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Size | 650 items |
Abstract | Glenn Hinson, a white professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has focused his research on the music, language, and belief systems of African American communities. The collection contains posters advertising gospel music performances in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill); field recordings and audio interviews by Glenn Hinson with North Carolina based African American musicians and performers; as well as papers and audiovisual materials related to projects or fieldwork by students of Glenn Hinson at UNC. Students mostly conducted their fieldwork in the state of North Carolina, with the majority of projects relating to southern folklife topics and subjects, including documentation of traditional creative practices, music and dance performances, church services, and community spaces and events, more broadly. |
Creator | Hinson, Glenn. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: James McGlothlin, May 2008
Encoded by: James McGlothlin, May 2008
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, September 2020; Nancy Kaiser and Anne Wells, July 2021; Anne Wells, August 2021; Jodi Berkowitz, May 2023
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Anthropology professor Glenn Hinson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has focused his research on the music, language, and belief systems of African American communities.
Back to TopGlenn Hinson, a white professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has focused his research on the music, language, and belief systems of African American communities. The collection contains posters advertising gospel music performances in the Triangle area of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill); field recordings and audio interviews by Glenn Hinson with North Carolina based African American musicians and performers; and audiovisual materials related to student projects or fieldwork conducted by students of Glenn Hinson at UNC. Topics represented in the student projects include folklore, foodways, religion, music, art, dance, radio, and agriculture, among other topics.
Field recordings and interviews, 1978-1990, by Glenn Hinson consist of audio recordings of North Carolina based musicians, including James "Shout" Smith, an African American hambone player, and Irving "Paca" Harris, an African American spoons player, both of Durham, N.C; Thomas Burt, an African American country blues guitarist, and Pauline Burt, an African American singer of hymns and sacred songs, both of Durham County, N.C.; James "Guitar Slim" Stephens, an African American blues musician originally from Spartanburg, S.C.; and Piedmont blues guitarist, Etta Baker (1913-2006), who claimed European, African American, and Native American ancestry. Other field recordings by Glenn Hinson include an interview with Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, an African American comedian, singer, and dancer of Durham, N.C., as well as recordings of the Badgett Sisters (Cleonia Graves, Connie Steadman, and Celester Sellars), African American gospel singers from near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Recordings are on 1/4" open reel audio and audiocassette.
Student project materials, 1993-2003, consist of audio and video recordings related to projects or fieldwork conducted by students of Glenn Hinson at UNC. Courses represented in the collection include "Southern Vernacular Religion", "Vernacular Music", " Southern Place, Memory, and Meaning", "Vernacular Traditions in African American Music", "Manufactured Space, Personalized Space", and "Food as Performance and Symbol", among others. Students conducted their fieldwork in North Carolina and the surrounding region, with the majority relating to southern folklife topics and subjects, including documentation of traditional creative practice, music and dance performances, church services, and community spaces and events, more broadly. Student recordings also consist of many interviews with residents of North Carolina, such as interviews with chefs, restaurant owners, preachers, church members, musicians, dancers, radio DJs, retired factory workers, woodworkers, weavers, potters, farmers, hair stylists, race car drivers, and marching band members. Some topics represented on the recordings include foodways, religion, art, dance, music (gospel music, rap and hip hop, blues music, country music, folk music, beach music, and bluegrass), campus life, country general stores, and farms and agriculture. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, microcassette, and MiniDisc, while video recordings are on VHS, Hi8, and MiniDV.
Student recordings of particular note include audio interviews with Algia Mae Hinton, an African American blues singer, guitarist, and buck dancer from Johnston County, N.C.; audio and video recordings of the Spivey's Corner Hollerin' Contest held in Spivey's Corner, N.C.; interviews with Joe Thompson, an African American old-time fiddle player of the Black string band tradition; an audio interview with Mildred Council, an African American chef and founder of Mama Dip's Kitchen in Chapel Hill, N.C.; audio and video recordings of Black fraternity and sorority members at UNC, including recordings of stepping practice and step performances; interviews with mobile home residents in North Carolina; and audio and video recordings related to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching bands of North Carolina, including the North Carolina Central University Sound Machine and the North Carolina A&T State University Blue& Gold Marching Machine.
