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Interview with Sidney Morris, March 18, 2004

 File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 054_morris-sidney
Collection number: PRJ1014-054

Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Sidney Morris, March 18, 2004. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Gregory Barlow. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

The contents are an analysis of Morris’s life as a Jew in Valdosta. The interview focuses on several aspects of Jewish life in the area, predominantly how Southern and Jewish traditions influence each other.

Includes VDT article about Sidney Morris, Wiregrass names hall for Morrises, Nov. 2022 [PDF].

Dates

  • March 18, 2004

Conditions Governing Access

Extent

633 Megabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 1 audio file (wav, mp3) 298,924,788 bytes. 00:36:13. 3 PDF documents (8 scans, jp2). Approx. 633 MB (664,362,495 bytes).) : Made available in DSpace on 2022-06-01T13:16:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 cas-1012-34.mp3: 52177786 bytes, checksum: b7cb9f6c928d495952af9176a8471d18 (MD5) ADS-1012-54_Redacted.pdf: 6041737 bytes, checksum: b2ef4d845d3378ec541a7fcfa4b39b61 (MD5) tapelog-and-transcript.pdf: 6023227 bytes, checksum: 8fe5494c803c316836be1deaca27d70d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-03-18

Language

From the Collection: English

Artist Data Sheet

id_number: ADS-1012-54

last_name: Morris

first_name: Sidney

middle_name:

nickname:

group_org_name:

Call number: PRJ-1012

address:

artist_city: Valdosta

state: GA

zip: 31605

artist_county:

home_phone:

business_phone:

fax:

email:

birthdate: 08/15/40

birthplace: Valdosta

ethnicity_1: Lithuanian

ethnicity_2:

religion: conservative Jewish

genre: "oral history, personal experience narrative, family histories, Jewish history"

occupation: "retired, musical instrument rental"

education:

date_of_contact: 03/18/04

contact_made_by: Greg Barlow

notes: "Semester Project for HON 3990B, capstone seminar, Spring 2004, Laurie Sommers, instructor. Student paper on file under Barlow, Gregory."

keywords: "Jewish customs, Valdosta, Jews in South, Anti-Semitism, Southern Jewish Culture"

Semester Project for HON 3990B, capstone seminar, Spring 2004, Laurie Sommers, instructor. Student paper on file under Barlow, Gregory.

A tape log, consent form, and a transcript are in the folder, but no "Artist Data Sheet" exists. This was done for an Honors 4990B course taught by Laurie Sommers.

Morris is clear and well-spoken. A refrigerator's hum can be heard for a period of time in the background, but this is not distracting.

Processing Information

PRJ1014-054, CAS-1012.48, ADS-1012-54, VF-1012.1

1. Lots of additional papers in VF-1012.1 folder from fieldworker Greg Barlow. Not digitized. Also related to Louis Schmier oral history.

2. A tape log, consent form, and a transcript are in the folder, but no "Artist Data Sheet" exists.

3. Possibly related: DAT-1010.23 Temple Israel Corned Beef Sandwich Sale, 14-Mar-04

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)