Elizabeth Cotten Research Guide: Home

This LibGuide is re-configured from the Field Trip South blogpost "Elizabeth Cotten: Resource and Subject Guide". It serves as a guide to resources about and by Elizabeth Cotten in the Southern Folklife Collection and the UNC Music Library.

Photo of Elizabeth Cotten and Larry Ellis, circa 1970s from the Mike Seeger Collection, Image Folder PF-20009/23

This LibGuide is organized into five sections: 

1. Biographical Information

A brief overview of Elizabeth Cotten's life

2. Archival Collections

A selected list of archival collections at the Southern Folklife Collection that contain materials related to Elizabeth Cotten. 

3. Commercial video recordings

Videos available through the music library and UNC Special Collections that feature Elizabeth Cotten. 

4. Commercial audio recordings

Albums available through the music library and UNC Special Collections that feature Elizabeth Cotten. 

5. Other resources

Other resources about Elizabeth Cotten through UNC and beyond