Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections

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Oral history interview with Bettye Jean Ector, October 4, 1999. McIntosh County (Ga.). Fieldworker: Elizabeth L. Smith. Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include McIntosh County Shouters.

Scope and Contents 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...

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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.

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Oral history interview with Jo Smith Webb, January 30, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Recorded in Donalsonville, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. From Gretchen Geisinger's independent study (ENG) "On Solomon's Porch" on culture and social life in her hometown of Jakin, spring 1999. Interviewed in a retirement home where Gretchen's great-grandmother also lived.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Kenny Arlyn "Lance" Roberts, November 10, 1999. Norman Park (Ga.). Fieldworker: Payne Roberts (Daughter of Kenny). Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Country and Rock Music. Includes 2 original songs, "You've Got Everything (1959)" and "The Man in the Moon Showed Up." Includes biographical essay "Kenny Roberts and the Country Pop Style," by Payne...

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Oral history interview with Willis Lopez, April 24, 2001. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Suzanne North. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Latin dance clubs.

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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.