Riddle, Almeda
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1898 - 1986
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Almeda Riddle Letters
Collection
Identifier: MC 1521
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Robert Cochran, professor of English and director of the Center for Arkansas and Regional Studies, collected this correspondence regarding arrangements for Almeda Riddle to visit the University of Arkansas and perform for his folklore class.
Dates:
1976-1977
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Almeda Riddle Letters
University Folklore Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS F1-30
Scope and Content Note
The core of the collection consists of 8 linear feet (442 reels) of tape-recorded sound captured by field workers of the University Folklore Research Project, 1949-1965, under the direction of Mary Celestia Parler Randolph. While most of the 137,400 tape-feet of recorded sound preserves Arkansas and/or Ozark folk-songs sung by the indigenous folk of the area and recorded "live" in their native locales, a few of the reels also record instrumental music performed without vocal...
Dates:
1949-1998, 2009