urn:taro:utexas.cah.00386 A Guide to the Allan Turner Collection, 1972-2009 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Original EAD encoding by Evan Hocker according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2005 Finding aid written in English. 2009 Additions by Amy Armstrong. September 2009 Corrections by Laurel Rozema. Descriptive Summary Turner, Allan Allan Turner Collection 1972-2009 Materials are in English. 82-38; 2007-108; 2008-107; 2008-172; 2008-202; 2009-069; 2009-077; 2009-087; 2009-180 1 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Audiocassettes and audio compact discs contain Allan Turner's oral history interviews and musical recordings with musicians spanning a wide range of musical genres, artists, writers, and assorted individuals from Texas and the South. Biographical Note

Houston journalist Allan Turner has been a long-time student of Texas and the South, both on and off the job. In his more than 20 years at the Houston Chronicle, Turner has held a variety of editing and reporting positions, including a journalistic tour of duty as roving state reporter. Now a senior city-side reporter, he also has worked in Amarillo, Austin, and San Antonio. Turner has contributed to Texas Folklore Society publications, and is coauthor of Transparent Tales: An Attic Full of Texas Ghosts, with Chronicle reporter Richard Stewart. The musical performance and oral history recordings in the collection are outgrowths of Turner's study of southern culture and history. Many of the recordings were made during a ten-year Alan Lomax phase in which Turner traversed Texas and Louisiana in search of authentic folk expression.

 Scope and Contents

Audiocassettes and audio compact discs contain Allan Turner's oral interviews and musical recordings with musicians spanning a wide range of musical genres, including conjunto, blues, country and western, Czech and German. The collection also contains assorted oral history interviews with individuals from Texas and the South documenting social issues, local history and personal recollections.

 Access Restrictions

Use of audio material by appointment only; please contact sound archivist.

 Use Restrictions

Unrestricted use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Turner, Allan, 1951- Subjects Oral history -- Southern States. Oral history -- Texas. Folk songs -- Southern States. Folk songs -- Texas. Popular music -- Texas -- History and criticism. Popular music -- Southern States -- History and criticism. Preferred Citation

