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Photo, Print, Drawing Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia

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Title

  • Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia

Names

  • Marshall, Howard W. (Collector)
  • Adler, Thomas A. (Collector)
  • Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector)
  • Stanley, David, 1942-

Created / Published

  • Irwin County, Georgia, July 17, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Tift County
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Irwin County

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  See field notes: 25-31
  • -  Image numbers and descriptions: along a road near the Alapaha River in western Irwin County GA, 01-02, farmland, fieldworker's notes state "clearing operation"; at the Royal Singing Convention in the Royal Singing Tabernacle, Mystic GA: 03-05, homemade customization of a step van for the gospel singing group the Visionaires; 06-08, attendees inside the tabernacle, left-to-right, Mrs. Beckham, Mrs. Tomlin, and Mrs. Spearman; 09-10, woman outside the tabernacle, fieldworker's note states "this may be Mrs. Jones" and references page 29 in his fieldnotes at call number AFC 1982/010: Box 5, Folder 44a; 11-16, attendees with hand fans (for cooling), with texts that include "Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Florida" and "Vote for and elect E.L. Bean for Sheriff, Turner County [GA]" and text-free images of Christ; 17-19, group of children outside the tabernacle practicing a song to be performed later.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: GA7-DS-3

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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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:

Marshall, Howard W, Thomas A Adler, William E Lightfoot, and David Stanley. Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia. Georgia Tift County United States Irwin County, 1977. Irwin County, Georgia. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_ds_003/.

APA citation style:

Marshall, H. W., Adler, T. A., Lightfoot, W. E. & Stanley, D. (1977) Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia. Georgia Tift County United States Irwin County, 1977. Irwin County, Georgia. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_ds_003/.

MLA citation style:

Marshall, Howard W, et al. Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia. Irwin County, Georgia. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_ds_003/>.