This "History on Missouri Fiddling" is a collection of articles, vignettes, photos, stories, biographies, ephemera, excerpts and observations which amount to a "history" of old-time fiddling in Missouri. Submissions are welcome and may consist of any of the above types of items as well as links to material covering aspects of Missouri fiddling history, lore or culture.

Charlie Walden

Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association Materials

Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association section at the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection in Columbia, MO. 

• 1982 Contest Calendar - the very first MSOTFA Contest Calendar.  Remembrances of Gene Wells and Lonnie Robertson
• 1983 Contest Calendar - features Tom Massie & the 1925 Missouri fiddling championship (warning: large file 10 Mb)
• 1984 Contest Calendar - features The Fiddlin' Sheriff, George Morris (warning: large file 17 Mb)
• MSOTFA Journal, Fall 1985 - features Daniel Boone Jones (warning: large file 17 Mb)
• MSTOFA Quarterly (Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring 1994) - features Henry Taylor (warning: large file 11 Mb)
• MSOTFA Annual (Vol. 14, Fall 1996) - features Pete McMahan & Cyril Stinnett - Hall of Fame
• 2003 Contest Calendar

Articles

• Missouri Fiddling Traditions
• Old Time Dance Traditions in Missouri
• Radiophone WOS
• John S. Marmaduke
• Chief Francis O'Neill in Missouri
• John Durang: American Actor 1785-1816
• Those Fiddle Bugs: D'Armond Violin Pickups
• 6/8s Fiddling in Missouri
• Missouri Old Fiddler Notable Quotes
• Missouri Tune Collections

Old Fiddlers of Missouri / Midwest

• Old-Time Fiddlers & Musicians of Missouri
• George Morris: "The Fiddlin' Sheriff"
• Dwight Lamb: Old-Time Fiddling from the Heartland
• South-Paw Fiddlers
• Taylor McBaine: Boone County Fiddler
• Kenneth "Polly" Burre: Master of Ceremonies
• Preston Pete McMahan: Missouri's Premier Contest Fiddler
• Dale Potter: "Mr. Double-Stop"
• Uncle Bob Walters of Nebraska
• Pete Stinnett Memorial

Miscellany

• Contest Results
• Red Williams of Texas