Interview with Louis Schmier, March 4, 2004
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Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Louis Schmier, March 4, 2004. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Jenna Switzer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Discussion about Dr. Schmier's life and his religious, ethnic, and cultural practices.
Semester project for HON 3990B, Folklore and Fieldwork, spring 2004, Laurie Sommers. Schmier is also included in PRJ 1010 as part of Sounds of South Georgia Series.
Dates
- March 4, 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
645 Megabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 2 audio files (wav, mp3), combined. 449,177,688 bytes. 00:42:11. 3 PDF documents (15 scans, jp2). 645 MB (677,279,133 bytes).) : Made available in DSpace on 2022-05-18T16:42:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 cas-1012-045.mp3: 60759695 bytes, checksum: 72c03235e1d97e2ccd5948ce7a749e47 (MD5) tapelog-and-transcript.pdf: 11743940 bytes, checksum: f5183021827d8d26e341682285107fdd (MD5) ads-1012-047_Redacted.pdf: 556650 bytes, checksum: b5ac4ab73e21e79a61124519a5fcc1bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-03-04
Language
From the Collection: English
Artist Data Sheet
id_number: ADS-1012-47
last_name: Schmier
first_name: Louis
middle_name:
nickname:
group_org_name:
Call number: PRJ-1012
address:
artist_city: Valdosta
state: GA
zip: 31602
artist_county: Lowndes
home_phone:
business_phone:
fax:
email: lschmier@valdosta.edu
birthdate: 01-Nov-40
birthplace: New York City
ethnicity_1: Polish
ethnicity_2: Russian/ Austrian
religion: Jewish
genre: "food, regional history, oral history, Jewish history, Passover Seder, religious rites, calendar rites"
occupation: professor of history at VSU
education: "BA- Adelph Univ, MA- St. Johns, PhD U of NC"
date_of_contact: 04-Mar-04
contact_made_by: Jenna Switzer
notes: "Semester project for HON 3990B, Folklore and Fieldwork, spring 2004, Laurie Sommers. Schmier is also included in PRJ 1010 as part of Sounds of South Georgia Series."
keywords: "Temple Israel, Jewish, Eastern European, Passover Seder"
Processing Information
This is part of a project for a class taught by Laurie Sommers in 2004. PRJ1014-047, ADS-1012-47, CAS-1012-045-01, CAS-1012-045-02
Source
- Schmier, Louis, 1940- (Interviewee, 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