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Title

  • Anyhow!

Names

  • James, Willis, 1900-1966 (Collector)
  • Golden Jubilee Quartet (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Fort Valley, Georgia, 1943 (June-July)

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Southern States--Music
  • -  Music
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Songs
  • -  Gospel music
  • -  Georgia -- Fort Valley

Genre

  • Music
  • Field recordings
  • Songs
  • Gospel music

Notes

  • -  For rights information please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
  • -  In English.
  • -  Not possible to positively identify this group as the Golden Gate Quartet.
  • -  Golden Jubilee Quartet, unaccompanied vocals

Medium

  • Sound disc : analog ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1944/003: AFS 07045a01

Source Collection

  • Fort Valley, Georgia, Recordings (AFC 1944/003)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

Rights & Access

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The Center asks that researchers approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here. Researchers are also reminded that privacy and publicity rights may pertain to certain uses of this material.

These collections were presented with the consent of members of the families of John W. Work III and Willis Laurence James. We were unable to locate members of Lewis Wade Jones' family. Attempts were made to contact the performers in this collection, but our letters were returned. We welcome any further information about Lewis Jones and the performers featured in this presentation.

The following materials are included in this online Collection with permission.

The Peachite, March 1944 Festival Edition (Vol. II, No. 2), with permission of the Mass Communications Department, Fort Valley State University, 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, Georgia 31030, Attn: Lloyd Archer.

Drawing of W. C. Handy (part of The Peachite as reproduced here), with permission of the family of Bettina Steinke.

Arrangement of "Get Right, Stay Right" (part of The Peachite as reproduced here)and correspondence by Willis Laurence James, with permission from the family of Willis Laurence James (Minnie-Rose J. Richardson: mrose@snet.net).

Arrangement of "This Ol' Hammer" (part of The Peachite as reproduced here)and correspondence by John Wesley Work III, with permission from the family of John Wesley Work III.

Quotation from The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes, with permission from Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Selection from Red River Blues by Bruce Bastin. Copyright 1986 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Press. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820-6903.

Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

John Work Collection of Negro Folk Music from the Southeast (AFC 1941/035), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Lewis Jones and Willis James Recordings at Fort Valley State College (AFC 1943/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Fort Valley, Georgia, Recordings (AFC 1944/003), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

James, Willis, and Golden Jubilee Quartet. Anyhow!. Fort Valley, Georgia, June-July, 1943. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/ftvbib000055/.

APA citation style:

James, W. & Golden Jubilee Quartet. (1943) Anyhow!. Fort Valley, Georgia, June-July. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ftvbib000055/.

MLA citation style:

James, Willis, and Golden Jubilee Quartet. Anyhow!. Fort Valley, Georgia, June-July, 1943. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ftvbib000055/>.