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Audio Recording Interview at home with Etta Anderson (28 July 1977), Ocilla, Georgia, parts 3 and 4, foodways, home remedies

About this Item

Title

  • Interview at home with Etta Anderson (28 July 1977), Ocilla, Georgia, parts 3 and 4, foodways, home remedies

Names

  • Robinson, Beverly J. (Collector)
  • Anderson, Etta Mae
  • Kimbrough, Lille Belle

Created / Published

  • Ocilla, Georgia, July 28, 1977

Headings

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

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Fieldworker Beverly Robinson's notes indicate that she recorded interviews with Etta Anderson on three dates as follows, which do not map to the numerical sequence of assigned identifiers: 28 July 1977, call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21135 (2 sides, probably first recording that date), AFS 21134 (2 sides, probably second recording that date), and AFS 21138 (1 side, probably third recording that date); 4 August 1977, call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21132 (2 sides, probably first recording that date) and AFS 21133 (1 side, probably second recording that date); 19 or 20 August 1977, call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21136 (2 sides, probably first recording that date), AFS 21137 (2 sides, probably second recording that date), and AFS 21139 (1 side, probably third recording that date).
  • -  Side A: part 3 of a 5-part interview (28 July 1977) with Etta Anderson, Ocilla GA, fieldworker Beverly Robinson is joined by her friend Lillie Bell Kimbrough: Robinson and Anderson talk about walking around her garden to look at herbs and plants; Anderson mentions how she used to make different kinds of wine, about wine for medicinal purposes, e.g., blackberry wine, fieldworker's notes state that a short segment was erased at Anderson's request; Anderson comments that the wine was made for a purpose, "everything that God made is good, in the Bible when Timothy was having trouble, Paul told him to drink wine," how wine is good for the stomach, particularly dysentery, about bottle of Hiram Walker gin inside of which Mrs. Anderson has ginseng root, photographs of the bottle at call number AFC 1982/010: GA7-BR-6; fieldworker's notes state that a short segment of this recording was erased at Anderson's request; Kimbrough talks about an incident after her first child had been born, Anderson responds with comments on pennyroyal (probably Hedeoma pulegioides) and her personal experience, about her faith in God and various Bible passages, Anderson tells how her grandmother was a midwife but how children used to mind their own business; regarding wine, Anderson tells about different grapes; Robinson asks about visiting Anderson's garden; conversation about hay fever; about quilting; mention of superstitions connected to dog days; how Anderson used to quilt but now she just does the piecing, says, "I designed this from my head, I didn't have much red, that's why I put it like this" when commenting on a quilt with much purple and blue, photographs at call number AFC 1982/010: GA7-BR-3, images 5 to 11 and AFC 1982/010: 7-17466, frames 002-014, and says that she uses three basic block styles, triangles, squares and diamonds, with squares at each corner of the diamonds and triangles between each square; the group goes outside to photograph Anderson and her quilts, Anderson comments on her Texas Star quilt, "I designed this from my head, I got a machine but I do the handwork because the Lord bless me and got me back on my hands, and I use them, I had the arthritis, couldn't use a thimble."
  • -  Side B: part 4 of a 5-part interview (28 July 1977) with Etta Anderson, Ocilla GA, fieldworker Beverly Robinson is joined by her friend Lillie Bell Kimbrough: the fieldworker's note state that this segment was recorded on Anderson's front porch; Anderson

Medium

  • audiocassette

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21134
  • MBRS shelflist: RYA 0972
  • Field project identifier: GA7-BR-C31

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, Etta Mae Anderson, and Lille Belle Kimbrough. Interview at home with Etta Anderson 28 July , Ocilla, Georgia, parts 3 and 4, foodways, home remedies. Ocilla, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21134/.

APA citation style:

Robinson, B. J., Anderson, E. M. & Kimbrough, L. B. (1977) Interview at home with Etta Anderson 28 July , Ocilla, Georgia, parts 3 and 4, foodways, home remedies. Ocilla, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21134/.

MLA citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, Etta Mae Anderson, and Lille Belle Kimbrough. Interview at home with Etta Anderson 28 July , Ocilla, Georgia, parts 3 and 4, foodways, home remedies. Ocilla, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21134/>.