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Audio Recording Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7, 1935 (part 1 of 4)

Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7, 1935 (part 1 of 4)

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Title

  • Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7, 1935 (part 1 of 4)

Names

  • Hill, Archibald A., 1902-1992
  • Lowman, Guy Sumner, 1909-1941
  • Garner, Sarah

Created / Published

  • Virginia, July 1935, 5

Headings

  • -  Whipping
  • -  Slave narratives--Virginia
  • -  Freedmen--Virginia
  • -  Child slaves--Virginia
  • -  Women slaves--Abuse of--Virginia
  • -  Slaves--Virginia--Social conditions
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  United States -- Virginia -- Westmoreland County -- Oldhams

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Field recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded by Archibald A. Hill and Guy S. Lowman, Virginia, May 7, 1935?
  • -  On jacket and incised on disc: "Original - 1935"; and name and age of informant. On jacket "7 of May" "Hill and Lowman Original 1935" "Master Copy" "A fair B poor" Although there is no documentation of the race and occupational background of this informant, various in this series of records indicate that she had been a house servant/slave and cook on a place call "Providence Hall". Information from daughter given on ADS 1385 indicates that this informant has recently moved to this area where recording was made. Interviewer on this disc refers to "Aunt Becky", ADS-1373 as if both Sarah and Elrue Garner know her.

Medium

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

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1984/011: AFS 25745A

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 Sarah Garner. Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7,part 1 of 4. Virginia, July , 5, 1935. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1984011_afs25745a/.

APA citation style:

Hill, A. A., Lowman, G. S. & Garner, S. (1935) Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7,part 1 of 4. Virginia, July , 5. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1984011_afs25745a/.

MLA citation style:

Hill, Archibald A, Guy Sumner Lowman, and Sarah Garner. Interview with Sarah Garner, Virginia, May 7,part 1 of 4. Virginia, July , 5, 1935. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1984011_afs25745a/>.