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| Size | 31.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately About 20,000 items) |
| Abstract | Candie Anderson and Guy Carawan, a white couple married since 1960, met as a result of their mutual involvement in the civil rights movement. The Carawans have been involved in the work of the Highlander Research and Education Center (formerly the Highlander Folk School) in Tennessee, an institution that supports and provides educational resources for progressive social and political causes in the South. The original deposit of materials is chiefly audio tapes and corresponding field notes that reflect the Carawans' efforts to document the cultures of various groups of people in the South and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s. Included are historically significant speeches, sermons, and musical performances recorded during major civil rights demonstrations and conferences in Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities; field recordings of worship meetings, songs, stories, and recollections from Johns Island, S.C., that document the African American heritage of the rural South Carolina Low Country; recordings of interviews with residents of south-central Appalachia concerning problems associated with coal mining and rural poverty; recordings of performances by Appalachian musicians, among them Hazel Dickens; recordings of remarks and musical performances by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax; a discussion between Guy Carawan and Studs Terkel; recordings of performances by Mayne Smith and Martin Mull; and recordings of Latin-American, Celtic, Australian, and Hungarian vernacular music. Corresponding field notes include song lists, transcripts, box lists, memos, and photocopies of original audio housing. The Addition of 2006 contains audio recordings of musical performances and interviews collected by Guy and Candie Carawan, many of which feature members of the Johns Island, S.C., community. The Additions of 2010 primarily contains materials relating to the Carawan's professional and personal projects in the areas of civil rights, folk music and culture, and social justice, as they relate to Appalachia, the Highlander Research and Education Center (HREC), and the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia. Materials relating to civil rights were collected by Candie Carawan in 1960, when she was an exchange student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., where she was arrested for participating in a sit-in to protest racial segregation of lunch counters. The Addition of 2017 documents the Carawans continuing work on civil rights, Appalachia, the Sea Islands, folk music and culture, and social justice projects in partnership with HREC and others. Also included is a memoir project intended to serve as a field guide for cultural service workers and policy makers who have an impact on the quality of community cultural life. |
| Creator | Carawan, Guy.
Carawan, Candie. |
| Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
| Language | English. |
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Guy and Candie Carawan, both natives of California, met in 1960 at the Highlander Folk School (now the Highland Research and Education Center) in New Market, Tenn., as participants in the civil rights movement. Married shortly thereafter, the Carawans have since been active as collectors of folklore and folk music, singers, musicians, educators, and socio-political activists. They are best known for their efforts to document and disseminate music associated with the civil rights movement of the 1960s, which resulted in several commercially released recordings and printed music anthologies. They have been involved in a variety of musical traditions and social causes in the South and elsewhere, often in connection with their work at the Highlander Research and Education Center.
Guy Carawan was born 7 July 1927 in Santa Monica, Calif. His mother was originally from South Carolina, his father from North Carolina. While pursuing a degree in mathematics at Occidental College, Carawan studied folklore with Austin Fife and performed folk music. He subsequently completed a master's degree in sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he continued his study of folklore with Wayland Hand. During the early 1950s, Carawan grew interested in incorporating folk music and topical songs into progressive socio-political activism and became involved in the People's Song movement, meeting such activist-musicians as Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. In 1959, he became the director of music at the Highlander Folk School, an institution that provided instruction in social organization and was a meeting place for people interested in the civil rights movement and related causes in the South.
Candie Anderson, also from southern California, became interested in the black civil rights movement while in high school. She attended Pomona College near Los Angeles, but spent her junior year of college at Fisk University, a historically African American institution in Nashville, Tenn. While there, she participated in pro-integration demonstrations led by black students in Nashville. She became acquainted with Guy Carawan during a workshop at the Highlander School.
Candie and Guy Carawan have remained affiliated with the Highlander Center and have been active as musicians and participants in various social movements since the 1960s. They spent several years in the predominantly black community of Johns Island, S.C., where they addressed issues of racial discrimination and rural poverty, particularly through a citizenship education program formulated by the Highlander School. They participated in major civil rights campaigns in Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities. Through workshops at the Highlander Center and elsewhere, they collected variants of African American spirituals and other songs for use in civil rights demonstrations and shared them with other participants. Guy Carawan was largely responsible for introducing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" to the pro-integration community. The Carawans have also devoted attention to economic and ecological problems in the coal country of Appalachia.
Throughout their careers, the Carawans have sought to document the music and culture of various groups of people with whom they have worked. They have been involved in the production of seventeen documentary recordings and seven films and have written five books, including three anthologies of songs associated with the civil rights movement. Additionally, Guy Carawan has recorded fifteen albums of his own, some involving Candie Carawan and other family members.
Guy and Candie Carawan have two children and reside in Tennessee.
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The 318 open reel audio tapes that comprise the original deposit of the Guy and Candie Carawan Collection total approximately 250 hours, and reflect the Carawans' efforts to document the cultures of various groups of people in the South and elsewhere, beginning in the early 1960s. They include historically significant speeches, sermons, and musical performances recorded during major civil rights demonstrations and conferences in Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, and other southern cities. These recordings include master tapes of several documentary albums released on Folkways Records and feature such influential figures as Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, James Bevel, Len Chandler, the Georgia Sea Island Singers, and Nashville Mayor R. Benjamin West.
Numerous field recordings of worship meetings, songs, stories, and recollections from Johns Island, S.C., document elements of the African American heritage of the rural South Carolina Low Country. Included are complete recordings of all-night Christmas and New Year's watch meetings held in Moving Star Hall, a community praise house, as well as interviews with civic leader and activist Esau Jenkins about socio-economic improvements and efforts to overcome racial discrimination and poverty on Johns Island in the 1950s and 1960s.
Also included are recordings of interviews with residents of south-central Appalachia concerning problems associated with coal mining and rural poverty. Additional recordings contain performances by Appalachian musicians featuring songs that address regional social issues, as well as other Appalachian vernacular music. Among these performers is noted West Virginia bluegrass singer Hazel Dickens. Other items include recordings of remarks and musical performances by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax; a discussion between Guy Carawan and renowned author and social commentator Studs Terkel; performances by singer-songwriter Mayne Smith, blues singer Mable Hillary, and actor-comedian-musician Martin Mull; and recordings of Latin-American, Celtic, Australian, and Hungarian vernacular music.
The original deposit also contains corresponding field notes related to select recordings found in the original deposit. These field notes, which were primarily compiled by Guy and Candie Carawan, include song lists, box lists, transcripts, memos and letters, papers and articles, flyers, and photocopies of original audio housing.
The Addition of 2006 contains audio recordings on audiocassette tape and CD of musical performances and interviews collected by Guy and Candie Carawan. Many of the cassettes feature members of the Johns Island, S.C., community, including William Saunders, Janie Hunter, Idell Smalls, and Gerald Mackey.
The Addition of 2010 primarily contains materials relating to the Carawan's professional and personal projects in the areas of civil rights, folk music and culture, and social justice. Materials relating to civil rights were collected by Candie Carawan in 1960, when she was an exchange student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., where she was arrested for participating in a sit-in to protest racial segregation of lunch counters. Also included are materials relating to books, articles, and other writing projects; albums recorded or produced by Guy Carawan; and concerts, lectures, Highlander Center workshops, festivals, conferences, benefits, vacations, reunions, and memorials that the Carawans led or attended. Other files relate to Appalachia, civil rights, the Highlander Research and Education Center, and the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, among other topics. Highlander files contain workshop materials, printed materials, songbooks and sheet music, memoranda, and correspondence relating to the Carawans' employment and projects there. Sea Islands materials include interview transcripts, articles, and clippings related to the Carawans' book, Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?; to the Moving Star Hall Singers of Johns Island, S.C.; and to Low Country culture and community issues. Other files include materials relating to conferences, concerts, projects requesting the Carawans' assistance, and the song "We Shall Overcome!" and a related documentary.
The Addition of 2017 documents the Carawans continuing work on civil rights, Appalachia, the Sea Islands, folk music and culture, and social justice projects in partnership with HREC and others. Also included is a memoir project intended to serve as a field guide for cultural service workers and policy makers who have an impact on the quality of community cultural life.
Note that through this finding aid, original folder titles and labels on media have been, for the most part, retained.
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Series 1. Field Recordings from Johns Island, S.C. and Related Materials, 1959-1992.
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Subseries 1.1. Audio Recordings, 1959-1965.
Highlighted recordings:
FT-20008/3526-3582; 3584-3633; 3636-3640: Recordings made by Guy and Candie Carawan, 1960-1965, of African American religious ceremonies from Saint John's Island, S.C., known as the Christmas Watch and the New Year's Watch, all-night church meetings held on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve in the community's "praise house," in which the congregation would take turns preaching, testifying, shouting, praying, and singing, as moved by the Holy Spirit. The tapes include religious songs, hymns, preaching, and other forms of religious expression. The congregation, of an indeterminate size, was led by Esau Jenkins, John Smalls, and Reverend Grant in the Moving Star Praise House. There are also 13 spirituals from the Sea Islands of South Carolina, recorded in 1960 by unknown performers; 4 tapes of a "preach meeting," 24 January 1965; and interviews for Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, including songs and storytelling, children's songs and stories, religious songs, and edited interviews.
FT-20008/3634-3635: Recording of a Christmas Concert performance, made by Guy and Candie Carawan, at the Progressive Club on Johns Island, S.C., on 23 December 1964. Performers included the Southern Gates, the Travelling Echoes, and the Moving Star Hall Singers, all African American singing groups of South Carolina; Charlie Scott and Deacon Washington, African American singers of South Carolina; and Mable A. Hillery, African American singer of Georgia.
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3526 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 1 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Conversation as worshippers enter 2. "Amazing Grace"; prayer; "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?"; prayer; "Get Right With God" 3. Prayer, beginning with the Lord's Prayer 4. "Am I Soldier of the Cross?" 5. Preaching; beginning of "O Lord, Have Mercy" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3527 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 2 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "O Lord, Have Mercy" (continued from FT-20008/3526, track 5) 2. Preaching; reading from Matthew chapter 2 and preaching/commentary on this text by Joe Deas; "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" 3. Esau Jenkins recognizes Guy and Candie Carawan and makes additional comments 4. "At the Cross" 5. Preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3528 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 3 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching (continued from FT-20008/3527, track 5); "Fix Me, Jesus" 2. Preaching; first several lines of "I'm Going Home"; preaching 3. "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It") 4. Remarks by Guy Carawan 5. Remarks by an unidentified speaker 6. "Help Me to Run This Race" 7. Unidentified hymn 8. Preaching by Benjamin Bligen; "Jonah Man" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3529 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 4 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching 2. Preaching 3. Unidentified hymn 4. Brief remarks; "Come By Here" 5. Preaching; "Come on in This Ark Now" 6. Preaching 7. "I Wonder What They're Doing in Heaven Today"; brief remarks 8. "Do Pray for Me"" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3530 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 5 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Do Pray for Me" (continued from FT-20008/3529, track 8) 2. Preaching 3. "On Jordan's Stormy Banks" 4. Preaching 5. Unidentified hymn; wordless vocalizing with clapping and stamping 6. Wordless vocalizing; "O Lord, Have Mercy" 7. Wordless vocalizing (with occasional statements of "Lord, have mercy," "Thank you, Lord," etc.) 8. "Somebody's Missing" 9. Preaching 10. "O Lord, When You Come" 11. Preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3531 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 6 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching (continued from FT-20008/3530, track 11); "Fix Me, Jesus" 2. Preaching 3. "Uncloudy Day" 4. Preaching by John Smalls; John Smalls announces a recess |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3532 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 7 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "At the Cross"; John Smalls announces that a testifying service will now begin 2. "I Love Jesus"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping 3. Testimony 4. "Lay Down Body" 5. Testimony; "See What the End Gonna Be" 6. Testimony 7. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping 8. Testimony |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3533 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 8 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Testimony (continued from FT-20008/3532, track 8); "Leave It There"; shouting, brief testimony 2. "Meet Me in Galilee" 3. Brief testimony with vocalizing and shouting; "Reborn Again" 4. Testimony; "All I Want Is a Little More Faith in Jesus" 5. Testimony; "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" 6. Testimony; "Somebody's Missing" 7. Testimony by a woman who is originally from Johns Island but now lives in New York |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3534 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 9 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Steal Away" (singing is in progress when recording begins) 2. Testimony; unidentified hymn 3. Testimony 4. "I Need Thee Every Hour" 5. Testimony; "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?" 6. Testimony with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up 7. "There Is Peace in That City" 8. Testimony; beginning of "My Life Will Be Sweeter" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3535 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 10 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Testimony; "Jesus Knows All About My Troubles" 2. Testimony with considerable vocalizing, bearing up; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 3. Testimony with a great deal of shouting, vocalizing, bearing up; "Farther Along" 4. Testimony; "You'd Better Ride This Train for Jesus"; brief preaching/testimony 5. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" 6. Testimony 7. "See God's Ark A-Movin'" 8. "Jesus on the Mainline" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3536 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 11 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Testimony/prayer, vocalized 2. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 3. Testimony, vocalized; "Sun Never Go Down" 4. "There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood"; prayer and preaching: vocalized; invitation/altar call with singing of an unidentified hymn 5. Concluding remarks by John Smalls; Guy Carawan announces upcoming music festival; "I'm So Glad That He Knows" 6. Brief preaching, remarks; Common Doxology ("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow"); closing prayer 7. Worshippers talking on way out, brief singing, stamping, clapping |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3537 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 12 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Worshippers talking on way out, stamping, clapping, vocalizing (continued from FT-20008/3536, track 7) 2. "I Will Be All Right" ("I Will Overcome"), sung by small group at Guy Carawan's request 3. "Something Got a Hold of Me," sung by a small group of people |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3538 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 1 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Worshippers entering the hall; "You Don't Know Me," dubbed from a record 2. Worshippers entering hall 3. "Jesus Knows All About My Trouble," started by James Mackey 4. "We Are Hunting for a City," started by Isabel Simmons 5. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" 6. "There's a Rest for the Weary" 7. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 8. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"; "I Love Jesus" 9. "I Love Jesus" (continued) 10. "Amazing Grace" 11. Beginning of "Amazing Grace" (spoken recitation by James Mackey) |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3539 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 2 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Amazing Grace" 2. "Amazing Grace" (continued) 3. Prayer, led by Florence Smalls, with vocalizing, bearing up 4. Unidentified hymn 5. Unidentified hymn 6. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face": Spoken recitation; prayer 7. "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me" 8. Prayer, including recitation of a few lines from "Evening Shade," with vocalizing, bearing up 9. "Get Right With God" 10. Prayer, including portions of Lord's Prayer, with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up, etc. 11. "O Thomas, I am the Man" 12. Preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3540 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 3 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching (continued from FT-20008/3539, track 12) 2. "Meet Me in Galilee" 3. Preaching; reading of text from Matthew chapter 2 by Joe Deas 4. "Lay Down a Little While," started by James Mackey 5. Preaching by John Smalls 6. "At the Cross" 7. Remarks by Esau Jenkins: Jenkins notes presence of Guy Carawan, mentions that Guy Carawan has enabled singers from Moving Star Hall to perform at major concerts and festivals |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3541 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 4 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Remarks and preaching by Esau Jenkins (continued from FT-20008/3540, track 7) 2. Remarks by John Smalls 3. "At the Cross" 4. Preaching 5. "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It") 6. Preaching 7. "Sun Never Go Down," started by Isabel Simmons 8. Preaching with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3542 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 5 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching (continued from FT-20008/3541, track 8) 2. "Moonlight and Glory," started by John Smalls and Ruth Bligen 3. Preaching 4. "Lay Down Body, Lay Down a Little While," started by Bertha Smith 5. Preaching 6. "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah" 7. "I Want to Be Like a Child of God" 8. "Preaching": Notes designate this as "Sermon: Intoxicated" 9. "You Better Mind," started by Bertha Smith 10. Remarks by John Smalls |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3543 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 6 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Remarks by John Smalls (continued from FT-20008/3542, track 10) 2. "Down at the River, You Can't Help Me to Cross" ("I've Got One More River to Cross") 3. Preaching by Reverend Travis 4. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 5. Preaching 6. "Meet Me in Galilee" 7. Preaching by Willie Williams |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3544 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 7 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching by Willie Williams (continued from FT-20008/3543, track 7) 2. "Yonder Ship Mariah, Don't You Want to Go" 3. Preaching 4. "I Want to Be Like a Child of God," started by Ruth Bligen 5. Preaching by Reverend Grant 6. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today" 7. Preaching 8. "On That Day" 9. Preaching, vocalizing |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3546 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964: tape 9 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Feed Me Jesus"; brief remarks by John Smalls 2. "Feed Me Jesus" resumes and concludes 3. Testimony with vocalizing, bearing up 4. "Help Me Drive Old Satan Away," started by Isabel Simmons 5. Testimony 6. Unidentified hymn 7. Testimony 8. "Come on in the Ark," started by Bertha Smith 9. Testimony 10. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 11. Testimony 12. "I've Got a Mother Sleeping in the Grave" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3550 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 1 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. People talking on way into Moving Star Hall; interview with Betsy Pinckney 2. "When the Bridegroom Comes" 3. "I am Going to Trust in the Lord," started by Isabel Simmons 4. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" 5. John Smalls announces that a prayer service (the first portion of the watch meeting) is beginning 6. "I Love Jesus," started by James Mackey 7. Prayer by James Mackey 8. "Hear Me, O Grave, on Sunday Morning (Third Day He Rose)" 9. Prayer, with a great deal of vocalizing, bearing up 10. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 11. Testimony 12. "I've Got a Mother Sleeping in the Grave" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3551 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 2 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Help Me to Run This Race" (song is in progress when recording begins) 2. Prayer by Isabel Simmons 3. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 4. Prayer by Ruth Bligen 5. Unidentified hymn 6. Prayer 7. Unidentified hymn 8. Prayer 9. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 10. Prayer 11. "I'm Gonna Trust in the Lord" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3552 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 3 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "O Lord, Have Mercy"; "Ask the Watchman How Long" 2. Man announces, "The old year is past and gone; the new is commenced"; "Ask the Watchman How Long" 3. Prayer or remarks 4. