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Audio Recording Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 4 of 6)

Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 4 of 6)

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About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935 (part 4 of 6)

Names

  • Hill, Archibald A., 1902-1992
  • Lowman, Guy Sumner, 1909-1941
  • Thompson, Susanna Rebecca Wright

Created / Published

  • Oldhams, Virginia, 1935

Headings

  • -  Slave narratives--Virginia
  • -  Women slaves--Virginia--Social conditions
  • -  Freedmen--Virginia
  • -  Cooking (Meat)--Virginia
  • -  African Americans--Virginia--Social conditions
  • -  Gardening--Virginia--Anecdotes
  • -  Farming--Virginia
  • -  Corn--Virginia
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  United States -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County -- Oldhams

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Field recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded by Archibald A. Hill and Guy S. Lowman, Oldhams, Virginia, 1935.
  • -  On jacket and incised on disc: "negress" "Aunt Becky" "Original - 1935"; "near 131" (Community no.). On jacket: "Hill & Lowman Original 1935" "Master Copy"; and informant's name and age, "(on Mr. Geo. Walker's place)".

Medium

  • 1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1984/011: AFS 25735B

Source Collection

  • American Dialect Society collection, 1931-1937 (AFC 1984/011)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text
  • pdf

Rights & Access

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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

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Chicago citation style:

Hill, Archibald A, Guy Sumner Lowman, and Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson. Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia,part 4 of 6. Oldhams, Virginia, 1935. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25735b/.

APA citation style:

Hill, A. A., Lowman, G. S. & Thompson, S. R. W. (1935) Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia,part 4 of 6. Oldhams, Virginia. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25735b/.

MLA citation style:

Hill, Archibald A, Guy Sumner Lowman, and Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson. Interview with Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Oldhams, Virginia,part 4 of 6. Oldhams, Virginia, 1935. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25735b/>.