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Hampton Institute duplication project

LC Control No.:	2008700396
Type of Material:	Music Sound Recording (Collection)
Main Title:	Hampton Institute duplication project [sound recording].
Published/Created:	1937-1942 [?]
Related Names:	Lewis, Roscoe E., collector. » More like this Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, speaker. » More like this Hampton Institute. » More like this
Description:	100 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Summary:	Collection of field recordings of predominantly African American choral music, spirituals, gospel music, emancipation songs, vocal quartets and sextettes, folk songs, ballads, popular songs, personal narratives of ex-slaves, prayers, poems, sermons, storytelling, and speeches (includes a speech by Eleanor Roosevelt at Hampton Institute).
Notes:	Library of Congress duplication project, July 17, 1945-June 24, 1946. Apparently recorded by Professor Roscoe E. Lewis of Hampton Institute with the assistance of various workers on the Negro Studies Project of the Virginia Writers' Project. Search for these and other sound recordings (most are dated 1933-1950) in selected collections from the American Folklife Center in the online resource link: Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center.
Indexes:	Bibliographic information for titles in this collection is available in the online resource: Audio titles in the Hampton Institute Duplication Project.
Cite as:	Hampton Institute Duplication Project (AFC 1948/015), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Performer:	Various performers.
Acquisition Source:	Accessioned, 1948.
Subjects:	Folk music--Virginia. » More like this Spirituals (Songs)--Virginia. » More like this Gospel music--Virginia. » More like this Slave narratives--Virginia. » More like this Slavery--United States. » More like this Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied. » More like this Vocal sextets, Unaccompanied. » More like this Ballads, English--Virginia. » More like this African Americans--Music. » More like this Field recordings--Virginia. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Prayers. » More like this Sermons. » More like this Poems. » More like this Speeches. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	LWO 5111 reels 96B-104A AFS 8222-8321 AFC 1948/015
Geographic Area Code:	n-us-va
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/afccards/afccards-home.html