Allan Turner Collection, 1972-2009, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Inventory 2X88 Music oral history recordings 2X88 Audiocassettes: 2X88 Nathan Abshire -- Basile, LA, 1978 2X88 Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin – Durald, LA, 1977 2X88 Paul Barsch (New Braunfels, TX, 1972); Morris Chenier (Lake Charles, LA, 1976); Clarence Lewis (Lake Charles, LA, 1976); and Pat Huval (Henderson, LA, 1976). 2X88 Ray Baca (Fayetteville, TX, 1978) and Narciso Martínez (La Paloma, TX, 1978). 2X88 Cliff Bruner – Dickinson , TX (2 tapes), 1981 2X88 Fred Calhoun – Ft. Worth, TX (2 tapes), 1981 2X88 J. R. Chatwell – San Antonio, TX, 1981 2X88 Trenton Cooper – Pine Bluff, AR, 1977 2X88 Ted Daffan – Houston, TX (2 tapes), 1980 2X88 Clarence Garlow – Beaumont, TX (2 tapes), 1982 2X88 Sade Courville (Eunice, LA, 1980) and Revon Reed (Mamou, LA, 1980) 2X88 Salomé Gutiérrez (San Antonio, TX, 1981) and Conjunto Madrigal (Beeville, TX, 1977) 2X88 John Hebert – Lafayette, LA, 1980 2X88 Adolph Hofner – San Antonio, TX (2 tapes), 1980 2X88 Santiago Jiménez – San Antonio, TX, 1979 2X88 Mance Lipscomb – Navasota, TX (2 tapes), 1972 2X88 Dennis McGee – Eunice, LA, 1978 2X88 “Mamou Cajun Radio Hour,” KEUN—Mamou, LA, 1978 2X88 Mardi Gras in Duralde, LA (with “Bois Sec” Ardoin), 1980 2X88 Lydia Mendoza – Houston, TX (2 tapes), 1978 2X88 Jimmie Revard – Kerrville, TX, 1981 2X88 Alton “Rockin’ Dopsie” Rubin – Lafayette, LA, 1978 2X88 Robert Shaw – Austin, TX (2 tapes), 1975-1976 2X88 Eddie Shuler – Lake Charles, LA, 1977 2X88 Christ Stark – San Antonio, TX, 1980 2X88 R. E. Tanner – San Antonio, TX (2 tapes), 1980 2X88 Ambrose Thibodeaux – Lafayette, LA, 1979 2X88 John Williams – San Antonio, TX (2 tapes), 1980 2X88 Fred Zimmerle – San Antonio, TX, 1978 2X89 Audio compact discs: 2X89 Ray Baca – Fayetteville, TX, 1978 2X89 Adolph Hofner – San Antonio, TX (2 CDs), 1980 2X88 Non-music oral history recordings 2X88 Audiocassettes: 2X88 Capote Baptist Church services – Capote, TX, 1973 2X88 Don & Nola Harrison – Doddridge, AR, 1977 2X88 Orville Howard – Amarillo, TX (2 tapes), 1979 2X88 Jim Hunter – Austin, TX, 1977 2X88 Nieman Johnson & Jack Johnson – Board House, TX, 1975 2X88 Austin Jones – Board House, TX, 1977 2X88 Cathy Jones – Board House, TX, 1978 2X88 A. F. “Tex” Keirsey – Amarillo, TX, 1975 2X88 Russell Lee – Austin, TX (2 tapes), 1978 2X88 Lillian Lomen – Amarillo, TX, 1979 2X88 Mr. & Mrs. Felix Mika – Panna Maria, TX, 1979 2X88 Mount Horeb Baptist Church 100th – Board House, TX, 1974 2X88 Roger Nuhn – New Braunfels, TX, 1977 2X88 John Peavey – McAllen, TX, 1978 2X88 Dr. Roy Taylor – Amarillo, TX, 1979 2X88 Emma Tenayuca – San Antonio, TX (2 tapes), 1981 2X88 Dewey Updegrove – Aransas Pass, TX, 1979 2X89 Audio compact discs: 2X89 David Adickes - Houston, TX (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 Jason Berry – New Orleans, LA (Parts 1-3), 2008 2X89 Keith Carter – Beaumont, TX (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 Victoria Dingler – League City, TX, 2008 2X89 Kirk Farris – Houston, TX, 2008 2X89 Leon Hale - Winedale, TX (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 Ray Hill - Houston, TX (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 Rick Lowe - Houston, TX (Parts 1-3), 2008 2X89 Billy Wayne Sinclair – Houston, TX (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 James Willet – Huntsville, TX (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 Mack McCormick - Houston, TX (Parts 1-3), 2009 2X89 Rhoda Faust - New Orleans, LA (Parts 1-2), 2009 2X89 Poppy Tooker - New Orleans, LA (Parts 1-2), 2009 2X89 Cleveland Turner - Houston, TX, 2008 2X89 Gwen Roland - Meansville, GA (Parts 1-2), 2008 2X89 Lynn Ashby - Houston, TX (Parts 1-2), 2009 2X89 Frank Rollins - Houston, TX (2 CDs), 4/26/2009 2X89 David Atwood, founder of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Houston, TX (2 CDs), 6/22/2009 2X89 Cosimo Matassa, owner of J&M recording studio during the golden era of New Orleans R & B- New Orleans, LA, 8/18/2009 2X88 Recorded music anthologies (audiocassettes) 2X88 Music of : 2X88 Victoria Spivey 2X88 Beulah “Sippie” Wallace 2X88 Alger “Texas” Alexander 2X88 Andrew “Smokey” Hogg 2X88 Lee Hunter 2X88 Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins 2X88 Pedro Ayala 2X88 Harry Choates 2X88 Jesús Casiano 2X88 Bruno Villarreal 2X88 Lydia Mendoza 2X88 Santiago Jiménez 2X88 Music of: 2X88 Narciso Martínez 2X88 Fred Zimmerle 2X88 Ted Daffan 2X88 Adolph Hofner 2X88 Jimmie Revard & Oklahoma Playboys 2X88 Bill Boyd & Cowboy Ramblers 2X88 Sons of the West 2X88 Universal Cowboys 2X88 Dick Reinhart & His Lone Star Boys 2X88 W. Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys 2X88 Light Crust Doughboys 2X88 Milton Brown & Musical Brownies 2X88 Cliff Bruner 2X89 Printed material 2X89 Allan Turner newspaper articles, 1999-2004 2X88 Allan Turner newspaper articles 2X88 Notes and checklists 2X88 Video and Film: 2X88 VHS tape: Emma Tenayuca speech at the Newspaper Guild Conference in San Antonio, TX, March 17, 1984 2X88 DVD: Emma Tenayuca speech at the Newspaper Guild Conference in San Antonio, TX, March 17, 1984 3Y554 Photographs 3Y554 Color slides of western swing musician Jimmy Revard and accordion maker John Hebert, 1980 3Y554 Color slides of Mardi Gras in Durald, Louisiana, including Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, 1980