South Georgia Folklife Collection
Scope and Contents
This multi-genre ethnographic collection is an outgrowth of the South Georgia Folklife Project founded by Dr. Laurie Sommers in 1996. It reflects 10 years of field documentation and public programs from 1996 to 2006. Highlights of the collection include Southeast Georgia Sacred Harp, Okefenokee Music Survey, Flint River fisheries, Traditions of Turpentiners, Folkwriting (Lessons on Place, Heritage, and Traditions for Georgia Classrooms), online exhibits, and a radio archives of documentary programs originally broadcast on National Public Radio affiliates.
Visit the South Georgia Folklife Project website.
Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain offensive language, viewpoints, imagery or other forms of objectionable content. Such materials document the past and should be viewed within the context of their original time period. Providing online access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes, prejudices, or behaviors depicted therein. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections is committed to upholding the principle of equal and free access to unaltered historical information. (based upon the statement for the Georgia Public Library Service on harmful content
Dates
- 1996 - 2006
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
40 Boxes
3 items
205 Cassettes
29 Reels
183 DVDs
31 Video cassette
41 Compact Disc
Language
English
Arrangement Note
The collection is divided into thirteen series that reflect topical foci. Each series has been assigned a "PRJ" or "project" number to identify its place in the collection. The series for the collection are as follows:
Series 1: PRJ-1002: Turpentine
Series 2:PRJ-1003: General Resources
Series 3: PRJ-1004: Sacred Harp of Southeast Georgia
Series 4: PRJ-1005: Suckerfish
Series 5: PRJ-1007: Wiregrass
Series 6: PRJ-1008: Last Harvest
Series 7: PRJ-1009: Folkwriting
Series 8: PRJ-1010: Sounds of South Georgia
Series 9: PRJ-1011: Exploring Community Heritage
Series 10: PRJ-1012: Student Projects
Series 11: PRJ-1013: Okefenokee
Series 12: Multimedia Materials
Accruals and Additions
Signed Records Transfer for SGFC additions: Gourd by Linda Bruton done in 2006; Walking stick carved by Ronnie Dale Lee of Hoboken 199, and SGFC posters Gourd is on display in Mobley Reading Room.
- Primitive Baptists--History--Sources.
- Festivals -- Georgia
- Folklore -- Georgia -- Wiregrass Country
- Georgia -- History
- Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)
- Primitive Baptists
- Primitive Baptists -- Georgia -- History
- Sacred harp
- South Georgia Folklife Collection (Valdosta State University)
- Turpentine Industry and Trade
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- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2021-02-17: Revised for DACS compliance by Douglas Carlson
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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