Women in Tennessee History: An Online Bibliography & Research Guide
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Books, Articles, and Theses


Bufwack, Mary A. "Country Music is Women's Business." Tennessee's Business. 6, no. 2 (1995): 21-24.

Bufwack, Mary A., and Robert K. Oermann. Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music. New York: Crown Publishers, 1993.

Crews, E. Katherine. "Early Musical Activities in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1791-1861." East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications 32 (1960): 3-17.

------. "The Golden Age of Music in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1891-1910." East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications 37 (1965): 49-76.

------. "Musical Activities in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1861-1891." East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications 34 (1962): 58-95.

Haun, Mildred. "Cocke County Ballads and Songs." Thesis, Vanderbilt University, 1937.

Kingsbury, Paul, ed. The Country Reader: 25 Years of the Journal of Country Music. Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, 1996.


Manuscripts/Special Collections


Major Libraries & Research Centers

Neal, James H. Music Research in Tennessee: A Guide to Special Collections. Murfreesboro: Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University, 1989. 75p.

Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University - Bloomington

Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State Univ., Murfreesboro

Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Specific Collections Dealing with Tennessee Women

Jubilee Singers Collection, Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville.

Moore, Grace. Scrapbooks, 1875-1955. Special Collections, Hoskins Library, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Online container list: http://www.lib.utk.edu/UTK-Online- Catalog/manuscripts/a1025

Moore, Grace. Papers, 1930-1981. Special Collections, Hoskins Library, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Online container list: http://www.lib.utk.edu/UTK-Online- Catalog/manuscripts/a1111

Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old-Time Music Collection. Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City.
The Archives of Appalachia's guide, "Music in Appalachia", includes brief descriptions of this and other relevant collections.



Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography

Ken Middleton kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu
Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University