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William H. Tallmadge Baptist Hymnody Collection, Papers and Sound Recordings,1968-1980
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William H. Tallmadge Baptist Hymnody Collection, Papers and Sound Recordings
Date
1968-1980
Repository
Berea College Special CollectionsBerea, Kentucky 40404
Conditions Governing Access note
Interviewees retain literary rights. Permission is granted to copy manuscripts, tapes, and transcripts of tapes solely for the purpose of private research; however no copied materials may be placed in another repository, nor may copied tapes be aired publicly.
Preferred Citation Note
[Identification of item], William H. Tallmadge Baptist Hymnody Collection, Papers and Sound Recordings, 33, 1968-1980,Special Collections, Berea College, Berea, Ky.
Extent
9.6 Linear Feet; 3 Cubic Foot Boxes, 12 Manuscript Boxes, 3 Oversize Boxes
Biography/History
Tallmadge, a music professor at Berea College since 1976, received degrees in music at Oberlin College (B.M., 1940; M.M., 1946). His research in the area of Baptist hymnody led to publication of an article in the YEARBOOK FOR INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL RESEARCH in 1977 entitled, "Baptist Monophonic and Heterophonic Hymnody in Southern Appalachia".
Scope and Content
These are correspondence, notes, church association minutes, hymnbooks, sound recordings, and photographs compiled by William H. Tallmadge in the process of his study of Old Regular, Primitive, and United Baptist hymnody in eastern Kentucky, western North Carolina, and western Virginia during the 1960s and 1970s.
Tallmadge earned degrees in Music at Oberlin College (Ohio), in 1940 (B.M.) and 1946 (M.M.). From 1949-1976 he was on the faculty of State University College in Buffalo, New York, where his research and teaching concentrated on both Anglo and African American popular musical genres. He continued this non-classical focus at Berea (1976-1984) with course work on the history of Jazz and its relation to newer musical trends such as Rock, Soul, and Disco. Articles published as a result of his hymnody research include "Baptist Mono-phonic and Heterophonic Hymnody in the Southern Appalachians," Yearbook for International Musical Research (1977), and "Folk Organum: A Study of Origins," American Music (1984) 2(3): 47-65.
Subjects
- Churches, Baptist
- Organizations, religious
- Hymns, Baptist -- Appalachia
- Appalachia -- Religion
- Baptist Monophonic and Heterophonic Hymnody, by William Tallmadge (article)
- Baptists -- Organizations, religious
- Hymns, Baptist -- North Carolina
- Hymns, Baptist -- Ohio
- Clergy, Baptist
- Hymns, Baptist -- Virginia
- Hymns, Baptist -- Indiana
Collection Inventory
Series I Hymnody
Scope and Contents note:The largest portion of this series consists of 153 mostly reel-to-reel sound recordings of hymn singing, preaching, and interviews with church members and pastors. There are accompanying notebooks with notations for each tape that include hymn titles, comments on song origins, and descriptions of singers, pastors, worship styles, songbooks, church buildings and homes. There are listening cassette copies for each of the reels and the contents are searchable via an in-house database. There are also several published hymnbooks and a photocopy of a notebook of song texts collected by a Pentecostal singer-informant.