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face?" 5. Remarks; Joe Deas reads the text for the preaching service, Revelation chapter 21; preaching by Joe Deas 6. "Take Up the Cross and Go Home" ("Hold Out for the Last Day") 7. Brief remarks; "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It") 8. Preaching by John Smalls |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3553 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 4 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Fix Me Jesus" 2. Preaching 3. "My Garment's Ready," started by Isabel Simmons 4. "I Got a Mother Sleeping in the Grave" 5. Preaching 6. "Some Sweet Day After While" (song is in progress when recording begins) 7. Vocalizing by the congregation; "The Sun Don't Never Go Down" 8. Vocalizing, extemporaneous praise by the congregation; preaching by Reverend Grant |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3554 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 5 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching by Reverend Grant (continued from FT-20008/3553, track 8) 2. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" 3. "O Jesus, Come by Here" 4. Preaching 5. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 6. Preaching, with vocalizing, bearing up 7. "I Want to Be a Child of God"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping 8. Preaching by Reverend Smith |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3555 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 6 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching by Reverend Smith (continued from FT-20008/3554, track 8) 2. "Something Got a Hold of Me"; brief remarks 3. "Come on in the Room" 4. Preaching by Willie Williams 5. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"; remarks 6. "I'll Go If You Want Me to Go" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3556 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 7 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching, with vocalizing, bearing up 2. "I Want to Be Like a Child of God" 3. Preaching 4. "Hunting for a City," with vigorous shouting 5. Preaching 6. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today" 7. Preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3557 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 8 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching (continued from FT-20008/3556, track 7) 2. "Heard of a City Called Heaven" 3. "In the Army of the Lord" 4. Preaching 5. "Reborn Again" 6. Preaching by John Smalls 7. "Lay Down Body" 8. "Come on in This Ark Now" 9. Testimony by Bertha Smith 10. Unidentified hymn |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3558 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 9 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face?" 2. Testimony by Ruth Bligen 3. "To Get Over" 4. Testimony 5. Testimony continues, segues into an unidentified hymn; wordless vocalizing with stamping, clapping, shouting 6. Testimony 7. "Ananias, Ananias, Tell Me What Kind of Man Jesus Is," with vigorous shouting 8. Testimony, with vocalizing, bearing up 9. "My Mind Done Gone" 10. Testimony 11. "Steal Away" 12. Testimony 13. "You Know the Storm Is Passing Over" 14. Testimony by Janie Hunter 15. "I Love Jesus" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3559 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 10 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Testimony with shouting, vocalizing, bearing up 2. "I am Some Mother's Child" 3. Testimony; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"; testimony, with vocalizing, stamping, etc. 4. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" 5. Testimony 6. "Oh, When I Come to the End of My Journey" 7. Testimony 8. Unidentified hymn 9. Testimony 10. "Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares" (verse from "Amazing Grace") 11. "(Give Me That) Old Time Religion" 12. Testimony, with shouting, vocalizing, bearing up 13. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)" 14. Testimony; beginning of an unidentified hymn |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3560 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 11 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "I'll Go With Him All the Way (Where He Leads Me, I Will Follow)" 2. Testimony 3. "Jacob's Ladder" 4. Testimony 5. "Jesus on the Main Line" 6. Testimony; "John on the Island" 7. Preaching or testimony 8. "Jonah Man," started by Janie Hunter 9. Brief testimony; "I Need Thee Every Hour" 10. Testimony; brief portion of an unidentified hymn; testimony 11. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 12. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee": Spoken recitation; prayer incorporating verses from several other hymns |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3561 |
New Year's Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1964-1965: tape 12 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Prayer (continued from FT-20008/3560, track 12) 2. Unidentified hymn 3. Brief remarks by Guy Carawan; remarks/preaching; Common Doxology ("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow"); brief prayer 4. "Amen" 5. People talking on way out of hall 6. Unidentified song sung by a small group of people 7. More singing of the same song as in track 6 8. More singing of the same song as in the previous two tracks; another unidentified song sung by a small group 9. People talking on way out of hall 10. Unidentified song sung by a small group of people 11. "Michael, Row," sung by a small group of people 12. People talking on way out of hall 13. "Talk About a Good Time," sung by a small group of people 14. "See What the End Gonna Be," sung by a small group of people; people talking on way out of hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3562 |
Preach meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 24 January 1965: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 2. "Lift Him Up" 3. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 4. Prayer, beginning with a version of the Lord's Prayer, by John Smalls 5. "Soldiers of the Cross" 6. Opening remarks by John Smalls 7. "If You Pray Right, Heaven Belongs to You" 8. Joe Deas reads Luke chapter 19, preaches on this text and related subject matter 9. "There Is Peace in That City" 10. Preaching by John Smalls 11. "I Done Done What You Told Me to Do" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3563 |
Preach meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 24 January 1965: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Amazing Grace" (song is in progress when recording begins) 2. Preaching by John Smalls 3. "All I Want, a Little More Faith in Jesus" 4. Preaching by Rufus Brown |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3564 |
Preach meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 24 January 1965: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3565 |
Preach meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 24 January 1965: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Preaching by Benjamin Bligen 2. "Real, Real, Jesus Is Real to Me"; "See God's Ark a-Moving" 3. Remarks by Guy Carawan; Carawan introduces several guests 4. Brief remarks by Guy Carawan's friends and clergyman 5. Remarks by John Smalls 6. Remarks by Guy Carawan; Joe Deas announces that the meeting will conclude 7. Common Doxology ("Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow") 8. Benediction/closing prayer by James Mackey; people talking on way out |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3566 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 1 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio Audio is very distorted because of chemical disintegration of the tape. Much of the content is entirely unintelligible. Therefore, it is impossible to identify most of the tracks with any specificity. 1. Testimony; singing 2-6. Unintelligible: Includes testifying, singing, and possibly preaching 7. Preaching; singing 8. Singing 9. Preaching 10. "Look at the People Standing at the Judgment" 11. Preaching by Joe Deas 12. "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" 13. Benediction; unidentified hymn |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3567 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 2 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio Much of the audio is very distorted because of chemical disintegration of the original tape. Some of the content is unintelligible. 1. Singing 2. Testimony 3. Singing 4. Preaching or testimony 5. "Somebody's Missing" 6. Very distorted, unintelligible 7. Singing 8. Singing 9. Testimony; singing 10. Brief preaching or remarks; singing 11. Preaching; singing 12. Testimony; singing |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3568 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 3 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio Some of the content of this recording is distorted because of chemical disintegration of the original tape, but the audio quality generally is better than that of FT-20008/3567 or FT-20008/3566. 1. Testimony; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 2. Prayer, testimony; "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me" 3. Testimony 4. "All I Want, a Little More Faith in Jesus" 5. Testimony 6. "I Know You're Tired; Sit Down and Rest a Little While" 7. Preaching 8. Unidentified hymn; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping 9. Testimony, with a great deal of bearing up; "See God's Ark a-Moving" 10. Testimony and prayer 11. "That's All Right" 12. Testimony, with a great deal of vocalizing and bearing up; "John on the Island of Patmos" 13. Testimony and prayer 14. "Steal Away" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3569 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 4 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Brief testimony; "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 2. Testimony 3. "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" 4. Testimony 5. "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time" 6. Testimony; "Lay Down Body" 7. Testimony 8. "Fix My Feet for the Journey" 9. Testimony; "I Know the Lord Will Answer Me" 10. Brief testimony; beginning of "Where Shall I Be When the First Trumpet Sounds?" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3570 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 5 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Moonlight and Glory" (singing is already in progress when recording begins) 2. Remarks by Esau Jenkins; worshippers conversing with one another 3. "Lead Me to the Rock, Higher and High" 4. Testimony 5. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" 6. Testimony 7. Unidentified hymn 8. Testimony |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3571 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 6 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Brief remarks by John Smalls 2. "Servant of God, Well Done" 3. Preaching 4. "He's All Right" 5. Preaching 6. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" 7. Preaching 8. "He Never, Ever Left Me Alone" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3572 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 7 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Conclusion of "Just a Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right" 2. Preaching 3. "O Lord, Have Mercy" 4. Preaching 5. "Farther Along" 6. Preaching 7. "Somebody Pray" 8. Remarks by John Smalls; "Do Pray for Me" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3573 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 8 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "In the Army of the Lord" 2. Preaching with vocalizing, harmonizing, stamping 3. "I Love Jesus" 4. Remarks/preaching by John Smalls; preaching by another speaker; preaching by a third speaker 5. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" 6. Preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3574 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 9 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" (is already in progress when recording begins) 2. Remarks by John Smalls; preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3575 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 10 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Unidentified hymn (singing is already in progress when recording begins) 2. Prayer 3. Remarks by John Smalls 4. "Amazing Grace" 5. Remarks by John Smalls, who introduces several speakers; preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3576 |
Watch Meeting, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1962: tape 11 of 121/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Prayer 2. "I Want to Be a Child of God"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping 3. Prayer 4. "I am Going to Trust in the Lord" 5. Prayer 6. "And Must I Be for Judgment Born?" 7. Prayer 8. Unidentified hymn 9. "My Life Will Be Sweeter Some Day" 10. Prayer |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3578 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 1 of 51/4" Open Reel Audio Originally tape 7 of 12. 1. Unidentified hymn (singing is already in progress when recording begins) 2. Remarks by John Smalls 3. "My Awful Day Will Surely Come" 4. Preaching, with a great deal of responding, vocalizing, bearing up 5. "I Want to Be a Child of God" 6. Preaching, with a great deal of vocalizing 7. "Lord, Have Mercy on Me" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3579 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 2 of 51/4" Open Reel Audio Originally tape 6 of 12. 1. "Somebody's Missing" 2. "In the Army of the Lord" 3. Remarks by John Smalls 4. Preaching 5. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee" 6. Preaching; beginning of "Servant of God, Well Done" 7. "Lord, Have Mercy on Me" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3580 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 3 of 51/4" Open Reel Audio Originally tape 5 of 12. 1. "My Life Will Be Sweeter Someday" (singing is already in progress when recording begins) 2. Preaching by Joe Deas; Deas reads text from Matthew chapter 2, discusses it 3. "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" 4. Remarks by John Smalls 5. Unidentified hymn 6. "Somebody Pray" 7. "Somebody's Missing" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3581 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 4 of 51/4" Open Reel Audio Originally tape 4 of 12. 1. "If King Jesus Holds My Hand, I Will Go" 2. Prayer 3. Unidentified hymn 4. Prayer 5. "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say"; wordless vocalizing with stamping and clapping 6. Prayer 7. "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" 8. Prayer 9. "All These People Are Jesus' People" 10. Preaching |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3582 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1963: tape 5 of 51/4" Open Reel Audio Originally tape 3 of 12. 1. People talking on their way into the hall 2. "At the Cross" 3. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" 4. "All Things Are Possible If You Only Believe" 5. "I'm Going to Trust in the Lord" 6. Brief remarks; "Feed Me, Jesus" 7. Prayer 8. "Amazing Grace" 9. Prayer 10. Unidentified hymn (tune: "Mear") 11. Prayer, with vocalizing, bearing up |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3583 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1961: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Seems that Esau Jenkins makes reference to 1960 in track 1. 1. Remarks by Esau Jenkins: Jenkins introduces Guy Carawan and Candie Anderson 2. Remarks by Guy Carawan 3. "I Will Overcome": Guy Carawan starts and leads the singing, congregation joins in |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3584 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1961: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "When I Rise" 2. "We're Gonna Have a Good Time" 3. "Come From a Distance" 4. "Wonder Where My Mind" 5. "Telegram" 6. "Ride On" 7. "Reborn Again" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3585 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1961: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Documentation gives date as 1961, but original tape box says 1962. 1. Apparently an excerpt from a concert by musicians involved in the black civil rights movement (not a part of the Christmas Watch): Guy Carawan introduces several musicians; one of them makes brief remarks 2. (Material from Christmas Watch begins here): "Amazing Grace" 3. Preaching by John Smalls 4. "No Harm" 5. Prayer by Betsy Pinckney 6. "My Life Will Be Sweeter" 7. "Write My Mother's Name" 8. Preaching by Joe Deas; reading of text from Matthew ch. 2 and discussion thereof by Joe Deas 9. Remarks: John Smalls 10. "Sign My Name": Started by Ruth Bligen |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3586 |
Christmas Watch, Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C., 1961: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Brief dialogue involving Guy Carawan and at least one or two other people, seemingly unrelated to Christmas Watch 2. "Hold Out Till the Last Day (Take Up Your Cross and Follow On)" 3. "Hold Out Till the Last Day (Take Up Your Cross and Follow On)" (again) 4. "Lay Down Body"; commentary on singing of Moving Star Hall worshippers and its socio-cultural significance by Esau Jenkins, overdubbed (superimposed) over singing 5. Testifying 6. "Jesus Knows All About My Trouble"; commentary on singing of Moving Star Hall worshippers and its socio-cultural significance by Esau Jenkins, overdubbed (superimposed) over singing 7. Unidentified hymn (tune: "Martyrdom," a.k.a. "Avon") 8. Brief remarks by John Smalls 9. Remarks by Esau Jenkins; Jenkins introduces Highlander Folk School founder Myles Horton and Guy and Candie Carawan 10. "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?" 11. Remarks by Guy Carawan 12. Remarks by Myles Horton 13. "Reborn Again" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3587 |
Interview with Doris, Carol, and Johnny, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 2 and LP excerpts1/4" Open Reel Audio This recording includes field recordings from Johns Island, S.C., and apparently also excerpts from an LP containing material related to the civil rights movement. tape 1 of 2 contains material from an interview with Doris, Carol, and Johnny, apparently conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life(see track 1). See FT-2008/3592 for tape 2 of 2 of the interview. 1. Guy and Candie Carawan interview young people from Johns Island named Doris, Carol, and Johnny: Discussion of school, work, cultural and recreational activities of young people on Johns Island 2. "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me": Singer is not identified, but probably is one of the young people interviewed in track 1 3. "I'm Waiting for My Child to Come Home": Sung by two people, probably two of the young people interviewed in track 1 4-12. Apparently selections from an LP documenting the black civil rights movement, primarily in Greenwood, Miss. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3588 |
Interview with Willis and Laura Rivers, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. "Near the Cross": Sung by Laura Rivers 2. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Willis and Laura Rivers (continued from FT-20008/3589) |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3589 |
Interview with Willis and Laura Rivers, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Willis and Laura Rivers 2. "At the Cross": Sung by Laura Rivers 3. Interview continues from track 1 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3590 |
Interview with James Mackey, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. James Mackey was born in 1898, according to Mackey in this interview. 1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview James Mackey (continued from FT-20008/3591) 2. Prayer spoken by James Mackey 3. "This Little Light of Mine": Sung by James Mackey |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3591 |
Interview with James Mackey, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. James Mackey was born in 1898, according to Mackey in this interview. 1.Guy Carawan, assisted by Roger Phenix, interviews James Mackey: Mackey discusses various aspects of his life and community life on Johns Island: childhood, family, work, economy, transportation, recreation, religion, beliefs about paranormal phenomena, folk medicine, etc. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3592 |
Interview with Doris, Carol, and Johnny, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio An interview apparently conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. See FT-2008/3587 for tape 1 of 2 of the interview. 1. Guy and Candie Carawan, with assistance from one or two other people, interview Doris, Carol, and Johnny about various aspects of their lives as young people on Johns Island; discussion of blues music near the end of this portion of the interview leads to performance of several blues songs in subsequent tracks 2. "High Heeled Sneakers": Evidently sung by Johnny and either Carol or Doris, with Roger Phenix, a colleague of the Carawans, playing guitar; some talking among participants 3. Blues song sung by Johnny with guitar accompaniment by Roger Phenix 4. Blues song sung by Johnny with guitar accompaniment by Roger Phenix 5. Unidentified soul/rhythm-and-blues song sung without accompaniment, evidently by Doris and Carol 6. Unidentified soul/rhythm-and-blues song sung without accompaniment by Doris and Carol 7. "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)," sung without accompaniment, evidently by Doris and Carol |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3593 |
Interview with Mary Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. On this recording, Mary Pinckney recites or sings texts of songs for Guy Carawan for purposes of documentation. The songs whose texts are spoken or sung are listed below. 1. "Fix Me Jesus" 2. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus; Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed" 3. "Row, Michael, Row" 4. "Lay Down Body" 5. "Sign My Name" 6. "No Harm" 7. "I Know You're Tired (Sit Down and Rest a Little While)" 8. One of several songs known as "John" songs: "John on the Island" or "John Can Write and John Can Read" 9. "Meet Me in Galilee" 10. "Little David, Play on Your Harp" 11. "Jonah Man" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3594 |
Interview with Mary Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. As on FT-20008/3593, Mary Pinckney sings songs or portions thereof for Guy Carawan for purposes of documentation. 1. "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" 2. "When I Rise" 3. "The Storm Is Passing Over, Hallelujah" 4. Interview with Mary Pinckney (age 25 as of this recording: Pinckney discusses various aspects of her life, community life, family, work, upbringing, music, etc. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3595 |
Interview with Janie Hunter and Loretta, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. The interview includes songs sung without accompaniment. Loretta's last name is unknown. 1. Unidentified song (singing is already in progress when recording begins) 2. Interview: Courting customs 3. Interview: Riddles, rhymes 4. Interview: Various rhymes, riddles, excerpts from songs; excerpts from and discussion of "Shoot Turkey"; excerpts from and discussion of "Old Lady From Booster" 5. "Water My Flowers" and discussion thereof 6. "Honey and a One-Cent Herring" and discussion thereof 7. Further discussion of "Honey and a One-Cent Herring": One of the subjects of the interview clarifies the text 8. "Little Brown Brother": Clarification and discussion of the text 9. Interview: Further discussion about courting customs, dancing, music 10. Several children's songs, singing games, and discussions thereof; a testimony typical of those presented during meetings at Moving Star Hall; more singing |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3596 |
Interview with Janie Hunter and Loretta, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Janie and Loretta provide Guy Carawan with the texts of a number of songs, either by singing or by speaking. Loretta's last name is unknown. 1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix begin interview with Janie and Loretta: Brief conversation 2. "Going Savannah River" and discussion thereof 3. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus (Jesus Is Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)" 4. "Fix Me Jesus" and discussion thereof 5. "Sinner, You Oughta Been There" 6. Discussion of "Lord, I Need You Now" 7. "I Shall Not Remove" (variant of "I Shall Not Be Moved"), incorporating portions of "Yonder Ship Mariah" 8. "Down On Me" 9. "Row, Michael, Row" 10. "Jonah Man" 11. "Honey in the Rock" 12. "John on the Island" 13. "Ezekiel in the Valley" 14. "Motherless Child"; "I Know the Lord Got His Hands on Me" 15. "Lead Me to the Rock (Higher and High)" (variant of "Lead Me to the Rock That Is Higher Than I"); "My God Is a Rock in a Weary Land"; discussion of these two selections 16. "Old Ship of Zion"; brief discussion of "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?" 17. "One More River to Cross" 18. "John Henry" 19. "The Titanic (It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down)" 20. "No Harm (The World Can't Do You No Harm)" 21. "Lord, in the Morning, Thou Shalt Hear" 22. Beginning of "Gonna Be a Time" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3597 |
