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Arkansas Country Dances
Two audio tapes, 1985
Traditional tunes and dances produced by the Arkansas Country Dance Society.
Traditional tunes and dances produced by the Arkansas Country Dance Society.
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Arkansas Country Tunes for Children
Audio tape, 1985, accompanying song booklet
A collection of folk songs to reflect music typically sung by Arkansas children from the mid 1800’s to the present.
A collection of folk songs to reflect music typically sung by Arkansas children from the mid 1800’s to the present.
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Arkansongs 2003-2004
Three audio CD's, 8-10 min. segments, 2004
This is a series of radio programs broadcast on KUAR-FM89. Each 8-10 minute segment introduces an Arkansas musician, traces their historical significance, and includes a complete version of one of his or her songs.
This is a series of radio programs broadcast on KUAR-FM89. Each 8-10 minute segment introduces an Arkansas musician, traces their historical significance, and includes a complete version of one of his or her songs.
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Child of the Sun: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto
Audio tapes, 30 min. each, 1993
Five-part public radio series dramatizes the clash between the Spanish army led by Hernando de Soto and the native people of the Southeast in the years 1539-1543.
Five-part public radio series dramatizes the clash between the Spanish army led by Hernando de Soto and the native people of the Southeast in the years 1539-1543.
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Constitutional Commentaries
Four audio tapes, study guide available
Well-known scholars, religious leaders, and public officials speak on the history and interpretation of the religion clauses of the first Amendment.
Well-known scholars, religious leaders, and public officials speak on the history and interpretation of the religion clauses of the first Amendment.
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Keep It To Yourself: Arkansas Blues
Record
Arkansas was fertile blues territory in the 40’s and 50’s, with famous masters playing in Helena or Texarkana. Included are Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, and T-Bone Walker, who influenced young Arkansas musicians. CeDell Davis is featured on four songs - including "Lonely Nights."
Arkansas was fertile blues territory in the 40’s and 50’s, with famous masters playing in Helena or Texarkana. Included are Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, and T-Bone Walker, who influenced young Arkansas musicians. CeDell Davis is featured on four songs - including "Lonely Nights."
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William Grant Still Conducts William Grant Still
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Revered as "The Dean of American Negro Composers," William Grant Still’s music transcended mere labels. He developed a primal understanding of blues, rhythms, and spirituals, and raised them to classical heights.
Revered as "The Dean of American Negro Composers," William Grant Still’s music transcended mere labels. He developed a primal understanding of blues, rhythms, and spirituals, and raised them to classical heights.
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Not Far From Here - Traditional Tales and Songs From the Arkansas Ozarks
Two-record set, accompanying booklet with tales and songs
A collection of folk narratives and folksongs, performed by Arkansas musicians and storytellers, provides an extensive sampling of Ozark myth and music. Performers include Almeda Riddle of Heber Springs, Glenn Ohrlin of Mountain View, and Dr. Williams Hudson of Jasper.
A collection of folk narratives and folksongs, performed by Arkansas musicians and storytellers, provides an extensive sampling of Ozark myth and music. Performers include Almeda Riddle of Heber Springs, Glenn Ohrlin of Mountain View, and Dr. Williams Hudson of Jasper.
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Poets in Person
Audio tapes, 1992, listeners guide available
A series of seven audiocassette tapes, featuring first person accounts and readings by thirteen contemporary American poets. The series traces poetry’s complex history since World War II through the lives and works of the writers who shaped that history. Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, John Ashbery, Gary Soto, A.R. Ammons, James Merrill, Gwendolyn Brooks, Karl Shapiro, Maxine Kumin. Charles Wright. Rita Dove, and Sharon Olds are featured in this informative series, hosted by Joseph Parisi. "Poets in Person" is a production of the Modern Poetry Association.
A series of seven audiocassette tapes, featuring first person accounts and readings by thirteen contemporary American poets. The series traces poetry’s complex history since World War II through the lives and works of the writers who shaped that history. Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, John Ashbery, Gary Soto, A.R. Ammons, James Merrill, Gwendolyn Brooks, Karl Shapiro, Maxine Kumin. Charles Wright. Rita Dove, and Sharon Olds are featured in this informative series, hosted by Joseph Parisi. "Poets in Person" is a production of the Modern Poetry Association.
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Remembering Slavery
Audio CD
In the 1920's and 30's, scholars, particularly from African American colleges and the Federal Writers' Project, began interviewing former slaves. Another group of scholars began voice recording their interviews. Remembering Slavery includes interviews with former slaves, as well as dramatic readings based on those interviews that were transcribed on paper. This CD enables us to hear how former slaves describe, in their own words, what it was like to be a slave, and to be free.
In the 1920's and 30's, scholars, particularly from African American colleges and the Federal Writers' Project, began interviewing former slaves. Another group of scholars began voice recording their interviews. Remembering Slavery includes interviews with former slaves, as well as dramatic readings based on those interviews that were transcribed on paper. This CD enables us to hear how former slaves describe, in their own words, what it was like to be a slave, and to be free.
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Songs My Family Sings
Record
Folksinger Noble Cowden of Cushman, Arkansas sings late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century songs handed down orally from generation to generation. Unlike the traditional ballads, her songs are more popular and contemporary - "Come Take a Trip in My Airship," inspired by the Wright Brothers flight in 1902.
Folksinger Noble Cowden of Cushman, Arkansas sings late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century songs handed down orally from generation to generation. Unlike the traditional ballads, her songs are more popular and contemporary - "Come Take a Trip in My Airship," inspired by the Wright Brothers flight in 1902.
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Tall Tales From the Hunters Camp
Audio tapes, 1993
Two short stories by renowned Southern antebellum author, Williams Gilmore Simms are presented: Bald Head Bill Bauldy and How He Went Through the Flurriday Campaign and How Sharp Snaffles Got His Capital and Wife.
Two short stories by renowned Southern antebellum author, Williams Gilmore Simms are presented: Bald Head Bill Bauldy and How He Went Through the Flurriday Campaign and How Sharp Snaffles Got His Capital and Wife.
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Wireless: Arkansas’ Radio Magazine
Audio tapes, 30 min. each
Particular topics of interest specifically for Arkansas listeners. This series was underwritten in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council in conjunction with KLRE-FM.
Particular topics of interest specifically for Arkansas listeners. This series was underwritten in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council in conjunction with KLRE-FM.
- Andrea Hollander Budy
- Arkansas Anti-Intellectualism
- Arkansas Composer Bob Boury
- Arkansas Delta Migrant Laborers in Arkansas
- Arkansas Duck Hunting Minor League Baseball
- Arkansas Folklore Multiculturalism
- Arkansan or Arkansawyer Newspaper War
- Black Gospel Music Olly Neal, Activist
- Blues in Arkansas Pat Winter, Arkansas Writer
- Catfishing Industry in Arkansas Politics and Religion
- Changing Patterns of Arkansas Regional Theatre in Arkansas
- Agriculture Rural Health and Midwifery
- Delta Transformed Rural Health Care ’90
- Dying By Choice Storytelling in Arkansas
- Ecology in Arkansas Teen Pregnancy
- Ethnicity in Arkansas Vernacular Architecture
- Folk Music in Arkansas Visual Arts
- Gambling Then & Now in Hot Springs Winemaking in Arkansas
- Historic Archeology Women in Arkansas
- Historic Preservation & Main Street Writers and Poets
- Humanities in Education
- Immigrants
- Internationalism and Foreign Trade
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