Interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995
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
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
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
- Sumner, Janet Harper, 1955- (Interviewee, Person)
- Photograph: Heaven's Echoes, c.1995 [JPG]
- Oral history interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995 [MP3]
- Tape Log and Transcript: Oral history interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995 [PDF]
- Artist Data Sheet: Oral history interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995 [PDF]
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