Moving Star Hall Singers performance excerpts and interview excerpts, S.C., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio This might be another field recording from Johns Island, S.C., or it might be a field recording featuring African American residents of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; some selections are sung by a small group of singers, others by only one or two singers. Tracks 10 through 13 seem to have been recorded during a concert performance by the Moving Star Hall Singers (a group selected from among people who frequently worship and sing at Moving Star Hall). The recording was made in a large hall, and an audience applauds between selections. 1. "Going Savannah River": Sung by small group 2. "Been in the Storm So Long": Sung by small group 3. "Free at Last": Sung by small group 4. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me Jesus (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)": Sung by one woman 5. "Motherless Child": Sung by two women 6. Brief remarks by one woman; "I am Hunting for a City": Sung by one woman; "In This Army of the Lord": Sung by two women 7. Brief discussion between two women. Seems to be about race relations 8. "Oh, It Is a Happy Day When Jesus Washed My Sins Away": Sung by one woman, with another woman talking and singing along quietly in background 9. Brief discussion between two women. One seems to be giving the other directions or describing the location of a particular place 10. "My Mind Done Gone" 11. "My Mind Done Gone". Seems to have been sung as an encore or reprise 12. Remarks by Benjamin Bligen on "We Shall Overcome"; singing of "We Shall Overcome" 13. Remarks by Benjamin Bligen on "See God's Ark A-Moving"; singing of "See God's Ark A-Moving" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3598 |
Interview with Betsy Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Betsy Pinckney was born in 1878, according to Pinckney in this interview. 1. Guy Carawan interviews Mary. Pinckney: Belle Green assists Pinckney in remembering facts about the past but rarely speaks. Pinckney discusses a variety of topics related to her own life history, her family history, and the history of Johns Island in stream-of-consciousness fashion |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3599 |
Interview with Mary Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Continued from FT-20008/3594. 1. Guy and Candie Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Mary Pinckney: Discussion of the musical heritage of Johns Island, role of music in Pinckney's family, race relations, Christian beliefs about love and forgiveness 2. Interview, continued: Discussion of beliefs about paranormal phenomena (ghosts, hags, etc.) 3. Interview, continued: Discussion of Mary Pinckney's wedding, courting customs |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3600 |
Interview with Betsy Pinckney and Belle Green, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Continued from FT-20008/3598. 1. Mary Pinckney discusses a variety of topics related to her own life history, her family history, and the history of Johns Island in stream-of-consciousness fashion, with occasional contributions from Belle Green |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3601 |
Interview with Betsy Pinckney and Belle Green, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Continued from FT-20008/3600. 1. Interview with Mary Pinckney and Belle Green continues from FT-20008/-3600 2. "In the Morning When I Rise": Sung by Guy Carawan, Mary Pinckney, and Belle Green 3. "Soldier of the Cross" 4. Interview with Mary Pinckney and Belle Green continues 5. "Almost Persuaded" 6. "Ups and Downs (All the Way to Heaven)" 7. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (or "When the Saints Are Marching Home") 8. "O My Brother, Where Shall I Meet You?" 9. Mary Pinckney delivers a prayer typical of those spoken during meetings at Moving Star Hall. As is often done at Moving Star Hall, she begins the prayer with a paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer 10. "All Things Are Possible If You Only Believe" 11. Prayer spoken by Belle Green 12. "Let Jesus Lead Me" 13. Guitar instrumental, evidently played by Guy Carawan, with clapping from Mary Pinckney and/or Belle Green 14. Carawan sings and plays "That's All Right" and Mary Pinckney sings along 15. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" 16. "I Will Be All Right/I Will Overcome" (antecedent of "We Shall Overcome") 17. Mary Pinckney resumes conversation |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3602 |
Interview with Betsy Pinckney and Belle Green, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Continued from FT-20008/3601. 1. Interview with Mary Pinckney and Belle Green continues from FT-20008/-3603 2. "At the Cross" 3. Interview continues |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3603 |
Interview with Benjamin Bligen and Reverend James Grant, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Benjamin Bligen was age 40 as of this recording. 1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Benjamin Bligen and Reverend Grant: Bligen discusses his youth on Johns Island, farm work, raising a family, socio-economic progress on Johns Island during his lifetime; Reverend Grant discusses similar subject matter, particularly farm work, progress in agriculture and sources of livelihood, singing in Moving Star Hall, folk medicine; Benjamin Bligen resumes discussion of livelihood, farming, fishing, carpentry, other labor-oriented occupations; musical tastes and activities, sacred music, blues |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3604 |
Interview with Benjamin Bligen and Reverend James Grant, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Interview with Benjamin Bligen and Reverend Grant continues from FT-20008/3603: Discussion of songs sung in Moving Star Hall; the Moving Star Hall Singers' trip to the Newport Folk Festival; folk medicine; folk stories; beliefs about paranormal phenomena: hags, etc.; religious beliefs |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3605 |
Interviews with Alice Wine and Isabel Simmons, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interviews conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Isabel Simmons was age 57 as of this recording, according to this interview. 1. Guy Carawan and Roger Phenix interview Alice Wine: Wine discusses her youth on Johns Island; farming, gardening, fishing, etc.; changes in availability of transportation during her lifetime; beliefs about hags, etc.; further discussion of farming 2. Guy Carawan interviews Isabel Simmons: Discussion of her family (the Bligen family); youth on Johns Island; farm work; economic challenges; folk medicine; music; recreation; religious activities; singing in Moving Star Hall, increase in population of white people on Johns Island; her current work as a housekeeper; Moving Star Hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3606 |
Interview with Isabel Simmons, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Interview with Isabel Simmons, continued: Simmons discusses her role as an usher at Wesley Church; singing at Moving Star Hall, the Bligen family (one of the largest families on Johns Island, the best-represented family in Moving Star Hall); social and economic changes on Johns Island during her lifetime; effects of modern inventions, electrification, etc. on culture of Johns Island; transportation; Joe Bligen (Isabel Simmons's father, who was well known locally for his singing); wedding customs |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3607 |
Interview with Janie and Willie Hunter, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Janie and Willie Hunter were married in 1934, according to this interview. 1. Guy Carawan interviews Janie Hunter: Discussion of her youth on Johns Island and her family; Joe Bligen (Hunter's father, a farmer, fisherman, and a foreman on a local plantation, and a well-known singer at Moving Star Hall); discussion of meeting and courting her husband (Willie Hunter); recreation during her youth: dances, music, stories, rhymes; construction of houses 2. Interview with Janie Hunter continues (Candie Carawan and Roger Phenix contribute questions occasionally): Discussion of cooking procedures during her youth, farm work and fishing; prayer meetings and church services, singing in church and Moving Star Hall; raising children; work as a housekeeper; Interview with Willie Hunter: Hunter discusses work in various occupations: farming, construction work, working at a fertilizer plant, etc.; his youth and upbringing; Janie Hunter discusses introduction of electric light; ownership of land on Johns Island, racial distribution of land 3. Janie Hunter discusses pre-electrical technology; family budget; recent loss of the Hunters' house to a fire, role of religious faith in responding to this tragedy; recent trip to Newport Folk Festival with Moving Star Hall Singers; Willie and Janie Hunter tell folk stories; Janie Hunter discusses raising cotton; making mattresses out of natural materials; quilting parties; New Year's customs; folk medicine |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3608 |
Interview with Janie and Willie Hunter, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Material evidently dubbed from an LP (or LPs). 1. Interview with the Hunters continues from FT-3609: Discussion of folk medicine; beliefs about ghosts, hags, paranormal phenomena, etc.; discoveries of buried money on Johns Island; increase in white population of Johns Island in recent decades; race relations; Janie Hunter discusses having lived and worked in New York briefly; expanded educational opportunities for young people from Johns Island; interest of young people (or lack thereof) in local cultural heritage; a church in New York whose minister and many of whose members are black people from South Carolina; burial customs of former times; role of Moving Star Society in community; worship in Moving Star Hall 2. Material evidently dubbed from an LP: A story about "Farmer Jones" 3. Material evidently dubbed from an LP: Flamenco guitar playing 4. Material evidently dubbed from an LP: More flamenco guitar playing |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3609 |
Interview with Reverend G.C. Brown, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan (with assistance from Roger Phenix) interviews Reverend Brown: Discussion of various aspects of life on Johns Island during Reverend Brown's tenure (beginning in 1936) as pastor of Wesley Methodist Church; poverty; economic disadvantages; economic progress; farming methods; schools; limited availability of education, improvement in educational opportunities over the years; dietary practices; construction of houses; worship and singing in Moving Star Hall; role of Esau Jenkins in social and economic developments; services at Wesley Church; effects of World War II on local economy; property ownership by black residents; changing racial demographics; race relations; effects of Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3610 |
Interview with Reverend G.C. Brown, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan (with assistance from Roger Phenix) interviews Reverend Brown: Continued discussion of race relations; limited availability of physicians; folk medicine; folk beliefs in supernatural powers of roots, "hoodoo," etc.; beliefs in ghosts, etc.; tendency of talented young people from Johns Island to move away, especially to New York; further discussion of race relations; increased awareness of race-related social and economic disparity; reactions of Johns Island residents to presence and activities of Guy and Candie Carawan; opposition of some whites to participation of other whites in black civil rights efforts 2. Further comments from Reverend Brown about meaning in familiar hymns and spirituals; experiences of Reverend Brown's father and grandmother, both of whom were slaves; brief reflections on Reverend Brown's tenure as a minister on Johns Island |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3611 |
Interviews with Robert Johnson and William Saunders, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Brief excerpt from "Old Man at the Mill": Singer unknown; Guy Carawan interviews Robert Johnson: Johnson discusses his childhood on Johns Island; school, family; Moving Star Society, of which Johnson is president, and its role in the community; economic hardship in years past; economic improvements, especially during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential administration; property ownership by black residents; recreation (or lack thereof) in past years; upbringing of young people; introduction of radio and television; singing in Moving Star Hall, especially that of Joe Bligen and Levy Green; leadership of Reverend Brown and Esau Jenkins; names of communities/neighborhoods on Johns Island 2. Guy Carawan interviews William Saunders: Saunders discusses various aspects of race relations; cruelty toward black people on the part of some police officers; reluctance of some white people who support racial justice to be outspoken on the subject; lack of assertiveness on the part of some African American residents of Johns Island in pursuit of justice; possibility of school integration on Johns Island; fairness and kindness of some law enforcement authorities towards blacks; tendency of some whites to intimidate blacks; efforts on part of some whites to prevent blacks from seeking economic advancement; inconsistency in law enforcement; tendency of young people from Johns Island to move to New York; negative social impact of city life on some young people from Johns Island who have moved away; the Progressive Club, its history and role in the community; moral hypocrisy on part of some black residents; prevalence of illegal distilling of whiskey on Johns Island; professional and financial success of Esau Jenkins |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3612 |
Interview with William Saunders, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan (with input from Candie Carawan) interviews William Saunders (with occasional comments from Mrs. Saunders), continued from FT-20008/3611: Discussion of tendency of people to be more active in religion as they grow older; perceived inconsistencies in moral teaching of local churches; young people's recreation; dancing; attitudes of Johns Island residents regarding pregnancies outside of marriage; relationship between religious faith and church membership; rarity of drug use on Johns Island; tendency of some young people who move away from Johns Island to become involved in drug use; frequency of gambling on Johns Island; various aspects of the tendency of young Johns Island natives to move away to cities, especially New York; social and economic effects of this tendency; attitudes of young people towards sacred music traditions of Johns Island; decontextualization of sacred music in concert performances by the Moving Star Hall Singers; unwillingness of many older people to discuss moral and social problems; importance of education, assertiveness in pursuing educational opportunities 2. Interview with William Saunders continues: Discussion of Moving Star Hall and young people's participation in it |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3613 |
Singing by Janie Hunter, Ruth Bligen, and Mary Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. This seems to have been recorded in someone's home (evidently Guy Carawan's home); it is not a concert performance or worship service. 1. Singers assemble, Guy Carawan arranges microphones, etc. 2. "Do Remember Me" 3. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"; "Steal Away" 4. "I've Been in the Storm So Long", brief conversation 5. "And Are We Yet Alive to See Each Other's Face"; "Amazing Grace" (these two selections are sung to the same tune, "New Britain," without pause; the latter begins after one verse of the former) 6. "Water My Flowers" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3614 |
Singing by Janie Hunter, Ruth Bligen, and Mary Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Conclusion of "Honey and a One-Cent Herring" 2. Discussion about what to sing next: Guy Carawan's comments suggest that this is to be a demonstration recording that will be sent to someone in California; the women are somewhat reluctant to sing blues songs on a recording (because some associate blues with sin) 3. One verse of "Louise"; further discussion 4. "Only Believe": Sung by Ruth Bligen, with some harmonizing by one or both of the other singers 5. "Come on in the Ark": Call-and-response song in which Ruth Bligen sings the "call" portions and the others sing the response: "it's gonna rain" 6. "He's All Right": Audio is somewhat distorted: Janie Hunter seems to be leading the singing 7. "Fix Me, Jesus" 8. "Well, Well, Well, Meet Me, Jesus (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed)" 9. "Little David, Play on Your Harp" 10. "See Moses, See Caleb (Tell Him to Meet Me)" 11. "Jonah Man" 12. "What You Gonna Do When Janie Leave You?": Sung by Janie Hunter; "Rock Me, Mama": Sung by one woman (difficult to tell which one) with some input from one or both of the others; one woman laughs but again expresses concern about how her fellow church members might react to the singing of these blues songs 13. "Look at the People Standing at the Judgment" 14. "Ask the Watchman How Long" 15. "Amazing Grace" 16. "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time"; "Sometimes I Wonder How I Get Over"; brief portion of "Row, Michael, Row" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3615 |
Interview with Joe Deas and Florence Smalls, Johns Island, S.C., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Interview contains input from another woman, evidently Ruth Bligen. 1. "Amazing Grace": Sung by Florence Smalls and Ruth Bligen 2. Prayer spoken by Florence Smalls; "Amen" (the spiritual of that name): Led by Ruth Bligen 3. Joe Deas discusses socio-economic hardship of past years, including details of occupational practices and limited availability and variety of food; socio-economic progress of recent times; belief in God's Providence 4. "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross": Sung by Florence Smalls and Ruth Bligen 5. Another prayer by Florence Smalls, with bearing up by Ruth Bligen 6. Joe Deas discusses the origins of Moving Star Hall; services provided by the Moving Star Society; Joe Bligen and Levy Green. Two of the leading singers at Moving Star Hall; use of various talents in worship; farm work; fishing; economy; acquisition of food; economic progress; race relations; folk medicine; food preparation; schools; teachers; participants in worship at Moving Star Hall; possible origins of music sung in Moving Star Hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3616 |
Interview with Joe Deas, Johns Island, S.C., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Interview with Joe Deas: Discussion of fishing procedures; making nets, building boats and carts; economic changes; God's Providence in times of adversity; recreation in past decades; Joe Deas's preaching in Moving Star Hall; fishing; hatred vs. tolerance; reliance of elderly people on government relief programs; limited availability of opportunities for economic advancement during Joe Deas's youth; increased economic opportunities in recent years; importance of maintaining faith in one's later years; beliefs about Guy Carawan's motivations; Joe Deas's grandmother, a Native American and a slave; singing; Joe Deas's knowledge of the Bible; subject matter for sermons; services at Wesley Methodist Church |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3617 |
Interview with Esau Jenkins, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Evidently tape 2 of 2, companion to FT-20008/3618. 1. Esau Jenkins discusses quality of housing on Johns Island; jobs and economy; Jenkins' personal and educational background; the influence of Jenkins' decision to make certain that his children were well-educated upon other Johns Island residents 2. Tendency of local court system to be unfair to blacks in the past; establishment of the Progressive Club and its role in promoting fairness in the legal system; reactions against Esau Jenkins' social and political activism 3. Esau Jenkins' professional background; reluctance of Jenkins' father to antagonize people 4. Esau Jenkins delivers an introductory commentary about singing in Moving Star Hall and its socio-cultural significance 5. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"; prayer and/or preaching, excerpted from a Moving Star Hall worship meeting 6. Joe Deas discusses the origins of Moving Star Hall; services provided by the Moving Star Society; Joe Bligen and Levy Green. Two of the leading singers at Moving Star Hall; use of various talents in worship; farm work; fishing; economy; acquisition of food; economic progress; race relations; folk medicine; food preparation; schools; teachers; participants in worship at Moving Star Hall; possible origins of music sung in Moving Star Hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3618 |
Interviews with Esau Jenkins and John Smalls, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan interviews Esau Jenkins: Jenkins discusses his early motivations for involvement in community service and activism; tendency of some Johns Island natives who become educated and/or professionally successful to ignore or be embarrassed by their cultural heritage; importance of teaching young people about cultural heritage; positive character traits of older Johns Island residents 2. Roger Phenix interviews John Smalls: This is a follow-up from an earlier interview with Smalls conducted by Guy Carawan (FT-20008/3626). Smalls discusses the antecedents, origins, and future prospects of the Progressive Club; John Smalls' work as a stevedore in Charleston; funeral practices prior to the availability of professional undertakers; voter registration; decline in frequency of worship opportunities; folk medicine; beliefs about paranormal phenomena; very brief excerpt from a recorded performance of "This Land Is Your Land" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3619 |
Interview with Esau Jenkins, Johns Island, S.C., March 19651/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3620 |
Interview with Belle Green, Johns Island, S.C., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan interviews Belle Green: Discussion of Green's late husband, Levy, who was well respected for his singing in Moving Star Hall; role of Moving Star Society in the community; farm work; economic adversity; Cedar Springs Church; Wesley Methodist Church; singing in Moving Star Hall; death of Levy Green 2. Belle Green discusses unfairness of white employers towards black employees; the Odd Fellows Hall (no longer in existence); singing at Moving Star Hall; Sanctified Church on Johns Island and its musical practices; testifying at Moving Star Hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3621 |
Interview with Janie Hunter, Johns Island, S.C., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Selections apparently dubbed from an LP. 1. Blues guitar instrumental, evidently dubbed from an LP 2. "See See Rider", evidently dubbed from an LP 3. "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" 4. "You Talk Too Much": Seems to be a newly recorded performance (not a dub) by a guitarist and singer, possibly Roger Phenix 5. "Motherless Children": Seems to be a newly recorded performance (not a dub); same performer as in track 4 (possibly Roger Phenix) 6. "Hard, Ain't It Hard": Duet sung by two women with guitar and banjo in 1960s "folk revival" style 7. Another song by one of the same singers who performed track 6 8. Guy Carawan interviews Janie Hunter: Importance of traditional sacred music to Hunter's family; reputations of Joe Bligen (Hunter's father) and Levy Green as singers; discussion of several songs and shouts 9. Further discussion of songs, including "Ask the Watchman How Long; " Moving Star Hall; Christmas Watch meetings; prayer meetings held in homes before establishment of Moving Star Hall; various aspects of local religious life; discussion of "Row, Michael, Row; " fishing practices; preparation of fish; discussion of several songs sung in Moving Star Hall; style of singing in Moving Star Hall; tendency of worshippers adapt songs to their distinct style; distinction between "hymns" and "spirituals". Numerous interruptions in the recording occur throughout track 9 10. "Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie": Seems to be another newly recorded performance by the same performer as in tracks 4 and 5 (possibly Roger Phenix) 11. "Johnny Cuckoo": Another newly recorded performance by the performer of tracks 4, 5, and 10, joined here by someone playing a washtub or something similar 12. "Poor Lazarus": Another newly recorded performance by the performer of tracks 4, 5, 10, and 11. The tape seems to have been warped somewhat (some variability in pitch) 13. Brief excerpt from "Daniel Prayed", evidently dubbed from an LP |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3622 |
Interview with Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney, Johns Island, S.C., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan interviews Janie Hunter: Hunter tells a folk story about the divergent fortunes of two brothers; brief discussion of several songs 2. "Little Brown Brother": Sung by Janie Hunter; Mary Pinckney seems to join in at a few points 3. "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy?": Sung by Janie Hunter; Mary Pinckney seems to join in at some points 4. Brief discussion of songs |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3623 |
