Manuscript/Mixed Material Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Image 1 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 American Folklife Center Library of Congress Alan Lomax Collection AFC 2004004 folder 020220 Bessie Jones 1961 transcripts interviews Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 2 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BESSIE JONES TAPE 7A This is a twosided tape to be played at 3 12 IPS Interview by Alan Lomax on first part of Side 1 the rest by Antionette Lomax TL…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BESSIE JONES TAPE 7A SIDE 2 Hypnotizing chickensGuinea fowls Jet Sampson grandfather and Indian lore She walks for the 1st time Good story A rattlesnake almost gets her Story She catches her…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 1 BJ I left Miami First I left Miami in 20 ah yeah I think it was 28 Yeah I went to to the ah on the Gulf…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p2 AL What happened to you BJ Hum Well nothin happened to me I just went down there an I worked down there ya know AL How did you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 6 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p3 near the ferry boat AL Where those Concajos live down there BJ Thas right All kinds a nations a peoples oh boy An ah them big giant naked…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p4 FISHING ON THE GULF BJ An Ain nothin happened I jus enjoyed bein there ya know I had never been on the water like that to stay anWe…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p5 fish They was all kinds Cause they would drive em up An you see schools of pompous drivin that way you jus go up ahead of em you…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p6 I offered to throw that thing back in there I had never caught one like that he was a drum Hah I didnt know what it was ha…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 7 But I had a good time down there Im tellin ya I would go fishin by myself a lot of times So one day I was down…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 8 An he was on his way runnin thought I mighta been fell or was hung or sumpin He was funnin That man was almost outa breath When…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p9 em and I would catch those gophers You know they had about an that dog would jus go git me a gopher An I dont care what I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 10 BJ I don know anything about it Jus ha heard of him He hes a ah a hoodoo man AL Yeah BJ Umhum AL Daddy Mention is…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p11 Simmons Charley Simmons that was cruitin recruiting em But it says Sellem seen when we left for Miami an went down on the lake On ah I mean…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 74 p 12 started ya know Id get 10 11 12 hampers but gosh I was broke down Until I learned to pick em ya know Learned to slight an…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p13 AL You stayed there for five years BJ Uhhuh See I stayed there on on the ridge Five years AL And that was BJ And that was when…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 14 CASSIUS DIES BJ I married George Jones in Okachobee AL But you hadnt married again since you left your husband BJ Noo no no Cassius wa dead…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 15 934 ST SIMONS BJ Thas right Right on the Lake umhumRight there AL That time When you left there you left with him BJ Thas right AL…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 16 BJ Aftafter we got to St Simon AL Oh I see BJ Uhhuh Yeah all We me an him then began to pick He knewed about that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 17 BJ Ah he wa born in 1935 See We we we we went there in 34 See An he wa bon in 35 See And then we…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 17 1948 2ND HUSBAND DIES BJ Ah I don knowWe traveled from um well thats the first two yearsan I mean the first year then the next year…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 18 I stayed on there an worked I worked on up there until ah 49 See he died in 48 I worked up up in 49 Didnt wanna…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p19 I said But I aint sick Hah that tickled the nurse Nurse come up there look at me said Do you know what this hospital is for Jus…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 20 you know like that I had that I have that I had that a lil befo I lef home An anything I dont mind that But this…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 21 He said You can go ahead too said I got room An so I did I went on back Oh I guess that shakin up hoped helped…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 22 sick like that before I got so sick An so they got a Doctor They carried me to a doctor at least An ah acrost the road…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p23 my throat Oh I liked to killed me But anyhow he give me some kinda shot and I got a ease I went to sleep Slept until after…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 24 it He had money to is the house Come back I dont when they paid it I was on the table hah But I know I I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 25 I got to take a long walk ya know Do something ya know like that So I jus be out there doin something I I I had…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 26 BJ I picked oranges in Florida ya know An But not up the State I pick apples right there in Maryland Ya know out there All almost…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 27 Then I worked as a bus girl for a while there cause the bus man got sick ya know An I was bus for a while there…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 28 But Ive cut sorghum ya know cut it good ya know like that Stripped it too ya know AL When you were on the turpentine camp with…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 29 RE WORK doctor sure say I must stay out of too much of it But I didnt know it s all right Ive done Ive done my…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 30 at And he was a slave up there And also my grandmother she was a slave up there Ya know they allthey married right there An so…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 31 of those ah Masters was great friends with one another An so hit was known It was very good He would go over ya know to see…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 32 own house with that We used to gather it fer it you know For it for year round you know An ah this ah broom straw hit…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 33 food ya know Ah such as tea cakes an cakes an all An syrup bread ya know that was the that was the go ya know An…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 34 jus take their time SoAlmost like in a oven Ya see An they have roast aigs eggs See just like they do like they did since I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 35 people from one plantation to the other And the white too TL Whats And all of the BJ The masterscome along with them ya know Oh he…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJ TAPE 7A p 35 36 Therefore I come along somewhere on down the line An TL Is this your fathers people or your mothers BJ No my mothers TL Your mothers…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
About this Item
Title
- Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
Names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002 (Collector)
Created / Published
- 1961
Headings
- - Fieldwork
- - Transcripts
- - interviews
- - United States
Genre
- Transcripts
- interviews
Notes
- - Bessie Jones interview transcriptions (September and October, 1961, New York) - tape 7a
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.20
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image