Tapes 1-46: Hymns, Sermons, Interviews
[box: 1]Tapes 47-88: Hymns, Sermons, Interviews
[box: 2]Tapes 89-153: Hymns, Sermons, Interviews
[box: 3]Field Notes, May & July 1968
[box: 4, folder: 1]Field Notes, May 28 - June 30, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 1]Field Notes, May 29 - June 2, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 1]Field Notes, June 3-7, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 1]Field Notes, June 9-10, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 1]Field Notes, June 18 - July 2, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 2]Field Notes, June 29 - July 4, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 2]Field Notes, July 4-7, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 2]Field Notes, July 6-21, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 2]Field Notes, May 1970
[box: 4, folder: 2]Field Notes: Book #1, May 23-31, 1970
[box: 4, folder: 3]Field Notes: Book #2, June 5-10, 1970
[box: 4, folder: 3]Field Notes: Book #3, June 10-18, 1970
[box: 4, folder: 3]Field Notes, June 21-30, 1970
[box: 4, folder: 3]Field Notes: Book #5, July 3-8, 1970
[box: 4, folder: 3]Field Notes, July 4-5, 1970
[box: 4, folder: 3]Song Lyric Notebook (copy), 1980
[box: 4, folder: 4]Hymn List A, Summer, 1968
[box: 4, folder: 5]Hymn List B, April 1970
[box: 5, folder: 1]Hymn List C, n.d
[box: 5, folder: 2]Calendar/Notebook, December 1967-January 1969
[box: 5, folder: 3]Notebook #1, May-June 1968
[box: 5, folder: 4]Notebook #2, May-July 1968
[box: 5, folder: 5]Notebook #3, July 1968
[box: 5, folder: 6]Notebook #4, June 1969-June 1970
[box: 5, folder: 7]Notebook #5, May-June 1970
[box: 5, folder: 8]Notebook #6, June-July 1970; December 1976; April, June, October 1977; April 1979
[box: 5, folder: 9]Collected Hymns, Text Sources, and Tunes, 1968
[box: 6, folder: 1]Miscellaneous Notes and Hymn List, 1975
[box: 6, folder: 2]Words, Tune Transcriptions, and Notes, 1976-1977
[box: 6, folder: 3]Kentucky Hymns, Book I (Words and Tune Transcriptions, not published)
[box: 6, folder: 4]Kentucky Hymns, Book II (Words and Tune Transcriptions, not published)
[box: 6, folder: 5]Kentucky Hymns, Book III (Words and Tune Transcriptions, not published)
[box: 6, folder: 6]Daniel Williams Memorial Song Book, 1763-1820
[box: 6, folder: 7]A Few of My Favorite Songs
[box: 6, folder: 7]Hymns and Songs of Joy
[box: 6, folder: 7]The New Baptist Song Book, 1949
[box: 6, folder: 8]The New Baptist Song Book, 1967
[box: 6, folder: 8]The New Baptist Song Book, 1975
[box: 6, folder: 8]Old Regular Baptist Song Book, 1972
[box: 6, folder: 9]Old Regular Baptist Song Book, 1978
[box: 6, folder: 9]Old Time Song Ballads
[box: 6, folder: 9]Primitive Baptist Hymn Book
[box: 6, folder: 9]Primitive Baptist Hymn Book
[box: 7, folder: 1]Primitive Hymns, 1975
[box: 7, folder: 1]Sacred Memories
[box: 7, folder: 2]Some of Our Favorite Songs
[box: 7, folder: 2]Some of Our Favorite Songs, 1977
[box: 7, folder: 2]Sweet Songster
[box: 7, folder: 3]Thomas Hymnal
[box: 7, folder: 3]Series II Baptist Association Minutes
Scope and Contents note:This series includes published minutes of various Regular, Primitive, and United Baptist associations, 1958-1976. This material provides much quantitative information about church membership and activities, as well as formal statements of faith and practice.
