Music Recording (Collection)Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle expedition ...
Main title
- Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle expedition collection [sound recording].
Published/Created
- 1935.
Links
Links
- Search for audio titles in the Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Expedition Collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000107
- Voices from the Days of Slavery http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000006
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Description
- 227 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.
Rights advisory
- Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Local shelving no.
- IDB 26051-IDB 26278
- LWO 4872 r 23-37A
- AFS 00309-00535
- AFC 1935/001
Variant title
- Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle expedition collection
Related names
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, collector, recordist.
- Hurston, Zora Neale, collector, recordist.
- Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth, 1891-1978, collector, recordist.
- Quarterman, Wallace, interviewee.
- Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth, 1891-1978, interviewer.
- Hurston, Zora Neale, interviewer.
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, interviewer.
- Quarterman, Wallace, performer.
- Archive of American Folk Song, collector.
Performer
- Various performers.
Summary
- Collection of field recordings of African American, Bahamian, and Haitian songs, music, tales, and church services recorded on instantaneous discs by Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle in 1935 for the Archive of American Folk Song. Zora Neale Hurston accompanied the recording expedition in Georgia and Florida, but she not did go to the Bahamas. Recordings include blues, work songs, ballads, tall tales, dance music, ring dances, circle games, sea songs, string band music, vodou music, guitar, harmonica, drums, children's games and songs; gospel music, and church services with sermons, hymns, and prayers. The collection includes interviews conducted on St. Simon's Island with speakers of Gullah.
LC Subjects
- Folk music--Bahamas.
- Folk music--Florida.
- Folk dance music--Bahamas.
- Singing games--Bahamas.
- Circle games--Bahamas.
- Children's songs.
- Haitians--Bahamas--Music.
- Gullahs--Interviews.
- Folk music--Georgia.
- Blues (Music)--1931-1940.
- Vodou music--Bahamas.
- Hymns, English.
- Singing games--Florida.
- Singing games--Georgia.
- African American children's games--Florida.
- African American children's games--Georgia.
- Gospel music--Georgia.
- Tales--Bahamas.
- Sea songs--Bahamas.
- Church music.
- Field recordings--Southern States.
Form/Genre
Notes
- Recorded in Frederica, St. Simon's Island, Georgia; Eatonville, Belle Glade, and Chosen, Florida; and at several locations in the Bahamas.
- In English, Sea Islands Creole dialect, and Haitian French Creole.
- Photographs taken during this field trip by Alan Lomax and others are in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LOT 7414-H.
Indexes
- Bibliographic information for titles in this collection is available in the online resource link: Search for audio titles in the Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Expedition Collection.
Acquisition source
- Accessioned, 1936.
Cite as
- Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle Expedition Collection (AFC 1935/001), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- Digital preservation masters from original analog sound discs.
LCCN
- 2008700301
Language code
- eng hat
Geographic area code
- n-us-fl n-us-ga nwbf---
Repository
- DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Type of material
- Music Recording (Collection)
Item Availability
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG53)
