Publication Date

2-18-2019

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-6434: mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1258. Student paper titled “Uncle Henry and the Kentucky Mountaineers” in which Elois Thompson details the life and career of “farmer, soldier, boxer, dairy-farm employee, comedian, aircraft factory employee, and hillbilly musician” Henry Green Warren. Thompson describes Warren’s childhood in Green County, his beginnings as a host on a popular radio program, and his time as a musician in several country music bands. Collection contains a draft of the original paper with the editor’s notes and the final copy of Thompson’s paper.

Disciplines

Appalachian Studies | Arts and Humanities | Ethnomusicology | Folklore | Music | Music Performance

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