Old Regular Baptist Associations
Bethel, 1962
[box: 8, folder: 1]Bethel, 1964
[box: 8, folder: 1]Bethel, 1966
[box: 8, folder: 1]Bethel, 1967
[box: 8, folder: 1]Friendship, 1968
[box: 8, folder: 2]Friendship, 1974
[box: 8, folder: 2]Indian Bottom, 1958
[box: 8, folder: 2]Indian Bottom, 1961
[box: 8, folder: 2]Indian Bottom (Baptist of Jesus Christ), 1962
[box: 8, folder: 3]Indian Bottom (Baptist of Jesus Christ), 1966
[box: 8, folder: 3]Indian Bottom (Baptist of Jesus Christ), 1967
[box: 8, folder: 3]Indian Bottom (Baptist of Jesus Christ), 1967
[box: 8, folder: 3]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1962
[box: 8, folder: 4]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1964
[box: 8, folder: 4]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1965
[box: 8, folder: 4]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1967
[box: 8, folder: 4]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1969
[box: 8, folder: 4]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1972
[box: 8, folder: 4]Indian Bottom (Church of Jesus Christ), 1974
[box: 8, folder: 4]Kyova, 1957
[box: 8, folder: 5]Little River, 1967
[box: 8, folder: 5]Mountain, 1962
[box: 8, folder: 5]Mountain, 1963
[box: 8, folder: 5]Mountain, 1969
[box: 8, folder: 5]Mountain Liberty, 1975
[box: 8, folder: 6]Mountain Liberty, 1976
[box: 8, folder: 6]Mud River, 1958
[box: 8, folder: 6]Mud River, 1959
[box: 8, folder: 6]Mud River, 1960
[box: 8, folder: 6]Mud River, 1962
[box: 8, folder: 6]Mud River, 1963
[box: 9, folder: 1]Mud River, 1964
[box: 9, folder: 1]Mud River, 1965
[box: 9, folder: 1]Mud River, 1966
[box: 9, folder: 1]Mud River, 1971
[box: 9, folder: 1]New Salem, 1962
[box: 9, folder: 2]New Salem, 1963
[box: 9, folder: 2]New Salem, 1964
[box: 9, folder: 2]New Salem, 1965
[box: 9, folder: 2]New Salem, 1966
[box: 9, folder: 2]New Salem, 1967
[box: 9, folder: 3]New Salem, 1968
[box: 9, folder: 3]New Salem, 1970
[box: 9, folder: 3]New Salem, 1972
[box: 9, folder: 3]New Salem, 1973
[box: 9, folder: 3]Northern New Salem, 1958
[box: 9, folder: 4]Northern New Salem, 1959
[box: 9, folder: 4]Northern New Salem, 1960
[box: 9, folder: 4]Northern New Salem, 1961
[box: 9, folder: 4]Northern New Salem, 1962
[box: 9, folder: 4]Northern New Salem, 1963
[box: 9, folder: 4]Northern New Salem, 1964
[box: 10, folder: 1]Northern New Salem, 1965
[box: 10, folder: 1]Northern New Salem, 1966
[box: 10, folder: 1]Northern New Salem, 1967
[box: 10, folder: 1]Northern New Salem, 1967
[box: 10, folder: 2]Northern New Salem, 1970
[box: 10, folder: 2]Northern New Salem, 1971
[box: 10, folder: 2]Northern New Salem, 1972
[box: 10, folder: 2]Northern New Salem, 1973
[box: 10, folder: 3]Northern New Salem, 1974
[box: 10, folder: 3]Northern New Salem, 1975
[box: 10, folder: 3]Northern New Salem, 1976
[box: 10, folder: 3]Philadelphia, 1954
[box: 10, folder: 4]Philadelphia, 1959
[box: 10, folder: 4]Philadelphia, 1962
[box: 10, folder: 4]Philadelphia, 1963
[box: 10, folder: 4]Philadelphia, 1965
[box: 10, folder: 4]Philadelphia, 1966
[box: 10, folder: 4]Philadelphia, 1968
[box: 10, folder: 5]Philadelphia, 1971
[box: 10, folder: 5]Philadelphia, 1972
[box: 10, folder: 5]Philadelphia, 1974
[box: 10, folder: 5]Sardis, 1962
[box: 10, folder: 6]Sardis, 1964
[box: 10, folder: 6]Sardis, 1966
[box: 10, folder: 6]Sardis, 1968
[box: 11, folder: 1]Sardis, 1970
[box: 11, folder: 1]Sardis, 1971
[box: 11, folder: 1]Sardis, 1972
[box: 11, folder: 1]Sardis, 1974
[box: 11, folder: 1]Thornton Union, 1963
[box: 11, folder: 2]Thornton Union, 1965
[box: 11, folder: 2]Thornton Union, 1967
[box: 11, folder: 2]Thornton Union, 1969
[box: 11, folder: 2]Thornton Union, 1975
