Interview with Diana Bennett Jones, April 7, 2003
Scope and Contents
Interview with Diana Bennett Jones, Randolph County, Georgia, April 7, 2003. Fieldworker: Kuanita E. Murphy. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Dates
- April 7, 2003
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
3 Electronic Records (3 Electronic record(s) and derivatives. 439,846,920 bytes. 00:41:33. 2 PDF files (Tapelog, Artist Data Sheet). )
Language
From the Collection: English
Tape Log Notes
item_title: "Jones, Diane Bennett"
call_number: PRJ-1012
project_title: Student Project
equipment_used:
informant_name: "Jones, Diane bennett"
fieldworker: Kuanita E. Murphy
recording_engineer: Kuanita E. Murphy
date: 4/7/2003
recording_location: "Cuthbert, GA"
content_summary: Interview with Mrs. Diane b. Jones about the craft of Sacred harp singing
notes: interview conducted by Kuanita Murphy for an independent study for Laurie Sommers
index_of_contents: index exists in folder
consent_form: Yes
transcription: Yes
access_copy: No
technical_summary: "good, phone ringing, thunderstorm overhead"
genre: "religious music, singing, shape note music"
places: "Cuthbert, GA; Randolph county"
people: "Diana Bennett Jones,"
groups: Georgia/Alabama Singing Convention
keywords: "sacred harp, cotton field singing"
Processing Information
CAS1012.41, ADS-1012-04
Tape Index
020: Shape-note singing traditions: conventions, singings
031: Georgia/Alabama Singing Convention
036: “...Singing messages to the Lord...”
046: Cotton field singing
052: Why members dropped out of the convention; several choirs dropped out already
062: Her perspective on the African American church
069: Singing Schools
088: Location of the singing schools/costs
108: Mount Cilla A.M.E. Church in Carnegie (Randolph County), Georgia
118: Her family experience with singing and how she learned it
131: “I’ll Be A Friend To Jesus” sung by Mrs. Diana B. Jones
158: She sings with her father and sisters still today.
174: “...singing is a daily constitution for me...”
184: “Music was a spiritual constellation”
190: Old traditions with singing in African American culture
196: Her son started when he was three with his father.
207: Her daughter sings daily in the home as well
216: Cotton Field Songs
220: “I Wonder If The Day Will Ever Come When We’ll Be Free” sung by Mrs. Jones
246: Her knowledge of singing
254: “...a way of getting the message out that they couldn’t tell
the master...”
265: What is important to keep the tradition alive?
272: Her thoughts on what she thinks is important to keep tradition alive.
289: Contemporary gospel
300: Revitalizing an interest in Randolph County for the younger generation
316: Education of the Shape-note singing in the community
327: Recollections on singings events and traditions and attendance
382: Prayer meetings
400: Congregation size in African American churches
410: Churches in Carnegie (Randolph County), Georgia where she attended church: Mount Cilla A.M.E. (1st Sunday church), New Jerusalem (2nd Sunday), Saint Luke Missionary Baptist (3rd Sunday), and Sweet Beulah (4th Sunday)
429: What happened to these churches? Structures?
457: “.. .1 believe people would feel more fulfilled in their daily living if they would go back to some of the old time ways...”
462: Educating the youth to keep tradition going
489: “I have learned to let the Lord guide and lead me daily.
502: Her personal hopes for shape-note singing
511: Talks about writing her own music and experiences
595: END of Interview
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