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Audio Recording Interview and performance at Mrs. Teals' house, Tifton, Georgia

Interview and performance at Mrs. Teals' house, Tifton, Georgia, side A

About this Item

Title

  • Interview and performance at Mrs. Teals' house, Tifton, Georgia

Names

  • Robinson, Beverly J. (Collector)
  • Teals, Mrs. (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Tifton, Georgia, August 9, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Tifton

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Part 2 of a 3-part recording of hymn singing in the home of Mrs. Fannie Lee Teals, Tifton GA, fieldworker Beverly Robinson's notes list the following attendees: Evelyn White, Annie K. Kelly, Odessa Phillips, Ruby L. Seadrow, Ruby Moore, Fannie Lee Teals, J.C. Brown, Eddie Mae Braswell, A.D. Wright, Reverend Dennard, and Patricia L. Williams; selections include "How I got Over" (repeats), comment that the hymn originated in 1909, "Where Could I Go but to the Lord" preceded by singing the shapes (notes), "Have a Little Talk with Jesus," discussion of earlier black music and mention of an old song, now led by Deacon Wright, "What a time," "You Weren't There," comment, "I've got to stand up and move when I sing," hymn "I'll Overcome Someday," "I'll be Waiting Up There," "Steal Away," continued in part 3.
  • -  Two sets of recordings of this event are included in the South South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection: open-reel recordings at call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21077, AFS 21078, and AFS 21079, and audiocassette recordings at call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21123 and AFS 21124.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21078
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 1654
  • Field project identifier: GA7-BR-R16

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:

Robinson, Beverly J, and Mrs Teals. Interview and performance at Mrs. Teals' house, Tifton, Georgia. Tifton, Georgia, August 9, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21078/.

APA citation style:

Robinson, B. J. & Teals, M. (1977) Interview and performance at Mrs. Teals' house, Tifton, Georgia. Tifton, Georgia, August 9. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21078/.

MLA citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, and Mrs Teals. Interview and performance at Mrs. Teals' house, Tifton, Georgia. Tifton, Georgia, August 9, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21078/>.