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Interview with George E. Music Jr., July 12, 2002

 File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 064_music-george
Collection number: PRJ1014-064

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with George E. Music Jr., July 12, 2002. Waycross (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from 2 cassette tapes. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Turpentining and the turpentine industry and trade.

Fieldworker notes: Music's voice recorded much quieter than that of the fieldworker. The interview took place on the porch of Music's mother's home, and the sounds of birds, insects, dogs, wind and his mother's voice may at times be heard.

Georgia; Oral histories; Sound recordings; Grand ole opry (Radio program); Waycross (Ga.); Music, George E. Jr., (1960-); Turpentine; Turpentining; Turpentine industry and trade; Wiregrass Country (Ga); Georgia--Satilla River;

Dates

  • July 12, 2002

Conditions Governing Access

Extent

2.24 Gigabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 4 audio files (wav, mp3), combined. 1892992908 bytes bytes. 02:58:51. 3 PDF documents (23 scans, jp2). 2.24 GB (2,408,658,143 bytes).)

Language

From the Collection: English

Artist Data

id_number: ADS-1002-03

last_name: Music

first_name: "George, Jr."

middle_name: E.

nickname:

group_org_name:

Call number: PRJ-1002

address:

artist_city: Waycross

state: GA

zip: 31503

artist_county: Ware

home_phone:

business_phone:

fax:

email:

birth date: 02/03/60

birthplace: "Clinch Memorial Hospital, Waycross, GA"

ethnicity_1: Caucasian

ethnicity_2:

religion: "Christian, Baptist"

genre: "Turpentine, Personal experience narrative, occupational folklife, naval stores"

occupation: Turpentiner

education:

date_of_contact: 07/12/02

contact_made_by: Timothy C. Prizer

notes: "Occupational folklife, Tape-recorded interview with detailed index made at George Music Rd., Waycross, GA 07/12/02. Part of Tim Prizer's initial volunteer internship with SGFP."

keywords: "Turpentine, Mayday, Echols"

Processing Information

PRJ1014-064, ADS-1002-03, CAS-1002.4.1, CAS-1002.14.2

Source

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)