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1984-RR-339 cont. LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: C. Ware REEL NUMBER: 3 of 5 STAGE: Aging Workshop DATE: 6/27/84 PRESENTOR: M. Hufford GROUP NAME: Ballads from the Appalachian Coalfields REGION/STYLE: Appalachia [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Nimrod Workmen | Ballad Singer | CONTENTS 1. Mr. Workmen's family history in Tennessee 2. Life before the coal mines (building log cabins, churning butter, dances) 3. Learning Songs from childhood on 4. "Lord Bateman" - story & song 5. More about learning ballads by heart, hand gestures 6. Stories from childhood - stories about mountain lion, Civil War 7. Politics - Democrats; meeting Kennedy's 8. Effects of Coal Companies coming into community bulldozing, pushing poor people out 9. Harlan County - union organization 10. Changes in lives of miners 11. Original Ballad 12. 13.