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Audio recordings of fieldwork and interviews by Glenn Hinson. The majority of recordings feature North Carolina based musicians, including James "Shout" Smith, an African American hambone player, and Irving "Paca" Harris, an African American spoons player, both of Durham, N.C; Thomas Burt, an African American country blues guitarist, and Pauline Burt, an African American singer of hymns and sacred songs, both of Durham County, N.C.; James "Guitar Slim" Stephens, an African American blues musician originally from Spartanburg, S.C.; and Piedmont blues guitarist, Etta Baker (1913-2006), who claimed European, African American, and Native American ancestry. Recordings of Smith and Harris also include the two telling jokes and rhymes, and were recorded by Hinson in Creedmoor, N.C., on 2 October 1978 and in Durham, N.C., on 12 November 1978 and 16 April 1979.
The series also includes an interview with Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, an African American comedian, singer, and dancer of Durham, N.C.; as well as recordings of the Badgett Sisters (Cleonia Graves, Connie Steadman, and Celester Sellars), African American gospel singers from near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. The Badgett Sisters materials consist of a performance and an interview with Glenn Hinson recorded during a symposium, "Come All You Weary Travellers, A Symposium on Southern Religion 1990- 1991," held at UNC in July of 1990.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2842 |
James "Shout" Smith, bones and vocals, Durham, N.C., 16 April 19791/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2843 |
James "Shout" Smith, bones and vocals, and Irving Harris, spoons, Durham, N.C., 12 November 19781/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2844 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 1 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2845 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 2 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2846 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 3 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2847 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 4 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2848 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, and Pauline Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 5 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2849 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, and Pauline Burt, vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 6 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2850 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 7 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2851 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 8 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2852 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 2 October 1978: tape 9 of 91/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2853 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 11 October 1978: tape 1 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2854 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 11 October 1978: tape 2 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2855 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 11 October 1978: tape 3 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2856 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 11 October 1978: tape 4 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2857 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 11 October 1978: tape 5 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/2858 |
Thomas Burt, guitar and vocals, Creedmoor, N.C., 11 October 1978: tape 6 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/5800 |
Old Time Record Review series 1, "Black Folk Music": Spiritual and Gospel I1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/5801 |
Old Time Record Review series 1, "Black Folk Music": Spiritual and Gospel II1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6196 |
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham interview, 1978: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in the Markhams' home |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6197 |
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham interview, 1978: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in the Markhams' home |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6198 |
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham interview, 1978: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in the Markhams' home |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6199 |
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham interview, 1978: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in the Markhams' home |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6200 |
James "Guitar Slim" Stephens, Ahoskie, N.C., 13 November 1978: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in a hotel room in Ahoskie, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6201 |
James "Guitar Slim" Stephens, Ahoskie, N.C., 13 November 1978: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in a hotel room in Ahoskie, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6202 |
James "Guitar Slim" Stephens, Ahoskie, N.C., 13 November 1978: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson in a hotel room in Ahoskie, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6203 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 March 1979: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6204 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 March 1979: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6205 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 March 1979: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6206 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 March 1979: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6207 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 6 April 1979: tape 1 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6208 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 6 April 1979: tape 2 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6209 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 6 April 1979: tape 3 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6210 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 6 April 1979: tape 4 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6211 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 6 April 1979: tape 5 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6212 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 6 April 1979: tape 6 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6213 |
Thomas and Pauline Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 22 May 1979: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6214 |
Thomas and Pauline Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 22 May 1979: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6215 |
Thomas and Pauline Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 22 May 1979: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6216 |
Thomas and Pauline Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 22 May 1979: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson at the Burts' home in Creedmoor, N.C. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6217 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 July 1979: tape 3 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6218 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 July 1979: tape 4 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6219 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 July 1979: tape 5 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6220 |
Thomas Burt, Creedmoor, N.C., 3 July 1979: tape 6 of 61/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/6221 |
Guitar Slim' Stephens toast, Hillsborough, N.C., 13 July 19801/4" Open Reel Audio recorded by Glenn Hinson |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/12512 |
Etta Baker: tape 1 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/12513 |
Etta Baker: tape 2 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/12514 |
Etta Baker: tape 3 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20045/12515 |
Etta Baker: tape 4 of 41/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20045/543 |
"Come All You Weary Travellers, A Symposium on Southern Religion 1990- 1991": A Discussion with the Badgett Sisters, with Glenn HinsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20045/544 |
"Come All You Weary Travellers, A Symposium on Southern Religion 1990- 1991": A Discussion with the Badgett Sisters, with Glenn HinsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20045/545 |
"Come All You Weary Travellers, A Symposium on Southern Religion 1990- 1991": A Discussion with the Badgett Sisters, with Glenn HinsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20045/546 |
"Come All You Weary Travellers, A Symposium on Southern Religion 1990- 1991": A Discussion with the Badgett Sisters, with Glenn HinsonAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20045/547 |
"Come All You Weary Travellers, A Symposium on Southern Religion 1990- 1991": A Discussion with the Badgett Sisters, with Glenn HinsonAudiocassette |
This collection contains materials which are closed. The Library closed materials in Series 3 until 2075 for reasons related to the confidentiality of personnel, student, medical, or other legally protected records.