[box: 11, folder: 3]Thornton Union, 1976
[box: 11, folder: 3]Thornton Union, 1976
[box: 11, folder: 3]Thornton Union, 1978
[box: 11, folder: 3]Union, 1957
[box: 11, folder: 4]Union, 1962
[box: 11, folder: 4]Union, 1964
[box: 11, folder: 4]Union, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 1]Union, 1974
[box: 12, folder: 1]Union, 1976
[box: 12, folder: 1]Primitive Associations
Primitve Baptist Directory, 1974
[box: 12, folder: 2]Burning Spring, 1971
[box: 12, folder: 3]Mates Creek, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 3]Mountain District, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 3]Primitive Baptist, 1959
[box: 12, folder: 3]Primitive Baptist, 1962
[box: 12, folder: 3]Sandlick, 1976
[box: 12, folder: 4]Sand Lick District Association, 1976
[box: 12, folder: 4]Senter District Association, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 4]Union Primitive Baptist Association, 1980
[box: 12, folder: 5]Union Primitive Baptist Association, 1984
[box: 12, folder: 5]United Baptist Associations
Mountain Union, 1967
[box: 12, folder: 6]Union Association, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 6]Ancient Christian, 1967
[box: 12, folder: 7]Ancient Christian, 1968
[box: 12, folder: 7]Ancient Christian, 1976
[box: 12, folder: 7]Bethel, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 7]Bethlehem, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 7]Bethlehem, 1970
[box: 12, folder: 8]Bethlehem, 1971
[box: 12, folder: 8]Blaine Union
[box: 12, folder: 8]Blaine Union, 1969
[box: 12, folder: 8]Iron Hill, 1960
[box: 12, folder: 8]Iron Hill, 1968
[box: 12, folder: 8]Iron Hill, 1968
[box: 13, folder: 1]Mt. Zion, 1955
[box: 13, folder: 1]Mountain Union, 1967
[box: 13, folder: 1]National Association, 1967
[box: 13, folder: 1]New Hope, 1963
[box: 13, folder: 1]New Hope, 1968
[box: 13, folder: 2]New Hope, 1970
[box: 13, folder: 2]Paint Union, 1967
[box: 13, folder: 2]Paint Union, 1968
[box: 13, folder: 2]Paint Union, 1970
[box: 13, folder: 2]Tri-State Zion, 1969
[box: 13, folder: 2]Tri-State Zion, 1971
[box: 13, folder: 2]Series III Fiddlers' Convention
Scope and Contents note:This series includes sound recordings of a 1971 Independence, Virginia, fiddler's convention with related notes on tunes, word origins, and relationship to hymnody. Also included are related notes and sound recording of a 1970 "hollering contest" in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina.
Notes on Fiddlers' Convention and Hollering Contest
[box: 13, folder: 3]Series IV Correspondence
Scope and Contents note:This series contains correspondence on a variety of topics including Tallmadge's initial study efforts in Kentucky (1969-1970), Baptist Hymnody (1970-1977), Singers (1970-1979), Dictionary of Baptist Hymnody (1976-1979), and lining hymnody in black churches (1979).
Correspondence on Baptist Hymnody, 1970-1977
[box: 13, folder: 4]Correspondence: Dictionary of American Hymnody, 1976-1979
[box: 13, folder: 5]Correspondence: Kentucky Project, 1968-1970
[box: 13, folder: 6]Correspondence: Re: Elias Keach & Philadelphia Baptist, 1975
[box: 13, folder: 7]Correspondence: Lining out in Black churches, 1979
[box: 13, folder: 8]Correspondence: Singers, 1970-1979
[box: 13, folder: 9]Correspondence: Lining Hymn Survey Responses, 1969-1970
[box: 13, folder: 10]Series V Subject Files
Scope and Contents note:This series includes published and unpublished materials that Tallmadge referenced in the course of his research and copies of his articles on hymnody and related subjects.
The General Judgement by Elder Walter Evans
[box: 13, folder: 11]Term Paper: Hymn singing recorded in Clay County, KY (n.d.)
