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 020253 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 Third tape reel dated Oct 12 1961 entirely transcribed by Dana Hirsch Interview by Antoinette Lomax TL Play entire reel on Track 2 at 7 12 IPS SIDE I Hair…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 3 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd Reel of 101261 Bessie Jones P 1 handwritten top right of page 39 TL Whats that you got white hair BJ Hit turns white and then it turns back black TL…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 4 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R 101261 p 2 handwritten in right margin 39 TL Ill be darned BJ Yeah its diffrunt from all the rest An thas just some old back stuff somewhere back in…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 5 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 3 handwritten in right margin 39 TL And they mostly rolled it up or did they leave it hang out BJ No they rolled it 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 3rd R of 101261 p 4 39 BJ Yeah the weather TL When do you remember when you first started cuttin your hair BJ Oh Lawd I dont know Around in 1920…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 7 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 5 handwritten in right margin 39 BJ Its a sin It sho is If you cut it off this is diffrunt I have cut mine but its…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 8 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 6 handwritten in right margin 39 BJ An I see I look on the beach an see all them white folks layin out there naked in the…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 9 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 7 handwritten in right margin 39 been doin this thing Jezebel an all that crowd they all doin it All the spots sports an so theyThe Law…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 10 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 8 handwritten in right margin 39 Moses was goin down to for them to hear An God spoke to Moses an tol him to tell em to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 11 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 9 handwritten in right margin 39 BJ Never put lipstick on my mouf since I been bon An yet I tried one day I put some across…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 12 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 10 handwritten in right margin 39 grandfather himself wore earbobs not earbobs earrings TL Umhum He did huh BJ Yeah he had holes in his ears TL…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 13 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 11 39 the Pan too See you have a you take a pan like I tol ya you turn it turn it upside you know edgeways like…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 14 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 12 39 to the to the floor but youre not on your back youre on your hands an feet see Like a crab see Jus like a…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 15 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 13 39 TL Me too BJ I can I can look at them doin it an get drunk Shh great gooness it makes my head feel You…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 16 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 14 39 BJ Candy pullin be at jus any house that you want to have it to TL You told me that on the record earlier What…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 17 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 15 39 you know everybody get their place When he say Partners home An then after he say Partners home then ah uh hell hell say Half…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 18 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 16 39 the first old lady anyone they wanna An then ah she dance to the right all around then swing your her partner Then they promenade…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 19 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 17 39 an round an our hand goes an inbetwixt that way But thats pretty TL The whole circle does that huh BJ Yeah the whole circle…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 20 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 18 39 BJ I dunno but I jus sayin ye need to wear em now double I know Ha ha ha ha They was wearin the dresses…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 21 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 19 39 thing right on back right straight back These lil ol hats they got now they used to call em turbans TL Turbans They used to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 22 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 20 39 And then make your have your pit built or whatever you want you gonna heat em over then diffrunt then put it out you know…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 23 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 Bessie Jones P 25 SIDE II 39 TL Now whats this Its all about BJ My married life TL Your married life But why didnt people know that…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 24 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 26 BJ So I went on Went up to Chobee Okachobee Well we was gonna tell his mother about it right then but she was off prayin…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 25 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 27 39 BJ Well anyway I went on back home An that was on a a Saturday evenin An so an that Monday we got a room…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 26 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 28 39 BJ The Mother of the Church she came and asked me about it An I tol her an I showed her the duplicate All right…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 27 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 29 39 bishop had called him up an told him that he was on his way He was comin out here He told him what happened The…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 28 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 30 39 BJ So anyhow they didnt see im He went on back home An that an night sho nuf Elder Corner came to him an him…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 29 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 31 39 BJ All right So we passin you know in the council meetin where after the motion an meetin was over with Then they come to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 30 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P32 39 she said she said she didnt tell nobody she was married Said she was gonna marry An so some of them folk never did marry So…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 31 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 39 3rd R of 101261 p 33 BJ They didnt know what to say They got to come forward Ya see They didnt know how to bring it up cause you see…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 32 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 39 3rd R of 101261 P 34 BJ He said You mean to tell me that you been in this Church twenty years an somebody can tell you that somebody can go…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 33 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 39 3rd R of 101261 P 35 and coulda been picked up An thats when I knew Boy an them tol Si Phillip that An coulda been picked up an coulda been…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 34 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 39 3rd R of 101262 p 36 an everything Said Awright An handed her the duplicate Said Is the duplicate readin the same way I mean the same date Heh heh Yeah…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 35 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 37 39 BJ He say Well youre not in the Lord if you obeyed him in the wrong Ha ha ha So an so Maggie jus got…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 36 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 38 39 BJ An he said said Well if you gonna gonna gonna an obey the devil said Thas you Said But you got to git consent…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 37 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 39 39 meetin TL That same sort of thing huh BJ Yeah Council meetin goes on jus to see whats t wrong what aint wrong whats to…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 38 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 p 40 39 an fly off you know some folks will get that much devil in em they wont Its my business Il do what I please An…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 39 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 41 39 Ya see Thas real They meant a member of that church that buildin thas all they meant They don mean they got nothin within Ya…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1961-01-01
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Image 40 of Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962 3rd R of 101261 P 42 39 SPEAKING IN TONGUES repentence that time you did that four days repentence When you went on a fast for four days BJ Oh yeah umhum…- 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 39
Medium
- Manuscripts 8.5 x 14 in or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 2004/004: MS 02.02.53
Source Collection
- Alan Lomax collection (AFC 2004/004)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
Online Format
- online text
- image