Chester County: at edge of fire department; W side of Knox Station Rd on N side of Sec Hwy 56; downtown Knox., South Carolina, United States, North America
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Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage and audio visual materials. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period, reference copies do not exist for audio visual materials. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
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United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Side A: Leon ["Pappy"] Selph, interview, part 1, 1977.
Side B: Leon Leon ["Pappy"] Selph, interview, part 2, 1977; J. D. Edwards, interview, August 24, 1977; and Herman [Wesley] Standlee, interview, September 19, 1977.
Side A: Leon ["Pappy"] Selph, interview, part 1, 1977.
McCormick interviews Leon ["Pappy"] Selph as part of his research for the Smithsonian Institution and an article that he is working on. He is interested in Selph's recording sessions with Columbia Records in San Antonio and Dallas, Texas in the Blackstone, Savoy and Gunter hotels, and the warehouse on Park Street. Leon Selph, born in Houston, Texas on April 7, 1914, began recording with the Blue Ridge Playboys in February 1936 for Columbia Records in the Gunter Hotel. McCormick, who is looking at Columbia Records ledgers, states that the session is documented as November 20, 1936. Selph discusses his formal music training, members of the Blue Ridge Playboys, playing for the radio, recording for Decca Records, and his career with the Houston fire department. He retired in 1942 as a captain with the fire department after thirty years of service while still maintaining his music career.
Side B: Leon ["Pappy"] Selph, interview, part 2, 1977.
Continued interview with Selph on the telephone about the first recording session for the Blue Ridge Playboys.
J. D. Edwards, interview, August 24, 1977.
McCormick briefly converses with Edwards on the telephone about his musical career and songs. He played the guitar, starting as a young boy in a musical family of ten children, primarily in Houston's third ward. He would occasionally play with Lightin' Hopkins as an adult. Edwards states that he recorded two songs Cryin' Blues and Hobo on Washington Avenue.
Herman [Wesley] Standlee, interview, September 19, 1977.
McCormick conducts interview with Standlee, Western swing guitarist, on the telephone. He is interested in the first recording session for the Blue Ridge Playboys. Standlee, born April 16, 1917 in Humble, Texas), played for the group and was at the first recording session with Leon Selph. He states that the recording was with Brunswick for Paramount Studios in Dallas, Texas in 1936 or 1937. Standlee describes the studio and the recording process. He notes that the songs recorded during that first session included The Convict and the Rose, Teardrops on My Pillow, Naturally, She's Gone Away, Keep Your Nose Out of Daddy's Business, I'm No Good on Earth, and Give Me My Dime Back. He lists for McCormick the names of the other musicians and the instruments they played. Standlee also states that the Blue Ridge Playboys made recordings for Bluebird in San Antonio, Texas.
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Collection is open for research. Access to original materials in boxes 76-80 is prohibited. Researchers must use digital copies.
Additional materials have been removed from public access pending investigation under the Smithsonian Institution's Ethical Returns and Shared Stewardship Policy.
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Collection Citation:
Robert "Mack" McCormick Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Digitization of Series 1: Photographic Negatives, Photographs, and Slides was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection, 1860s-1990 (bulk 1955-1990), Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Digitization of Series 1 though Series 4 was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Based on a few diary entries, letters to his mother and memory. Divided into Home, Friends, and the General Electric Co. Written in 1973.
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Collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Forman H. Craton Collection, 1902-1983, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Digitization of this collection was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Forman H. Craton Collection, 1902-1983, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Digitization of this collection was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Annamae Barlup Myers & Stephen Harriman Diaries, 1883-1894, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Digitization of this collection was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
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