[box: 13, folder: 12]Article: "Hymns of the Amish... "
[box: 13, folder: 13]Article: "The Strange Music of the Old Order Amish... "
[box: 13, folder: 13]Article: "Judge Jackson: Black Giant of White Spirituals"
[box: 14, folder: 1]Article: "Union of Word and Music in the Child Ballads"
[box: 14, folder: 2]Article: "Folksong and the Modes"
[box: 14, folder: 2]Article: "Decoy, Kentucky"
[box: 14, folder: 3]Article: "Baptists of the Cumberland Mountains"
[box: 14, folder: 4]Article: "Mutual Reinforcement and the Origins of Spirituals"
[box: 14, folder: 5]Article: "Old-Time Baptists and Mainline Christianity"
[box: 14, folder: 6]Article: "New England Baptist Hymns in 1773"
[box: 14, folder: 7]Article: "Singing and Preaching at Otter Creek Church"
[box: 14, folder: 8]Article: "Shape-Note Hymn Books"
[box: 14, folder: 9]Article: "The Old Ways of Singing"
[box: 14, folder: 10]Article: "A Song From the Holy Spirit"
[box: 14, folder: 11]Thesis: Kentucky Mountain Hymn Tunes
[box: 14, folder: 12][Thesis Chapter]: Music of the Separatist Tradition
[box: 14, folder: 13]Thesis: American Baptist Hymnody, 1640-1850
[box: 14, folder: 14]Paper: Chanted Oral Sermons (with audio tape)
[box: 14, folder: 15]Autobiography: W.B. "Buster" Gibson, Premium, KY
[box: 14, folder: 16]Church History: Thornton Regular Baptist Church
[box: 14, folder: 17]Reprint: "Reasonableness of Regular Singing" Thomas Symmes
[box: 14, folder: 18]Journal: The Hymn, July 1977
[box: 14, folder: 19]Notes: From Christian Harmony by William Walker
[box: 14, folder: 20]Interview Transcript: Lionel & Frankie Cuff, 6-20-68
[box: 14, folder: 21]Tallmadge Article: "LP Recordings Review" (n.d.)
[box: 14, folder: 22]Tallmadge Article: "Dr. Watts and Mahalia Jackson... ", 1961
[box: 14, folder: 23]Tallmadge Article: "Baptist Monophonic... ", 1975
[box: 14, folder: 24]Tallmadge Article: "The Black in Jackson's White... ", 1981
[box: 14, folder: 25]Tallmadge Article: "Folk Organum: A Study... ", 1984
[box: 14, folder: 26]Series VI Photographs
Scope and Contents note:This series includes photographs and slides of people, places, and events that Tallmadge encountered in his research. Most are of church members and buildings in Breathitt, Knott, Perry, and Letcher counties in Kentucky. Additionally, there are photographs from a 1968 Black gospel singing event in Ozark, Alabama, and a 1971 fiddlers' convention in Independence, Virginia.
Ozark, Alabama, 1968 - Sacred Harp Church-Radio broadcast of Black Gospel Singing
[box: 15, folder: 1]Independence, Virginia - Fiddlers Convention
[box: 15, folder: 2]Hurley Smith - United Baptist Church, Jackson, KY
[box: 15, folder: 3]McRoberts Church, Dana, KY / Pierce Todd, Sparta, NC / Jackson, KY / Hazard, KY / Racoon Creek Church, Whitesburg, and Premium, KY
[box: 15, folder: 4]Miscellaneous Slides
[box: 15, folder: 5]School Lunch at Decoy, KY
[box: 15, folder: 6]Hindman Settlement School
[box: 15, folder: 7]Hindman, KY United Baptist Church
[box: 15, folder: 8]Decoy, KY
[box: 15, folder: 9]Series VII Miscellaneous Publications and Materials (Oversize)
Scope and Contents note:This series includes one copy of Cape Breton's Magazine (n.d.), several copies of Baptist Witness from the 1950s and 1960s, and a card index file of hymns Tallmadge collected.
Cape Breton's Magazine # 27 (n.d.) Article on "Presenting"
[box: 16, folder: 1]The Baptist Witness, August 1959-May 1963 and July 1966-June 1969
[box: 16, folder: 2]Card index file of hymns that Tallmadge collected with notation of the location, date, singer(s), printed source, author, and tape number
[box: 17, folder: 1]
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