Music Recording (Collection)Lewis Jones and Willis James recordings at Fort Valley State College
Main title
- Lewis Jones and Willis James recordings at Fort Valley State College [sound recording].
Published/Created
- 1941-1943.
Links
Links
- Online presentation http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000009
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Description
- 8 sound discs : analog ; 12 in.
- 1 folder manuscripts.
- 1 folder (serials, 2 issues)
Rights advisory
- Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory
- Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Local shelving no.
- LWO 4872 r439A
- AFS 6986-6993
- AFC 1943/012
Related titles
- Now what a time : blues, gospel, and the Fort Valley music festivals, 1938-1943.
- Fort Valley State College Folk Festival.
- Peachite : official organ of student expression Fort Valley State College
Related names
- Bell, Charlie O., performer.
- Brown, Buster, 1911-1976, performer.
- Duffy, J. F., performer.
- Ezell, Buster, performer.
- Gay, Beatie, Mrs., performer.
- Johnson, Albert, deacon, performer.
- Jackson, Deacon Sam, performer.
- Purnell, H. P., performer.
- Sander, Alvin, performer.
- Smith, C. E. (Singer), performer.
- Sneed, James, performer.
- Walker, J. W. (Singer), performer.
- James, Willis, 1900-1966, collector.
- Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910-1979, collector.
- Davies Hill School Chorus, performer.
- Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir, performer.
- First Baptist Church (Byron, Ga.). Mixed quartet, performer.
- Middle Georgia Four (Musical group), performer.
- Archive of Folk Song (U.S.), collector.
- Fort Valley State College (Ga.), collector.
- Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Performer
- Various performers including Buster Brown; Buster Ezell; James Sneed; J. F. Duffy; Alvin Sander; the Davies Hill School Chorus of Houston Co., Georgia; Choir of the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Peach Co., Georgia led by Deacon Sam Jackson; a mixed quartet from the First Baptist Church, Byron, Georgia led by Deacon Albert Johnson; and the Middle Georgia Four.
Biography/History note
- The Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress was invited by Horace M. Bond, president of Fort Valley State College, to record the program of the Fort Valley Folk Festival, with recording discs and needles supplied by the Library.
Summary
- Collection of sound recordings of performances of African American blues and gospel music and a war-time program of soldier's songs in connection with the fourth annual Fort Valley Folk Festival, March 5-7, 1943; also known as the Fourth Annual Negro Folk Festival at Fort Valley. Some songs are accompanied by harmonica, guitar, and washboard; some are performed by unaccompanied gospel quartets and choirs. This collection includes correspondence between H. M. Bond, president, Fort Valley College and Alan Lomax, Library of Congress (5 items, 5 leaves; 1941-1942), and continues with correspondence between H. M. Bond, Willis L. James, Bliss Wiant, and Benjamin A. Botkin for the Library of Congress (34 items, 38 leaves; 1943) regarding this project and additional recordings made at Fort Valley in June and July 1943. Also includes the program for The Fort Valley Peach Folk Festival, Fort Valley State College Auditorium, Sunday, August 1, 1943, directed by Willis Laurence James; The Peachite, Fort Valley State College, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1943; and "The Fort Valley State College Folk Festival, Festival Number" of the Peachite, Vol. 2, No. 2, March 1944, which includes a history of the festival, music arranged by John W. Work and Willis Laurence James, biographical profiles and statements of support for the college and festival, and lyrics to "Roosevelt and Hitler: Bus (Buster) Ezell's War Time Song, or, Strange Things Are Happening in the Land."
Partial contents
- Titles on sound recordings: I'm gonna make you happy -- War song -- Roosevelt and Hitler, part 1 -- Roosevelt and Hitler, part 2 -- Joe Louis -- Southern rag -- Milk cow blues -- Holy babe -- If I had my way -- Over in Zion -- My footsteps keep following me -- Ain't but me one -- It's cool down here -- Twenty-fifth of December -- Lead me to that rock -- I'm a pilgrim -- Lord, I walked.
LC Subjects
- Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972--Correspondence.
- James, Willis, 1900-1966--Correspondence.
- Wiant, Bliss, 1895-1975--Correspondence.
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Correspondence.
- Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975--Correspondence.
- Fort Valley State College (Ga.)
- Gospel music--Georgia.
- Folk music--Georgia.
- African American gospel singers--Georgia.
- Folk songs, English--Georgia.
- Blues (Music)--1941-1950.
- Christmas music--Georgia.
- Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied.
- Patriotic music--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music.
- Folk festivals--Georgia.
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans--Georgia--Music.
- African American soldiers--Georgia--Music.
- Field recordings--Georgia--Fort Valley.
- Fort Valley (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
Form/Genre
Notes
- Recorded in Fort Valley, Georgia, by Willis Laurence James and Lewis Wade Jones, March 1943.
- In English.
- The Fort Valley, Georgia, Recordings (AFC 1944/003) were made by Willis L. James in June and July 1943.
- John Work Collection of Negro Folk Music from the Southeast (AFC 1941/035) includes recordings of gospel music and blues made at the 1942 Fort Valley Folk Festival in Georgia.
Indexes
- Bibliographic information for music titles in this collection is available in the online resource: Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center.
Acquisition source
- Accessioned, 1943.
Cite as
- Lewis Jones and Willis James Recordings at Fort Valley State College (AFC 1943/012), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- Recordings from this and related collections, with biographies of the collectors, and the correspondence about these recordings, are available online in "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943," an American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Related item
LCCN
- 2009655464
Geographic area code
- n-us-ga
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
CALL NUMBER
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG53)
