COLLECTION
Alabama State Council on the Arts / Alabama Folklife Association Cassette Tape Field Recordings Collection
Identifier
local)
Date
1986 - 2006 (Inclusive dates)
Summary
Collection, 1987-2006, consisting of audio cassettes featuring interviews, field recordings, musical performances, memorials, and religious ceremonies from across Alabama. Cassettes of note include recordings of gospel groups; Primitive Baptist church services and funerals; white and African American Sacred Harp group sings; gospel conventions and meetings; and Sacred Harp conventions and meetings. Other field recordings document Mardi Gras traditions; folk art and folk work traditions; cemetery decoration day; quilts; and religious ceremonies.
Creator and/or Contributor
Baklanoff, Joy D. (creator),
Boykin, Deborah (creator),
Brackner, Joey (creator),
Carnes, Jim (creator),
Cauthen, Joyce H. (creator),
Durr, Virginia Foster (creator),
Edwards, Barbara (creator),
Head, Albert B. (creator),
Grauberger, Stephen (creator),
Geen, Diana F. (creator),
Gulley, Russell (creator),
Kellen, Erin (creator),
Kimzey, Anne (creator),
Schmidt, Aimee (creator),
Bass, Arthur Lee "Tommie" (contributor),
Bates, Avery (contributor),
Brown, Jerry Dolyn (contributor),
Bryant, Theodore Roosevelt "Step" (contributor),
Butler, Hazel (contributor),
Champion, Bettie (contributor),
Darapheth, Khamsing (contributor),
Davis, Artur (contributor),
Deason, Art (Arthur L.) (contributor),
Downer, Matthew (contributor),
Ezell, Nora McKeown (contributor),
Floyd, Eddie (contributor),
Flynt, Wayne (contributor),
Foster, Randy (contributor),
Friedman, Bob (contributor),
Fussell, Fred (contributor),
Gooch, Mark (contributor),
Hawes, Bess Lomax (contributor),
Hora, Ryan (contributor),
Ivey, Gene (contributor),
Jackson, H. J. (contributor),
Jackson, Japeth (contributor),
Jackson, Ralph Soul (contributor),
Kidd, James (contributor),
King, Ida Mae (contributor),
Lomax, John (contributor),
Louvin, Charlie (contributor),
McCain, Jerry "Boogie" (contributor),
Messer, Doug (contributor),
Meadows, Andy (contributor),
Mills, Dixon (contributor),
Ngamvilay, Reagan (contributor),
Odum, Webb (contributor),
Panion, Henry (contributor),
Poole, Grover (contributor),
Reed, Jimmy Little (contributor),
Reed, Ronald (contributor),
Robinson, Ernestina (contributor),
Rosengarten, Theodore (contributor),
Sacco, Joe (contributor),
Shines, Johnny (contributor),
Spann Family (contributor),
Sullivan, Kenneth (contributor),
Sampson, Betty Moon (contributor),
Thrower, Gail (contributor),
Thrower, Robert (contributor),
Tillis, "Bishop" Joe Perry (contributor),
Ramírez, José (contributor),
Warren, Brent (contributor),
Williams, Ole Mae (contributor),
Woodward, Bessie (contributor)
Conditions Governing Access
LIMITED ACCESS. Please make an appointment with Kevin Nutt, the audiovisual archivist, to see this material (334-353-4725).
Extent
27 (audio cassette boxes)
Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Sacred Harp Singers of Georgia and Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Johnny Shines Blues Band (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
City Stages Music Festival (Birmingham, Ala.) (Local)
Alabama Sacred Harp Convention (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
National Sacred Harp Singing Convention (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
African American folk art--Alabama (Local)
Artisans--Alabama (Local)
Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Bluegrass musicians--Alabama (Local)
Bluegrass music--Southern States (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Buddhism--Rituals (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Buddhism--Customs and practices (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Christianity--Customs and practices (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Cemeteries--Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk art--Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk art--Exhibitions (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--America (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Gospel music--Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Mardi Gras (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Music festivals--Alabama (Local)
Pottery--Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Primitive Baptists--Hymns (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Rites and ceremonies (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Shape-note singing--Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Alabama--Social life and customs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Alabama Folklife Association (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Alabama State Council on the Arts (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
audiocassettes (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
Preferred Citation
Alabama Folklife Association/Alabama State Council on the Arts Cassette Tape Field Recordings, State Government Records Collections, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
