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ORGANIZATIONS

Country Dance and Song Society
English Folk Dance and Song Society (Cecil Sharp House)
John C. Campbell Folk School
Liston B Ramsey Center for Regional Studies,  Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, NC
Madison County Arts Council
Madison County, NC Visitor Center
Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University
North Carolina Arts Council
North Carolina Folklife Institute
North Carolina Folklore Society
The North Carolina Museum of History
UNC Library Southern Folklore Collection
     John C. and Olive Dame Campbell papers
Warren Wilson College
 
RESOURCES

Brief Slide show by BBC
Cecil Sharp Online Diaries
History from Madison County, North Carolina
History of Sharp's Collecting by Michael Yates
Article at Digital Heritage.org

OTHER TRADITIONAL MUSIC COLLECTORS


Cratis Williams
Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Frank C. Brown
Duke University Rubenstein Librar     
Guide to the Frank Clyde Brown papers, 1912-1974
Frank and Anne Warner
Duke University Rubenstein Library
Guide to the Frank and Anne Warner collection
Library of Congress
Anne and Frank Warner Collection finding aid, 
Alan Lomax
John Cohen
Mike Seeger

BOOKS

Cecil Sharp His Life and Work, Maude Karpeles
English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians Vol. 1
English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians Vol. 2
English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, 1917 edition, digitized on Internet Archive
Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore, all 7 volumes digitized on Internet Archive
Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, by Phil Jamison
A Singer Among Singers (Book about Jane Gentry) Betty N. Smith
Wayfaring Strangers - Fiona Richie
The Southern Highlander and His Homeland by John C. Campbell, digitized on Hathi Trust

MAJOR HISTORICAL FIGURES

Cecil Sharp
Maud Karpeles
Olive Dame Campbell

CONTEMPORARY PERFORMERS

Brian Peters and Jeff Davis  Sharp's Appalacian Harvest
Donna Ray Norton
Joe Penland
Sheila Kay Adams
Bobby McMillan

ARTICLES FROM THE PRESS IN 2016

http://www.crozetgazette.com/2016/05/secrets-of-the-blue-ridge-in-search-of-appalachian-singers-and-their-songs/
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/07/20/madison-countys-bounty-old-ballads/86919840/
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/13/mountain-mix-love-songs-fiddles-and-stringbands/82887744/
http://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/13/concert-benefits-bobby-mcmillon-singer-old-ballads/82984994/
http://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/entertainment/2016/07/13/songcatcher-comes-montreat/86851446/

VIDEO OF A PLAY ABOUT JANE GENTRY

I'll Sing On
by Grace Ellis
Performed at the Ruby Slippers Festival,
Winston Salem, NC February, 2016
youtube link