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Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture
Recordings of Slave Narratives and Related Materials
in the Archive of
Folk Culture
For more information about these collections and links to the audio files
see the American Memory presentation: Voices
from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories.
AFS 341 A Monolog on religious experiences. Spoken by Wallace
Quarterman. Frederica, Georgia. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Zora Neal Hurston,
and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle, June 1935. (LWO 4872 reel 25)
AFS 342 A & B Monolog on his conversion, name and age, emancipation,
and post-bellum experiences. Spoken by Wallace Quarterman. Frederica,
Georgia. Recorded by Alan Lomax, Zora Neal Hurston, and Mary Elizabeth
Barnicle, June 1935. (LWO 4872 reel 25)
AFS 3975 A1 Slavery days. Spoken by Uncle Billy McCrea. Recorded
at Jasper, Texas, by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, 1940. (LWO 4872 reel 264)
AFS 3992 A Monolog. Spoken by Uncle Bob Ledbetter. Recorded
at Oil City, Louisiana, by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, 1940. (LWO 4872
reel 267)
AFS 4011 A1 Monolog on plantation experiences. Spoke by Irene
Williams. Recorded at Rome, Mississippi, by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax,
1940. (LWO 4872 reel 270)
AFS 4016 A1 Monolog. Spoken by Irene Williams. Recorded at
Rome, Mississippi, by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, 1940. (LWO 4872 reel
270)
AFS 4033 B3 Monolog on white marsters. Spoken by Joe McDonald. Recorded
at Livingston, Alabama, by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, 1940. (LWO 4872
reel 272)
AFS 4034 A3 Monolog on early days. Spoken by Joe McDonald. Recorded
at Livingston, Alabama, by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, 1940. (LWO 4872
reel 272)
AFS 4777 A & B, 4778 A & B Talking with A colored fellow
about Jefferson Davis. Recorded in Mississippi, by Alan and Elizabeth
Lomax, 1942. (LWO 4872 reel 331)
AFS 4779 A & B Same. (LWO 4872 reels 331-332)
AFS 5091 A Talking about slavery days, etc. Spoken by Isom
Moseley, age 85. Recorded at Gee's Bend, Alabama, by Robert Sonkin, 1941. (LWO
4872 reel 364)
AFS 5091 B1 Talking about slavery days, etc. Spoken by Alice
Gaston, age 88. Recorded at Gee's Bend, Alabama, by Robert Sonkin, 1941. (LWO
4872 reel 364)
AFS 5496 A & B Interview with Mrs. Laura Smalley. Discusses
slavery days, whipping slaves, recollections of Civil War. Recorded at
Hempstead, Texas, by John Henry Faulk, 1941. (LWO 4872 reel 380)
AFS 5497 B2 Interview with Mrs. Laura Smalley. Discusses slave-breeding. Recorded
at Hempstead, Texas, by John Henry Faulk, 1941. (LWO 4872 reel 380)
AFS 5498 B2 Interview with Mrs. Laura Smalley. Working on a
Brazos Bottom plantation. Recorded at Hempstead, Texas, by John Henry
Faulk, 1941. (LWO 4872 reel 380)
AFS 5499 A & B, 5500 A & B Interview with Aunt Harriet
Smith. Concerning slavery and Civil War days. Recorded at Hempstead,
Texas, by John Henry Faulk, 1941. (LWO 4872 reel 381)
AFS 8245 B Narrative by Mrs. Williams, Norfolk ex-slave. Recorded
by Roscoe Lewis of Hampton Institute, ca. 1937-1940. (LWO 5111 reel 98)
AFS 8256 A Story of Cox's Snow. Spoken by Mrs. Annie Williams,
Petersburg ex-slave. Recorded by Roscoe Lewis of Hampton Institute, ca.
1937-1940. (LWO 5111 reel 99)
AFS 8272 A & B Names and ages. Spoken by Petersburg, Virginia
ex-slaves. Recorded by Roscoe Lewis of Hampton Institute, ca. 1937-1940. (LWO
5111 reel 100)
AFS 8301 A-B Personal story. Spoken by Mrs. Annie Williams. Recorded
by Roscoe Lewis of Hampton Institute, ca. 1937-1940. (LWO 5111 reel 102)
AFS 9990 A Fountain Hughes, age 101, born in Charlottesville,
Virginia, talks about family and slave boyhood. Recorded June 11, 1949,
in Baltimore, Maryland, by Hermond Norwood. (LWO 5111 reels 283-7, -8)
AFS 17, 476 Mrs. Celia Black, 115 year old ex-slave, interviewed
by Elmer Sparks at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home, Tyler, Texas, October
11, 1974. Gift of Elmer Sparks. (LWO 8322)
AFS 17,510 Interview with Charlie Smith, 130 year old African-born
ex-slave and former cowboy, logger, etc. Conducted by Elmer Sparks in
Bartow, Florida, March 17, 1975. Gift of Elmer Sparks. (LWO 8478
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