Zip Coon

Identifier:

Chappell_56_Whit_V_ZipCoon

Title:

Zip Coon

Date:

1940-08-27

Creator:

Whit, Tom, 1876-1941

Contributor:

Chappell, Louis W. (Louis Watson)

Publisher:

West Virginia & Regional History Center

Description:

**Warning: These materials contain racist or offensive language. It documents the time period when it was created and the views of its creator. It does not reflect the values of The West Virginia and Regional History Center or WVU Libraries.**Unaccompanied vocal music performed by Tom Whit. Disk 422. Verse-refrain 6d(6).Born Thomas (Tom) Whitt on August 11, 1876 in Wayne County, West Virginia. Died August 9, 1941 in Kirk, Mingo County, West Virginia. More information about Tom Whitt can be found by visiting the blog Folk Music of the Southern West Virginia Coalfields. Link is on the collection main page.

Key Topics:

Minstrel, Blackface, and African-American Songs, Cowboys and the Frontier

Performance Media:

Voice (sung)

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

Location:

Kirk (W. Va.), Mingo County (W. Va.)

Format:

audio/mp3

Language:

English

Source:

Louis Watson Chappell Collection

Extent:

00:01:20