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Wiregrass Country (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017003661.html

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Janet Harper Sumner, November 20, 1995

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 049_sumner-janet
Collection number: PRJ1014-049
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...
Dates: November 20, 1995

Interview with J.F. Jr., and Bernice Wilcox, January 28, 2004

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 071_wilcox-jf_bernice
Collection number: PRJ1014-071
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with John Frank "J.F." Wilcox Jr., and Bernice Wilcox, January 28, 2004. Ludowici (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. J.F. and Bernice Wilcox, an elderly African American married couple in Ludowici, GA with a long history of involvement in the turpentine industry, speak about their lives living and working in...
Dates: January 28, 2004

Interview with Jimmy Franklin Johnson, April 12, 2001

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 031_johnson-jimmy-franklin
Collection number: PRJ1014-031
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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.

Dates: April 12, 2001

Interview with Jo Webb, January 30, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 013_webb-jo
Collection number: PRJ1014-013
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Oral history interview with Jo Smith Webb, January 30, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Recorded in Donalsonville, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. From Gretchen Geisinger's independent study (ENG) "On Solomon's Porch" on culture and social life in her hometown of Jakin, spring 1999. Interviewed in a retirement home where Gretchen's great-grandmother also lived.

Dates: January 30, 1999

Interview with J.W. Miller, March 17, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 009_miller-jw
Collection number: PRJ1014-009
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with J.W. Miller [Joel Willie Miller], March 17, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.TAPELOGid: CAS-1012.15item_title: "Miller, J.W."call_number: PRJ-1012project_title: Student Projectequipment_used: Wollensakinformant_name: J. W. Miller...
Dates: March 17, 1999

Interview with Kenny Arlyn "Lance" Roberts, November 10, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 019_roberts-kenny
Collection number: PRJ1014-019
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...
Dates: November 10, 1999

Interview with L.A. "Stick" Nelson, July 10, 2003

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 065_nelson-la
Collection number: PRJ1014-065
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with L.A. "Stick" Nelson, July 10, 2003. Nashville (Ga.). Fieldworker: LeRoy Henderson. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include family history and turpentining.Subjects: Georgia; Oral histories; Sound recordings; African Americans; Turpentine; Naval Stores; Turpentining; Turpentine industry and trade; Nelson, L.A. (1905-2004); Nashville...
Dates: July 10, 2003

Interview with Lucille Dutton, March 5, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 007_dutton-lucille
Collection number: PRJ1014-007
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Interview with Lucille Spooner Dutton, Seminole County, Donalsonville (Ga.), March 5, 1999. Blanch Williams present. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Dates: March 5, 1999

Interview with Mac Tedder, February 13, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 005_tedder-mac
Collection number: PRJ1014-005
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Interview with Mac Tedder, February 13, 1999. Jakin, Georgia [Early County]. Excerpts from On Solomon’s Porch, an oral history of cultural life in Jakin, Georgia by Gretchen Geisinger, Independent Study, 1999, Laurie Kay Sommers, Instructor.

Dates: February 13, 1999

Interview with Major Phillips, January 25, 2004

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 066_phillips-major
Collection number: PRJ1014-066
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Oral history interview with Major Phillips, January 25, 2004. Adrian (Ga.). Fieldworker: Le Roy Henderson. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Turpentining.


Subjects: Georgia; Oral histories; Sound recordings; Phillips, Major (1945-2010); Turpentine; Turpentine industry and trade; Adrian (Ga.); African Americans;

Dates: January 25, 2004

Interview with Marty F. Broome, November 12, 2000

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 051_broome-marty
Collection number: PRJ1014-051
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...
Dates: November 12, 2000

Interview with Marvin J. McConnell, November 23, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 038_mcconnell-marvin
Collection number: PRJ1014-038
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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.

Dates: November 23, 1999

Interview with Memlon Williams, March 12, 2001

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 030_williams-memlon
Collection number: PRJ1014-030
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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.

Dates: March 12, 2001

Interview with Mildred J. Harris, April 21, 2003

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 002_harris-mildred
Collection number: PRJ1014-002
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Interview with Mildred J. Harris, Cuthbert (Ga.), April 21, 2003. Fieldworker: Kuanita E. Murphy. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Dates: April 21, 2003

Interview with Patricia Wetherington Brockinton, September 4, 2003

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 063_brockinton-patricia
Collection number: PRJ1014-063
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Oral history interview with Patricia "Pat" Wetherington Brockinton, September 4, 2003. Fargo (Ga.), Dayton Turpentine Camp site. Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include Turpentine and Turpentine industry and trade.

Dates: September 4, 2003

Interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 072_wilkerson-ralph
Collection number: PRJ1014-072
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004. Waycross (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. Mr. Wilkerson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods and stills of south Georgia. He worked from childhood to adulthood in the woods and then worked at the turpentine still in Hoboken, GA until 1982, when he left...
Dates: February 22, 2004

Interview with Rebecca Harvey Carter and Shannon Michelle Sutton, April 1, 1999

 Item — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 010_harvey-rebecca_sutton-shannon
Collection number: PRJ1014-010
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Interview with Rebecca Harvey and Shannon Michelle Sutton, April 1, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Recorded in Valdosta, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Dates: April 1, 1999

Interview with Robert "Doo" Hickman, April 20, 2001

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 034_hickman-robert
Collection number: PRJ1014-034
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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.

Dates: April 20, 2001

Interview with Shirley Hodge Hardin, April 1, 1999

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series PRJ1014, Folder: 012_hardin-shirley
Collection number: PRJ1014-012
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Interview with Shirley Hodge Hardin, April 1, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Recorded in Valdosta, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Dates: April 1, 1999

Interview with Sidney Morris, March 18, 2004

 File — Bag \folklife\prj1014\: Series 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...
Dates: March 18, 2004