Driftwood, Jimmie
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Neil Compton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1091
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes both Compton's personal and professional materials. These include medical log books, calendars, correspondence, clippings, and various memorabilia relating to his past as a student of Bentonville High School, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. Also included are drafts and notes Compton used in writing his books. The collection contains materials relating to Compton's activities as a conservationist and outdoor...
Dates:
1914-1998
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Neil Compton Papers
Leo Rainey Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1227
Scope and Content Note
Included in the collection is correspondence pertaining to Leo Rainey's activities as a Cooperative Extension Service employee, papers documenting Rainey's activities promoting Ozark crafts and tourism, microfilm of 6 scrapbooks containing publicity materials about the Arkansaw Traveller Folk Theatre, programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, audio tapes, records and film. Series 4 and 5 audiovisual materials digitized by Media Preserve in July 2018 are available to...
Dates:
1959-1991
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Leo Rainey Papers
Roy Edwin Thomas Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 1474
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists primarily of Roy Edwin Thomas' oral history interview projects, writings, and research materials. Between 1970 and 1994, Thomas conducted more than a thousand oral history interviews, primarily with "old-timers" (those born circa 1870-1910) across Arkansas, the Ozarks, and Appalachia. Notably among these interviewees is musician Jimmy Driftwood. The collection includes audiocassette tapes with Thomas' recordings of these interviews, as well as Thomas' transcriptions,...
Dates:
1910-1999; Majority of material found within 1970-1999
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- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs 1
- Buffalo National River (Ark.) 1
- Centenarians 1
- Cleburne County (Ark.) 1
- Conservation of natural resources -- Arkansas 1
- English language -- Dialects -- Ozark Mountains 1
- English language -- United States 1
- Ethnology -- Appalachian Region 1
- Ethnology -- Ozark Mountains 1
- Folk musicians -- Arkansas 1
- Handicraft -- Arkansas 1
- Insurance 1
- Medical personnel 1
- Nature conservation -- Arkansas -- Buffalo River -- Political aspects 1
- Ozark Mountains -- Social life and customs 1
- Ozarkers 1
- Rural development -- Arkansas 1
- Sharp County (Ark.) 1
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