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Interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995

 File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 049_sumner-janet
Collection number: PRJ1014-049

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995. Fitzgerald (Ga.). Fieldworker: Linda J. Star. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Gospel music and gospel band Heaven's Echoes.

Fieldworker notes: Tape is two sided, with performance and group interviews on one side, followed by 14 minutes of silence on second side, then interview with Sumner starts. For Class MUS 648 taught by Laurie Sommers in Fall of 1995.

Dates

  • November 20, 1995

Conditions Governing Access

Extent

575 Megabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 1 audio file (wav, mp3) 366168952 bytes. 00:32:56. 4 PDF documents (9 scans, jp2). 1 image file. 17 files. 575 MB (603,673,353 bytes).) : Made available in DSpace on 2022-05-20T17:21:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 cas-1012-010_sumner_19951120.mp3: 47375726 bytes, checksum: 92c66474db818fddc8852ead055f34b6 (MD5) ads-1012-049_Redacted.pdf: 547329 bytes, checksum: 42713ca9bb668760f98264ae1a451fd0 (MD5) tapelog-and-transcript.pdf: 3626033 bytes, checksum: c112aa67aa6e9cd6c094de7cdc77b2dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 1995-11-20

Language

From the Collection: English

Artist Data Sheet

id_number: ADS-1012-49

last_name: Sumner

first_name: Janet

middle_name: Harper

nickname:

group_org_name: Heaven's Echoes

Call number: PRJ-1012

address: .

artist_city: Fitzgerald

state: GA

zip: 31750

artist_county: Ben Hill

home_phone:

business_phone:

fax:

email:

birthdate: 16-Mar-55

birthplace: Ben Hill Co

ethnicity_1: European American

ethnicity_2:

religion: missionary baptist

genre: "Southern Gospel music, religious music, quartet"

occupation: teacher

education:

date_of_contact: 21-Nov-95

contact_made_by: Linda J. Star

notes: "Student project for MUS 648 Fall 1995, Laurie Sommers, instructor."

keywords: "vocal, alto"

Informant Name: Janet Harper Sumner

Fieldworker: Linda J. Star

Fitzgerald, GA

Engineer: Tape is two sided, with performance and group interviews on one side, followed by 14 minutes of silence on second side, then interview with Sumner starts. For Class MUS 648 taught by Laurie Sommers in Fall of 1995.

Location: Tape is two sided, with performance and group interviews on one side, followed by 14 minutes of silence on second side, then interview with Sumner starts. For Class MUS 648 taught by Laurie Sommers in Fall of 1995.

Content Summary: side one, recorded outdoors on a calm evening with people milling around. Tape was set up approx. 50 feet from platform. Cars parked behind. Despite background noise, performances and interviews can be understood clearly, Recorded indoors with no outside

Notes: Southern Gospel music, religious music, quartet

Technical Summary: Irwin County, Fitzgerald

Genre: gospel sings

Places: Heaven's Echoes

People: Janet Sumner, Tony Morgan, Merlin Miles, Marvin Paulk, Brenda Paulk, Casey Sumner

Processing Information

PRJ1014-049, ADS-1012-49, CAS-1012.10, VF-1012.20

Lots of documents in Vertical File folder. Not digitized.

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)