Interviews with Isabel Simmons and Alice Wine, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Setting up and testing recording equipment, etc.; small child sings briefly 2. "Sun Never Go Down": Sung by Isabel Simmons; brief conversation 3. "Been in the Storm So Long": Sung by Isabel Simmons; brief conversation 4. "Lay Down Body": Sung by Isabel Simmons 5. "Amazing Grace": Sung by Isabel Simmons 6. "Honey in the Rock": Sung by Alice Wine 7. "I Look Down the Road": Sung by Alice Wine 8. Brief discussion of "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" (or "Hold On, Christian Mourners") "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" ("Hold On"): Sung by Alice Wine 9. Guy Carawan interviews Alice Wine: Wine discusses testimony and prayer in worship; Wine delivers a typical testimony; distinctions between class meetings and worship (preaching, praying, or testifying) meetings; role of Moving Star Society in the community |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3624 |
Interview with Alice Wine, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Continued from FT-20008/3623. 1. Alice Wine continues discussion of Moving Star Society; importance of good moral conduct and the influence of one's conduct upon one's reputation and spiritual life 2. Esau Jenkins discusses typical occupations of worshippers in Moving Star Hall; social and economic adversity; worship in Moving Star Hall as source of motivation to persevere; difficulty of traveling between Johns Island and Charleston years ago and improvements in transportation; boll weevil epidemics; truck farming (vegetable farming); other aspects of occupations and economy; economic improvements resulting from World War II and increased land ownership by blacks; changes in racial demographics on Johns Island; improvements in black voter registration; the Highlander Folk School's citizenship education program; Esau Jenkins' candidacy for the local board of education and its effects; changes in race relations 3. Excerpt from meetings at Moving Star Hall (or possibly a service at Wesley Methodist Church at which the minister was not present): unidentified song; remarks by Esau Jenkins. Audio quality and interruptions make remarks difficult to follow; remarks by John Smalls; "Stay on the Battlefield"; remarks/preaching by Esau Jenkins; remarks/preaching by another man; brief excerpts of preaching and singing |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3625 |
Interview with Alice Wine, Johns Island, S.C., 1960: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. 1. Guy Carawan interviews Alice Wine: Wine discusses farm work; household work; Wine's childhood and family; midwifery; raising children; housekeeping; the Progressive Club; the Moving Star Society; worship at church and Moving Star Hall; relationships between race and employment; sleep habits; voter registration; learning to read; the new Progressive Club building; leadership of Esau Jenkins; social and cultural effects of advances in technology and infrastructure; changes in racial demographics on Johns Island; increased availability of transportation to Charleston |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3626 |
Interview with John Smalls, Johns Island, S.C.1/4" Open Reel Audio Interview conducted in preparation for the writing of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. John Smalls was born in 1900. 1. Guy Carawan (with assistance from Roger Phenix) interviews John Smalls: Smalls discusses his childhood and family; farm work, changes in agriculture on Johns Island during his lifetime; fishing practices; use of chimneys, kerosene lamps; storekeeping; boll weevil epidemic of 1919; work as a stevedore in Charleston; stevedore union in Charleston; Smalls' other work activities: Vegetable farming, work at a fertilizer plant; establishment of Moving Star Society; class meetings/praise meetings held in participants' homes before Moving Star Hall was built; John Smalls' role as sexton of Moving Star Hall; role of Joe Deas as selector of texts for preaching in Moving Star Hall; worship practices at Moving Star Hall; the late Joe Bligen and Levy Green, outstanding singers in Moving Star Hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3627 |
Children's songs, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Field recording of children's songs from Johns Island, S.C. Many selections are more along the lines of chanted rhymes or "raps" than songs) sung by a group of children, with brief conversations among the children, Roger Phenix, and Robert Yellin. 1. "Round the Green Apple Tree"; discussion with Roger Phenix; children say that this song is associated with a singing game 2. "Mary Mack" 3. "Goose Drank Wine" 4. "Little Sally Walker" 5. "Who Took the Cookie"; brief discussion among the children about correct text of song; song resumes 6. "Mama Lama Kuma Lama, Kuma La Bista". Several stops and starts at beginning 7. "Bluebird": Brief discussion about having learned this song at school 8. "Sally Go Round the Sun" 9. "Billy Banana" ("The Name Game Song": Pop song of the early 1960s); children say that they learned this from the radio 10. "Old Lady From Booster" 11. "Mr. Postman Die" 12. "London Bridge" 13. "Peas, Beans, Banana Seeds" 14. "Lazy Mary" 15. "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee"): Children say that they sing this every morning at school 16. "Here We Go Loopty Lou": children say that they learned this at school 17. "My Momma Told Me" 18. Unidentified song 19. Unidentified song 20. "That's a Lie" 21. "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" 22. "Doctor, Doctor" 23. "Rubber Dolly" 24. "What You Gonna Do" 25. "Mo and Jo" 26. "I Got a Sister Named Nat" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3628 |
Children's songs, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Several starts and stops, discussion 2. "Two Lovers"; more starts and stops, discussion, etc. 3. "What's the Matter With You, Baby" 4. Interview conducted by Roger Phenix with Yvonne Hunter, Christina Hunter, Rosa Lee Pinckney, Mary Pinckney, Alfreida (last name unknown), Arthur Pinckney, all young school children (lower grades), discussion of school; professional aspirations; songs and singing games; household work; more about learning songs; church; Moving Star Hall 5. "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More"; discussion of children's favorite popular songs and singers; dancing, learning dances 6. "Oh, Greenfield Roxy" 7. Further discussion with Roger Phenix and Robert Yellin; Roger Phenix serves cake and ice cream to the children; discussion of eating habits; housework; children ask where Guy Carawan is, Roger Phenix explains that Carawan is participating in the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march in Alabama; discussion of living arrangements; swimming; summer recreation; farm work; ghosts |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3629 |
Edited excerpts from miscellaneous interviews, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Tape consists primarily of songs and stories. 1. Selection from interview with Janie Hunter: Folk story about why crabs' backs turn red when boiled. Recording begins after Hunter has begun telling the story 2. "Shoot Turkey": Children's song sung and discussed by Benjamin Bligen 3. Benjamin Bligen discusses a humorous code "language" that he and some of his friends used when they were children; folk rhymes and children's stories 4. Reverend James Grant discusses "jack-o-lanterns" (paranormal lights) 5. "Johnny Cuckoo": Janie Hunter 6. "Little Sally Walker": Mary Pinckney 7. "Few More Days, My Work Will Be Done": Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter 8. "Down on Me": Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter 9. "I Remember When I Was Very Young": Mary Pinckney 10. "Sun Never Go Down": Ruth Bligen with Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter 11. Selection from interview with Janie Hunter: Hunter discusses socio-economic progress among African Americans and the role of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration therein; President Hoover's administration and its shortcomings, as perceived by Janie Hunter; Janie Hunter sings "What More Could Mr. Hoover Do?": Satirical song written and sung by Johns Islanders 12. "Motherless Child": Mary Pinckney 13. Selection from interview with Mary Pinckney: Pinckney discusses Michael Brown, an elderly resident of Johns Island; Brown's belief in ghosts |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3630 |
Songs and stories, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Field recording of songs and stories from Johns Island, S.C. The majority of the songs are children's songs. 1. "Row, Michael, Row": Sung by several women (probably Janie Hunter, Mary Pinckney, and possibly Ruth Bligen) 2. "Shoot Turkey": Sung by two women (likely Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney) 3. "Old Lady From Booster": Sung by two women (likely Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney) 4. "I'm a Lady From Booster Now" (also known as "Peas, Beans, Banana Seeds"): Sung by several children 5. "I Got a Sister Named Nat": Sung by several children 6. "What You Gonna Do When Janie Leaves You, Willie?": Sung first by Janie Hunter, then by several children (apparently Janie Hunter's children) 7. "White Lily Has a Story": Janie Hunter 8. "Candy Store": Sung by several children 9. "Doctor, Doctor, Can't You Tell?": Sung by several children 10. "What's the Matter With You, Baby?": Sung by several children 11. "Rabbit and Three Letters": Story told by Janie Hunter 12. "Shoot Turkey": Sung by several children 13. "Little Sally Walker": Sung by Janie Hunter and several children 14. "Ain't Gonna Rain No More": Sung by Janie Hunter and one or two other people (possibly children) 15. "One-Cent Herring": Sung by two women (likely Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney) 16. "Shoot Turkey": Sung by several children 17. "Little Sally Walker": Seems to be a duplicate of track 14 (might be mixed slightly differently) 18. "One-Cent Herring": Seems to be a duplicate of track 15 (might be mixed slightly differently) 19. "Ain't Gonna Rain No More": Sung by Janie Hunter and others (might be a longer and remixed version of track 14) 20. "The Rabbit and the Cart of Fish": Story told by Janie Hunter 21. "Rabbit and Wolf Plant Sweet Potatoes": Story told by Janie Hunter |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3631 |
Various dubs, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Field recordings from Johns Island, S.C.; Labeled "Most likely things Guy has taped or edited off other tapes". 1. "Down on Me": Sung by Mary Pinckney and the Moving Star Hall Singers. Seems to have been recorded during a concert performance in a relatively large hall 2. Brief remarks on "Reborn Again" by Benjamin Bligen; "Reborn Again" sung by Bligen and the Moving Star Hall Singers. Seems to have been recorded during a concert performance 3. "Row, Michael, Row": Sung by Janie Hunter and the Moving Star Hall Singers in a concert performance 4. Excerpt from an interview with Janie Hunter: Hunter discusses ring games played during her childhood; Janie Hunter sings "Johnny Cuckoo" as an example of a song associated with a ring game 5. "Old Lady From Booster": Janie Hunter and Mary Pinckney 6. Janie Hunter briefly discusses "Old Lady From Booster"; Janie Hunter and one other woman and a group of children sing "Shoot Turkey" (also known as "Shoo, Turkey, Shoo") in call-and-response fashion 7. "Mr. Postman Die": Sung by several children, then by one girl 8. "Water My Flowers": Sung by Janie Hunter 9. Story: "The Partridge and the Rabbit": Told by Janie Hunter 10. Story: "Jack and Mary and the Devil": Includes singing; told and sung by Janie Hunter 11. Story: "Rabbit and the Cart of Fish": Told by Janie Hunter 12. Story: "Rabbit and Wolf Plant Sweet Potatoes": Told by Janie Hunter |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3632 |
Various dubs, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Field recordings from Johns Island, S.C.; Labeled "Most likely things Guy has taped or edited off other tapes". 1. "Talking 'Bout a Good Time": Benjamin Bligen and the Moving Star Singers, apparently from a concert performance in a relatively large hall 2. "That's All Right": Laura Rivers (someone else joins in quietly in the background occasionally) 3. "Jesus Knows All About My Trouble": From a meeting at Moving Star Hall 4. Remarks by Esau Jenkins about the significance of singing in Moving Star Hall 5. "Lay Down Body": Led by Bertha Smith, from a meeting at Moving Star Hall 6. "I'm Going to Climb Up Jacob's Ladder"; prayer spoken by Alice Wine 7. "Been in the Storm So Long": Mary Pinckney (daughter) and Janie Hunter (mother) |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3633 |
Various excerpts from interviews and other material, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Miscellaneous field recordings from Johns Island, S.C. 1. "Come By Here": Loretta (last name unknown) and Janie Hunter 2. Excerpt from "Once I Was Going 'Cross London Bridge": Janie Hunter rhyme 3. Several riddles: Janie Hunter 4. "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy": Janie Hunter popular song 5. "Peas Been Hot": Variant of "Pease Porridge Hot": Janie Hunter 6. Testing microphones, recording levels, etc.: Various people talking 7. "Amazing Grace": Sung by a group of people (apparently singers from Moving Star Hall, but this recording seems not to have been recorded during a worship meeting), led by James Mackey, who paraphrases several lines of the text as a preface before singing 8. "The Storm Is Passing Over": Sung by a group of people 9possibly Moving Star Hall Singers0, led by Isabel Simmons 9. "Do Remember Me": Sung by a group of people (possibly Moving Star Hall Singers), led by Ruth Bligen 10. "No Harm (The World Can't Do Me No Harm)": Sung by a group of people |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3634 |
Christmas Concert, Progressive Club, Johns Island, S.C., 23 December 1965: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated, but evidently 1965. FT-20008/3634 and FT-20008/3635 consist of a field recording of a Christmas Concert performance, made by Guy and Candie Carawan, at the Progressive Club on Johns Island, S.C., on 23 December 1964. Performers included the Southern Gates, the Travelling Echoes, and the Moving Star Hall Singers, all African American singing groups of South Carolina; Charlie Scott and Deacon Washington, African American singers of South Carolina; and Mable A. Hillery, African American singer of Georgia. 1. "The Southland Singing"; prayer with music continuing in the background; "The Southland Singing," continued: The Southern Gates (an African American gospel quartet); William Saunders, master of ceremonies, introduces the program 2. "Twelve Gates to the City" (called "High John" by one of the singers): The Southern Gates 3. "Blind Barnabas": The Southern Gates 4. "I am Waiting for My Child to Come Home": Singer accompanied by a slide/steel guitarist 5. "This Little Light of Mine": Caesar Days and Joseph Smith of the Traveling Echoes accompanied by the guitarist who played in track 4 and possibly another musician; Everly Washington introduces another group 6. Singer speaks/sings brief remarks about Vietnam War and the applicability of the Bible; "Sweet Home": Sung by the group introduced by Everly Washington (possibly the "House of God Harmonists" or something similar) 7. Testimony sung/spoken by a boy (age 12 or 13, according to documentation); "New Born Soul": The group that performed track 6, along with the boy who spoke at the beginning of the song 8. "Blessed Assurance": Maggie Williams, accompanied by two or three instrumentalists 9. Comedy routine, including singing, by comedian Charlie Scott 10. "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water": Mabel Hillery (vocal) and Guy Carawan (guitar) 11. "See, See Rider" or "C.C. Rider": Mabel Hillery (vocal) and Guy Carawan (guitar) 12. "Bring It With You When You Come": Mabel Hillery (vocal) and Guy Carawan (guitar) 13. "Up the Road So Grassy": Mabel Hillery (vocal) and Guy Carawan (guitar) 14. Remarks by Esau Jenkins: Announces several upcoming events at the Progressive Club and in the Charleston area, expresses appreciation to Guy Carawan 15. "Cripple Creek"; "Eyes are Blue, Cheeks are Red"; remarks about life on Johns Island, collecting music from the Sea Islands; introduction of singers from Moving Star Hall by Guy Carawan |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3635 |
Christmas Concert, Progressive Club, Johns Island, S.C., 23 December 1965: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Continuation of FT-20008/3634. Some of the material on this tape seems to have been recorded in some context other than the Progressive Club Christmas Concert. Some of the Moving Star Hall Singers' selections evidently were recorded during other performances. 1. "Down on Me": Moving Star Hall Singers, led by a woman (possibly Isabel Simmons or Janie Hunter) 2. Remarks about the Moving Star Hall Singers and the significance of their music by Benjamin Bligen 3. "Drive Old Satan Away": Moving Star Hall Singers 4. "Been in the Storm So Long": Moving Star Hall Singers 5. "Remember Me"; remarks by a woman (possibly Janie Hunter), humming/vocalizing based on "Remember Me" continues in the background during remarks; "Remember Me," continued: Moving Star Hall Singers 6. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands": Moving Star Hall Singers, led by Ruth Bligen 7. "Been in the Storm So Long": Moving Star Hall Singers, led by a woman 8. "Come on in This Ark Now": Moving Star Hall Singers, led by a woman (possibly Janie Hunter) 9. Guy Carawan introduces members of the Moving Star Hall Singers who are members of the Bligen family; comments on performances by Moving Star Hall Singers at Newport Folk Festival, UCLA; introduces Ralph Rinzler, Candie Carawan, "Debbie from New York City" 10. "Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life": Several musicians, led by Guy Carawan, with audience participation 11. "Wade in the Water": Caesar Days and one or more other singers, with guitar 12. Remarks by William Saunders, master of ceremonies; remarks by the Southern Gates 13. "Working on a Building": The Southern Gates 14. Medley or suite of several gospel songs, beginning with "There's Something on My Mind That's Worrying Me," also including "Put on My Traveling Shoes": The Southern Gates 15. Brief remarks by the Southern Gates; concluding remarks by William Saunders 16. "I'll Be Home for Christmas": The Southern Gates |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3636 |
"Sea Island Spirituals," 1960: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 13 spirituals in total. Some selections seem to have been recorded during (a) worship meeting(s) in Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C. (repertoire, singing style, style of clapping and stamping, etc. are very similar to those of other Moving Star Hall recordings), but others seem to have been recorded elsewhere on Johns Island or other Sea Islands. 1. Brief excerpt of preaching; "Stand By Me" ("Jesus Knows All About It"): Likely Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C. 2. "Jesus, My Heavenly Father, I'm Satisfied": Likely Moving Star Hall, Johns Island, S.C. 3. "God Is a Rock in a Weary Land": Seems to have been recorded during a worship service somewhere other than Moving Star Hall 4. "He Didn't Say a Mumbling Word": Sung by an individual woman during an interview with Guy Carawan. Seems not to be any of the people interviewed by Carawan in any of the other recordings in the collection thus far 5. "Wade in the Water": Sung by the same woman who sang track 4; Guy Carawan joins in with both voice and guitar 6. "I'm Going Home on the Morning Train": Seems to have been recorded during a worship service somewhere other than Moving Star Hall; the following seems to have been recorded during a social gathering of some kind: Guy Carawan introduces a couple and says that he recently learned that they are good singers 7. "Thou Careless Love for Me": Led by the man of the couple introduced by Guy Carawan at the conclusion of track 6; "I'm a Soldier in This Army of the Lord": Sung by the woman who sang tracks 4 and 5 8. "Ride On, Conquering Jesus": Sung at Guy Carawan's request by the same woman who sang tracks 4, 5, and 7 9. "Help Me to Run This Race": Seems to have been recorded during a worship service somewhere other than Moving Star Hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3637 |
"Sea Island Spirituals," 1960: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 1. "Michael, Row": Seems to have been recorded during a worship meeting or other relatively large gathering, but seems not to have been recorded either in Moving Star Hall or in the context(s) in which tracks 3, 6, and 9 of FT-20008/3636 were recorded 2. "Just Get Over in the Heavenly Land": Seems to have been recorded during a worship meeting or similar gathering, but one other than that in which any of the tracks heard thus far on FT-20008/3636 or FT-20008/3637 were recorded 3. "That's All Right": Seems to have been recorded during a worship meeting or other relatively large gathering 4. Commentary by Reverend Brewer on the past and present cultural and historical significance of African American spirituals: Seems to have been recorded during a relatively large gathering |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3638 |
Interview with Esau Jenkins, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Documentation does not indicate when this recorded or whether it is connected with any of the other interviews of Esau Jenkins that are included in this collection. Seems to have been recorded earlier than other interviews with Esau Jenkins; excerpts from (a) meeting(s) at Moving Star Hall. 1. Esau Jenkins discusses the natural beauty of and natural resources available on Johns Island; diet of Johns Island residents; acquisition of food; demographics of Johns Island; relationships among white planters and black plantation workers; Gullah dialect; road system on Johns Island; "shouting" style of singing and speaking in worship and public perception thereof; Esau Jenkins' parents and childhood; low mobility of most Johns Island residents; Moving Star Hall and roles of Bertha Smith and John Smalls therein; role of John Smalls in the community; more about Moving Star Hall 2. Excerpts from (a) meeting(s) at Moving Star Hall: testimony by a woman; "Remember Me"; testimonies by two more women; "Jesus Is My Only Friend"; remarks by a man; "Servant of God, Well Done"; remarks by Benjamin Bligen; "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior"; remarks by John Smalls 3. More excerpts from worship at Moving Star Hall: Preaching by Esau Jenkins; remarks by another man; "Only Believe"; Esau Jenkins and others talking, apparently while on their way out of the hall |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3639 |
Esau's Church, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Designated "Esau's Church" in documentation; evidently refers to Wesley Methodist Church on Johns Island, of which Esau Jenkins was a member. 1. Conclusion of a song; pastor or worship leader (likely Reverend G.C. Brown) introduces Esau Jenkins, who is to make an announcement; Jenkins discusses one or more upcoming events or projects and church and community-related issues. Difficult to understand exactly what he says because of the acoustics of the church and the audio quality of the tape; remarks by another man, evidently Robert Johnson, and further comments by Jenkins |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3640 |
Esau's Church, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Continuation of FT-20008/3639. Because of the acoustics of the building in which this tape was recorded and the audio quality of the tape, it is difficult to understand everything that is being said; this seems to have been recorded during a service in which the minister, Reverend G.C. Brown, was absent and Esau Jenkins presided. 1. Remarks or preaching by a man, likely Robert Johnson; remarks by Esau Jenkins; Jenkins reads ("lines") the text of a hymn, "My Time Is in Thy Hands"; Esau Jenkins reads narrative of Jesus and Nicodemus from Gospel of John, chapter 3 2. "My Time Is in Thy Hands": Sung by congregation (without instrumental accompaniment) 3. Brief testimony by a woman 4. Unidentified hymn 5. Brief testimony by another woman 6. "Father, I Stretch My Hand to Thee": First verse only, sung by congregation; tune seems to be "Martyrdom" (a.k.a. "Avon") 7. Testimony by a man 8. Unidentified hymn; brief testimony by a woman 9. "Amazing Grace": First verse only, sung to a tune other than "New Britain" (the tune most often associated with it) 10. Testimony by a woman 11. "Lift Him Up": Sung by congregation 12. Testimony by a woman; testimony by another woman 13. "Just a Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right": Sung by congregation 14. Testimony by a woman; unidentified hymn 15. Testimony by a woman. Tape seems to be warped at this point; "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" |
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Subseries 1.2. Field Notes, 1959-1992.
Processing information: Folder 684 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 813.
Field notes include song lists, transcripts, box lists, articles, and an event poster that correspond to the field recordings from Johns Island, S.C. found in subseires 1.1. Also included are photocopies of original audio housing and memos found with select field recordings, a memo about the recordings written by Guy Carawan in 1992, and a copy of a paper, titled "Singing and Shouting in Moving Star Hall," given by Guy Carawan in 1989.
| Folder 684 |
Field notes: FT-20008/3535-3640Folder 684 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 813 |
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Series 2. Recordings and Field Notes Related to the Civil Rights Movement and African American
music in the American South, 1960-1990.
