy, as a fundraiser for the Union Grove school in 1924. Festival materials include participation registration information, lists of winners, judges' notes, and correspondence, and other items. Also included are open-reel tapes, an eight-track tape, compact discs, and a videotape, all of which relate to the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. General Materials, 1969-1995 and undated.

About 2000 items.

General correspondence, newspaper clippings, and promotional materials relating to Fiddler's Grove and the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival. Documented are the history of the fiddling festival from H. P. Van Hoy's founding of the Old Time Fiddlers Convention as a fund-raiser for the Union Grove school to the difference of opinion between his sons Pierce and Harper Van Hoy, which resulted in rival fiddling events, Pierce Van Hoy's World's Championship Old-Time Fiddlers Convention and Harper Van Hoy's Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, both initially held on Easter weekend, and the ultimate court-ordered demise of Pierce Van Hoy's convention and success of Harper Van Hoy's festival. Promotional materials include Fiddler's Grove brochures, posters, program books and schedules of events, mailing lists, press releases, and information on album production and sales. There are also program books from the last few years of H. P. Van Hoy's Old Time Fiddlers Convention at the Union Grove school; Local Legacy documentation, including a history of the festival, a biography of Harper Van Hoy, photocopies of photographs with detailed identification, and letters of support; miscellaneous Fiddler's Grove material, including lists of craft vendors, certificates of appreciation, drawings, a biography of H. P. Van Hoy, tickets, bumper stickers, newsletters, performer contracts, student papers, and speeches. Related material includes items from or about the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP); booking agencies; non-Fiddler's Grove brochures and promotional material; the National Folk Festival Association; and the North Carolina Division of Health.

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About 800 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

General correspondence traces the development of Fiddler's Grove and, particularly, its major spring and fall festivals, the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival and, until 1982, the Square-Up, from the purchase of the land and its early conception as both family campground and the new home of H. P. Van Hoy's Fiddlers Convention through the rift between H. P. Van Hoy's sons and the resulting twin spring fiddling events. Correspondents include Guthrie Meade, Robin Warren, Gaither Carlton (Doc Watson's father-in-law), Nick Hallman, and Allein Stanley.

Folder 1

1969-1970

Folder 2

1971

Folder 3

1972

Folder 4

1973

Folder 5

1974

Folder 6

1975

Folder 7-8

Folder 7

Folder 8

1976 (7/76 - 12/76)

Folder 9

1977

Folder 10

1978

Folder 11

1979

Folder 12

1980

Folder 13

1981

Folder 14

1982

Folder 15

1983

Folder 16

1984

Folder 17

1985

Folder 18

1986

Folder 19

1987

Folder 20

1988

Folder 21

1989

Folder 22

1990

Folder 23

1991

Folder 24

1992

Folder 25

1993

Folder 26

1994

Folder 27

1995

Folder 28

Undated

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About 400 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Newspaper clippings are primarily from local and North Carolina newspapers, particularly the Statesville Record and Landmark, the Greensboro News and Record, the Charlotte Observer, and the Winston-Salem Journal. Clippings cover the announcement of the purchase of Fiddler's Grove by Harper and Wanona Van Hoy as the new home for the fiddling convention in 1969, the split between the Van Hoy brothers in 1970, the move of Harper Van Hoy's fiddling festival to Memorial Day weekend in 1974, and the court-ordered closing of Pierce Van Hoy's larger fiddling festival in 1979. They document the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, the Square-Up, and Pierce Van Hoy's convention. There are also articles on musicians who regularly attend Fiddler's Grove. Included are several articles by Hank Van Hoy, Harper Van Hoy's son.

Folder 29

1969

Folder 30

1970

Folder 31

1971

Folder 32

1972

Folder 33

1973

Folder 34

1974

Folder 35

1975

Folder 36

1976

Folder 37

1977

Folder 38

1978

Folder 39

1979

Folder 40

1980

Folder 41

1981

Folder 42

1982

Folder 43

1983

Folder 44

1984

Folder 45

1985

Folder 46

1986

Folder 47

1987

Folder 48

1988

Folder 49

1989

Folder 50

1990

Folder 51

1991

Folder 52

1992

Folder 53

1993

Folder 54

1994

Folder 55

1995

Folder 56

1996

Folder 57

1997

Folder 58

1998

Folder 59

1999

Folder 60

2000

Folder 61

Undated

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About 400 items.

