Ozarkers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marguerite Lyon Essay Book
Collection
Identifier: MC 2418
Abstract
Book containing six essays by Marguerite Lyon on Ozark culture and folklife.
Dates:
circa 1940-1955
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