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Subseries 2.1. Audio Recordings, 1960s.
Arrangement: The original arrangement has been maintained.
Highlighted recordings:
FT-20008/3641-3650 Recordings made by Guy and Candie Carawan, 1960-1965, of African American religious ceremonies from Saint John's Island, S.C., known as the Christmas Watch and the New Year's Watch, all-night church meetings held on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve in the community's "praise house," in which the congregation would take turns preaching, testifying, shouting, praying, and singing, as moved by the Holy Spirit. The tapes include religious songs, hymns, preaching, and other forms of religious expression. The congregation, of an indeterminate size, was led by Esau Jenkins, John Smalls, and Reverend Grant in the Moving Star Praise House. There are also 13 spirituals from the Sea Islands of South Carolina, recorded in 1960 by unknown performers; 4 tapes of a "preach meeting," 24 January 1965; and interviews for Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, including songs and storytelling, children's songs and stories, religious songs, and edited interviews.
FT-20008/3641-3655: Recordings made by Guy and Candie Carawan in Birmingham, Ala., during the height of the civil rights movement in April and May of 1963, of church services and mass meetings at Saint James Baptist Church and the 16th Street Baptist Church, including the African American Birmingham Movement Choir under the direction of Carlton Reece. The Birmingham Movement Choir sang for 40 consecutive nights at mass meetings throughout the city. There is also a recording of a press conference for KPFK, a Birmingham radio station.
FT-20008/3656: Recording made at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., in 1963 by Guy and Candie Carawan of African American civil rights activists James Foreman, Bob Moses, and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers, including Cordell Reagon, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rutha Harris, and Charles Neblett. Included are speeches Foreman and Moses, and spiritual, gospel, and protest songs sung by the SNC Freedom Singers and others.
FT-20008/3673-3685: Recordings, made by folk singer Theodore Bikel, of Sing For Freedom: Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, held 7-10 May 1964 at Gammon Theological Center, Old Campus, Atlanta, Ga. The tapes feature workshops on the freedom song repertoire; song leading, taught by African American singers Cordell Reagon, Betty Fikes, and Bernice Johnson Reagon; choir leaders and singers, taught by the Birmingham Movement Choir and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers; songwriting in the freedom movement, taught by African American songwriters Bertha Gober and Matthew Jones, and Anglo-American songwriters Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs; and traditional African American folk music, taught by Bessie Jones, the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Dock Reese, and others. There are also recordings of weekend concerts featuring singers from the South and the North.
FT-20008/3686: Recording, made by Guy and Candie Carawan, of the Birmingham Movement Choir, an African-American gospel choir active in the civil rights movement. The Birmingham Movement Choir under the direction of Carleton Reece sang for forty consecutive nights at mass meetings held through Birmingham, Ala.
FT-20008/3687-3697: Recordings relating to the civil rights movement, recorded in Greenwood, Miss., and Albany, Ga., Guy and Candie Carawan, and subsequently released as Sing For Freedom on Smithsonian Folkways. Included are concerts, church services, and interviews with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers, including African American singers Charles Sherrod, Charles Jones, Cordell Reagon, and Blanton Hall; and other African Americans involved in the civil rights movement, including Susie Ann Price, Charles Wingfield, and Dorothy Colton.
FT-20008/3710-3721: Recordings of gospel concerts in New York, Detroit, Charleston, S.C., and the Sea Islands, S.C., in 1961-1965. Performers include African American spiritual singers McKinley Peebles and Bessie Jones; African American gospel groups, including the Society for the Preservation of Spirituals, the Richardson Family, the Moving Star Singers, and the Freedom Singers; and Anglo-American folklorists and singers Alan Lomax and Guy and Candie Carawan. Also included is an interview of Guy Carawan by sociologist Studs Terkel in January 1964.
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3641 |
Mass meetings held during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's "Project C," Birmingham, Ala., 15 and 16 April 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Recording features Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. 1. Meeting at Saint James Baptist Church in Birmingham, 15 April 1963: Singing by a black gospel choir; remarks; recognition of monetary contributions; discussion of use of property bonds as bail for demonstrators who have been jailed; several people who had been jailed comment on their experiences; speaker discusses various aspects of racial discrimination and injustice in Southern society, particularly in Birmingham, and encourages people to persevere in working for civil rights, urges them to remain non-violent 2. Meeting at an Apostolic Overcoming Holiness Church in Birmingham, 16 April 1963: Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth discusses the cause of freedom for all people and the need to persevere; law enforcement in Birmingham and its relationship with black residents; importance of non-violence in civil rights demonstrations; asks citizens to sign property bonds to bail others out of jail; attorney Clarence Jones makes brief remarks; Reverend Joseph Lowry makes comments about significance of this event and recent developments in Birmingham, including the defeat of "Bull" Connor in the mayoral election; emphasizes that many white people are sympathetic towards the cause of civil rights; Reverend Shuttlesworth encourages people to pray for those in jail; two other attorneys make remarks; choral selection with a female vocal soloist; Reverend Shuttlesworth reads a text from Gospel of Luke and discusses it |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3642 |
"Old-Time Prayer Meeting" held during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's "Project C," Birmingham, Ala., 6 May 1963: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Unidentified hymn "lined out" and sung by congregation without instrumental accompaniment; prayer spoken/chanted by a man with singers humming the tune of the previous hymn in the background; several men ask some of those present to leave the church and go to another church to prevent overcrowding and violation of fire safety regulations; speaker encourages mothers whose children are in jail for their participation in the civil rights movement not to worry; discussion about various logistical matters |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3643 |
"Old-Time Prayer Meeting" held during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's "Project C," Birmingham, Ala., 6 May 1963: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio 1. Unidentified hymn "lined out" and sung a cappella by the congregation; brief remarks; man speaks/chants prayer, beginning with a version of the Lord's Prayer, humming/vocalizing in background; unidentified hymn; prayer with humming/vocalizing in background; unidentified hymn lined out and sung; prayer, beginning with a version of the Lord's Prayer; "This Little Light of Mine"; prayer |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3644 |
Mass meeting, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Recording contains young people singing and interviews. 1. Guy Carawan interviews a black man who has been jailed for his participation in civil rights demonstrations: Man briefly discusses his experience 2. "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around": Sung a cappella by a group of young people 3. "Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Set on Freedom": Sung by a group of young people (young black participants in civil rights activities) with guitar accompaniment (evidently by Guy Carawan) 4. "O Freedom": Sung by a group of young people with guitar accompaniment faintly in the background and clapping 5. "Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do" ("Lord, I'm Running, Trying to Make a Hundred"): Sung by a group of young people 6. "We Shall Not Be Moved": Started by Guy Carawan (guitar, vocal); young people join in singing 7. "We Shall Overcome": Young people with Guy Carawan 8. Guy Carawan briefly interviews a young black boy 9. Meeting: Minister speaks about various aspects of the civil rights movement, but the microphone shorts out repeatedly, making the content difficult to follow; minister introduces Guy Carawan 10. "Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Set on Freedom": Guy Carawan (banjo, vocal); Carawan introduces Candie Carawan and Mamie Brown 11. "We Are Soldiers" (incomplete): Mamie Brown and Guy and Candie Carawan |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3645 |
Mass meeting held during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's "Project C," Birmingham, Ala., 28 May 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Recording features Reverend Gardner and music. 1. Reverend Gardner asks Guy Carawan to sing several more songs so that those who previously did not realize they could participate in the singing can do so 2. "That's All Right": Guy Carawan (guitar, vocal) with audience participation 3. "They Go Wild Over Me"; "We Shall Not Be Moved": Candie Carawan (vocal) and Guy Carawan (guitar and vocal) 4. Reverend Gardner discusses the upcoming anniversary of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights; progress in civil rights movement thus far, goals that remain to be met; new mayor has appointed an advisory committee and invited black people to participate; hope that Birmingham Police Department eventually will include black officers; importance of monetary contributions 5. "Oh, Freedom": Sung by a small group of singers with organ accompaniment 6. Several speakers make remarks, but microphone shorts out frequently 7. "Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do" ("Lord, I'm Running, Trying to Make a Hundred"): Microphone shorts out frequently |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3646 |
Mass meeting held during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's "Project C," Birmingham, Ala., 28 May 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Recording features Reverend Gardner and music. Seems to be a continuation of FT-20008/3645. The microphone shorts out frequently throughout this recording, making the content difficult to follow. 1. "Amazing Grace": Sung by the audience/congregation with piano 2. Preaching: Chanted 3. Unidentified musical selection performed by male vocal soloist with piano 4. Remarks by Reverend Gardner: Mentions that he hopes to have several guest preachers at future meetings 5. "We Shall Overcome": Sung by the audience/congregation with piano; people talking on the way out of the meeting, some extemporaneous piano and tambourine playing 6. Guy and Candie Carawan testing the tape recorder |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3647 |
Mass meeting, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Date and exact location not specified. Likely sometime in the spring of 1963. 1. Man makes brief remarks, says food is available for participants 2. "How Great Thou Art": Played at first on organ, then sung by a male soloist and choir. Audio quality is erratic, microphone shorts out at several points 3. "We Shall Be Changed": Sung by a male soloist and a group of singers (possibly a choir) with organ 4. "Never Turn Back": Sung by a female soloist and choir with organ 5. Another musical selection, designated "The Love of God" in documentation, but seems to be a setting of the Lord's Prayer for choir and female soloist 6. Brief remarks by Reverend Gardner; preaching by another speaker: Discusses God's concern for every aspect of people's lives; encourages everyone, regardless of his or her level of education, to register to vote; encourages everyone to do his or her best in the cause of civil rights 7. "We Shall Overcome": Sung by audience/congregation, led by Guy Carawan (guitar, vocal); Bob Zellner leads a verse at Guy Carawan's invitation; organist joins in approximately halfway through the song 8. Reverend Gardner announces that a walk is about to begin and everyone assembled is encouraged to participate |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3648 |
Mass Meeting or excerpts from one or more mass meetings, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Date and exact location not specified, likely sometime in the spring of 1963. Recording features Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy. 1. "Surely He's Able to Carry You Through": Cleo Kennedy and the Birmingham Choir, with organ 2. Remarks by Reverend Ralph Abernathy: Abernathy discusses progress that has been made in the civil rights movement in Birmingham in recent weeks; importance of perseverance; encourages people not to worry about children who have been taken to jail, says measures are being taken to ensure their safety; further discussion of jailing of civil rights movement participants; announces a meeting to take place the next day at 16th Street Baptist Church; discusses willingness to suffer for the cause of civil rights 3. "Come on in This House": Choir with female vocal soloist and organ 4. Remarks by Martin Luther King Jr: King discusses the historical significance of the civil rights movement in Birmingham; importance of perseverance and unity; jailing of children and other participants in the civil rights movement; importance of non-violence; importance of loving everyone, even one's enemies 5. More remarks by Reverend Ralph Abernathy: Some lighthearted comments in response to King's remarks |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3649 |
Mass meeting at 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Date and exact location not specified, likely sometime in the spring of 1963. Recording features Reverend Charles Billups. 1. "Amazing Grace": Sung by a male vocal soloist, choir, and congregation/audience, with a musical introduction by the soloist 2. Speaker asks those who have petitions calling for the dismissal of Father Albert Foley from his position as chairman of the Alabama advisory committee of the U.S. civil rights Commission to turn them; discusses objections to statements about Martin Luther King made by Father Foley; asks those positioned in the doorways to find seats or go to meetings at other churches, says fire department will call an end to the meeting if overcrowding is not corrected; discusses arrests of demonstrators, including children; announces that all four churches where mass meetings are taking place are filled to capacity; introduces Reverend Charles Billups; Reverend Billups emphasizes importance of active participation in the civil rights movement 3. Reverend Billups continues remarks: Discusses incident that took place the previous day in which fire and police personnel stopped demonstrators as they were marching last evening, told them they could not proceed, Reverend Billups and demonstrators knelt and prayed, firemen were about to turn fire hoses on the demonstrators, but stopped and eventually allowed the demonstrators to proceed unhindered; Reverend Billups says that this incident reinforced his faith |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3650 |
Press conference featuring Martin Luther King, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Ala., May 1963: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio 1. The three speakers address questions asked by reporters from major radio and television networks and American, Canadian, and British periodicals about specific details of negotiations between leaders of the civil rights movement and Birmingham business leaders and public officials, as well as specific developments in the civil rights movement in recent weeks. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3651 |
Press conference II: Martin Luther King, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Ala., 6 or 7 May 1963: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated, but presumably 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3652 |
Press conference II: jail brutality, students, young folks, Birmingham, Ala., 6 or 7 May 1963: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio TAPE BROKEN: Notes from Guy Carawan: Press conference in Birmingham 1963, recorded by Guy Carawan. See 2 related tapes: MC |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3653 |
KPFX, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3654 |
Freedom Now, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3655 |
Gospel Choir of Birmingham, Ala. Christian Movement for Human Rights, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Recorded by Guy Carawan. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3656 |
SNCC Conference at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., 1963: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio James Foreman, MC. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3657 |
SNCC Conference at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., 1963: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio James Foreman, MC. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3658 |
Mississippi Project, Bob Moses at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., 1963: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Notes from Guy Carawan: Narrative from Moses, recorded later at SNCC Conference, three tapes total. Tougaloo in Jackson, recorded in 1963? |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3659 |
Mississippi Project, Bob Moses at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., 1963: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3660 |
Mississippi Project, Bob Moses at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., 1963: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio About the breakthrough in Greenwood and speculation about future needs and problems in Mississippi. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3661 |
SNCC Conference at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., date unknown: 1 and 2: Music 1: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3662 |
SNCC Conference at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., date unknown: Music 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3663 |
SNCC Conference at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Miss., date unknown: Singing 1: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3664 |
SNCC Conference at Tougaloo College, Jackson,Miss, date unknown.: Singing 2: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3665 |
Sing for Freedom, Mount Beulah Delta Ministry, Edwards, Miss., 7 May 1965: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Date according to flyer; Freedom singing, Doc Reese; Notes from Guy Carawan: From workshop at Mount Beulah, 1965. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3666 |
Mount Beulah Delta Ministry, Edwards, Miss., 7 May: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. Presumably counterpart to FT-20008/3665. Alan Lomax talks about shout, music, singers. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3667 |
Atlanta Freedom Material 1, Andy, Dorothy, Bernice, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Songs at Andrew Young's House |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3668 |
"This Little Light," date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Contents of this tape unclear. Documented as This Little Light, 5-9. FT-20008/3668 through FT-20008/3672 evidently contain recordings from the Second Concert, 9 May, from the Mount Beulah, Edwards, Miss., workshop. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3669 |
Second Concert III Sea Island Singers, 9 May1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. FT-20008/3668 through FT-20008/3672 evidently contain recordings from the Second Concert, 9 May, from the Mount Beulah, Edwards, Miss., workshop. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3670 |
Second Concert IV Len Chandler and Angeline Butler, 9 May1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. FT-20008/3668 through FT-20008/3672 evidently contain recordings from the Second Concert, 9 May, from the Mount Beulah, Edwards, Miss., workshop. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3671 |
Second Concert V Birmingham Choir and Tom Paxton, 9 May1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. FT-20008/3668 through FT-20008/3672 evidently contain recordings from the Second Concert, 9 May, from the Mount Beulah, Edwards, Miss., workshop. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3672 |
Second Concert VI Cleo Kennedy and Theo Bikel, 9 May1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. FT-20008/3668 through FT-20008/3672 evidently contain recordings from the Second Concert, 9 May, from the Mount Beulah, Edwards, Miss., workshop. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3673 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Theo Bikel tape 1A, Atlanta, Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio FT-20008/3673 through FT-20008/3678 are labeled Theo Bikel tapes. Evidently, judging from documentation in the file, these tapes contain recordings from the Sing for Freedom Festival of Negro Folk Music and Freedom Songs, 7-10 May 1964 at Gammon Theological Center Old Campus in Atlanta, apparently a predecessor of the Edwards, Miss., event mentioned above. The flyers for the two events are very similar. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3674 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Theo Bikel tape 1B, Atlanta, Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3675 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Theo Bikel tape 2A, Atlanta, Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3676 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Theo Bikel tape 2B, Atlanta, Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3677 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Theo Bikel tape 3A, Atlanta, Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3678 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Theo Bikel tape 3B, Atlanta, Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3679 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Atlanta, Ga., 8 May 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3680 |
Sing for Freedom Festival Second Concert II, Birmingham Choir, Joy Reagan, Atlanta, Ga., 9 May 19641/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3681 |
Sing for Freedom Festival Concert III, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Atlanta, Ga., 8 May 19641/4" Open Reel Audio Evidently more material from the Sing for Freedom Festival. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3682 |
Sing for Freedom Festival Concert IV, Sea Island Singers, Len Chandler, Cleo Kennedy, 8 May1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3683 |
Sing for Freedom Festival Concert V, Cleo Kennedy and Carlton Reese, Theo Bikel, 8 May1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3684 |
Sing for Freedom Festival, Atlanta Ga., 19641/4" Open Reel Audio Contents of tape are unclear. Tape box is labeled Sing For Freedom, Reel 2, Edited, Atlanta Conference, Brunswick Festival. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3685 |
Second Concert, Atlanta Ga., 1964: tape 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3686 |
Birmingham, Ala., 26 and 27 May 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Young people |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3687 |
Susie Ann Price: Old woman, street scenes, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3688 |
Charles Wingfield and Dorothy Cotton Freedom songs, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3689 |
More civil rights-related material, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Detailed information about specific contents not available. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3690 |
Greenwood Documentary, Miss., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Front of box is labeled Greenwood Documentary, Miss. Copy; Presumably relates to the civil rights movement in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1963 or 1964. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3691 |
Greenwood Documentary II, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Presumably a counterpart to FT-20008/3690. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3692 |
Material for side one of Voices: Old and Young, Albany, Ga., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3693 |
Material for side two of Voices: Old and Young, Albany, Ga., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3694 |
WHA 970, Wisconsin Public Radio: Voices: Old and Young, 10 June 1983: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3695 |
WHA 970, Wisconsin Public Radio: Voices: Old and Young, 10 June 1983: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3696 |
Original spoken parts and miscellaneous, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Notes from Guy Carawan: Pulled for Albany LP segments |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3697 |
Miscellaneous song fragments and interviews, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Notes from Guy Carawan: Pulled for Albany LP segments |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3698 |
Moving Star Hall Singers, Easter Festival, Johns Island, S.C., 16 April 19651/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3699 |
dub, Easter Festival, Johns Island, S.C., 16 April 19651/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3700 |
Brunswick Festival II, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3701 |
Brunswick Festival III, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3702 |
Brunswick Festival IV, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3703 |
Brunswick Festival V, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3704 |
Moving Star Hall Singers, Easter Festival, John's Island, S.C., 18-29 March1/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3705 |
Easter Festival, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Tape is marked tape number three, but not clear whether or not it is a counterpart to FT-20008/3704. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3706 |
Sea Island Folk Festival Concert, 26 October 1963: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3707 |
Sea Island Folk Festival Concert, 26 October 1963: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3708 |
Sea Island Folk Festival Concert, 26 October 1963: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3709 |
Freedom Tea, Progressive Club, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Prayer and song meeting, at the home of Guy Carawan. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3710 |
McKinley Peebles and Bessie Jones in New York, 10 November 19611/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3711 |
Detroit, May 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Possibly includes Bessie Jones. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3712 |
Possibly Bessie Jones1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3713 |
Society for the Preservation of Spirituals, Charleston, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3714 |
Guy and Candie Carawan, Easter Festival, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio No date or location indicated; Presumably part of same series of recordings as FT-20008/3704 and FT-20008/3705. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3715 |
Sea Island Festival IV, Johns Island, S.C., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3716 |
Moving Star, Guy, Angie, Freedom Singers, local groups, Yonges, Richard Family, 28 December: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3717 |
Christmas, 28 December: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3718 |
