The Murder of the Lawson Family
 

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Citation

“The Murder of the Lawson Family,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14811.


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Title

The Murder of the Lawson Family

Description

This item is part of the W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, which includes some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants. Dr. Abrams recorded songs primarily from the Appalachian region of North Carolina from 1938 to 1946 and transcribed them in 1973. Like the I. G. Greer Collection, the titles contained in Abrams’ collection range from traditional Child Ballads to 19th century popular music to compositions of local origin.

Subject

North Carolina--Songs and music
Suicide--Songs and music
Stokes County (N.C.)--Songs and music
History--Songs and music
Ballads
Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

Charlie Lawson

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Date

1937

Contributor

Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991

Format

JPEG
Song texts
Manuscripts (Documents)

Language

English

Type

Text

Temporal Coverage

1930s

Classification Title

Lawson Murder, Variant 1

Informant

J. C. Folger [Joseph Calvin Folger], 1916-1995

Informant Note

student of Dr. Abrams

Scholarly Classification

Brown North Carolina Ballads - 298(A), Laws F 35, Waner 114