Acquisitions information: Acquisitions unknown at this time. This series most likely contains materials from the Additions of August 1997 (Acc. 097189), August 1999 (Acc. 098437), December 1999 (Acc. 098531), and other additions donated by Glenn Hinson.
Arrangement: Audio recordings listed first, followed by video recordings.
Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database. Class titles, locations, and dates are listed when known. Individual project titles are listed in quotes when known. Student names are listed beneath titles when known. Titles provided by the processing archivist are in brackets. Please note that the collection contains unprocessed student papers affiliated with select recordings found in this series.
Student project materials consist of audio and video recordings related to projects or fieldwork conducted by students of Glenn Hinson at UNC. Courses represented in the collection include "Southern Vernacular Religion", "Vernacular Music", " Southern Place, Memory, and Meaning", "Vernacular Traditions in African American Music", "Manufactured Space, Personalized Space", and "Food as Performance and Symbol", among others. Students conducted their fieldwork in North Carolina and the surrounding region, with the majority relating to southern folklife topics and subjects, including documentation of traditional creative practice, music and dance performances, church services, and community spaces and events, more broadly. Student recordings also consist of many interviews with residents of North Carolina, such as interviews with chefs, restaurant owners, preachers, church members, musicians, dancers, radio DJs, retired factory workers, woodworkers, weavers, potters, farmers, hair stylists, and marching band members. Some topics represented on the recordings include foodways, religion, art, dance, music (gospel music, rap and hip hop, blues music, country music, folk music, beach music, and bluegrass), campus life, country general stores, and farms and agriculture. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, microcassette, and MiniDisc, while video recordings are on VHS, Hi8, and MiniDV.
Of particular note are audio interviews with Algia Mae Hinton, an African American blues singer, guitarist, and buck dancer from Johnston County, N.C. (FS-20045/6659 through FS-20045/6661); audio and video recordings of the Spivey's Corner Hollerin' Contest (FS-20045/6685; VT-20045/29); interviews with Joe Thompson, an African American old-time fiddle player of the Black string band tradition (FS-20045/6686 through FS-20045/6690); an audio interview with Mildred Council, an African American chef and founder of Mama Dip's Kitchen in Chapel Hill, N.C. (FS-20045/1776); audio and video recordings of Black fraternity and sorority members at UNC, including recordings of stepping practice and step performances (FS-20045/4480 through FS-20045/4483; FS-20045/5848 through FS-20045/5850; VT-20045/1 and VT-20045/14); interviews with mobile home residents in North Carolina (FS-20045/1797 through FS-20045/1799; FS-20045/4434 through FS-20045/4436; FS-20045/4443 through FS-20045/4448); as well as audio and video recordings related to Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching bands of North Carolina, including the North Carolina Central University Sound Machine (FS-7084 through FS-7087; VT-20045/35 and VT-20045/36) and the North Carolina A&T State University Blue& Gold Marching Machine (FS-20045/5795 through FS-20045/5815; VT-20045/12 and VT-20045/13).
Arrangement: As received. Roughly chronological.
Recordings are on audiocassette and MiniDisc.
Arrangement: As received. Roughly chronological.
Recordings are on Hi8, MiniDV, and VHS.
Audiotapes (FT-2842-2858, FT-5800-5801, FT-6196-6221, FT-12512-12515)
Audiocassettes (FS-543-547, FS-1751-1800, FS-2109-2139, FS-4287-4328, FS-4330-4470, FS-4473-4483, FS-4485-4492, FS-5795-5852, FS-6458-6481, FS-6592-6695, FS-6749-6775, FS-7082-7097)
MiniDiscs (MD-116-118)
Videotapes (VT-20045/1-38)
Oversize papers (XOP-20045/1-6, OP-20045/1-3, R-20045/1)
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