Guy Carawan on electric guitar, 28 December: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Year not indicated. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3719 |
Sea Island Festival V Freedom Singers, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3720 |
Guy Carawan interview with Studs Terkel, WFMT Radio, Chicago, 18 January 1964: Reel 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Mono dub at 7.5 ips. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3721 |
Guy Carawan interview with Studs Terkel, WFMT Radio, Chicago: 18 January 1964: Reel 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Mono dub at 7.5 ips. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3722 |
Len Chandler workshop tapes, date unknown: tape 1 of 2 and Carlton Reese, Cleo Kennedy, date unknown: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3723 |
Len Chandler workshop tapes I, date unknown: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/3724 |
Len Chandler workshop tapes II, date unknown: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9554 |
Reverend Ralph Abernathy: Road to Freedom, 19621/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9555 |
James Bevel and others, 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9556 |
Tape of reenacted civil rights scenes: James Bevel and others, 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9557 |
Joe Matthews Lecture on Radical Theology, 1961 Student Conference, 28-31 August 19611/4" Open Reel Audio Monday, 46 min., lecture #1; Tuesday, 65 min., lecture #2. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9558 |
Albany Reel No. 2, Albany, Ga., date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9559 |
Albany Reel No. 3, Albany, Ga., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9560 |
Roughed out originals, Albany, Ga., date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9561 |
Roughed out originals, Albany, Ga., date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9562 |
Unidentified Sound Recording1/4" Open Reel Audio Evidentially contains recordings of either Nashville, Tenn Sit-in Story or Albany, Ga. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9563 |
Atlanta Freedom Song Workshop, 1964: tape 1 and Sing for Freedom edited Atlanta tapes: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9564 |
Sing For Freedom: Atlanta, 1964 or 19651/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9565 |
No. 1 at Willards, mayors steps, and final meeting, Nashville, Tenn.1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9566 |
ABT No. 1 Courtroom scene, Nashville, Tenn., 21 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9567 |
ABT No. 2, Nashville, Tenn., 21 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9568 |
ABT No. 3 Diane AL 59304, Nashville, Tenn., 21 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9569 |
Nashville Story 1.35, Nashville, Tenn., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9570 |
Clark Memorial No. 1, Nashville, Tenn., 30 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Ralph Abernathy, speaker. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9571 |
Clark Memorial No. 2, Nashville, Tenn., 30 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9572 |
Clark Memorial No. 3, Nashville, Tenn., 30 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9573 |
Clark Memorial No. 5, Nashville, Tenn., 30 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9574 |
Clark Memorial No. 6, Nashville, Tenn., 30 May 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9575 |
"We Shall Overcome," Nashville, Tenn., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9576 |
Nashville Fiasco rejects, Nashville, Tenn., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9577 |
Nashville Sit-ins Album, Nashville, Tenn., 19601/4" Open Reel Audio Original Master |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9578 |
Candie Anderson on her Nashville Sit-in Experience, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9579 |
side 1, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio FT-20008/9579 and FT-20008/9580 evidently are master tapes for the album Birmingham Mass Meeting, 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9580 |
side 2, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9581 |
Folkways: Birmingham Mass Meeting, Birmingham, Ala., 19631/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9582 |
Southern Report No. 2 Police Brutality, Gadsden, Ala., 19631/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9583 |
Mass meeting Choctow County, Lisman, Ala., July 19651/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9584 |
Freedom Riders Return to Jackson, 1961: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9585 |
Freedom Riders Return to Jackson, 1961: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9586 |
Songs for Freedom Song Book: Freedom Is a Constant Struggle III, date unknown: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9587 |
Songs for Freedom Song Book: Freedom Is a Constant Struggle IV, date unknown: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9588 |
Songs for Freedom Song Book: Freedom Is a Constant Struggle V, date unknown: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9589 |
Gaynell Begley, 19721/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9590 |
Iris Brown, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9591 |
Paul Butterfield, In My Own Dream, Wolf, Waters, Diddley, Super Blues Live 1963, 19681/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9592 |
Jimmy Collier and James Orange I, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9828 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Miscellaneous songs, Birmingham, Ala., 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Music recorded during the SCLC's Project C, Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9829 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Mass meeting, Birmingham, Ala., 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Mass meeting held as part of the SCLC's Project C, Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9830 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Ala., 1963: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio FT-20008/9830 and FT-20008/9831 are recordings involving Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth made before a demonstration during the SCLC's Project C, Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9831 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham, Ala., 1963: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9832 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Student interviews, Remarks by Martin Luther King, Second statement at mass meeting, singing, Birmingham, Ala., 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Interviews with students, statement by Martin Luther King made during a mass meeting, singing of "We Shall Overcome," Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9833 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Interview with Reverend Charles Billups and others, Birmingham, Ala., 1963: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio Interview with Rev. Charles Billups and others prior to a demonstration during the SCLC's Project C, Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9834 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Pre-demonstration registration, music, Dorothy Vails, Birmingham, Ala., 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Pre-demonstration registration; music, including a performance by Dorothy Vails, during the SCLC's Project C, Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9835 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Interview with Reverend Charles Billups and others, Birmingham, Ala., 1963: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9836 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Interview with Reverend Charles Billups and others, Birmingham, Ala., 1963: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9837 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Interview with Reverend Charles Billups and others, Birmingham, Ala., 1963: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9838 |
Birmingham civil rights movement: Mass meeting and miscellaneous songs, 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Mass meeting held as part of the SCLC's Project C, Birmingham, spring 1963. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9839 |
Dick Gregory, music, civil rights movement in Greenwood, Miss., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Recording involving Dick Gregory; music, Civil Rights Movement in Greenwood, Mississippi, probably sometime between 1963 and 1965. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9840 |
Interview(s), civil rights movement in Greenwood, Miss., date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Interview(s), Civil Rights Movement in Greenwood, Mississippi, probably sometime between 1963 and 1965. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9841 |
Interview(s), civil rights movement in Greenwood, Miss., date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9842 |
Mass meeting, civil rights movement in Greenwood, Miss., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Mass meeting, Civil Rights Movement in Greenwood, Mississippi, including remarks by Rev. C.W. Brown, other speakers, music, probably sometime between 1963 and 1965. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9843 |
Greenwood (Mississippi) youth at Tougaloo SNCC conference, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9844 |
Spirituals, Reverend H.M. Taylor, Columbia, S.C., date unknown: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio Twelve spirituals, including "Handwriting on the Wall," sung by Rev. H.M. Taylor, Columbia, South Carolina |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9845 |
Spirituals, Reverend H.M. Taylor, Columbia, S.C., date unknown: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9846 |
Spirituals, Reverend H.M. Taylor, Columbia, S.C., date unknown: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9847 |
Freedom Rider songs, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9848 |
KPFK, Birmingham, date unknown: Parts 2 and 71/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9849 |
KPFK, Birmingham, date unknown: Parts 3 and 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9850 |
KPFK, Birmingham, date unknown: Parts 4 and 51/4" Open Reel Audio |
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Subseries 2.2. Field Notes, 1960-1990.
Processing information: Folders 685 through 687 were formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folders 814, 815, and 972.
Field notes include song lists, box lists, memos, event programs, and articles that correspond to the Civil Rights Movement and African American music in the American South audio recordings found in subseries 2.1. Also included are original and photocopies of audio housing for select recordings.
| Folder 685 |
Field notes: FT-20008/3641-3697Folder 685 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 814 |
| Folder 686 |
Field notes: FT-20008/3698-3713Folder 686 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 815 |
| Folder 687 |
Field notes: FT-20008/9829-9847Folder 687 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 972 |
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Series 3. Recordings and Field Notes Related to Music and Culture in South-central Appalachia
and Miscellaneous Other Recordings, 1960s-1980s.
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Subseries 3.1. Audio Recordings, 1960s-1980s.
Arrangement: The original arrangement has been maintained.
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9593 |
"Come All You Coal Miners," date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Original recording. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9594 |
"Come All You Coal Miners," date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Related to coal album. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9595 |
Hazel Dickens: Four selections, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Master recording. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9596 |
Hazel Dickens "Come All You Coal Miners," date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Copy of master recording. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9597 |
Les Daniels and Martin Mull, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9598 |
Cleveland Fields, Pikeville, Ky., 19671/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9599 |
Jesse, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Performer could be Jesse Fuller. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9600 |
Fred Gerlach, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9601 |
Fred Gerlach, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9602 |
Earl Gilmore side 1, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9603 |
Earl Gilmore side 2, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9604 |
Peter Gott, date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9605 |
Peter Gott, date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9606 |
Mable Hillery singing blues and childrens' songs, date unknown: tape 1 of 4. copy1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9607 |
Mable Hillery singing blues and childrens' songs, date unknown. copy1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9608 |
Mable Hillery, date unknown: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9609 |
Mable Hillery, date unknown: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9610 |
Noel's Tape "A Joyous Noise Unto the Lord" and KPFK interview with Mahalia Jackson, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9611 |
Cleo Kennedy and Carlton Reese, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9612 |
Alan Lomax Dock Reese Lecture, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9613 |
Herbert Lee and Ernie Marrs, 19 May 19631/4" Open Reel Audio Recorded by Dave Baller. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9614 |
Hamper McBee, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Documented as rejects |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9615 |
Carol McComb and Leanne Hinton, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9616 |
Ed Miller, 19751/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9617 |
Pam, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Performer could be Pam Ostergren. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9618 |
Cleo and Jink Ray, 19671/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9619 |
Cleo Kennedy and Carlton Reese, Birmingham, Ala., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9620 |
Jay Sewall, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9621 |
Mayne Smith, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9622 |
Rosalie Sorrels, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9623 |
Julie Thompson, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9624 |
Reverend H.M. Taylor, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Documented as rejects. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9625 |
Reverend H.M. Taylor, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Documented as rejects. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9626 |
George Tucker, Ky., 1967: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Notes on tape box: Original tapes 1967 at George's home in Beaver, Ky., and at my place, Island Creek, Ky. G.C.; FT-20008/9626 through FT-20008/9631 are recordings of George Tucker of Beaver, Ky., but it appears that these were recorded at different times and in different contexts. Some of the recordings appear to form series. For instance, FT-20008/9626 and FT-20008/9627 evidently are a pair. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9627 |
George Tucker, Ky., 1967: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9628 |
George Tucker 17 songs, 19721/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9629 |
George Tucker, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9630 |
George Tucker 2, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9631 |
George Tucker, early days, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Original recording. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9632 |
Hollis Watkins at the Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, W.Va., 16 August 19851/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9633 |
Hedy West side 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9634 |
Georgia Sea Islands tape 1, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9635 |
Georgia Sea Islands tape 2, 19771/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9636 |
Georgia Sea Islands tape 3, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9637 |
Poor Bottom, date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9638 |
Poor Bottom, date unknown: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9639 |
Julius Lester's "Art and Living" Evening Program, 12 August 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9640 |
Australian Songs and Singers, date unknown: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9641 |
Australian Songs, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9642 |
Hungarian Songs, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9643 |
Latino music, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9644 |
Julie Bidou Creole Dialect, December 19661/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9645 |
Ed Lange Paraguayan Harp, 19711/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9647 |
Sea Island hymns and spirituals, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9648 |
Sea Island spirituals, gospels and hymns, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9649 |
Freedom in the Air, SNCC Records side A, Albany, GA., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9650 |
Freedom in the Air, SNCC Records side B, Albany, GA., date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9651 |
Sing for Freedom: Lest We Forget, Volume 3 side 1, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Original tape; Pre-Master Tape for Folkways FD 5488. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20008/9652 |
Sing for Freedom side 2, date unknown1/4" Open Reel Audio Original tape; Pre-Master Tape for Folkways FD 5488. |
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Subseries 3.2. Field Notes, 1960s-1980s.
Processing information: Folder 688 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 968.
Field notes include song lists, memos, and letters that correspond to the recordings related to music and culture in South-central Appalachia and miscellaneous other recordings found in subseries 3.1. Also included are photocopies of original audio housing for select recordings.
| Folder 688 |
Field notes: FT-20008/9601-9648Folder 688 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 968 |
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Addition of 2006: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life Audiocassettes and Other
Materials, 1977-1988 (Acc. 100503).
Recordings on audiocassette tape and CD of musical performances and interviews collected by Guy and Candie Carawan. Many of the cassettes feature members of the Johns Island, S.C., community, including William Saunders, Janie Hunter, Idell Smalls, and Gerald Mackey. Interviews may have been used in preparation of Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree Of Life, written by the Carawans about the Johns Island, S.C., community in 1988. Also included are field notes, or tape logs, found with select cassettes.
Note that titles are chiefly transcribed from labels on the media.
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10340 |
Interview with Guy and Candie Carawan part 1, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10341 |
Interview with Guy and Candie Carawan part 2, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10851 |
Idell Smalls Interview, 11 September 1988 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10852 |
Jamie Hunter, 8 April 1983 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10853 |
Shelva Edith and John Dollo, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10854 |
Ralph Tefferteller, June 1979Ralph Tefferteller (early Highlander staff member, 1934-1938) answers questions about cultural work at Highlander. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10855 |
Phoebia Bowman, date unknownPhoebia Bowman interview and songs: 3 Stearns songs, 1 song about gas and oil crisis, at Cumberland College. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10856 |
Pam Stearns, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10857 |
Doug Yarrow, Walter Brock, Paxton, Si Kahn, Joe and Karen, date unknownside 1: Clay County Miner; side 2: Sing The Hymns. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10858 |
Si Kahn and Thorp, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10859 |
Buck Maggard, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10860 |
Ellis Tackett and Hager, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10861 |
Edith, Doug Shelva, John Arms and Scott Shelva, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10862 |
Kate Long: Stonewall Jackson Dam Songs, October 1978 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10863 |
Jean Steffey, date unknown1. "Mama" 2. "Let Us Unite" 3. "Forever Missing You" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10864 |
Delbert and Doreas Jones, date unknown: tape 1 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10865 |
Delbert and Doreas Jones, date unknown: tape 2 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10866 |
Septima Clark, 13 April 1983Septima Clark touches on Esau Jenkins' family, improvements on Johns Island, citizenship classes, role of music, Esau Jenkins, Penn Center Gathering, Judge Waring, Mayor Reilly, race discrimination and racism, "We Shall Overcome," and new songs. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10867 |
Alice Wine, 17 December 1987 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10868 |
Alice Wine: 3 songs, date unknown1. "Honey In The Rock" 2. "Hold On" 3. "We Shall Overcome" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10869 |
Alice Wine and Ruth Bligen, date unknownSongs include "Honey In The Rock," "Hold On," "I am So Far From Home," "Bring Love Along With You," "Drinking of the Wine," "I'll Overcome Someday," "Honey In The Rock," and "What A Mighty God We Serve." |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10870 |
"We Shall Overcome," John's Island International: Jamie Hunter, Alice Wine, John Small on porch, date unknownBenjamin Bligen, Ginger Group 505-0138, SR 40/41. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10871 |
Side A: Bill Saunders, 17 May 1988; Side B: Bill Saunders/Senior Citizen CenterSongs include "That's All Right," "You've Got a Right to the Tree of Life," and "At The Cross-This Little Light." |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10872 |
Bill Saunders, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10873 |
Bill Saunders and Emory Campbell, 6 May 1985Sea Isle Development. Gage Hall Forum 6 May 1985; forum conclusion. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10874 |
Bill Saunders, December 1987 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10875 |
Bill Saunders: tape 2, date unknownIncludes end of Bill Jenkins; Health Center. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10876 |
Bill Jenkins, March 1988 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10877 |
Penn Center Nativity, December 1987 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10878 |
Maggie Russell and David Hunter, 19 May 1988Side A: Maggie Russell, 19 May 1988, 5 of 5; Side B: David Hunter, 19 May 1988. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10879 |
Edith Grimball, March 1988 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10880 |
Gerald Mackey, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10881 |
Gerald Mackey: tape 2, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10882 |
Gerald For Guy, date unknownSide A: Gerald For Guy; Side B unidentified sound recording |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10883 |
Ethel Grimball and Elaine, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10884 |
Bernice Robinson, date unknown |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10885 |
Maggie Russell, 18 May 1988: 1 and 2 of 5Side A: Blank; Side B: Married in 1944, bonding with Susie Seabrook, long discussion of working for white lawyer in Charleston, treatment of African Americans in general, comments on development of Wadmalaw, registration and voting. |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/10886 |
Maggie Russell, May 1988 |
| Digital Video Disc DVD-20008/155 |
The Telling Takes Me Home, A Film by Heather CarawanFeatures Guy and Candie Carawan, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Nimrod Workman, Florence Reece, and others who have sustained, through singing, the struggles for change in the Deep South, Appalachia, and beyond. Release Date: April 2005. |
| Audiodisc FC-20008/13533 |
Earl Gilmore: From the depths of my soul, Va., 1977 |
| Folder 683 |
Field notes: FS-20008/10851-10886Tape logs found with select cassette recordings |
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Addition of 2010: Guy and Candie Carawan Papers, 1955-2010 and undated (Acc. 101469).
The Addition of 2010 primarily contains materials relating to Guy and Candie Carawan's professional and personal projects in the areas of civil rights, folk music and culture, and social justice.
Materials relating to civil rights include correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, conference materials, notes, clippings, and a variety of other materials collected by Candie Carawan, beginning in the spring of 1960, when she spent a semester as an exchange student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. In February 1960, she took part in a sit-in to protest racial segregation of lunch counters in Nashville, Tenn., and was arrested for her participation.
Files on writings contain materials relating to books ( Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, Voices from the Mountains, We Shall Overcome!, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, and Sing for Freedom); articles; and other writing projects by Guy and Candie Carawan, as well as materials relating to albums recorded or produced by Guy Carawan.
The events series contains materials relating to concerts; lectures; Highlander Center workshops, concerts, and other events; festivals; conferences; benefits; vacations; and reunions and memorials that Guy and Candie Carawan led or attended. Also included are materials relating to performances by the Moving Star Hall Singers and the Georgia Sea Island Singers.
Subject files contain materials relating to professional and personal subjects, including Appalachia, civil rights, the Highlander Research and Education Center, and the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, among other topics. Files about individuals largely contain articles, clippings, and memorial and obituary information, although some contain scattered correspondence and information relating to projects undertaken by or about the individuals. Highlander files relate to the Carawans' employment and projects with the Highlander Research and Education Center, including workshop materials and photographs, printed materials, songbooks and sheet music, and memoranda and correspondence, among other items. Sea Islands materials include interview transcripts, articles, and clippings related to Guy and Candie Carawan's book Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?, as well as other materials related the Moving Star Hall Singers of Johns Island, S.C., and to Low Country culture and community issues on the Sea Islands, including education, healthcare, and real estate development efforts. Other files include materials relating to conferences, concerts, projects requesting the Carawans' assistance, and the song "We Shall Overcome!" and a related documentary. Correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and biographical materials are also included.
Correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, conference materials, notes, clippings, and other materials collected by Candie Carawan, beginning in the spring of 1960, when she spent a semester as an exchange student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn. In February 1960, she took part in a sit-in to protest racial segregation of lunch counters in Nashville, Tenn., and was arrested for her participation.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 1-3
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
Fisk University: Correspondence, April-December 1960 and undatedIncludes a 19 April 1960 letter from Candie to her parents in Tehran, Iran, describing a march in downtown Nashville, Tenn., in response to the bombing of the house of Alexander Looby, an African American lawyer. The letter describes a confrontation with the mayor of Nashville on the steps of the county court house, and includes related clippings. Also included is a 9 May 1960 letter from Candie to her parents in Tehran describing the integration of lunch counters in Nashville. There are also several letters from Tom Rose, who worked at the Highlander Folk School in 1960, and a letter of support from Edna M. Brown to Candie Carawan, 4 December 1960, in which Brown commends Candie for her work for racial equality and describes her views on race. There is also an undated, unsigned hate mail letter. |
| Folder 4 |
Notes taken at Highland Weekend, 1-3 April 1960. |
| Folder 5 |
Conference: SNCC, Atlanta, Ga., 14-16 October 1960 |
| Folder 6 |
Notes: Sit-ins, Iran, circa 1960 |
| Folder 7 |
Nashville, Tenn., arrest court documents and related materials, 1960-1961, 1984Letters and legal documents sent to Candie Carawan by Louis Farrell Jr., who represented her following her arrest for participating in the Nashville sit-ins. There are also other items related to the sit-ins, including programs from mass meetings in Nashville. |
| Folder 8 |
Student assignments: Literature, 1960 |
| Folder 9 |
Fisk material, 1960Scattered documents from Fisk University, not related to sit-ins. |
| Folder 10 |
Song Sheets: Civil rights, circa 1960s |
| Folder 11 |
Highlander materials: Programs, publications, pamphlets, and clippings, 1945-1961Includes legal documents served in August 1959 that label the Highlander Folk School a public nuisance and charge founder Myles Horton with using the school for personal financial gain. |
| Folder 12 |
Nashville Sit-In reunion, 1990, 1995 |
| Folder 13 |
The Bridge-Builder, unpublished essay by Julius Lester, undatedA heavily edited short story about a student at an African American university in the South. |
Folder 14-18
Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18 |
Civil rights materials, 1955-2010: GeneralIncludes a large quantity of mass mailings, flyers, programs, pamphlets, newsletters, and other printed materials collected by Candie Carawan through her involvement in the civil rights movement. Most items are dated 1960-1961 and come from organizations including the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Nashville Community Relations Conference, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Topics include freedom rides, sit-ins, marches, and other protest activities occurring in Nashville, Mississippi, Louisiana, and other locations across the South. Also included is correspondence with the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, which selected a letter, 20 October 1960, Candie wrote to King for publication. A copy of the original letter is included. |
| Oversize Paper OP-20008/1 |
"An Appeal for Human Rights" poster, undated |
| Folder 19 |
Newspapers: (Sit-ins:) Candie at Fisk, 1960 |
| Folder 20 |
Mass Meetings/Other Nashville Gatherings (clippings), 1960, 1984 |
| Folder 21 |
Newspapers: Fisk University: The Forum, March-September 1960 |
| Folder 22 |
Newspapers: The Peacemaker, August-December 1960 |
Folder 22-24
Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24 |
Newspapers: Pomona College: Student Life, February 1960-February 1961 |
| Folder 25 |
Newspapers: Other college newspapers, March-November 1960 |
Folder 26-37
Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37 |
Newspapers: Article index and clippings, 1960-1961 |
Arranged by type of project in the following order: Books, FIPSE writing, articles and pamphlets, albums.
Materials related to books ( Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, Voices from the Mountains, We Shall Overcome!, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, and Sing for Freedom); articles; and other writing projects of Guy and Candie Carawan. The FIPSE writing materials relate to a project by the Carawans, funded by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), to retrospectively analyze their own lives and work. The materials also document the Carawans' later unsuccessful efforts to publish the results of the project as an autobiography. Also included are materials relating to albums recorded or produced by Guy Carawan. For additional materials relating to Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, see the subject files series in the Addition of 2010.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Clippings, posters, programs, other printed materials, and scattered planning correspondence. Materials relate to concerts; lectures; Highlander Center workshops, concerts, and other events; festivals; conferences; benefits; vacations; and reunions and memorials that Guy and Candie Carawan led or attended. Also included are materials relating to performances by the Moving Star Hall Singers and the Georgia Sea Island Singers.
Files compiled by Guy and Candie Carawan containing materials relating to professional and personal subjects, including Appalachia, civil rights, the Highlander Research and Education Center, and the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, among other topics.
Files about individuals largely contain articles, clippings, and memorial and obituary information, although some contain scattered correspondence and information relating to projects undertaken by or about the individuals.
Highlander files relate to the Carawans' employment and projects with the Highlander Research and Education Center, including workshop materials and photographs, printed materials, songbooks and sheet music, and memoranda and correspondence, among other items.
Sea Islands materials include interview transcripts, articles, and clippings related to Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, written in 1987-1988 by Guy and Candie Carawan. Other Sea Islands materials relate to Low Country culture and community issues on the Sea Islands, including youth and adult education, healthcare, and the effects of real estate development efforts. Also included are correspondence and printed materials related to the Moving Star Hall Singers, a traditional spiritual singing group from Johns Island, S.C.
Other files include materials relating to conferences, concerts, projects requesting the Carawans' assistance, and the song "We Shall Overcome!" and a related documentary. Also included are two folders of general personal and professional correspondence, five folders of general photographs, and biographical materials.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Also note that some of the subjects in these files are closely related to materials in other series.
| Folder 395 |
Address lists |
| Folder 396 |
"Ain't You Got a Right" song |
Folder 397-398
Folder 397Folder 398 |
Appalachian background articles |
Folder 399-400
Folder 399Folder 400 |
Appalachian Community Fund: Helen Lewis Award |
| Folder 401 |
Appalshop |
| Folder 402 |
Articles on development |
| Folder 403 |
Asch, MoeIncludes photocopies of correspondence between Guy Carawan and Moe Asch and others, 1959-1961. Also included are materials relating to a biography of Moe Asch written by Peter Goldsmith. |
| Folder 404 |
Ash Grove/Ed Pearl |
| Folder 405 |
Atlanta |
| Folder 406 |
Aunt Molly project, Shelly Romalis |
| Folder 407 |
Begley, Joe |
| Folder 408 |
Belafonte, Harry |
| Folder 409 |
Benedict College Congregational Singing Symposium, planning materials |
| Folder 410 |
Bill Harley Project/Nashville Reunion: "Songs From the Welcome Table" album, 1989-1990 |
| Folder 411 |
Biographical materials: Articles: Carson-Newman Studies article, fall 1999 |
| Folder 412 |
Biographical materials: Articles: Sing Out article, spring 2000 |
| Folder 413 |
Biographical materials: Articles: No Depression article, July-August 2000 |
| Folder 414 |
Biographical materials: Articles: General |
| Folder 415 |
Biographical materials: Book excerpts |
Folder 416-418
Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418 |
Biographical materials: Clippings |
| Folder 419 |
Biographical materials: Evan and Heather Carawan: General |
| Oversize Paper OP-20008/3 |
Biographical materials: Evan and Heather Carawan: Promotional poster for Evan Carawan's "Rhythm Rascals" band, undated |
| Oversize Paper OP-20008/4 |
Biographical materials: Evan and Heather Carawan: Promotional poster for Heather Carawan's documentary film The Telling Takes Me Home, undated |
Folder 420-424
Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424 |
Biographical materials: GeneralIncludes resumes and vitas; lists of publications, recordings, and performances; and brief narrative summaries of Guy and Candie Carawans' careers and accomplishments, many of which appear to have been written by the Carawans and provided to performance venues for publicity purposes. Also included are flyers, posters, brochures, and other promotional materials created by agencies and companies representing Guy Carawan, including Real People's Music, the Association of American Colleges Arts Program, Paul Endicott Artist Management, RFD, Folkways Records, June Appal Recordings, and the Traditional Arts Services Schools Project. |
| Folder 425 |
Biographical materials: Guy Carawan autobiographical narrative, 1965 |
| Folder 426 |
Biographical materials: Guy Carawan autobiographical notes and time lines |
| Folder 427 |
Biographical materials: InterviewsIncludes transcripts of interviews with Guy and Candie Carawan by Ron Cohen (1991) and Helen Veit (1999) and a transcript of an interview with Candie Carawan discussing adult education and popular education (1993). |
| Folder 428 |
Black, Wade |
| Folder 429 |
Blacks in Appalachia |
| Folder 430 |
Braden, Anne |
| Folder 431 |
Branscome, James |
| Folder 432 |
Bruce Jackson: Folksong Revival |
| Folder 433 |
Cadle, Tilman |
| Folder 434 |
Cantwell, Robert |
| Folder 435 |
Carawans in Atlanta, Spring 1980 |
| Folder 436 |
Carson, Jill and Ron |
| Folder 437 |
Charleston Library materials/Also Community Center |
| Folder 438 |
Charleston: "We Shall Overcome"/"The Old Cigar Factory" display, 1990 |
| Folder 439 |
Cherokee/Pembroke |
| Folder 440 |
China applications, circa 1975Personal statements written by Guy and Candie Carawan as part of their applications to take part in a social and cultural "Friendship Tour" program in China. |
| Folder 441 |
Civil Rights articles, 1988-1989 |
| Folder 442 |
Clark, Mike |
| Folder 443 |
Clark, Septima |
Folder 444-445
Folder 444Folder 445 |
Claude/Hyde Co. |
| Folder 446 |
Coady International Institute |
| Folder 447 |
Cobb, Alice |
Folder 448-449
Folder 448Folder 449 |
Cohen, Ron |
| Folder 450 |
Cold Mountain/Sparky Rucker |
| Folder 451 |
Common Ground Music Harvest |
| Folder 452 |
Contacts: Rodolfo Robles, Mexico/Latin America |
Folder 453-454
Folder 453Folder 454 |
Correspondence: General, 1969-2007Includes general personal and professional correspondence unaffiliated with other files. |
| Folder 455 |
Correspondence: Randi/Mark and Michelle/Larry and Cindy/Monroe GilmoreIncludes letters, cards, postcards, photographs, and other personal correspondence materials. |
| Folder 456 |
Cotton, Dorothy |
| Folder 457 |
Durr, Virginia |
| Folder 458 |
Ed Cabbell's work |
| Folder 459 |
"Eewasa Ka Trustee-Nee: For All Children" community education resource guide |
| Folder 460 |
Emil Willimetz memoir, December 2002 |
| Folder 461 |
European concerts, including East Germany |
| Folder 462 |
"Eyes on the Prize" documentary series, 1984-1987 |
| Folder 463 |
Foreign friends |
| Folder 464 |
Forest workers |
| Folder 465 |
Foxfire: Eliot Wigginton ("Wig") |
| Folder 466 |
Freedom SongsIncludes printed and handwritten sheet music and lyrics with associated letters. |
| Folder 467 |
Friere, Paulo |
| Folder 468 |
General articles on music/civil rights |
| Folder 469 |
Gilmore, Earl |
| Folder 470 |
Gish, Tom |
| Folder 471 |
Glen, John |
| Folder 472 |
Goldsmith, Peter |
| Folder 473 |
Goldstein, Malcolm |
Folder 474-476
Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476 |
"Gullah Tides" documentary, Louise Cox: General |
| Image Folder PF-20008/11 |
"Gullah Tides" documentary, Louise Cox: Photographs |
| Folder 477 |
Hamer, Fannie Lou |
| Folder 478 |
Hamilton, Frank |
| Folder 479 |
Handcox, John |
| Folder 480 |
Hatch, David |
| Folder 481 |
Heather in ScotlandMaterials relate to Guy and Candie Carawan's daughter Heather's study abroad program in Scotland. |
| Folder 482 |
Highlander: Annual Reports |
| Folder 483 |
Highlander: Articles on Alcoa, Tenn. |
| Folder 484 |
Highlander: Carawan proposal to staff, early 1980s |
Folder 485-486
Folder 485Folder 486 |
Highlander: Chiapas Theater |
| Folder 487 |
Highlander: Cultural projects, miscellaneous |
| Folder 488 |
Highlander: Cultural writing, NAYO and others |
| Folder 489 |
Highlander: "Culture: The Roots of Community Spirit and Power" program booklet |
| Folder 490 |
Highlander: Early Highlander |
| Folder 491 |
Highlander: General Highlander/Guy joins staff |
| Folder 492 |
Highlander: Guy and Candie consulting |
| Folder 493 |
Highlander: Highlander Reports |
| Folder 494 |
Highlander: Highlander Women display |
| Folder 495 |
Highlander: Jim Sessions |
| Folder 496 |
Highlander: Letters inviting us back to Highlander, 1972 |
| Folder 497 |
Highlander: Linn Carey/Carawans on cultural programming, 1984 |
| Folder 498 |
Highlander: The Long Haul by Myles Horton |
| Folder 499 |
Highlander: Myles on Grundtrig, 1983 |
| Folder 500 |
Highlander: New brochure |
| Folder 501 |
Highlander: New Pavilion/New office (art work) |
| Folder 502 |
Highlander: Newspaper articles |
| Folder 503 |
Highlander: Paul de Leon |
| Folder 504 |
Highlander: "Picking Up the Pieces: Women In and Out of Work in the Rural South" booklet |
| Folder 505 |
Highlander: Printed materials |
| Folder 506 |
Highlander: Proposed cultural workshops |
| Folder 507 |
Highlander: Reports on cultural program and lists of Highlander workshops |
| Folder 508 |
Highlander: Scott Bates presentation, 2003 |
| Folder 509 |
Highlander: Songbooks and song sheets |
| Folder 510 |
Highlander: Staff and board, 1999-2000 |
| Folder 511 |
Highlander: Thoughts on Director Search, 1999 |
| Folder 512 |
Highlander: Toxics program/Bumpass Cove |
| Folder 513 |
Highlander: Workshop brochure |
| Folder 514 |
Highlander: Workshop recording summaries, 1967-1970Includes summaries of recordings of a Chicago Appalachian Patriot's Workshop, 31 October-1 November 1969; a music workshop, 20 October 1969; an ASCP Workshop on Small Groups, 22-24 May 1970; and an ASEP Community Group Workshop, 6-8 February 1970. |
Folder 515-516
Folder 515Folder 516 |
Highlander: Workshop summaries |
| Folder 517 |
Highlander: Writing about Highlander |
| Folder 518 |
Highlander: "You Got to Move" documentary abstract |
| Folder 519 |
Highlander: Other papers |
| Folder 520 |
Hillery, Mable |
| Folder 521 |
Honey, Mike |
Folder 522-523
Folder 522Folder 523 |
Horton, Myles |
| Folder 524 |
Horton, Zilphia |
| Folder 525 |
Hunter, JanieIncludes photocopies of typed and handwritten drafts of an autobiographical sketch by Janie Hunter, among other items. |
| Folder 526 |
International contacts |
| Folder 527 |
Jake Easterling and Jim Hamilton interview |
Folder 528-529
Folder 528Folder 529 |
Jenkins, EsauIncludes photocopies of handwritten adult education materials, among other materials. |
| Folder 530 |
"Johnny Cash: Putting the Traditions Back Together" book chapter draft by Frye Gaillard |
| Folder 531 |
Johnson, Lisa |
| Folder 532 |
Jones, Bessie: General |
| Image Folder PF-20008/12 |
Jones, Bessie: Photographs |
| Folder 533 |
Jubilee album project, 1988 |
| Folder 534 |
Jubilee Community Arts |
| Folder 535 |
Justus, May |
Folder 536-537
Folder 536Folder 537 |
Kaltoft, GwendolynMaterials relating to Guy and Candie Carawan's assistance with Gwendolyn Kaltoft's dissertation on music and adult learning. |
| Folder 538 |
Keynote: Women |
| Folder 539 |
King Jr., Martin Luther |
| Folder 540 |
Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass |
| Folder 541 |
Kivnick, Helen |
| Folder 542 |
Labor materials: General |
| Folder 543 |
Latin America |
| Folder 544 |
Latino writing/issues |
| Folder 545 |
Lawrance, Mary |
| Folder 546 |
Legal case (North Carolina) |
| Folder 547 |
Letters of support (including Alan Lomax) |
Folder 548-550
Folder 548Folder 549Folder 550 |
Lewis, Helen |
| Folder 551 |
Linde, Carsten |
| Folder 552 |
Ling, Peter |
| Folder 553 |
Louise Filler on Antioch College |
| Folder 554 |
Lomax, AlanIncludes correspondence between Alan Lomax and Guy and Candie Carawan, letters in support of the Carawan's work written by Lomax, and a statement written by Guy Carawan for Alan Lomax's memorial service, among other items. |
| Folder 555 |
Marrs, ErnieIncludes letters to Guy Carawan, 1959-1961 and undated, as well as copies of a newsletter entitled "Verses Unlimited," 1959. |
| Folder 556 |
Material back from Riverside |
| Folder 557 |
Memorial program and sympathy letters, 1981A memorial program and sympathy letters received by Candie Carawan on the death of her father, Howard Anderson. |
| Folder 558 |
National conference of singer/songwriters |
| Folder 559 |
Notebook, 1984-1986 and undatedDated, chronological notes written by Candie Carawan relating to projects, meetings, and events including the Highlander Center Ford Project and other Highlander workshops, events, and projects; schedules of events and activities; research trips and interviews; and conferences; among other subjects. |
| Folder 560 |
Notebook, 1986-1988 and undatedNotes written by Candie Carawan relating to a documentary about the Moving Star Hall Singers, as well as notes relating to other Sea Islands projects, including research interviews. |
| Folder 561 |
Notes: GeneralLoose pages of handwritten notes, lists, and other materials, unaffiliated with other files. |
Folder 562-563
Folder 562Folder 563 |
Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA) |
| Folder 564 |
Overview: Cultural Development, 1990s |
| Folder 565 |
Parks, Rosa |
| Folder 566 |
Permissions |
| Folder 567 |
Peter Cooper project |
| Folder 568 |
Political Art |
| Folder 569 |
Ponder, Elymas Yates |
| Folder 570 |
Pressing mail: To be answered |
| Folder 571 |
Printed materials: Appalachia and coal mining |
| Folder 572 |
Printed materials: Appalachia and coal mining |
| Folder 573 |
Project ideas, 1987 |
| Folder 574 |
Reagon, Bernice |
| Folder 575 |
Reagon, Cordell |
| Folder 576 |
Reece, Florence |
| Folder 577 |
Reform in the union |
| Folder 578 |
Requests answered, 1998-2000 |
| Folder 579 |
Resource lists: Appalachia/Sea Islands |
| Folder 580 |
Rinzler, Ralph |
| Folder 581 |
Robinson, Bernice |
| Folder 582 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Jenkins Family, 1971-1972, 1987-1988Includes interview transcripts, personal history, articles and clippings about life on Johns Island, S.C., used by Guy and Candie Carawan in their research for the book, Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life. Also included are an article and clippings about Esau Jenkins and a memo to Highlander staff about his death. For more information about Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, see the writings series. |
| Folder 583 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Myles Horton, 1971-1988 |
| Folder 584 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Gerald Mackey, 1988 |
| Folder 585 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: William Saunders, 1987-1990 |
| Folder 586 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Maggie Russell, 1988 |
| Folder 587 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Citizenship Schools Program, 1987-1988Interview transcripts, including those with Esau Jenkins, Ethel Grimball, William Saunders, Septima Clark, Bernice Robinson |
| Folder 588 |
Sea Islands: Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Related materials, 1993-1998Includes photocopies of sections of the book, photographs of Johns Island community members, and materials related to an appreciation service for Janie Hunter. |
Folder 589-590
Folder 589Folder 590 |
Sea Islands: Avery Institute of Afro-American History, 1982-1989Includes letters and printed materials related to a conference, South Carolina Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, held by the Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, S.C., in November 1982. Also included are letters, collection inventories, and other items related to a collaboration between the Avery Institute and the Highlander Center on a photography and folk music exhibit using photographs and recordings collected by the Carawans from Johns Island, S.C. |
| Folder 591 |
Sea Islands: Citizenship Schools/education: Aimee Horton thesis, circa 1960Chapter from an unknown work by Aimee Horton, "Developing Teacher-Leaders for the Voter Education Movement: The Citizenship School Program," and related citizenship school materials from Highlander Folk School. |
| Folder 592 |
Sea Islands: Citizenship Schools/education: School conditions, 1967Primarily clippings, with some letters, about the conditions of schools in Johns Island, S.C. |
| Folder 593 |
Sea Islands: Citizenship Schools/education: Johns Island Citizenship School Program, 1979, 1986Transcript of talk given by Bernice Robinson on "Using the GED as a Vehicle for Community and Labor Education," in November 1979, at the Highlander Research and Community Development Center in New Market, Tenn. |
| Folder 594 |
Sea Islands: Citizenship Schools/education: Extramural Education and Community Service Program, 1979-1996 |
| Folder 595 |
Sea Islands: Citizenship Schools/education: Sea Island Adult School Repertoire, undatedNotebook with hand-written notes. |
| Folder 596 |
Sea Islands: Charleston, S.C.: Unitarian Church, 1964-1965Clippings, church newsletters, and other materials relating to an event at the Charleston (S.C.) Unitarian Church where Guy Carawan was to perform and the controversy over his possible ties to communist organizations. |
| Folder 597 |
Sea Islands: Charleston, S.C.: Clippings, 1960s-1970s |
| Folder 598 |
Sea Islands: Charleston, S.C.: Septima Clarke, 1978Program and clippings related to honorary degrees received by Septima Clarke from College of Charleston, S.C. |
| Folder 599 |