The Fiddler's Grove promotional materials include brochures, posters, program books, and schedules of events for the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival; posters for the Square-Up; a North Carolina tourism poster featuring Harper Van Hoy; the mailing lists maintained primarily for the Ole Time Fiddler's Bluegrass Festival starting in 1972; press releases for Fiddler's Grove events; and the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival album production and sales notes and records. Correspondence directly relating to the production of the festival brochures and tickets and the production of and orders for the festival albums are included. Of particular interest among the program books are those from H. P. Van Hoy's Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, 1964-1969, during the last years that the convention was held at the Union Grove school. The 1969 program book includes receipts and notes regarding payment from the program advertisers.

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About 55 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Brochures for the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, 1972-2002, include the list of the previous year's winners, other events at Fiddler's Grove, invitations to attend, and advance ticket order forms. Correspondence with the printer and rough drafts of the brochures are included.

Folder 62

Brochures, 1972-2002

Folder 63

Orders for brochures and tickets, 1976-1980

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About 15 items.

Posters primarily publicize Fiddler's Grove events, most specifically the Square-Up and the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival. Also included is a North Carolina tourism poster featuring Harper Van Hoy playing the fiddle. Requests for copies of the fiddler's festival posters are also included.

Folder 64

Square-Ups, 1970-1972

Folder 65

See OP-20016/1-3

Oversize Paper OP-20016/1-3

OP-20016/1

OP-20016/2

OP-20016/3

Fiddler's Grove

Folder 66

Poster requests

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About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

A small selection of program books and a more extensive collection of schedules of events for the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival at Fiddler's Grove. Material for 1970 includes unfinished excerpts as well as the finished program. Of particular interest are the program books from H. P. Van Hoy's Old Time Fiddlers Convention, 1964-1969, during the last years that the convention was held at the Union Grove school. The 1969 program book includes receipts and notes regarding payment from the program advertisers. Only the cover of the 1968 program book is included.

Folder 67

Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival: Program books, 1970-1971, 1999

Folder 68

Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival: Schedules of events, 1964-1969

Folder 69

Old Time Fiddlers Convention: Program books, 1964-1969

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3.4. Mailing Lists, 1972-1991 and undated.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

When Harper Van Hoy announced at the 1972 Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival that attendance at future festivals would be limited to 5,000 and controlled by an invitation-only policy, with an agreement on the part of recipients that they would honor the family atmosphere by taking a pledge not to consume illegal drugs or alcohol during the festival, the mailing list maintained by Fiddler's Grove became particularly important and formed the basis for the growing "Fiddler's Grove Family." The development of the mailing list eliminated the need for outside publicity and allowed for the smooth transition of the change of date for the Festival from Easter weekend to Memorial Day weekend in 1974. A selection of mailing lists and additions, some on separate slips of paper, 1972-1991, is included.

Folder 70

1972

Folder 71

1973

Folder 72

1974

Folder 73

1988 (V-20016/S-1)

Folder 74

1989

Folder 75

1991

Folder 76

Undated

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About 25 items.

Press releases for events at Fiddler's Grove, though mostly undated by year, appear to start in 1970 and go through 1993. A 1972 list of reporters slated to receive press releases is included.

Folder 77

Press releases

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About 75 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence directly relating to orders for albums from Fiddler's Grove Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, including documentation of complimentary copies sent by Harper Van Hoy to radio stations, libraries, and archives. Album production notes include Harper Van Hoy's correspondence with Harry Deal of Galaxie II, contracts, and notes relating to the production of festival albums. Fiddling festival judge coordinator Allein Stanley wrote the liner notes to the 1975 festival album, and the manuscript of her liner notes is included.

