Hampton Institute duplication project
LC Control No.: |
2008700396
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Type of Material: | Music Sound Recording (Collection) |
Main Title: |
Hampton Institute duplication project
[sound recording].
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Published/Created: |
1937-1942 [?]
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Related Names: |
Lewis, Roscoe E.,
collector.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, speaker. Hampton Institute. |
Description: |
100 sound discs :
analog, 78 rpm ;
12 in.
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Access Advisory: |
Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
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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).
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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.
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Cite as: |
Hampton Institute Duplication Project (AFC 1948/015), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Performer: |
Various performers.
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Acquisition Source: |
Accessioned,
1948.
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Subjects: |
Folk music--Virginia. Spirituals (Songs)--Virginia. Gospel music--Virginia. Slave narratives--Virginia. Slavery--United States. Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied. Vocal sextets, Unaccompanied. Ballads, English--Virginia. African Americans--Music. Field recordings--Virginia. |
Form/Genre: |
Prayers. Sermons. Poems. Speeches. |
Local Shelving No.: |
LWO 5111 reels 96B-104A
AFS 8222-8321 AFC 1948/015 |
Geographic Area Code: |
n-us-va
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Repository: |
DLC-AFC
Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center,
101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
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Links: |
Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the American Folklife Center:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/afccards/afccards-home.html
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