Scope and content
Tape recordings of English, Irish, and American folk tunes and popular songs sung by Ezra Barhight and recorded by Edith Fox and Ellen Stekert. The songs recorded when Barhight was in his 80s. Barhight learned some songs when his parents cooked for and took care of a lumber camp and his mother would sing them. Other songs he would learn later from rafters and loggers when he was working as a lumberman.
DVD-1492 contains digital copies of some of the material.
Dates
- 1956-1957.
Creator
- Barhight, Ezra, 1875-1968. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Access restricted to the permission of the donor.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Publication rights retaind by donor..
Conditions Governing Use
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage. Audio visual material that has been digitized: TR-568-570.
Biographical / Historical
Ezra Barhight was a lumberman in Potter County, Pennsylvania. Ellen Stekert is a member of the Cornell University Class of 1957 and was a professor of folklore at Wayne State University.
Extent
8 audiotape reels. (8 audiotape reels.)
1 DVDs. (1 DVDs.)
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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