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Valdosta Daily Times article by Dean Poling (September 23, 2014) : Eleanor in Valdosta, How a Roosevelt once came to town

Valdosta Daily Times article by Dean Poling (October 1, 2014) : Guest musician to play VSU's rarely used pipe organ.

Valdosta Daily Times Article by Elizabeth Butler (February 11, 2009): 'Never Again, Mom!' says The Streaker of March 1974 at Valdosta State College. Interview with Mike Hammer about the 1974 incident.

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Oral history interview with Bettye Jean Ector, October 4, 1999. McIntosh County (Ga.). Fieldworker: Elizabeth L. Smith. Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include McIntosh County Shouters.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Bill (William Lawrence) Smith, March 23, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Marneth Andagan. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include music and Civil War reenactments.Notes: Student paper for spring 2000, Laurie Sommers, instructor. Student paper on file. Also a member of the Rebelaires which plays for Civil War re-enactments and...

Scope and Contents Part of Taylor Brothers Interview, September 12, 1999. See PRJ1014-067Oral history interview with Clarence James "CJ" Taylor and Brothers, September 12, 1999. Blackshear (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special...

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Oral history interview with Devin McGlamery (1982-), November 14, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Brooke Nichols. Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include gospel music.

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Oral history interview with Donald Jerome Mason, November 15, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Jessica Stasalovich. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Country and Bluegrass music.

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Oral history interview with Elder Troy Jackson Jr., April 22, 2001. Willacoochee (Ga.). Fieldworker: Sandy Robinson. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include singing, gospel music and the gospel group Brothers and Sisters.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with J. David Morris, November 15, 1995. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Brent Farmer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Fieldworker note: Course project for MUS 648, Folk and Ethnic Music in the US, Laurie Sommers, instructor, fall 1995. Student paper in file. Also interviews tuner Tom Clark of Tropical Hammer, Sanford, FL, for the paper, but not...

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Oral history interview with Jack Vinson, November 15, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Resa West. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include jazz, Rhythm and blues music and trumpet.

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Oral history interview with James Copeland, October 19, 2000. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Ruth Burkhalter. Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics includes country music.

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...

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Oral history interview with Jimmy Franklin Johnson March 29, 2001 and April 12, 2001. Hahira (Ga.). Fieldworker: Karrie Kirkland. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include hunting and country music. Includes musical performance of Johnny Cash songs.

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...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Kenny Arlyn "Lance" Roberts, November 10, 1999. Norman Park (Ga.). Fieldworker: Payne Roberts (Daughter of Kenny). Audio file from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Country and Rock Music. Includes 2 original songs, "You've Got Everything (1959)" and "The Man in the Moon Showed Up." Includes biographical essay "Kenny Roberts and the Country Pop Style," by Payne...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Marty F. Broome, November 12, 2000. Dasher (Ga.). Dasher Church of Christ. Fieldworker: Billy Ezra. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Note: Song leader for Dasher Church of Christ, has sung in gospel quartets; Church of God has a seven-shape hymnal. Leads choir as Georgia Christian School in Dasher. Interviewed as part of class project for...

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Oral history interview with Marvin J. McConnell, November 23, 1999. Albany (Ga.). Fieldworker: Peter Young. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include music, bluegrass, fiddles, and the Agrirama.

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Oral history interview with Memlon Williams, March 12, 2001. TOWN (Ga.). Fieldworker: Terrance Jones. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Discussion with Memlon Williams about his experiences performing gospel music, his influences, whom he has played with, the significance of contemporary Gospel, cultural and regional differences and the direction music is going.

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Oral history interview with Robert "Doo" Hickman, April 20, 2001. Gainesville (Ga.). Fieldworker: Chip Zoller. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Native American music and traditional instruments.

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Oral history interview with Robert L. Price, November 1, 1999. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Latasha N. McCoy. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with the Taylor Brothers: Clarence Taylor, CJ Taylor, Willie Taylor and Junior Taylor, September 12, 1999. Blackshear (Ga.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT tape(s). Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.Interview with the Taylor Brothers, home of Junior Taylor 9-12-99. Originally taped for the Okefenokee Music Survey, on Junior Taylor’s front porch, various...