Interview with Junior Taylor, July 14, 2002
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Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Junior Taylor, July 14, 2002. Blackshear (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. 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 occupational folklife (or folklore) analysis on Junior Taylor’s life living and working in numerous turpentine camps. The interview focuses on all aspects of life in the camp, including child recreation and schooling, foodways, living conditions, church goings, and work in the woods.
Dates
- July 14, 2002
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
1.63 Gigabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 3 audio file (wav, combined to 1 mp3) 1,530,811,256 bytes. 02:24:38. 3 PDF documents (2 scans, jp2). Bag Approx. 1.63 GB (1,755,277,813 bytes).) : Made available in DSpace on 2022-06-07T16:33:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 cas-1002-15.mp3: 207972847 bytes, checksum: d0652e6aef31477d5ba2644a954b72e8 (MD5) tapelog-and-transcript.pdf: 219594 bytes, checksum: 06154deb499bfcaa466772e0e18e79a8 (MD5) ads-1002-02.pdf: 376452 bytes, checksum: 1d6c33f3a26fedb0db51e0de7e63d299 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002-07-14
Language
From the Collection: English
Artist Datasheet
County of Residence: Pierce
Occupation: Turpentiner, Locomotive mechanic, musician
Notes: Occupational folklife, Tape-recorded interview with detailed index made at 833 Allen Ave., Blackshear, GA on 07/14/02. Deceased since initial contact made. Part of Tim Prizer's original volunteer internship with SGFP.
Keywords: Turpentine, African American, Mayday, Echols
Genres (Controlled Vocabulary): Turpentine, Personal experience narrative, occupational folklore, naval stores
id_number: ADS-1002-02
last_name: Taylor
first_name: Junior
middle_name:
nickname: Iron Man
group_org_name:
Call number: PRJ-1002
address:
artist_city: Blackshear
state: GA
zip: 31516
artist_county: Pierce
home_phone:
business_phone:
fax:
email:
birthdate: 07/18/27
birthplace: Unclear-farm in Alabama
ethnicity_1: African American
ethnicity_2:
religion: "Christian, Baptist"
genre: "Turpentine, Personal experience narrative, occupational folklore, naval stores"
occupation: "Turpentiner, Locomotive mechanic, musician"
education:
date_of_contact: 07/14/02
contact_made_by: Timothy C. Prizer
notes: "Occupational folklife, Tape-recorded interview with detailed index made at 833 Allen Ave., Blackshear, GA on 07/14/02. Deceased since initial contact made. Part of Tim Prizer's original volunteer internship with SGFP."
keywords: "Turpentine, African American, Mayday, Echols"
Processing Note
PRJ1014-073, ADS-1002-02, CAS-1002.15.1, CAS-1002.15.2, sgfp_sca-2004-6_023
Source
- Prizer, Timothy C. (Interviewer, Person)
- Taylor, Junior, 1927-2004 (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