Sea Islands: Charleston, S.C.: Hospital strike, 1968-1969, 1983Published articles and other materials about the 1969 Charleston, S.C., hospital workers strike. |
Folder 600-602
Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602 |
Sea Islands: Comprehensive Healthcare and healthcare materials, 1971-1990Promotional pamphlets and historical materials related to the Comprehensive Health Care Corporation, an organization that worked to bring health services to the Sea Islands. |
| Folder 603 |
Sea Islands: Development: Johns Island, Seabrook Island, 1983 and undatedPromotional materials and advertisements for real estate development on Johns Island and Seabrook Island, S.C. |
| Folder 604 |
Sea Islands: Development: Land development debate, 1986-1988Debate on Sea Island development between William Saunders and Emory Campbell and related land development materials. |
Folder 605-607
Folder 605Folder 606Folder 607 |
Sea Islands: Georgia Sea Islands, 1980-1988Promotional fliers and photographs of the Sea Island Singers, Frankie and Doug Quimby, as well as a small number of printed and published items from Sapelo and Saint Simon's Islands, Ga. |
Folder 608-612
Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612 |
Sea Islands: Low Country and Gullah dialect, 1970s-1980sIncludes articles, pamphlets, printed and published items, and research materials on Low Country culture and the Gullah dialect. There are also two oral history transcriptions from Edisto Island, S.C., as well as election pamphlets, clippings, and other documents related to the political career of William Saunders, the first African American chair of the Charleston County, S.C. Democratic Party. |
Folder 613-619
Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619 |
Sea Islands: Moving Star Hall Singers, 1959-1990sCorrespondence, articles, pamphlets, promotional items, clippings, and other materials related to the Moving Star Hall Singers, a traditional spiritual singing group from Johns Island, S.C. Other materials include articles written by Guy Carawan about the group in 1989-1990 and promotional materials from concerts given by the Moving Star Hall Singers. There are also biographical materials about Janie Hunter, a prominent artist in the group and leader in the Johns Hall religious community. In 1984, she was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Image Folder PF-20008/13 |
Sea Islands: Moving Star Hall Singers: Photographs, undatedPhotographs of members of the Moving Star Hall Singers used in promotional materials. |
Folder 620-621
Folder 620Folder 621 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Johns Island festivals, 1963-1965Includes letters and other writings by Guy Carawan, as well as pamphlets, clippings, and other materials related to festivals on Johns Island, especially Christmas Watch at Moving Star Hall and other folk music festivals. |
| Folder 622 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Sandra Oldendorf, circa 1980sLetters to Guy and Candie Carawan from Sandra Oldendorf, a professor at Western Carolina University in Collowhee, N.C. |
Folder 623-624
Folder 623Folder 624 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Sea Islands culture articles and printed materials, circa 1980sPhotocopies of articles and other printed materials related to Sea Island Culture collected by Guy and Candie Carawan. |
| Image Folder PF-20008/14 |
Sea Islands: Johns Island: photographs and negatives, 1984 |
| Folder 625 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: "Keep your Eyes on the Prize: Cultural Work in the Sea Islands," circa 1985Includes copies of article written by Guy and Candie Carawan. |
| Folder 626 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Daufuski Island Project, 1985-1990Papers and articles related to community development project on Daufuski Island, S.C. |
| Folder 627 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: South Carolina field recordings collection, Library of Congress, August 1986Archival finding aid for South Carolina Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress. |
| Folder 628 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Penn Center, Saint Helena Island, 1986-1987Newsletters, pamphlets, promotional materials related to the Penn Center on Saint Helena Island, S.C. |
| Folder 629 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Sea Island field trip, May 1987Field notes and related documents from a trip Guy and Candie Carawan took to South Carolina in May 1987. |
| Folder 630 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: United Presbyterian Hunger Project, 1987 |
| Folder 631 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: "In Celebration of Us" play |
| Folder 632 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: South Carolina Folk Heritage Awards, 1988-1989 |
| Folder 633 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Idell Smalls, 1988-1989Includes the 1988-1989 Annual Report for the Sea Island Youth Development Corps. |
| Folder 634 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Seniorlites, 1989Includes song lyrics and sheet music. |
| Folder 635 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Museums, 1989Includes papers related to the South Carolina State Museum, McKissick Art Museum, and exhibitions or projects involving African American culture and the Avery Research Center. |
| Folder 636 |
Sea Islands: Other papers: Sea Islands visit, November 1991Includes pamphlets promotional materials, and other items related to multiple festivals occurring on the Sea Islands. |
| Folder 637 |
Seeger, PeteSeveral notes from Pete Seeger to Guy Carawan, photocopies of a letter from Guy Carawan to Seeger, sheet music of a song entitled "Maple Syrup Time," a brief report by Pete Seeger entitled "The Integration Battle: A 'Singing' Movement" (report from Greenwood, Miss.), clippings, and other printed items. |
| Folder 638 |
Singing/Recording |
| Folder 639 |
Smith, Stephanie |
| Folder 640 |
Stearns, Ky., mining strike: General |
| Oversize Paper OP-20008/2 |
Stearns, Ky., mining strike: Oversize |
| Folder 641 |
Strip mining |
| Folder 642 |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Negroes in American History |
| Folder 643 |
Subversive music |
| Folder 644 |
Sue Thrasher's work at the University of Massachusetts |
| Folder 645 |
Support letters for cultural work |
| Folder 646 |
"A Survey of Rural Music of the Southeastern United States" by Mike Seeger |
| Folder 647 |
Teaching |
| Folder 648 |
Tefferteller, Ralph |
| Folder 649 |
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church shootings, August 2008 |
| Folder 650 |
Textile workers |
| Folder 651 |
Thornburgh, Lucille |
| Folder 652 |
Traditional Arts Services Schools Project |
| Folder 653 |
Travel: North Carolina: Brochures |
Folder 654-655
Folder 654Folder 655 |
Travel: South Carolina: Brochures |
| Folder 656 |
Travel: South Carolina: Notes, correspondence, and planning materials, 1996-2005 and undated |
| Folder 657 |
Tucker, George |
| Folder 658 |
Vollers, Maryanne |
| Folder 659 |
War on Poverty |
Folder 660-666
Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666 |
We Shall Overcome documentary and song, circa 1960s-2000: GeneralCorrespondence and other materials related to the film We Shall Overcome, which aired as a television documentary on Public Broadcasting Service networks in 1988. Correspondents include film producer Jim Brown; chief consultant Bernice Johnson Reagon; and Pete Seeger, who appeared in the film. There are also sheet music copies of the song, "We Shall Overcome," as well as notes, songbooks, translations, clippings, and photographs related to the documentary and song. |
| Image Folder PF-20008/1 |
We Shall Overcome documentary and song, circa 1960s-2000s: Photographs, Guy and Candie and others, 1987 and undatedSeveral undated sheets of black-and-white undated photographs of Guy and Candie Carawan with others and unlabeled photographs of African American men and women singing, taken in 1987 and likely related to the filming of We Shall Overcome. |
Folder 667-672
Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672 |
We Shall Overcome Fund materials, 1982-2005Includes applications for grant funding for numerous projects, final reports from completed grant-funded projects, brochures, clippings, and other materials for advertising the activities and purpose of the We Shall Overcome Fund. Also included are scattered letters about the administration of the Fund and several bank statements listing royalties paid to the Fund for use of the song for which the Fund is named. |
| Folder 673 |
Weller, Jack |
| Folder 674 |
West, Don |
| Folder 675 |
Whitaker, J.B. |
| Folder 676 |
Workman, Nimrod |
| Folder 677 |
Writings on Poor People's Campaign of 1968 by Robert Chase |
| Folder 678 |
Yale, Andy |
| Folder 679 |
York Associates: Documentary on nonviolence |
| Folder 680 |
Zisk, Betty |
| Folder 681 |
"The ZYX of Political Sex" by Scott Bates |
| Folder 682 |
Other papers: GeneralIncludes clippings, programs, and other printed materials unaffiliated with other files. |
Image Folder PF-20008/15-19
PF-20008/15PF-20008/16PF-20008/17PF-20008/18PF-20008/19 |
Photographs: GeneralPhotographs, negatives, slides, and contact sheets, including images of Guy and Candie Carawan, their children Evan and Heather Carawan, other family members and friends, and events that appear to include Highlander workshops, civil rights events, and concerts, among other subjects. |
| Museum Item MU-20008/10 |
Banjo cover (framed)Signed by Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Septima Clark, Mamie Brown, Mahalia Jackson, and others. |
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Addition of May 2017: Guy and Candie Carawan Papers, 1915, 1951-2015 (Acc. 103074).
The Addition of 2017 documents the Carawans continuing work on civil rights, Appalachia, the Sea Islands, folk music and culture, and social justice projects in partnership with HREC and others. Included are materials relating to a memoirs project intended to serve as a field guide for cultural service workers and policy makers who have an impact on the quality of community cultural life; awards; articles by or about Guy and Candie Carawan; an interview of Myles Horton; fan mail; correspondence with friends and family; memorials; recommendations and requests for information and funding; anti-war work in Nicaragua and with Women in Black and the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance; flyers, reviews, and other materials documenting events and performances; publicity and performance photographs of Guy and Candie Carawan; materials relating to music, including permissions, reviews, sheet music, and correspondence about royalties, recordings, and book ideas; photographs and other materials documenting Civil Rights sit-ins and protests of the 1960s and anniversary meetings of the same events in the 2000s; the impact of the Highlander Center; music of the freedom movement; photographs, articles, and other materials relating to "They'll Never Keep Us Down", sedition charges against Al McSurely, music on the picket line, and activism against stripmining; photographs of people of Johns Island and the Sea Island Singers at the National Folk Festival; articles and interviews about land development, creole and cajun culture, and Charleston; set lists and lyrics; documentation of festivals; and photographs taken by or of Guy and Candie Carawan for personal and professional use.
Original file names have been retained.
This series contains digital materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to born-digital audio materials (DF-20008/1-2) is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu
Background history and timelines of Guy and Candie Carawan; correspondence with friends and family; notes and writings about travel to China, around the South, and their lives in cultural service; oral history interviews and transcripts; and a few photographs.
| Box 44 |
Cate FoslCorrespondence with oral historian Cate Fosl. |
Chronologies, histories, timelines |
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Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) proposals, GuggenheimMaterials relating to seeking funding to work on memoirs. |
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Box 44-45
Box 44Box 45 |
Guy's early work, 1951-1965Early performances, trip to China, World Youth Festival, college, California music scene, New York folk scene, letters to Noel Carawan, trip around the South with Frank Hamilton and Jack Elliot (includes photograph), letters to family and friends, letters from the Sea Islands, Noel's letters to parents, letter describing role of music in citizenship schools, performance flyers, essay explaining what he is trying to do on John's Island. |
| Box 45 |
Candie's early work, Nashville, letters, articles, 1957-1960Letters to Candie, letters from Candie to her parents from Nashville, background information, sit-ins and Pomona College, reflections on Nashville, artwork, notes and article on Highlander workshop "The New Generation Fights for Equality." |
Box 45-46
Box 45Box 46 |
Frank Adams: Book, interviews, transcripts, 2002Advance questions, correspondence, transcription. |
| Box 46 |
Requests for interviews |
Interviews published, 2007 |
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Unidentified transcript of an interview with Guy (Ron Cohen?) |
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Interview with Ronald Cohen, subsequent book excerpt, and correspondence, 1991 |
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Interview: Guy and Candie by Katherine Mellen Charron, 12 November 2001 |
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Transcripts of interview done with Guy and Candie Carawan by Civil Rights Oral History Project, Nashville Public Library, 2003, 2003 |
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Interview by Larry Isaac for Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies, November 2007 |
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Interview: Guy and Candie by Kristen Turner (Transcript and Turner's thesis paper), 28 June 2010 |
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National Museum of African American History and Culture: Interview information and correspondence, 19 September 2011[?] |
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Sue Thrasher interview with Candie Carawan, 2002 |
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Oral History Invitation by Folk Alliance (interviewed by John McCutcheon), no transcript, February 1998 |
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| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16778 |
Carawan memoir, 30 March 2002: tape 1Audiocassette Note on cassette case reads: "Frank Adams; early history; The People's Song Movement; New York scene (the Weavers); 1952-53: "A Big Year" New York, UCLA, Topanga Canyon" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16779 |
Carawan memoir, 30 March 2002: tape 2Audiocassette Note on cassette case reads: "Paul Robeson; the summer trip: family, Asheville, Canton, John C. Campbell, Highlander, Nashville, Zilphia/Highlander" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16780 |
Carawan memoir, 30 March 2002: tape 3Audiocassette Note on cassette case reads: "Candie's experiences, college years, Fisk; role of music in early movement" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16781 |
Carawan memoir, 30 March 2002: tape 3Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16782 |
Carawan memoir, 18 May 2002: tape 4Audiocassette Note on cassette case reads: "trip to China; 1959 coming to Highlander; Johns Island" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16783 |
Carawan memoir: tape 5Audiocassette Note on cassette case reads: "China, political views, early Highlander; Charleston, civil rights, Sea Islands" |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16784 |
Carawan memoir: tape 6Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16785 |
Carawan memoir, August 2002: tape 7Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16786 |
Carawan memoir: tape 8Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16787 |
Carawan memoir: tape 9Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16788 |
Carawan memoir: tape 10Audiocassette |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16789 |
Carawan memoir: tape 11Audiocassette |
Certificates, plaques and acrylic paperweights.
| Box 49 |
Transcript, 1983 |
| SFC Audio Cassette FS-20008/16777 |
Interview of Myles HortonAudiocassette |
| Box 49 |
Ballad of Guy and Candie |
Thank you cards |
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Fan letters |
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Comments and quotes about Guy by other musicians, writers, etc. |
Box 49-50
Box 49Box 50 |
Correspondence with friends, memorials |
Box 49Box 50 |
Memorials: Friends |
Box 49Box 50 |
Obituaries of opponents of Highlander |
Box 49Box 50 |
Moe Asch |
Box 49Box 50 |
Anne Braden |
Box 49Box 50 |
Beverly Brown, 2004-2005 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Frankie Cooper |
Box 49Box 50 |
Joyce Dukes, 1996Poem to Guy at retirement. |
Box 49Box 50 |
Ronnie Gilbert |
Box 49Box 50 |
Archie Green, 1960Letter re: Coal Creek War ballad. |
Box 49Box 50 |
David HatchLetter to Guy about location of Guy's early recordings: Bill Nowlin at Rounder Records, N.D. |
Box 49Box 50 |
Bess Hawes, 2000 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Myles Horton |
Box 49Box 50 |
Zilphia Horton |
Box 49Box 50 |
May Justus project, 2002 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Howard Leventhal obituary, 2005 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Helen Lewis, 2014 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Alan Lomax |
Box 49Box 50 |
Staughton and Alice Lynd, 1997 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Hamper MacBee album |
Box 49Box 50 |
Dave Marsh, 2006 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Bernice Johnson Reagon |
Box 49Box 50 |
Ralph Rinzler memorial, 1995 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Anne Romaine memorial, 1995 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Peggy Seeger, 2008 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Pete Seeger correspondence and articles |
Box 49Box 50 |
Carawans to Seeger 1983 correspondence, 1983 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Lewis Sinclair memorial, 2008 |
| Digital Folder DF-20008/1 |
Story Corps Project: Lewis Sinclair interviewed by Mary B. Sinclair, King Center, Atlanta, Ga., 4 March 20071 digital file (.wav) Access to DF-20008/1 is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu |
Box 49-50
Box 49Box 50 |
James Still letter, 1991 |
Box 49Box 50 |
Ralph Tefferteller, June 1979Responses to questions from Guy and Candie about early cultural programs at KFS. |
Box 49Box 50 |
Nimrod Workman obituary, 1994 |
Support sought for project funding, including Freedom Song film project.
| Box 50 |
Requests and recommendations |
Materials documenting anti-war work.
| Box 50 |
Nicaragua |
| Box 50 |
Women in Black |
| Box 50 |
Oak Ridge Environmental Peace AllianceIncludes photographs. |
Flyers, email correspondence, and other materials documenting conferences and classes.
Permissions, reviews, sheet music, correspondence about royalties, recordings, and book ideas. Titles include Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life, Voices from the Mountains, We Shall Overcome, Sing for Freedom.
Photographs and other materials documenting Civil Rights sit-ins and protests of the 1960s and anniversary meetings of the same events in the 2000s; the impact of the Highlander Center; music of the freedom movement.
Photographs, articles, and other materials relating to They'll Never Keep Us Down, sedition charges against Al McSurely, music on the picket line, activism against stripmining.
Photographs of people of Johns Island, Sea Island Singers at National Folk Festival; articles, interviews about land development, creole and cajun culture, Charleston.
Box 57-59
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Miscellaneous song lists, lyrics |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
We Shall Overcome sheet music |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Published music |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Various programs and set lists |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Songs and upcoming concerts |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Song lists, prep for programs |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
SALT songbooks |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
List of songs Guy performed |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Song books, miscellaneous |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Women in Black |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Songs from the coal fields |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Labor |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Protest songs |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Sea Islands |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Songs of the South |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Appalachian and Spanish |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Civil rights songs |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Contemporary/Issues |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Harmony |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Humorous songs |
Box 57Box 58Box 59 |
Sing Out! magazines, 1964-1967,1975 |
Photographs taken by or of Guy and Candie Carawan for personal and professional use.
Image Folder PF-20008/20-21
PF-20008/20PF-20008/21 |
Guy CarawanBlack-and-white photographic prints |
Image Folder PF-20008/22-33
PF-20008/22PF-20008/23PF-20008/24PF-20008/25PF-20008/26PF-20008/27PF-20008/28PF-20008/29PF-20008/30PF-20008/31PF-20008/32PF-20008/33 |
Guy in PerformanceNegatives and contact sheets |
Image Folder PF-20008/34-37
PF-20008/34PF-20008/35PF-20008/36PF-20008/37 |
Guy in PerformanceContact sheets |
Image Folder PF-20008/38-42
PF-20008/38PF-20008/39PF-20008/40PF-20008/41PF-20008/42 |
Guy in Performance |
| Image Folder PF-20008/43 |
Guy and Candie CarawanBlack-and-white photographic prints |
Image Folder PF-20008/44-45
PF-20008/44PF-20008/45 |
Carawan familyBlack-and-white photographic prints |
Image Folder PF-20008/46-47
PF-20008/46PF-20008/47 |
Phil PrimackBlack-and-white negatives |
| Box 61 |
Phil PrimackCorrespondence associated with photographs. |
| Image Folder PF-20008/48 |
Pete Seeger,1963-1994Black-and-white photographic prints |
| Box 61 |
Pete Seeger,1963-1994Papers associated with photographs. |
Image Folder PF-20008/94-99
PF-20008/94PF-20008/95PF-20008/96PF-20008/97PF-20008/98PF-20008/99 |
Informal photographs taken by Guy and CandieBlack-and-white photographic prints |
| Image Folder PF-20008/100-101</ |