DAT-1002.16 Major Phillips interview, January 25, 2004
Scope and Contents
id: DAT-1002.16
item_title: Major Phillips interview
call_number: PRJ-1002
project_title: Turpentine
informant_name: Major Phillips
fieldworker: LeRoy Henderson
recording_engineer: LeRoy Henderson
date: 25-Jan-04
recording_location: Adrian
content_summary: Interview with Phillips about his life farming, turpentining, and gathering last barrel of domestic turpentine for Soperton Naval Stores.
notes: Phillips has a speech impediment which affects the interview. See Faces of Piney Woods web site and End of an Era article in VF.
technical_summary: good quality
genre: occupational folklife, turpentine, personal experience narrative
places: Adrian, Soperton
people: Major Phillips, Marsten Kennedy, Phillips, Gillis
groups: African American
keywords: quarters, commissary, tally board, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving
Dates
- January 25, 2004
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Series 8: PRJ-1010 Sounds of South Georgia
Box 19
Folder 70: VHS-1010.06 The McIntosh County Shouters may not be copied
Extent
From the Collection: 40 Boxes
From the Collection: 3 items
From the Collection: 205 Cassettes
From the Collection: 29 Reels
From the Collection: 183 DVDs
From the Collection: 31 Video cassette
From the Collection: 41 Compact Disc
Language
From the Collection: English
Source
- Phillips, Major, 1945-2010 (Interviewee, Person)
- Henderson, LeRoy (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)
archives@valdosta.edu