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 2004 004 folder 020240 field work Bessie Jones 1961 transcripts interviews Transcribed and reviewed by volunteers participating in the By The People…- 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 26 Recorded in New York City on October 31 1961 This is a double twosided tape Transcribed by Dena Hirsch SIDE I Interview by Antoinette Lomax speed 3 34…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 BJTAPE 26 p 1 IRONING CLOTHES BJ Ha ha You can say that all over Tell the country I dont like I like WashingI can paddle I can paddle in water like…- 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 26 p 2 BJ Ohha I forgot about that MACHINE TURNED OFF THEN TL Okay so There Is More Love Somewhere BJ Lets see can I tryin to get it…- 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 26 p 3 CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE BJ At all You got faith An then ya got to love yourself first before you come to anything Ya got to first love…- 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 26 p 4 wich you an then have faith in you an then sumpin happen an they collincause it to be lost an sometime or either ah you do sumpin…- 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 26 p 5 bottom Love is a light thing its on its always on the top its in sight All all the time its in sight You can tell TL…- 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 26 p 6 friendship It aint worth it at all Jus pass it up An you keep adoin that then then ya learn ta grow to to not to peoplell…- 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 26 P 7 You know when they crucified Jesus if hed awanted to He could destroy the world Ya see when Peter come up there an an joint that sword…- 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 26 p 8 Even the life of flowers I mean of ah fruit an things that grows hit take that life of it to save our body So life had…- 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 26 page 9 up that old shell that hit was in ya see That old shell that jus he just that and ah an it springs up a new life…- 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 26 p10 that one branch thousands live Ya see Ya see Thousands live An peoples besides Ya see Enjoyment So thats just the way that is by that You if…- 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 26 p11 Many good things An so an so thats the way hit goes athat way An so an thats the way hit goes in that way So an an…- 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 26 p12 these ah about these ah Theres many preachers standin in the pulpit Ah preachin an some of em you know Some of em may not even be boned…- 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 26 p13 me Im just Im just afraid I got to slip to leave them TL What BJ If I wanna leave em Im afraid I have to slip off…- 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 26 p14 unto to do nothin with Because she got a friend too An TL She what BJ She has a friendYeah she has a friend I mean somebody else…- 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 26 p15 I say Cause Well if he jus ony like me an I send herssend im a rough word back And when ever I git a chance to see…- 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 26 p 16 that An if he done anything like just stayed off to do or anything why he would try to keep me from knowin anything So I feel…- 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 26 p17 about like I did for him see An so thats jus the way I did it an when he look around he got thisn He dont know what…- 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 26 p18 me Im about to get up and I say God what am I gonna do BJ Hum Thats good Thats a dream that You had a dream thats…- 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 26 p19 BJ You lookin out a you window You know like within your house an you dream you lookin out of you window ALL It just says it says…- 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 26 p 20 AL I dont think it happens so much up here in the North as much as it does in the South BJ Oh maybe it dont AL…- 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 26 p 21 The Bible says it does an I know it does So but some peoples just do that See thats them 17 steps to hell which is which…- 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 26 p 22 believe that As quick as they see me standin an talkin with some man or nother that they dont know or ridin with some man white or…- 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 26 p23 BJ NooNo But I knows they would if they pays em attention I know peoples that would do it if they pay it any tention TALK ABOUT THE…- 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 26 p 24 a muddy water a great stream a muddy water is hard to settle Same thing with people But this aint gonna be too hard when God come…- 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 26 p 25 come there you know He said some a them stayin to you know they stay to theyself an they stay to they AL Yeah Very prejudiced BJ…- 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 26 p 26 I aint got nowhere to buy it at ain none a my folks got nowhere to buy it buy buy it from Say One a your folks…- 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 26 p 27 their cars an doin all kinda nasty things like they treated like they treats colored peoples Tearin up things just ridin along just cause its theyn I…- 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 26 p28 them dinin rooms an kitchens an all them hotels an people Dont you know there would be so many deaths in there Dont you know there would If…- 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 26 p 29 BJ You cant hardly tell who is white sometime That go for womens an men Well ya see the thing been goin on So no use aworry…- 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 26 p 30 See the one who did that is gonna pay for it We got sense We read the Bible not only one amany of us read it an…- 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 26 p31 I walk on away from em Ya see But other times we just sit there an eat an enjoy together Some of em thats right All right most…- 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 26 p32 They dont wanna buy nothin they see you stan there waitin to buy somethin they standin right there an the man lookin at them the man wanna the…- 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 26 p33 jus as if they do it often Now thats really nasty down there with some of em If they dont know ya Ya know jus cause they doin…- 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 26 p34 BJ Womensll specialize Yessir Womensll specialize thats right Ah ah just a just just sayin this here now cause I know I dont proposin suppose there nothin to…- 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 26 p 35 AL What did it say BJ Ah itShe wanted she wanted im she liketed im An what she would do for im an everything An so the…- 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 26 p36 An then he told it he said I am goin now He he he An the man was jus talkin with im about it not to go cause…- 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 26 p37 AL She could have caused him to be killed BJ Git killed If he hadnt a got away from there somehow I dont know who got im away…- 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 26 p38 maids this ah ah same child I heard from today her sister Louise he told them the two to go up there He didn tell none of the…- 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 26
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.40
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image