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Archival processing of the Alice D. Boyle Recordings of Demus Green was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Audio recordings of Demus Green (1913-1976), an African American storyteller living in Charleston, S.C., telling tales, anecdotes, stories about animals, and legends in the Gullah language. Demus Green was part of the Black community in the southern Lowcountry region of South Carolina, where he was known for his storytelling as well as for being an assistant leader at his local church. Demus Green was born in 1913 at the Combahee Plantation, Whitehall, S.C., a large plantation located on the Combahee River that was owned at the time by the white DuPont family. When Demus Green was around thirty years old, he moved to Charleston, S.C. to work for Hugh Lane (1914-2005), a third generation white banker. Alice D. Boyle, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, recorded Demus Green in Charleston, S.C., from 1971 to 1975. Boyle, who is from Isle of Palms, S.C., met Demus Green through her childhood friend, Kathy Lane, the daughter of Hugh Lane. The collection contains dubs of Alice D. Boyle's original recordings of Demus Green telling tales and stories, as well as a copy of Boyle's UNC term paper, titled "Uh Yeddy Um, but Uh Ent Shum...When They Gone, They Gone: The Stories of Demus Green", on Demus Green and his storytelling. |
Creator | Boyle, Alice D. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English ; Gullah |
Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, December 2020
Encoded by: Anne Wells, December 2020
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Archival processing of the Alice D. Boyle Recordings of Demus Green was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Demus Green (1913-1976) was part of the Black community in the southern Lowcountry region of South Carolina, where he was known for his storytelling as well as for being an assistant leader at his local church. He was born in 1913 at Combahee Plantation, Whitehall, S.C., a large plantation located on the Combahee River that was owned at the time by the white DuPont family. Demus Green was the son of Solomon Green and Isabella Green, and husband to Elizabeth Graham Green (married 1932). Demus Green worked for the white plantation owners of Combahee Plantation, which at the time was managed by Charles G. Turner. When Deums Green was about thirty years old, he moved to Charleston, S.C. to work at Hugh Lane's family bank. Soon after arriving in Charleston, Hugh Lane (1914-2005), a third generation white banker, hired Demus Green to work for him and his wife, Beverly Glover Lane, at their residence in Charleston, S.C. Alice D. Boyle, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, recorded Demus Green in Charleston, S.C., from 1971 to 1975. Boyle, who is from Isle of Palms, S.C., met Demus Green through her childhood friend, Kathy Lane, the daughter of Hugh Lane. Alice D. Boyle published her recordings of Demus Green on the private issue label, Globe Recording Studio, and also wrote a UNC term paper, titled "Uh Yeddy Um, but Uh Ent Shum...When They Gone, They Gone: The Stories of Demus Green", on Demus Green and his storytelling.
Back to TopAudio recordings of Demus Green, an African American storyteller living in Charleston, S.C., telling tales, anecdotes, stories about animals, and legends in the Gullah language. Demus Green was part of the Black community in the southern Lowcountry region of South Carolina, where he was known for his storytelling as well as for being an assistant leader at his local church. Demus Green was born in 1913 at the Combahee Plantation, Whitehall, S.C., a large plantation located on the Combahee River that was owned at the time by the white DuPont family. When Demus Green was around thirty years old, he moved to Charleston, S.C. to work for Hugh Lane (1914-2005), a third generation white banker. Alice D. Boyle, a white University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student, recorded Demus Green in Charleston, S.C., from 1971 to 1975. Boyle, who is from Isle of Palms, S.C., met Demus Green through her childhood friend, Kathy Lane, the daughter of Hugh Lane. The collection contains dubs of Alice D. Boyle's recordings of Demus Green on 1/4" open reel audio. The dubs were made from an audiodisc of Boyle's recordings of Demus Green, which were originally released on the private issue label, Globe Recording Studio. The collection also contains a copy of Boyle's UNC term paper, titled "Uh Yeddy Um, but Uh Ent Shum...When They Gone, They Gone: The Stories of Demus Green", on Demus Green and his storytelling.
Back to TopArrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from SFC database.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/864 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 1 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio Includes performance of "Old Gray Mule" and "Counting Sheep" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/865 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 2 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/866 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 3 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/867 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 4 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/868 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 5 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/869 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 6 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20127/870 |
Tales told by Demus Green [Globe Recording Studio]: tape 7 of 71/4" Open Reel Audio Includes performance of "The Couple in the Car Next to Mine" and "All Smiles" |