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Archival processing of the Catherine Peck Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 60 items |
Abstract | The Catherine Peck Collection contains oral histories and field recordings created by white folklorist, Catherine Peck. The majority of the recordings relate to Peck's 1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill masters thesis on African American women preaching traditions of North Carolina. These recordings, 1981-1984, feature interviews with African American women reverends and evangelists of North Carolina, as well as field recordings made at African American women led churches across the state. The collection also contains audio recordings of self-taught artists of North Carolina, including an interview, 1983, with the African American sculptor, Jeff Williams, of Salemburg, N.C., and a series of field recordings, 1984, that Peck conducted with the white sculptor, Annie Hooper, of Buxton, N.C. |
Creator | Peck, Catherine. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anne Wells, March 2019
Encoded by: Anne Wells, March 2019
Archival processing of the Catherine Peck Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Catherine Peck is a white folklorist from North Carolina. Peck wrote her 1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill masters thesis on African American women preaching traditions in North Carolina and was the editor of the 1999 publication, A Treasury of North American Folktales.
In 1984 Peck was hired by white folklorist and curator, Roger B. Manley, and white poet, Jonathan Williams, of the independent press, The Jargon Society, to conduct field work with the self-taught white sculptor, Annie Hooper (1897-1986). While in her mid 60's, Hooper began creating thousands of bible story figures out of driftwood, putty, and cement. Hooper displayed and showcased the figures at her home in Buxton, N.C., a village on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks. Peck conducted her field work at Hooper's home for a span of two months, inventorying her figures, documenting the placement of the figures, and capturing audio recordings of Hooper describing and "animating" her sculptures in situ. Peck's work informed the 1988 exhibit and symposium, "A Blessing form the Source: the Annie Hooper Bequest," at North Carolina State University. The exhibit was guest-curated by Roger Manley, who is now the director of North Carolina State's Gregg Museum of Art & Design.
Back to TopOral Histories and field recordings created by white folklorist, Catherine Peck. The majority of the recordings relate to Peck's 1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill masters thesis, titled "Your daughters shall prophesy: women in the Afro-American preaching tradition." These recordings, 1981-1984, feature interviews with African American women reverends and evangelists of North Carolina, as well as field recordings made at African American women led churches across the state of North Carolina. Those featured on the recordings include Reverend Ocie M. Brown; Reverend Laura Council; Reverend Annie P. Hart; Reverend Virginia Wyatt; Evangelist and gospel singer, Shirley Caesar; and Evangelist Leola Clemmons. Peck also made field recordings at churches in Chatham County, Gaston County, Orange County, Wake County, including Holland Chapel AME Zion Church in Apex, N.C.; O'Bryant AME Zion Church in Chapel Hill, N.C.; Glover's Grove AME Zion Church in Siler City, N.C.; Christ Missionary AME Zion Church in Carrboro, N.C.; and Mills Chapel Fire Baptised Holiness Church in Gastonia, N.C
The collection also contains audio recordings of self-taught artists of North Carolina, including an interview, 1983, with the African American sculptor, Jeff Williams, of Salemburg, N.C. (found in series 1), and a series of dubbed field recordings, 1984, that Peck conducted with the white sculptor, Annie Hooper, of Buxton, N.C. White folklorist and curator, Roger B. Manley, and white poet, Jonathan Williams, of the independent press, The Jargon Society, hired Peck to spend two months with Annie Hooper to document and inventory Hooper's collection of bible story figures found in her home. As part of this project, Peck recorded audio of Hooper describing and "animating" her figures in situ. The collection contains dubs of the original tapes that Peck recorded on a Nagra borrowed from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Supporting documentation, or field notes, related to select Annie Hooper recordings (FT-1668 through FT-1682) reside in the Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025. Documentation includes brief content descriptions of the recordings.
Back to TopArrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from original containers.
Audio recordings related to Peck's 1991 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill masters thesis ("Your daughters shall prophesy: women in the Afro-American preaching tradition") on African American women preaching traditions of North Carolina. The series also includes a 1983 interview (FS-20088/1263) with African American sculptor, Jeff Williams, of Salemburg, N.C. and related documentation, including tape inventories and tape logs created by former Southern Folklife Collection staff, as well as a handwritten inventory by Peck and a 1988 News and Observer clipping on Reverend Ocie Brown.
Arrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from original containers.
Field recordings of the white self-taught sculptor, Annie Hooper, of Buxton, N.C. The series contains dubs of the original tapes that Peck recorded on a Nagra borrowed from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.