On Saturday, October 31, 2015, Dr. Ivan M. Tribe, scholar of Appalachian culture, especially traditional country
and bluegrass music, was presented with the B.B. Maurer West Virginia Folklife Scholar Award at The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center
at Fairmont State University.
Mr. Tribe, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Rio Grande, spent 31 years researching the culture of Appalachia.
He was raised in Albany, Ohio, and attended Ohio University and the University of Toledo, where he received
his Ph.D. in 1976. He spent 31 years teaching history at Rio Grande while researching the culture of Appalachia, particularly
traditional country and bluegrass music.
He has written more than 200 articles for such journals as The Journal of Appalachian Studies, Mid-America Folklore, Goldenseal: West Virginia
Traditional Life and Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin.
Tribe has authored more than 40 book and record reviews appearing in such publications as The Journal of
American Folklore and The Journal of Country Music, and he has written liner notes for more than 80 record albums.
Ivan M. Tribe has been a friend to this web site. A few years ago he offered to write some articles for our site
but the email did not work correctly. In mid-2020, we finally connected and Ivan with the help of his wife, Deanna,
said he would contribute articles for our site. Needless to say we are humbled by his contributions. He has submitted numerous
biographies and allowed us to embellish them a bit based on what is in the collection we have and from other research.
Below is a list of the articles he has contributed for you to peruse. Click on the name to read the article/biography.
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Articles Submitted to Hillbilly-Music.com by the author
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Mountaineer Jamboree
Country Music in West Virginia |
| By Ivan Tribe | | University Press of Kentucky | | 1984 | | 243 Pages | | ISBN: 0-8131-0878-0 |
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| Stonemans: An Appalachian Family and the Music That Shaped Their Lives |
| By Ivan M. Tribe | | University of Illinois Press | | 1993 | | 352 Pages | | ISBN: 0-25206-308-2 |
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| The Jamboree In Wheeling |
| By Ivan Tribe and Jacob L. Bapst | | Aracadia Publishing | | 2020 | | 128 Pages | | ISBN: 978-1-4671-0568-2 |
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| Country: A Regional Exploration |
| By Ivan M. Tribe | | Greenwood Press | | 2006 | | 283 Pages | | ISBN: 9780313330261 |
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| West Virginia's Traditional Country Music |
| By Ivan M. Tribe | | Arcadia Publishing Library Editions | | 2015 | | 130 Pages | | ISBN: 978-1531674311 |
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| Folk Music In Overdrive: A Primer on Traditional Country and Bluegrass Artists |
| By Ivan Tribe | | University of Tennessee Press | | 2018 | | 392 Pages | | ISBN: 978-1621903970 |
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