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Audio Recording Interview with Joe T. Fletcher (4 August 1977), Irwin County, Georgia, part 3 (open-reel version)

Conversation with Joe Fletcher, Chula, Georgia, side A

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Joe T. Fletcher (4 August 1977), Irwin County, Georgia, part 3 (open-reel version)

Names

  • Fleischhauer, Carl (Recordist)
  • Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector)
  • Fletcher, Joe T.

Created / Published

  • Irwin County, Georgia, August 4, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Irwin County

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Part 3 of a 4-part series of recordings of an interview with Joe Joe T. Fletcher, mailing address, Route 1, Box 319 Chula, GA 31733, located east of Chula in Irwin County GA, site 3 on fieldworker Bill Lightfoot's field map of Irwin County (approx. lat-long: 31.570426, -83.428067), about Bone Lake (Bone Pond) (later known as) Crystal Lake, story mentions Jack Walker, about hiding a black man, around the time of the Civil War, man is later hanged, about folk music in the past, fiddler and beating straws, about moonshining, mentions Arch Weaver and revenue man J.O. Stewart, Arch tricked J.O. by drinking the evidence, about Arch Weaver's methods for making moonshine, about tall tales, Fletcher mentions a lying contests, tells about a trout chasing a worm, a mouse after a cat, and Stone Mountain moved by a tumble-bug, joke about two drunk black men, "I'll buy this railroad" with the reply "no you won't, I won't sell it," about the Royal Singing Convention, about the wiregrass region, the plant mentioned, boundaries for the region include the coast, the Florida and Alabama boundaries, and Middle Georgia to the north; this interview continues (part 4) on side two (side B) of Lightfoot's audiocassette at call number AFC 1982/010: AFS 21017.
  • -  Parts 1, 2, and 3 in this series were recorded on both open reels (call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 20980, AFS 20981, and AFS 20982) and on audiocassettes (call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21016 and AFS 21017 side A); part 4 is exclusively on audiocassette (call number AFC 1982/010: AFS 21017 side B); the outline presented for part 3 is based on the fieldworker's handwritten notes for the audiocassette copy.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 20982
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 1606
  • Field project identifier: GA7-WL-R3

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, William E Lightfoot, and Joe T Fletcher. Interview with Joe T. Fletcher 4 August , Irwin County, Georgia, part 3 open-reel version. Irwin County, Georgia, August 4, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs20982/.

APA citation style:

Fleischhauer, C., Lightfoot, W. E. & Fletcher, J. T. (1977) Interview with Joe T. Fletcher 4 August , Irwin County, Georgia, part 3 open-reel version. Irwin County, Georgia, August 4. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs20982/.

MLA citation style:

Fleischhauer, Carl, William E Lightfoot, and Joe T Fletcher. Interview with Joe T. Fletcher 4 August , Irwin County, Georgia, part 3 open-reel version. Irwin County, Georgia, August 4, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs20982/>.