Folder 78

Orders, 1970-1973

Folder 79

Orders, 1974-1990

Folder 80

Production notes, 1970-1988

Folder 81

Liner notes, 1975

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About 75 items.

In 2000, the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival was chosen by North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms to participate in the Library of Congress Local Legacies project in celebration of the Library's Bicentennial (1800-2000). The application materials include a history of the festival beginning with the fiddling convention founded in 1924 by H. P. Van Hoy, photocopies of photographs of the festival throughout the years with detailed identification, a biography of Harper Van Hoy, and permission forms. Correspondence details the application process and includes solicitation of assistance and letters of support as well as the letters of support themselves. Correspondents include Senator Helms, festival judge coordinator Allein Stanley, North Carolina Arts Council Folklife director Wayne Martin, and a number of individuals at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including Southern Folklife Collection Sound and Image Librarian Steve Weiss. Guidelines and publications relating to the Local Legacies project are also included.

Folder 82

Application materials

Folder 83

Correspondence

Folder 84

Guidelines and publications

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About 300 items.

Miscellaneous material relating directly or tangentially to Fiddler's Grove. Included are material about ASCAP and booking agencies; brochures and promotional items from other festivals and musicians; information abut craft vendors, the National Folk Festival Association, and the North Carolina Division of Health; and other material about Fiddler's Grove and the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, including performer contracts, student papers, and speeches. Correspondence with the ASCAP relating to the licensing of material performed at Fiddler's Grove documents Harper Van Hoy's struggle to get ASCAP to recognize that old-time and bluegrass music primarily draws from public domain material. Material relating to craft vendors and exhibitors was collected for craft shows at Fiddler's Grove. Material relating to Fiddler's Grove includes drawings, a biography of H. P. Van Hoy, and certificates of appreciation. National Folk Festival Association material includes information on the American Folklife Foundation Act and the Calendar of Folk Festivals and Related Events. The 1974 material relating to the North Carolina Division of Health resulted from a state bill that regulated open-air assemblies of more than 5,000 people continuously for 24 hours and influenced the changing of dates for the fiddling festival from Easter weekend to Memorial Day weekend to end confusion with Pierce Van Hoy's much larger Easter weekend fiddling convention. Miscellaneous Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival printed items include tickets, car passes, a 1984 Fiddler's Grove New Years card announcing the change of festival dates, Fiddler's Grove campground brochure, Fiddler's Grove 1995 newsletter, and a 1973 Fiddler's Grove bumper sticker. The small selection of performer contracts date from the early 1970s and includes contracts for Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys, Hoyt Herbert and the Lincoln County Partners, and Nick Hancock and the Bluegrass Gentlemen. There are several papers by students, mostly from the early 1970s, about the history of the Van Hoy fiddling events. Particularly notable are two speeches and a short article by Hank Van Hoy, Harper Van Hoy's son, who attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an undergraduate and as a law student during the 1970s.

Folder 85

ASCAP, 1971-1992

Folder 86

Booking agencies

Folder 87

Brochures and promotional items: Non-Fiddler's Grove

Folder 88

Crafts

Folder 89

Fiddler's Grove: General material

Folder 90

National Folk Festival Association

Folder 91

North Carolina Division of Health

Folder 92

Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival: Printed items

Folder 93

Performer contracts, 1970-1972

Folder 94

Student papers and speeches

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About 25 items.

Harper Van Hoy family personal personal materials include photographs, family genealogy, certificates of appreciation, and publicity for various public performances that Wanona and Harper Van Hoy were involved in as musicians.

Folder 95

Van Hoy personal materials

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About 5200 items.

Festival files document the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival and the Square-Up.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, 1968-2001 and undated.

