Emily Hilliard Collection on West Virginia Ballad Singer Phyllis Marks Available via Library of Congress →

Hilliard was awarded a 2016 Henry Reed Fund Award from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for “West Virginia Folklife Presents Ballad Singer Phyllis Marks,” a public programming and documentation project highlighting the career and contributions of the respected octogenarian West Virginia traditional ballad singer Phyllis Marks. The documentation of this September 2016 free public concert is now among the holdings of the Archive of Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The collection includes audio recording, video recording, digital photographs, concert program, and oversize poster and is available for research and public viewing via the Library of Congress. 

West Virginia Folklife Program Receives Henry Reed Fund Award →

The American Folklife Center’s Henry Reed Fund was established in 2004 in honor of old-time fiddler Henry Reed with an initial gift from founding AFC director and fiddler Alan Jabbour. The fund provides small awards to support activities directly involving folk artists, especially when the activities reflect, draw upon, or strengthen the archival collections of the AFC. This year, Henry Reed Funds were awarded to two projects:

Emily Hilliard, State Folklorist at the West Virginia Humanities Council, was awarded funds for “West Virginia Folklife Presents Ballad Singer Phyllis Marks,” a public programming and documentation project highlighting the career and contributions of the respected octogenarian West Virginia traditional ballad singer Phyllis Marks.

via the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress