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Abrams, William Amos

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

David Huntley photographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-996
Content Description

This collection consists of twenty black and white photographs from the 1983 Brown-Hudson Award Ceremony and are primarily of W. Amos Abrams and taken by David Huntley. According to Huntley, he attended the event with Willard Watson, the receipient the Brown-Hudson Award. Also in attendance with Huntley and Watson were Oral and Helen Watson, Cratis Williams, and Rogers Whitener.

Dates: 1983

Margaret Ray Folger Folk Ballads Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC-740
Abstract

The Margaret Ray Folger Folk Ballads Collection is a collection of original and copied ballads, songs, and poetry (circa 1900) of southern Appalachia, along with correspondence with and 1976 presentation notes, audiovisual recordings, and slides of Dr. Doc Abrams.

Dates: 1866-1976

Moses Adams Ballad Book collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC-148
Scope and Contents The collection includes a homespun clothbound, handwritten book of ballads. The original owner was Moses Adams, and the book was passed down in the Adams family until 1932. Appalachian State Teachers College professor and folk song collector W. Amos Abrams learned of the book from his student Sadie Johnson. The ballad book contains some rare variant of American ballads. Abrams purchased the original manuscript in 1932 from Luther Adams, a descendant of Moses Adams. Abrams transcribed the...
Dates: circa 1824-1826, 1972-1993

W. Amos Abrams papers

 Collection — Oversize E1, drawer: 18
Identifier: AC-114
Abstract

The Abrams Papers contains the papers and research of Appalachian State University English Professor and folksong scholar William Amos Abrams. It includes audio recordings including folksongs and presidential speeches from the 1940s, written folksongs and ballads, correspondence, speeches, and education notes. The audio recordings were recorded primarily in Watauga County. Digitized copies of ballads and folksongs are available online at Documenting Appalachia's "So Mote It Ever Be."

Dates: Majority of material found in 1884-1984

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Ballads, English -- Appalachian Region 2
Wilkes County (N.C.) 1