About 4400 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Harper Van Hoy's Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival is documented by year from 1970 to 1999, with the exception of 1997 for which there are no materials. Included are registration forms (where applicable divided into competition categories of heritage tunes, individuals, junior bluegrass bands, junior old-time bands, old-time fiddlers, senior bluegrass bands, senior old-time bands, and twin fiddlers), rules and guidelines, order of program, judges' notes, correspondence relating directly to registration or competition judging, and a list of winners. Changes made in the festival over the years, such as former judge Allein Stanley taking on the role of coordinator of judges in 1973, the certification of Old-Time Fiddler status in 1978, and the introduction of the Heritage Tune category in 1979, are documented. Of special interest is the 1968 material that pertains to H. P. Van Hoy's 44th annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention and particularly concerns the photographs taken at that convention. Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 96

44th Annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention, 1968

Folder 97

General festival information, undated

Folder 98

Winners, 1970-2001

Folder 99

Registration and general information, 1970

Folder 100

Registration and general information, 1971

Folder 101

Registration and general information, 1972

Folder 102

Judges' correspondence and winners, 1973

Folder 103

Judges' notes, 1973

Folder 104

Registration: Individuals, 1973

Folder 105

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1973

Folder 106

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1973

Folder 107

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1973

Folder 108

General information, 1974

Folder 109

Judges' notes, 1974

Folder 110

Registration: Individuals, 1974

Folder 111

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1974

Folder 112

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1974

Folder 113

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1974

Folder 114

Workshop correspondence and notes, 1974

Folder 115

General information, 1975

Folder 116

Registration: Individuals, 1975

Folder 117

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1975

Folder 118

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1975

Folder 119

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1975

Folder 120

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1975

Folder 121

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1975

Folder 122

General information, 1976

Folder 123

Registration: Individuals, 1976

Folder 124

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1976

Folder 125

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1976

Folder 126

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1976

Folder 127

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1976

Folder 128

General information, 1977

Folder 129

Judges, 1977

Folder 130

Registration: Individuals, 1977

Folder 131

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1977

Folder 132

Registration: Old-time bands, 1977

Folder 133

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1977

Folder 134

General information, 1978

Folder 135

Judges notes, 1978

Folder 136

Registration: Individual competition, 1978

Folder 137

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1978

Folder 138

Registration: Old-time fiddle category, 1978

Folder 139

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1978

Folder 140

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1978

Folder 141

General information, 1979

Folder 142

Judges notes, 1979

Folder 143

Registration: Heritage tune, 1979

Folder 144

Registration: Individuals, 1979

Folder 145

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1979

Folder 146

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1979

Folder 147

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1979

Folder 148

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1979

Folder 149

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1979

Folder 150

General information, 1980

Folder 151

Judges notes, 1980

Folder 152

Judges notes, 1980

Folder 153

Judges notes (Harper and Wansie), 1980

Folder 154

Registration: Heritage tune, 1980

Folder 155

Registration: Individuals, 1980

Folder 156

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1980

Folder 157

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1980

Folder 158

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1980

Folder 159

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1980

Folder 160

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1980

Folder 161

Registration: General information, 1981

Folder 162

Registration: Heritage tune, 1981

Folder 163

Registration: Individuals, 1981

Folder 164

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1981

Folder 165

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1981

Folder 166

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1981

Folder 167

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1981

Folder 168

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1981

Folder 169

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1981

Folder 170

General information, 1982

Folder 171

Judges notes, 1982

Folder 172

Registration: Heritage tune, 1982

Folder 173

Registration: Individuals, 1982

Folder 174

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1982

Folder 175

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1982

Folder 176

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1982

Folder 177

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1982

Folder 178

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1982

Folder 179

General information, 1983

Folder 180

Judges notes, 1983

Folder 181

Judges notes (Hank and Allein), 1983

Folder 182

Registration: Heritage tune, 1983

Folder 183

Registration: Individuals, 1983

Folder 184

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1983

Folder 185

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1983

Folder 186

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1983

Folder 187

