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 020229 field work Bessie Jones 1961 transcripts interviews Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People project…- 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 15 A twosided tape at 2 speeds recorded on October 8 1961 in the evening in New York City Interview by Alan Lomax Transcription by Dena Hirsch SIDE I…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 TAPE 15 SIDE II CONT 2 STORIES THAT SOUND VERY GOOD ON THE TAPE The Man Who Spoiled his Bride and How the Devil Married a Pretty Girl Explanation of the devil…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3 34 BJ TAPE 15 p 1 HAIR GROOMING AL Bessie whats the first time you ever remember tryin to make yourself prettier than you wereOh you know fixin your hair an…- 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 15 p 2 it an great gooness Brought up clean Clean He said I liked to been a goner I felt I said Thats the way people feel when they…- 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 15 p3 AL Why on earth are women so proud of their long hair BJ Why I don knowProud of it if it aint long haha But ah its just…- 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 15 p 4 THE HEREAFTER BURNING IN HELL AL Bessie when you were listening to preachers preach about hellfire They do preach about hellfire until it gets hot in the…- 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 15 p 5 gonna have a little hell You dont git by on everything on But ah what I meant I used to think that they was in the real…- 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 15 p 6 Jesus prepare for us Anâ where is that âCause see God haâ done made the Heaven anâ done made the earth anâ da fullness thereof Anâ Jesus…- 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 15 p 7 END OF THE WORLD PREDICTED FULFILLMENT Then He said This world an it mean here says Come ah that hit that Comes a time that the day…- 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 15 p 8 you know of the countries an things But I He said that all these diffrunt things ah would happen is happenin Mothers against daughters the weakest side…- 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 15 p9 An every every one oughta rise An jus keep it up But These beass risin up out the sea an how great they are an how turrible that…- 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 15 p10 got the seal of God An den you look for death an den you an deathll flee from you see Its gittn its gittin its gittin bad Yall…- 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 15 p 11 AL You dont think that God condemns people for puttin people down because of their race or theirthe color of their skin BJ Oh yes Yes Uhhuh…- 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 15 p 12 BJ They just think theyre justified You know the the the Cause thats written too Cause it says that there is a way that seems right unto…- 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 15 p 13 colored people An he hit im Hit im the back of his neck ya see An struck im well He had to stagger to an tote the…- 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 15 p 14 PREDJUDICE FIGHTING BACK AL Bessie you couldnt have lived in the place that youve lived I dont care how much you moved away from it BJ Umhum…- 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 15 p 15 AL Bessie were there any Negroes in your county who ever fought back against xx the BJ Against the Oh yea Plenty of em fight Ya hear…- 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 15 p 16 Whites starting fights than others An some of em had to keep goin Cause all of emll whoop together But you is jus Some of the peoplesll…- 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 15 p 17 2 Good Stories thas what An they got it All of em that way All of em not that way AL No Poverty Theft BJ No no…- 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 15 p 18 yyou got a friend somewhere there in the country an like him well You tell him about that person you git him to pick that same man…- 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 15 p 19 AL They have the Ku Klux up there huh BJ They have had Yeah they used to be nasty up there with it An here not so…- 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 15 p 20 but God blessed him that he didnt die an he called for the what they call it the ah FBIs Yessir Cause he wa one a them…- 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 15 p 21 from them nasty ones Thats right An this colored man askedaskted them Why is it that they so hard against the the black man Hes an then…- 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 15 p 22 They beat one boy boy up up on the street As he was comin out outa town an said they say he didnt know that he didn…- 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 15 p 23 out roon dere I reckon theys all countrymen ya know I reckon they thought theys gonna break the rug An when when he said that they one…- 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 15 p 24 AL They didnt catch him though BJ Oh yes they did When they got this un got this when the FBIs come why they got ov to…- 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 15 p 25 crop yyour cotton an corn Got it ready you know to harvest Then Start some kinda hell witya with you you know Ya done this an ya…- 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 15 p 26 GOOD STORY RE MISSISSIPPI Its some a that crew done moved in there an is stayin there but they didn just caint jus dont come there an…- 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 15 p 27 want to she an she an then knock er aroun if she dont want to see Had a fine lookin wife He didnt think she was sposed…- 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 15 p 28 hands Some of my cousins works with im He pays em a dollar I mean two dollar two dollar an a quarter an hour An thas right…- 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 15 p 29 AL The white woman would just tell her to come on and go to bed BJ Hum The white man AL They would just tell her to…- 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 15 p 30 old I told Mama I never marry nobody from there I I I member it good Standin up in the field back a ol big barn was…- 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 15 p31 thought they was doin right to do that They did Lou would try to use snuff Grammawd whup her mouth AL What BJ Whup her mouth AL Whip…- 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 15 p 32 Ha in this old field An nobody wouldnt work for im So he got us to do it An Mr Langford OWNER OF THE PLANTATION WHERE SHE…- 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 15 p 33 Cause I couldnt stand that set an go up my haid An so AL Did you put it in your lip like this BJ Yeah umhum I…- 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 15 p 34 to got me An told Leo Leola an them didn know it till Mr Dulles come by there an tol em An Mama carried me on home…- 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 15 p 35 that that make him know me that the way An so I went up on that porch an lay right down sida Wade Boy I was so…- 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 15 p 36 BJ Yeah ol Blind Ida Hah AL Do you know how it got that name Bessie How it got to be called Blind Ida BH I don…- 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 15 p 37 know you know not jus not jus stay home but just done lil piece work around So was around 15 years old An I started doin that…- 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 15
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.29
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image