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Audio RecordingWallace Quarterman: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories In this interview from 1935, Mr. Wallace Quarterman of St. Simons Island, Georgia, recalls the last days of slavery for Zora Neale Hurston, Alan Lomax, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle of the Library of Congress.- Contributor: Zora Neale Hurston - Wallace Quarterman
- Date: 2009-06-29
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ArticleThe Mary Margaret McBride show. [1943-01-25] Topics include Hurston's autobiography Dust tracks on a road, her experiences while writing Jonah's gourd vine, and a description of zombies in Haiti. Hurston also briefly describes her first experiences in the field of gathering folklore.- Contributor: McBride, Mary Margaret - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1943
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CollectionFlorida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections combines sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the Federal Writers' Project, and the Federal Music Project from 1937-42. This online presentation provides access to 376 sound recordings and 106 accompanying materials, including recording logs, transcripts, correspondence between Florida WPA workers…- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Kennedy, Stetson - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
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Audio RecordingWhat’s Inspiring the American Folklife Center Staff During the Virus Crisis Hosts Stephen Winick and John Fenn interview American Folklife Center staff members about what inspires them about AFC collections while they are working from home during the stay-at-home orders imposed by the covid-19 virus crisis. Alda Allina Migoni speaks about Spanish-language collections from California recorded in 1939 by Sidney Robertson Cowell, including versions of “Cielito Lindo.” Michelle Stefano speaks about blues musicians interviewed as…- Contributor: Stephen Winick - John Fenn - Herbert Halpert - Michelle Stefano - Adelaido Chavez - Amado Trujillo - Whit Sizemore Band - Tommy Jarrell - John Embry - Mary Lane ... Stephen Winick - John Fenn - Herbert Halpert - Michelle Stefano - Adelaido Chavez - Amado Trujillo - Whit Sizemore Band - Tommy Jarrell - John Embry - Mary Lane - Maya Lerman - Zora Neale Hurston - Margaret Counts Owen - Stetson Kennedy - Adolfo Chavez - Alda Allina Migoni - Queen Sylvia Embry - Lottie Espinosa - Los Amantes
- Date: 2020-05-26
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Audio RecordingInterview with Wallace Quarterman, Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia, June 1935 (part 2 of 2)
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Lomax, Alan - Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth - Quarterman, Wallace
- Date: 1935-06-01
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Audio RecordingInterview with Wallace Quarterman, Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia, June 1935 (part 1 of 2)
- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale - Lomax, Alan - Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth - Quarterman, Wallace
- Date: 1935-06-01
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Audio RecordingDescription of lining track
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingHalimuhfack
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingLet's Shake It
Lining holler- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingDat Old Black Gal
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingUncle Bud
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingMule on the Mount
Poor Lazarus | Hiking Jerry | Every Mail Day | Stewboy | Captain's Mule | Lord, Lord- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingCrow Dance
Mama come see dat crow | The Crow- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingWake Up, Jacob
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingMama Don't Want No Peas, No Rice
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingGonna See My Long-Haired Babe
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingShove It Over
Can't You Line It? | Big Boy, Can't You Move 'em- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingPo' Gal
Po' Boy | East Coast Blues- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingOh, the Buford Boat Done Come
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingGeorgia Skin
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingTilly, Lend Me Your Pigeon
My Pigeon Gone Wild in the Bush- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingLet the Deal Go Down
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingJohn Henry
- Contributor: Brown, Gabriel - Hurston, Zora Neale - Lomax, Alan - Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth
- Date: 1935
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Audio RecordingEvalina
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale - Corse, Carita Doggett
- Date: 1939-06-18
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Audio RecordingOh Mr. Brown
- Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Kennedy, Stetson - Hurston, Zora Neale - Corse, Carita Doggett
- Date: 1939-06-18