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1983

Folder 188

General information, 1984

Folder 189

Judges notes, 1984

Folder 190

Judges notes, 1984

Folder 191

Registration: Heritage tune, 1984

Folder 192

Registration: Individuals, 1984

Folder 193

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1984

Folder 194

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1984

Folder 195

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1984

Folder 196

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1984

Folder 197

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1984

Folder 198

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1984

Folder 199

General information, 1985

Folder 200

Judges notes, 1985

Folder 201

Judges notes, 1985

Folder 202

Registration: Heritage tune, 1985

Folder 203

Registration: Individuals, 1985

Folder 204

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1985

Folder 205

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1985

Folder 206

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1985

Folder 207

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1985

Folder 208

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1985

Folder 209

General information, 1986

Folder 210

Judges notes, 1986

Folder 211

Judges notes, 1986

Folder 212

Registration: Heritage tune, 1986

Folder 213

Registration: Individuals, 1986

Folder 214

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1986

Folder 215

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1986

Folder 216

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1986

Folder 217

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1986

Folder 218

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1986

Folder 219

General information, 1987

Folder 220

Judges notes, 1987

Folder 221

Judges notes, 1987

Folder 222

Registration: Heritage tune, 1987

Folder 223

Registration: Individuals, 1987

Folder 224

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1987

Folder 225

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1987

Folder 226

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1987

Folder 227

Senior bluegrass bands, 1987

Folder 228

Senior old-time bands, 1987

Folder 229

General information, 1988

Folder 230

Judges notes, 1988

Folder 231

Judges notes, 1988

Folder 232

Registration: Heritage tune, 1988

Folder 233

Registration: Individuals, 1988

Folder 234

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1988

Folder 235

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1988

Folder 236

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1988

Folder 237

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1988

Folder 238

General information, 1989

Folder 239

Judges notes, 1989

Folder 240

Judges notes, 1989

Folder 241

Registration: Heritage tune, 1989

Folder 242

Registration: Individuals, 1989

Folder 243

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1989

Folder 244

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1989

Folder 245

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1989

Folder 246

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1989

Folder 247

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1989

Folder 248

General information, 1990

Folder 249

Judges notes, 1990

Folder 250

Judges notes, 1990

Folder 251

Registration: Heritage tune, 1990

Folder 252

Registration: Individuals, 1990

Folder 253

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1990

Folder 254

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1990

Folder 255

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1990

Folder 256

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1990

Folder 257

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1990

Folder 258

General information, 1991

Folder 259

Judges notes, 1991

Folder 260

Registration: Heritage tune, 1991

Folder 261

Registration: Individuals, 1991

Folder 262

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1991

Folder 263

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1991

Folder 264

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1991

Folder 265

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1991

Folder 266

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1991

Folder 267

General information, 1992

Folder 268

Judges notes, 1992

Folder 269

Registration: Heritage tune, 1992

Folder 270

Registration: Individuals, 1992

Folder 271

Registration: Junior bluegrass bands, 1992

Folder 272

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1992

Folder 273

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1992

Folder 274

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1992

Folder 275

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1992

Folder 276

General information, 1993

Folder 277

Judges notes, 1993

Folder 278

Judges notes (Harper, Wansie, Allein), 1993

Folder 279

Registration: Heritage tune, 1993

Folder 280

Registration: Individuals, 1993

Folder 281

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1993

Folder 282

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1993

Folder 283

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1993

Folder 284

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1993

Folder 285

General information, 1994

Folder 286

Judges notes, 1994

Folder 287

Judges notes, 1994

Folder 288

Registration: Heritage tune, 1994

Folder 289

Registration: Individuals, 1994

Folder 290

Registration: Junior old-time bands, 1994

Folder 291

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1994

Folder 292

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1994

Folder 293

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1994

Folder 294

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1994

Folder 295

General information, 1995

Folder 296

Judges notes, 1995

Folder 297

Judges notes, 1995

Folder 298

Registration: Heritage tune, 1995

Folder 299

Registration: Individuals, 1995

Folder 300

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1995

Folder 301

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1995

Folder 302

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1995

Folder 303

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1995

