http://www.smsu.edu/folksong/maxhunter/index.html The Max Hunter Collection is an archive of almost 1600 Ozark Mountain folk songs, recorded between 1956 and 1976. A traveling salesman from Springfield, Missouri, Hunter took his reel-to-reel tape recorder into the hills and backwoods of the Ozarks, preserving the heritage of the region by recording the songs and stories of many generations of Ozark history. As important as the songs themselves are the voices of the Missouri and Arkansas folks who shared their talents and recollections with Hunter. Designed to give increased public access to this unique and invaluable resource, this site is a joint project of the Southwest Missouri State University Department of Music and the Springfield-Greene County Library in Springfield, Missouri, where the permanent collection is housed. Please note: This site is currently under development. We have only a portion of the entire Collection available at this time. If you don't find what you're looking for, there's a chance that it's in the Collection, but not yet on the site. Please come back and check again later. The Title index and the Catalogue index are complete. Each of the 1,594 distinct song recordings is listed in these indexes. If a song title does not have a link, it has not yet been digitized and placed on the website. We aim to have the entire Collection available by Summer, 2003. The Singer index is not yet complete, and it will be updated as songs are placed online.