Identifier
LPR232 (local)
Date
2004 (Date created)
Summary
This collection is composed of oral history interviews conducted by the community scholars on July 21, 2004. Topics covered include homemade ice cream, blacksmithing, basket making, civil rights, blues music, making fig preserves, and Mennonite religious practices. The interviews are in various formats: cassette, MiniDV, audio CD, and Sony Mini-Disc. Supporting materials include field notes, release forms, photos (analog and digital formats, both on CD-R and 3.5" floppy), one flyer, and one cookbook. Some of the folders are incomplete; the community scholars were to have sent in additional materials to the Alabama Folklife Association, but many never did.
Creator and/or Contributor
Alabama Community Scholars Institute (creator),
Gerard, Diane (interviewer),
Thomas, Susan (interviewer),
Reid, Kerry (interviewer),
Pierce, Amy (interviewer),
Kelley, Charles (interviewer),
Schuber, Ana (interviewer),
Casey, Deborah (interviewer),
Martin, Bill (interviewer),
Settles, Odessa L. (interviewer),
Carroll, Kevin (interviewer),
Gulley, Russell (interviewer),
Downer, Matthew (interviewer),
Robertson, Wanda (interviewer),
Brower, Trudy (interviewer),
Cauthen, Joyce H. (interviewer),
Preston, Tatum (interviewer),
Green, Cathy (interviewer),
Smith, Fannie (interviewer),
Duncan, Sarah (interviewee),
Hayes, T. R. (interviewee),
Miller, Vonnie (interviewee),
Burroughs, Theresa (interviewee),
Poole, Andrew (interviewee),
King, Willie Earl (interviewee),
Harrison, Kathryn (interviewee),
Schmidt, Harold (interviewee),
Schmidt, Yvonne (interviewee),
Maxtion, Mary (interviewee)
General Note
The Alabama Community Scholars Institute (ACSI) was started in 2004 by the Alabama Folklife Association (AFA) to teach amateur folklorists how to conduct fieldwork by interviewing folk artists in a given area. The AFA sponsors the institute every two years in a different location in Alabama. The 2004 ACSI was held in two locations during its two-week run, first in Marion, Ala. and then in Livingston, Ala. The interviews were conducted in Sumter, Greene, Tuscaloosa, and Pickens Counties and were known as the "Black Belt Project." In Alabama, the Black Belt, part of a larger region in the southeastern United States that reaches from Texas to Virginia, is comprised of nineteen counties and is characteristically the poorest region in the state. Agriculture is predominant over industrial development, and many traditions passed down over the years reflect this. The population is predominantly African American.
Conditions Governing Access
Kathryn Harrison interview is restricted.
All other interviews unrestricted.
Extent
1 (archives box)
1 (book box)
Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Ice cream, ices, etc--Alabama (Local)
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965 (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Festivals--Alabama (Local)
African American blacksmiths--Alabama (Local)
African American basket makers--Alabama (Local)
Blues musicians--Alabama (Local)
Cooking (Figs) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Mennonites--Alabama (Local)
Quiltmakers--Alabama (Local)
Alabama Folklife Association (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
audiocassettes (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
Mini-DV (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
CD-ROMs (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
compact discs (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
field notes (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
photographs (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
CD-Rs (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
floppy disks (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
flyer (printed matter) (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
cookbook (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
Preferred Citation
Alabama Community Scholars Institute interviews, LPR232, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History.