Folder 304

General information, 1996

Folder 305

Judges notes, 1996

Folder 306

Judges notes, 1996

Folder 307

Registration: Heritage tune, 1996

Folder 308

Registration: Individuals, 1996

Folder 309

Registration: Junior Bands, 1996

Folder 310

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1996

Folder 311

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1996

Folder 312

General information, 1998

Folder 313

Judges notes, 1998

Folder 314

Judges notes, 1999

Folder 315

Judges notes, 1999

Folder 316

Judges notes, 1999

Folder 317

Registration: Heritage tune, 1999

Folder 318

Registration: Individuals A-P, 1999

Folder 319

Registration: Individuals R-W, 1999

Folder 320

Registration: Old-time fiddlers, 1999

Folder 321

Registration: Senior bluegrass bands, 1999

Folder 322

Registration: Senior old-time bands, 1999

Folder 323

Registration: Twin fiddlers, 1999

Folder 324

Judges material, undated

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-20016/1

Posters, 1973-1974

Two posters for the 1973 and 1974 Ole Time Fiddler's Bluegrass Festival at Union Grove, N.C.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. Square-Up, 1970-1982 and undated.

About 800 items.

Arrangement: chronological

Since 1970, the major Labor Day weekend event at Fiddler's Grove has been the annual Square-Up, a dance festival featuring competition in traditional mountain, precision clog and smooth dance teams, as well as individual clogging, buck and wing dancers. Square-Up was apparently a show-case performance venue the first year, but it became an invitation-only competition by 1971. Most years include registration of dance groups and individuals, Square-Up specific correspondence, press releases, rules, memos, and a list of winners. Some material on other dance events is included as these appear to have helped shape Square-Up.

Folder 325

National Clogging Council

Folder 326

Correspondence, 1970

Folder 327

Registration and correspondence, 1971

Folder 328

Winners, 1971

Folder 329

Registration and correspondence, 1972

Folder 330

Winners, 1972

Folder 331

Correspondence, 1972

Folder 332

Group registration, 1972

Folder 333

Individual registration, 1972

Folder 334

Winners, 1973

Folder 335

Registration and correspondence, 1974

Folder 336

Winners, 1974

Folder 337

Registration and correspondence, 1975

Folder 338

Square-Up:: Winners, 1975

Folder 339

Registration and correspondence, 1976

Folder 340

Winners, 1976

Folder 341

Registrations and correspondence, 1977

Folder 342

Winners, 1977

Folder 343

Registration, 1978

Folder 344

Winners, 1978

Folder 345

Registration, 1979

Folder 346

Winners, 1979

Folder 347

Registration, 1980

Folder 348

Judges notes, 1980

Folder 349

Winners, 1980

Folder 350

Registration and correspondence, 1981

Folder 351

Judges notes, 1981

Folder 352

Winners, 1981

Folder 353

Correspondence, 1982

Folder 354

Registration, 1982

Folder 355

Winners, 1982

Folder 356

Material, undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 3. Audio Visual Materials, 1970-1999.

245 items.

Open-reel tapes, an eight-track tape, compact discs, and a video, all of which relate to the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival.Documents relating to the production and sale of commercial recordings of the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival are in Series 1.3.6 Festival Albums: Production and Sales.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Open-Reel Tapes, 1970-1971, 1973-1984, 1987 and undated.

241 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Open-reel tapes primarily appear to be recordings of performances at the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival. In addition to the fiddle competition, some tapes feature Betty Smith playing the psaltery, the Sunday morning service, Harper Van Hoy, and Reid Robertson. Also included are some master tapes of festival performances for the annual Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival albums. Traditional American Music (FT-20016/11821) appears to be a National Public Radio program. Titles and parenthetical notes are all from the original boxes. Documentation listing performances and songs is available in the Southern Folklife Collection vertical files for most of the recordings.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3854

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 reel 1

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3855

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 reel 2

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3856

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 reel 3

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3857

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3858

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3859

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3860

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3861

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 1 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3862

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3863

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3864

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3865

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3866

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3867

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3868

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3869

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3870

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 10

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3871

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Series 2 Reel 11

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3872

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3873

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3874

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3875

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3876

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3877

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3878

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3879

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 8 (reel 4)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3880

