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Audio Recording Recording of folklife project presentations at the Colquitt County Historical Society, at the Moultrie, Georgia, Public Library

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Title

  • Recording of folklife project presentations at the Colquitt County Historical Society, at the Moultrie, Georgia, Public Library

Names

  • Adler, Thomas A. (Collector)

Created / Published

  • Public library in Moultrie, Georgia, August 9, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Fieldwork
  • -  Community involvement
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Colquitt County -- Moultrie

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Side B: Part 2 of a 2-part recording of meeting of the Colquitt County Historical Society, Public library in Moultrie, Georgia: fieldworkers continue to outline their areas of interest, tobacco processing, pie safes, firedogs, roofline in houses and barns, double crib barns, gardens and landscaping, birdhouses; about how work is done, example of interviewing Josh Tillman; about churches, graves ranging from one with marble elephant to modest examples decorated with shells, why shells, responses include "they'll last" and "Christian symbol of fish," and "kerosene lamps at the foot of a grave compares the Word of God to 'a lamp unto thy feet'"; identifying a building in a photograph (barn of some kind); fieldworker Adler talks about his interest in foodways; woman mentions mule-driven cane mills, man says most typical food is hog jowls and black-eyed peas, another says corn bread and turnip greens, or cornbread; Mrs. Knapp asks about photographs of "pretty houses"; discussion of project, are there many in other places, is this a "region," comment about wiregrass, "disappeared when they brought in foreign grasses and raised cattle on them" and "when you destroy wiregrass it does not come back"; about Stanley's interest in singing conventions, about permanent archive at Library of Congress, some copies in Tifton, available to public, similar to Foxfire project; discussion moves to other business of the historical society.
  • -  Side A: Part 1 of a 2-part recording of a meeting of the Colquitt County Historical Society, at the Moultrie, Georgia, Public Library: the main topic at the meeting was a presentation by fieldworkers Tom Adler and Dave Stanley about the folklife field project, and the solicitation of comments and advice from attendees; starts with a woman talking about Brumby rocking chairs (Marietta GA); Stanley talks about topics of interest to the folklife team, man comments that the mayor of Moultrie GA knows a story about buried treasure; Adler shows some slides, stresses interest in "everyday life," in documenting culture, activities, houses and vernacular architecture, why do houses here often have two front doors (man says "resident had two wives," laughter), about "steps" at base of masonry chimneys, caps over chimney tops, comments on chimneys; Mrs. C.J. Knapp worries that photographs of rundown houses will leave a bad impression "up north"; discussion of house types; about activities like the Doss family's junebug airplane; about music and musicians, rattlesnake rattles in a fiddle; about visit with Charley Taylor and the importance of turpentining, man discusses the evolution of turpentine cups (catch the gum or resin); mention of cane-sugar making.

Medium

  • audiocassette

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 20926
  • MBRS shelflist: RYA 0884
  • Field project identifier: GA7-TA-C24

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:

Adler, Thomas A. Recording of folklife project presentations at the Colquitt County Historical Society, at the Moultrie, Georgia, Public Library. Public library in Moultrie, Georgia, August 9, 1977. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs20926/.

APA citation style:

Adler, T. A. (1977) Recording of folklife project presentations at the Colquitt County Historical Society, at the Moultrie, Georgia, Public Library. Public library in Moultrie, Georgia, August 9. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs20926/.

MLA citation style:

Adler, Thomas A. Recording of folklife project presentations at the Colquitt County Historical Society, at the Moultrie, Georgia, Public Library. Public library in Moultrie, Georgia, August 9, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs20926/>.