Interview with Bessie Kincade Smith, December 6, 2004
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Bessie Kincade Smith, December 6, 2004. Hahira (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Interviewed on the front porch of Ms. Smith's home. Role of women for Faces of Piney Woods project. No transcript on file.
Dates
- December 6, 2004
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
1.01 Gigabytes (1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 1 audio file(s) (wav, mp3) 864000044 bytes. 01:15:00. 3 PDF documents (4 scans, jp2). 1 photograph. Bag approx. 1.01 GB (1,090,923,895 bytes).) : Made available in DSpace on 2022-06-09T20:32:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 dat1002-13_01.mp3: 180271751 bytes, checksum: 25e05f266597b77a3d021b59c778ce7f (MD5) ads-1002-22.pdf: 646883 bytes, checksum: 4c64058d2643b62afe1e5236a13003ed (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-12-06
Language
From the Collection: English
Tape Log and Artist Data Sheet
id: DAT-1002. 13
item_title: Bessie Kincade Smith interview
call_number: PRJ-1002
project_title: Turpentine
equipment_used: ;
informant_name: Lazaree Moore Thomas, Bessie Kincade Smith,
fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers
recording_engineer: Laurie Kay Sommers
date: 06-Dec-04
recording_location: Hahira
content_summary: Interview with Smith, along with her friend and pastor Thomas, sitting in. Interview focused on life of woman/girl in turpentine camp.
notes: Smith has a health problem that makes her voice low and raspy and breathing pronounced.
technical_summary: good
genre: personal experience narrative, naval stores, turpentine
places: Hahira, Florida, Coleman Camp, Mineola
people: ;
groups: African American
keywords: quarters
id_number: ADS-1002-22
last_name: Smith
first_name: Bessie
middle_name: Kincade
nickname:
group_org_name:
Call number: PRJ-1002
address:
artist_city: Hahira
state: GA
zip: 31632
artist_county:
home_phone:
business_phone:
fax:
email:
birthdate: 08/28/36
birthplace: "Days, FL"
ethnicity_1: African American
ethnicity_2:
religion: Holiness
genre: "Turpentine, personal experience narrative, occupational folklife, naval stores"
occupation: "domestic, Smith Nursing Home, farm work"
education:
date_of_contact: 12/06/04
contact_made_by: Laurie K. Sommers
notes: Interviewed on the front porch of Ms. Smith's home. Role of women for Faces of Piney Woods project.
keywords: Coleman turpentine quarters
Processing Information
PRJ1014-080, ADS-1002-22, VF-1002.50, VF-1002.51, DAT-1002.13, sgfp_sca-2004-6_039
No transcript on file
Source
- Sommers, Laurie Kay, 1955- (Interviewer, Person)
- Smith, Bessie Kincade, 1936-2010 (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