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File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 078_melton-acline
Collection number: PRJ1014-078
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Oral history interview with Acline Melton, January 6, 2005. Echols County (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Two tapes (second quite short) of interview with Acline Melton 'rambling' about his lifetime experience working in the woods, including turpentining.
Dates:
January 6, 2005
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 084_carter-alton_west-elliot
Collection number: PRJ1014-084
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Oral history interviews with Alton Carter and Elliot West, February 1, 1998 and April 18, 1998. Folkston (Ga.). Eddie B. Robinson also interviewed. 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.
DAT-1002.01: Alton Carter and Elliott West Interview, February 1, 1998....
Dates:
February 1, 1998; April 18, 1998
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 080_smith-bessie
Collection number: PRJ1014-080
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Oral history interview with Bessie Kincade Smith, December 6, 2004. Hahira (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Interviewed on the front porch of Ms. Smith's home. Role of women for Faces of Piney Woods project. No transcript on file.
Dates:
December 6, 2004
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 059_taylor-cj
Collection number: PRJ1014-059
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Oral history interview with C.J. Taylor, July 14, 2002. Blackshear (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. 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 occupational folklife analysis on C.J. Taylor’s life living and working in numerous turpentine camps. The interview focuses on several aspects of life in the camp, predominately on the sometimes harsh...
Dates:
July 14, 2002
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 060_carter-gillis
Collection number: PRJ1014-060
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Oral history interview with Era Gillis Carter, November 2, 2003. Willacoochee (Ga.). Fieldworker: Tim Prizer. Audio file digitized from 2 cassette tapes. Part of the Turpentine Series: South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Includes transcript and photographs. Topics include the turpentine trade and industry.Fieldworker notes: Interview took place in the carport of Mr. Carter's home in Willacoochee, GA. Part of Faces of Piney...
Dates:
November 2, 2003
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 071_wilcox-jf_bernice
Collection number: PRJ1014-071
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Oral history interview with John Frank "J.F." Wilcox Jr., and Bernice Wilcox, January 28, 2004. Ludowici (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. J.F. and Bernice Wilcox, an elderly African American married couple in Ludowici, GA with a long history of involvement in the turpentine industry, speak about their lives living and working in...
Dates:
January 28, 2004
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 065_nelson-la
Collection number: PRJ1014-065
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Oral history interview with L.A. "Stick" Nelson, July 10, 2003. Nashville (Ga.). Fieldworker: LeRoy Henderson. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include family history and turpentining.Subjects: Georgia; Oral histories; Sound recordings; African Americans; Turpentine; Naval Stores; Turpentining; Turpentine industry and trade; Nelson, L.A. (1905-2004); Nashville...
Dates:
July 10, 2003
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 066_phillips-major
Collection number: PRJ1014-066
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Oral history interview with Major Phillips, January 25, 2004. Adrian (Ga.). Fieldworker: Le Roy Henderson. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Turpentining.
Subjects: Georgia; Oral histories; Sound recordings; Phillips, Major (1945-2010); Turpentine; Turpentine industry and trade; Adrian (Ga.); African Americans;
Dates:
January 25, 2004
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 063_brockinton-patricia
Collection number: PRJ1014-063
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Oral history interview with Patricia "Pat" Wetherington Brockinton, September 4, 2003. Fargo (Ga.), Dayton Turpentine Camp site. Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Turpentine and Turpentine industry and trade.
Dates:
September 4, 2003
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 072_wilkerson-ralph
Collection number: PRJ1014-072
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Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004. Waycross (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Mr. Wilkerson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods and stills of south Georgia. He worked from childhood to adulthood in the woods and then worked at the turpentine still in Hoboken, GA until 1982, when he left...
Dates:
February 22, 2004
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 067_taylor-brothers
Collection number: PRJ1014-067
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Oral history interview with the Taylor Brothers: Clarence Taylor, CJ Taylor, Willie Taylor and Junior Taylor, September 12, 1999. Blackshear (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT tape(s). Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Interview with the Taylor Brothers, home of Junior Taylor 9-12-99. Originally taped for the Okefenokee Music Survey, on Junior Taylor’s front porch, various...
Dates:
September 12, 1999
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 070_white-willie
Collection number: PRJ1014-070
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Oral history interview with Willie White, Jr., July 6, 2003 and July 15, 2003. Hoboken (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from 3 cassette tapes. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include gospel music, blues (music), and turpentining. The July 15, 2003 audio file includes song performances by Willie White Jr., accompanied by guitar.Willie White talks at length about his life...
Dates:
July 6, 2003 ; July 15, 2003
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