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Interviews with Henry Rutland, bulk: 1995 - 2003

 File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 048_rutland-henry
Collection number: PRJ1014-048

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with Henry Rutland, "Fiddlin' Henry Rutland," 1995-2003. Dates: October 21, 1995; October 1, 1997; February 24, 1998 with Paul Massey; September 17, 1999; October 19, 2003. Moultrie (Ga.). Fieldworkers: Kristin Olson, Laurie Sommers. 6 Audio files digitized from cassette and DAT tapes. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1995 - 2003

Conditions Governing Access

Extent

5.76 Gigabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 6 audio files (wav, mp3) 4,954,208,210 bytes. 10 PDF documents (51 scans, jp2). 78 files. 5.76 GB (6,186,922,355 bytes).) : Made available in DSpace on 2022-05-20T14:40:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 9 cas-1012-08_19951021_complete.mp3: 81820564 bytes, checksum: ce970028596e92febb2d369f51bb9ebc (MD5) cas-1012-09_19951021.mp3: 28503844 bytes, checksum: c2ecdc114969d1c98de6dd6857a530ce (MD5) tapelog-and-transcript_1995.pdf: 5641829 bytes, checksum: 35d5735e959a9f8cec50013b49881e87 (MD5) ads-1012-048_Redacted.pdf: 545930 bytes, checksum: 3cbb51edd56d8a4cf528571fb4aef0e5 (MD5) dat-1007-09_19971001_complete.mp3: 210674639 bytes, checksum: 2f7237a519f4d7a14fb7437e8e5bfd8a (MD5) tapelog-and-transcript_1997.pdf: 26699456 bytes, checksum: b9e95ea105d4994c47941eddfbf546ac (MD5) dat-1007-015_rutland-massey_19980224.mp3: 54930434 bytes, checksum: 1b72eae5267de7e399ad4f8243e00dbf (MD5) dat_1003-012_19990917_complete.mp3: 41312199 bytes, checksum: 9b11a17fd1ecb8eebe3985b509031b6a (MD5) dat-1003-026_rutland-reunion_20031019.mp3: 166563758 bytes, checksum: 4620e1a965ec71f80e2fc5ab7bc5c045 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1995-10-21

Language

From the Collection: English

Artist Data Sheet

id_number: ADS-1012-48

last_name: Rutland

first_name: Henry

middle_name:

nickname: Fiddlin' Henry Rutland

group_org_name: South Georgia Grass

Call number: PRJ-1012

address:

artist_city: Thomasville

state: GA

zip: 31792

artist_county: Thomas

home_phone:

business_phone:

fax:

email:

birthdate: 14-Oct-40

birthplace: "Cross City, FL"

ethnicity_1: Irish

ethnicity_2: English

religion: baptist

genre: bluegrass, country, western swing, personal experience narratives, oral history, Bluegrass music, Country music, fiddle, Robert Rutland, Georgia Slim

occupation: "retired country engineer for Colquitt Co, GA"

education:

date_of_contact:

contact_made_by: Kristin Olson

notes: "Student project for MUS 648 Fall 1995, Laurie Sommers, instructor. Rutland is also included in PRJ 1007 and PRJ 1003 as he and his guitarist Paul Massey participated in various South Georgia Folklife Project programs."

keywords: fiddle, South Georgia Grass, Georgia Slim Rutland

notes: See report by Kristin Olson entitled Henry Rutland: A Case Study of a Bluegrass Musician

Audio Files

1. Oral history interview with Henry Rutland, "Fiddlin' Henry Rutland" October 21, 1995. Thomasville (Ga.). Fieldworker: Kristin Olson. 00:56:48. Includes transcript. Download MP3. Download Transcript Student project for MUS 648 Fall 1995, Laurie Sommers, instructor. Rutland is also included in PRJ 1007 and PRJ 1003 as he and his guitarist Paul Massey participated in various South Georgia Folklife Project programs.
2. Henry Rutland and Paul Massey, Moultrie First and Main Festival Performance, October 21, 1995. Moultrie (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. 00:19:49. Musical performance. Download MP3
3. Oral history interview with Henry Rutland, October 1, 1997. Thomasville (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. 02:26:17. Includes transcript. Download MP3. Download Transcript
4. Henry Rutland and Paul Massey, February 24, 1998. Thomasville (Ga.). 00:38:11. Musical performance. Download MP3
5. Henry Rutland at Colquitt County Historical Society, September 17, 1999. Recorded at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Moultrie (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. 00:28:41. Includes event program. Download MP3
6. Rutland Family Reunion, October 19, 2003. Mt. Zion Music Hall, Lowndes County (Ga.). 01:55:39. Musical performance. Download MP3

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)