Audio Recording Interview with George Johnson, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, September 1941 (part 2 of 6)

Interview with George Johnson, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, September 1941 (part 2 of 6)

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About this Item

Title

  • Interview with George Johnson, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, September 1941 (part 2 of 6)

Names

  • Johnson, George
  • Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
  • Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910-1979
  • Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956
  • Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton
  • Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967

Created / Published

  • Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1941

Headings

  • -  Slave narratives--Mississippi
  • -  Freedmen--Mississippi
  • -  Plantation life--Mississippi--Anecdotes
  • -  African Americans--Mississippi--Social conditions
  • -  African American musicians--Mississippi--Interviews
  • -  Dancing--Mississippi--Anecdotes
  • -  Cooking--Mississippi--History--19th century
  • -  Brass bands--Mississippi--History
  • -  Surveying--Mississippi--History--Aencdotes
  • -  Mound Bayou (Miss.)--History
  • -  Slavery-Mississippi
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  United States -- Mississippi -- Bolivar County -- Mound Bayou

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Field recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded by Dr. Charles S. Johnson, Lewis Jones, John Work and Elizabeth and Alan Lomax, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, September 1941.

Medium

  • 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 16 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1941/002: AFS 04777B

Source Collection

  • Library of Congress and Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection, 1941-1943 (AFC 1941/002)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

  • Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Expedition Collection (AFC 1935/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • John and Ruby Lomax 1940 Southern States Recordings Collection (AFC 1940/003), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress and Fisk University Mississippi Delta collection, 1941-1943 (AFC 1941/002), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • John Henry Faulk Recordings of Negro Religious Services. Part 3 (AFC 1941/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Robert Sonkin Alabama and New Jersey Collection (AFC 1941/018), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Hampton Institute Duplication Project (AFC 1948/015), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Cyrus B. Koonce Collection (AFC 1950/037), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Elmer E. Sparks interview with Celia Black (AFC 1975/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Elmer E. Sparks interview with Charlie Smith (AFC 1975/023), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • American Dialect Society Collection (AFC 1984/011), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Johnson, George, Alan Lomax, Lewis Wade Jones, Charles Spurgeon Johnson, Elizabeth Lyttleton Sturz, and John W Work. Interview with George Johnson, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Septemberpart 2 of 6. Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1941. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941002_afs04777b/.

APA citation style:

Johnson, G., Lomax, A., Jones, L. W., Johnson, C. S., Sturz, E. L. & Work, J. W. (1941) Interview with George Johnson, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Septemberpart 2 of 6. Mound Bayou, Mississippi. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941002_afs04777b/.

MLA citation style:

Johnson, George, et al. Interview with George Johnson, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Septemberpart 2 of 6. Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1941. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1941002_afs04777b/>.