Music instrument makers - Kentucky.

Scope and Contents Photographs of the Homer Ledford instruments that were on loan to Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections and Archives between 2010 and 2015. The photographs show the instrument as a whole as well as close ups of details. This collection was created to document the instrument collection and to enhance the design portion of the Homer Ledford Papers by having a photographic record of the sketches. All instruments were returned to the Ledford family at the end of the loan agreement in...

Scope and Contents The Homer Ledford Papers document his career as a musician and as a luthier. His luthier activities are documented with sketches and designs for some of his instruments, photographs, news clippings, contracts and correspondence, an inventory of instruments he owned and two ledgers documenting sales of his numbered instruments (note that the first ledger with instruments 1-2396 were not included with this donation). Ledford was a talented musician and played many instruments solo and with...