Thursday, September 02, 2004
Huge private music collection donated to ETSU
From WATE, Channel 6 - Knoxville, TN
A South Carolina doctor's massive collection of country and bluegrass music has been donated to East Tennessee State University.
Kenneth Smith avidly collected recordings from the late 1970's until his death in 1999. He founded a cancer clinic in Anderson, South Carolina, five years after graduating from Clemson University in 1965.
His widow, Linda Kelley Smith, was instrumental in the collection of more than 17,000 items coming to the Archives of Appalachia at ETSU.
Researchers with the archive say Smith collected 327 George Jones albums. There are 209 Johnny Cash albums. Chet Atkins, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams are also prominent in the collection.
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WATE: Knoxville, TN
A South Carolina doctor's massive collection of country and bluegrass music has been donated to East Tennessee State University.
Kenneth Smith avidly collected recordings from the late 1970's until his death in 1999. He founded a cancer clinic in Anderson, South Carolina, five years after graduating from Clemson University in 1965.
His widow, Linda Kelley Smith, was instrumental in the collection of more than 17,000 items coming to the Archives of Appalachia at ETSU.
Researchers with the archive say Smith collected 327 George Jones albums. There are 209 Johnny Cash albums. Chet Atkins, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams are also prominent in the collection.
Read the article
WATE: Knoxville, TN
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