Singing Family of the Cumberlands typescript,
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Singing Family of the Cumberlands typescript,
- Date
- 1955
- Creator
- Ritchie, Jean
- Extent
- 0.23 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Appalachian Region--Social life and customs.
- Drawing.
- Folk songs, English--United States.
- Arrangement
- Materials are arranged in chronological order.
- Preferred Citation
- 55M52 : [identification of item], Singing Family of the Cumberlands typescript, 1955, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Jean Ritchie, a 1946 graduate of the University of Kentucky, wrote Singing Family of the Cumberlands about her maternal grandfather and his fourteen children living in Viper, Kentucky in the Cumberland Mountains.
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of a typescript, including corrections, of Ritchie's book Singing Family of the Cumberlands, as well as the book's jacket, a pencil drawing of an illustration for the book, and clippings of book reviews and articles about Ritchie.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
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The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
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Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
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