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 8 (reel 3)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3881

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3882

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 10

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3883

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 11

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3884

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 12

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3885

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Reel 13

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3886

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3887

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3888

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3889

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3890

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3891

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3892

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3893

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3894

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3895

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 10

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3896

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 11

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3897

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 12

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3898

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 13

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3899

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 14

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3900

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 Reel 15

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3901

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 combined 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3902

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 combined 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3903

Fiddler's Grove, 1973 combined 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3904

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3905

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3906

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3907

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3908

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3909

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3910

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3911

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3912

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3913

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 10

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3914

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 11

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3915

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 12

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3916

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 13

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3917

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 14

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3918

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 15

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3919

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 16

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3920

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 17

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3921

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 18

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3922

Fiddler's Grove, 1974 Reel 19

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3923

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3924

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3925

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3926

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3927

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3928

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3929

Fiddler's Grove, 1976 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3930

Fiddler's Grove, 1976 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3931

Fiddler's Grove, 1976 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3932

Fiddler's Grove, 1976 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3933

Fiddler's Grove, 1976 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3934

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3935

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3936

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 2A combined?

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3937

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 2 combined?

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3938

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3939

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 3 combined

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3940

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3941

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3942

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3943

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3944

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3945

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Play-off Fiddler of Festival, Mary Heningbaum

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3946

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 LP master(?)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3947

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3948

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3949

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3950

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3951

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3952

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3953

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3954

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Patton Turnpike; Cumberland Gap

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3955

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3956

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3957

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3958

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3959

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3960

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3961

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3962

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3963

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3964

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Reel 10

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3965

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3966

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3967

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3968

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3969

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3970

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3971

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3972

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3973

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Reel 12

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3974

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 Edited, combined

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3975

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3976

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3977

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3978

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3979

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3980

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3981

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3982

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3983

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3984

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Reel 10

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3985

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Combined Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3986

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Combined Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3987

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Combined Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3988

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Side B6; LP master

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3989

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 LP master, Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3990

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3991

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3992

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3993

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3994

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3995

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3996

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3997

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3998

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Reel 9

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/3999

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Combined 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4000

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Combined 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4001

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4002

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4003

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4004

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4005

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4006

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4007

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4008

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4009

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 1 combined

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4010

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4011

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4012

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4013

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4014

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4015

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4016

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4017

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4018

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4019

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4020

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 1 combined

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4021

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 2 combined

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4022

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4023

Fiddler's Grove, 1984 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4024

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4025

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4026

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4027

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4028

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 5

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4029

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 6

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4030

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 7

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4031

Fiddler's Grove, 1987 Reel 8

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4032

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Side 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4033

Fiddler's Grove, 1970 Side 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4034

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Side 1, Reel 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4035

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Side 1, Reel 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4036

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Side 2, Reel 3

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4037

Fiddler's Grove, 1971 Side 2, Reel 4

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4038

Fiddler's Grove, 1972 Side 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4039

Fiddler's Grove, 1972 Side 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4040

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 LP master, 1 of 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4041

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 LP master, 2 of 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4042

Fiddler's Grove, 1975 LP master

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4043

Fiddler's Grove, 1976 Album Side 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4044

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Side 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4045

Fiddler's Grove, 1977 Side 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4046

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Bluegrass, side 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4047

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Bluegrass, side 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4048

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Traditional, side 1

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4049

Fiddler's Grove, 1978 Traditional, side 2

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4050

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Side 1 (LP)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4051

Fiddler's Grove, 1979 Side 2 (LP)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4052

Fiddler's Grove, 1980 LP master

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4053

Fiddler's Grove, 1981 Side 2, LP master

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4054

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Side 1 (LP)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4055

Fiddler's Grove, 1982 Side 2 (LP)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4056

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Side 1 (LP)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/4057

Fiddler's Grove, 1983 Side 2 (LP)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11785

