Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Bill (William Lawrence) Smith, March 23, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Marneth Andagan. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include music and Civil War reenactments.Notes: Student paper for spring 2000, Laurie Sommers, instructor. Student paper on file. Also a member of the Rebelaires which plays for Civil War re-enactments and...

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Oral history interview with Donald Jerome Mason, November 15, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Jessica Stasalovich. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Country and Bluegrass music.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Eula Lee Watkins Arnold, November 30, 2004. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Interview by Laurie Sommers, done after Faces of Piney Woods project, as part of effort to get more on life of women in turpentine quarters.Bag includes audio recording, tape log and transcript, artist data sheet,...

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Oral history interview with Geoi K. Williams, April 24, 2001. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Jenny McDonald. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with J. David Morris, November 15, 1995. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Brent Farmer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Fieldworker note: Course project for MUS 648, Folk and Ethnic Music in the US, Laurie Sommers, instructor, fall 1995. Student paper in file. Also interviews tuner Tom Clark of Tropical Hammer, Sanford, FL, for the paper, but not...

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Oral history interview with Jack Vinson, November 15, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Resa West. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include jazz, Rhythm and blues music and trumpet.

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PRJ 1014 Online Oral Histories (Electronic Records) includes the digitized audio, artist data sheets, and tapelogs of the South Georgia Folklife Project oral histories. These interviews were originally recorded on cassette or DAT tapes. Many of these were recorded by the students of Laurie Sommers at Valdosta State University, circa 1999-2001.

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Oral history interview with James Copeland, October 19, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Ruth Burkhalter. Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics includes country music.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Louis Schmier, March 4, 2004. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Jenna Switzer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Discussion about Dr. Schmier's life and his religious, ethnic, and cultural practices.Semester project for HON 3990B, Folklore and Fieldwork, spring 2004, Laurie Sommers. Schmier is also included in PRJ 1010 as part of Sounds of South...

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Oral history interview with Memlon Williams, March 12, 2001. TOWN (Ga.). Fieldworker: Terrance Jones. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Discussion with Memlon Williams about his experiences performing gospel music, his influences, whom he has played with, the significance of contemporary Gospel, cultural and regional differences and the direction music is going.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Sidney Morris, March 18, 2004. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Gregory Barlow. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.The contents are an analysis of Morris’s life as a Jew in Valdosta. The interview focuses on several aspects of Jewish life in the area, predominantly how Southern and Jewish traditions influence each other.Includes VDT...

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PRJ 1014 Online Oral Histories (Electronic Records) includes the digitized audio, artist data sheets, and tapelogs of the South Georgia Folklife Project oral histories. These interviews were originally recorded on cassette or DAT tapes. Many of these were recorded by the students of Laurie Sommers at Valdosta State University, circa 1999-2001.

Scope and Contents Oral history interviews with Harley Langdale Jr., April 16, 2002; May 5, 2003; May 16, 2003; June 30, 2003. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio files digitized from DAT tapes. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Oral history interview with Harley Langdale Jr., April 16, 2002. 01:37:06. Harley Langdale, Jr....

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Lloyd B. Greer, Jr., May 10, 1993. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Rodger D. Gregory. Audio file digitized from cassette[?] tape (B1-F-054). Part of the David Williams Oral History Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include the Great Depression. Fieldworker notes: Started work at 6 years old - Father worked in Atlanta during the week in the 30s to provide for his family in Valdosta - Roosevelt's plan of action - Growing...