FF Reel 1, 23 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11786

FF Reel 2, 23 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11787

FF Reel 3, 23 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11788

FF Reel 4, 23 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11789

FF Reel 5, 23 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11790

FF Reel 6, 24 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11791

FF Reel 7, 24 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11792

FF Reel 8, 24 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11793

FF Reel 9, 24 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11794

Reel 10, Christian Harmony Sing, 25 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11795

Reel 11, Psaltery, 25 May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11796

Reel 12, May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11797

Reel 13, May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11798

Reel 14, May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11799

Reel 15, May 1975

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11800

No. 1, Green Mountain Polka, Old-Time band

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11801

No. 3, Wildwood Flower/Whistle Blow

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11802

No. 4, Forked Deer, Old-Time band like Highwoods

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11803

No. 5, Blue Ridge Hills, Bluegrass band, Dark Hollow

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11804

No. 6, not competition, Old-Time band, Jack's Maggot

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11805

No. 7, Battle of New Orleans, Imagine You and Imagine Me

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11806

No. 8, Competition Saturday afternoon

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11807

No. 11, Fiddle Competition, 8th of January [completely ruined]

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11808

No. 12, Junior Mandolin (not good)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11809

No. 13, Bluegrass fiddle junior competition, Old Joe Clark (not good)

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11810

No. 14, Bluegrass banjo competition. Nothing on tape. Interference.

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11811

No. 15, blank

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11812

No. 16, Guitar competition, Saturday afternoon

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11813

No. 17, Betty Smith and psaltery

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11814

No. 18, Betty Smith, Sunday morning

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11815

No. 19, He Walks With Me/Amazing Grace/What Child Is This/original songs/Dixie/storytellers

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11816

No. 20

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11817

Harper Van Hoy's Fiddler's Competition, 1973 April

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11818

No. 21, Exploring America (Bluegrass Festival), 6 May 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11819

Reid Robertson

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11820

Harper

1/4" Open Reel Audio

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20016/11821

Traditional American Music, Reel 1, National Public Radio

1/4" Open Reel Audio

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Eight-Track Tape, 1973.

1 item.

Commercial recording of the festival on eight-track tape from Easter weekend, April 1973.

8-Track Tape 8T-20016/81

Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, 20-21 April 1973

8-Track Tape

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3. Compact Discs, 1994, 1999.

2 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Two anniversary recordings of the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival from 1994 and 1999.

Music Compact Disc CD-20016/1619

Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival 25th Anniversary, 1994

CD

Music Compact Disc CD-20016/1620

Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival 75th Anniversary, 1999

CD

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Videotape, 1994.

1 item.

Documentary videotape of the Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival, produced by Susan Campbell and Donna Campbell, Common Good, Inc., shown on PBS in 1994.

Videotape VT-20016/1

Fiddler's Grove: A Celebration of Old-Time Music, 1994

VHS

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. Additions

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1. Fiddler's Grove Website (Addition of May 2014)

1 item.

Website of Fiddler's Grove campground and old time fiddler's competition hosted in Union Grove, N.C. The site includes photographs and information about frequent performers; a schedule of events, performances, and concerts; and information about reserving RV sites, purchasing tickets, and camping.

Digital Item DI-20016/1

Website (fiddlersgrove.com)

Harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Fiddler's Grove Materials, 1997-2004 (Addition of 2004)

About 250 items.

Acquisitions information: Accession 99874

Materials relate to the Ole Time Fiddler's and Bluegrass Festival events, 1997-2004, and include program books and schedules of events, registration information (1998), lists of award winners (2003-2004), and press clippings (2001-2004).

Folder 357

Award winners, 2003-2004

Folder 358

Clippings, 2001-2004

Folder 359

Program books and schedules of events, 1997-2004

Folder 360-361

Folder 360

Folder 361

Registrations, 1998

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Items Separated

Items separated include oversized posters (OP-20016/1-3, XOPF-20016/1), an oversize volume (V-20016/S-1), compact discs (CD-1619 - CD-1620), open-reel tapes (FT-3854 - FT-4057, FT-11785 - FT-11821), an eight-track tape (8T-81), and a videotape (VT-20016/1).

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