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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | The James E. Wise Collection consists of field recordings of a Saturday evening church service held at the Rescue Mission Church, a holiness church of the Sons of God denomination, in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. The recordings were made by historian and author, James E. Wise, while he was a graduate student in the Curriculum of Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and correspond to his 1977 thesis, "The Sons of God in the North Carolina Mountains: An Exercise in Thick Description." The recordings feature music, testimonies, and sermons by Margaret Parsons, presiding preacher for Rescue Mission Church, Lenoir, N.C.; Bonnie Pennell, gospel soloist and testifier; Ray Townsell, preacher and testifier; and Coy Parsons, guitarist, gospel soloist, and testifier. Also included in the collection are tape logs and transcripts that correspond to the audio recordings found in the collection, as well as ephemera and transcripts that correspond to additional Sons of God field recordings found in the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection. |
Creator | Wise, James E., 1949- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Anne Wells, October 2016
Archival processing of the James E. Wise Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Born in Georgia, raised in Florida and a resident of North Carolina since 1966, Jim E. Wise is an alumnus of Duke University (BA, English) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA, folklore). He has been a reporter, editor, and columnist for newspapers in Durham, N.C., for more than twenty-eight years and has taught adult classes on local and southern history for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke. His publications include On Sherman's Trail: The Civil War's North Carolina Climax, Murder in the Courthouse: Reconstruction and Redemption in the North Carolina Piedmont, Durham: A Bull City Story, and Durham Tales: The Morris Street Maple, the Plastic Cow, the Durham Day that Was and More.
Back to TopThe James E. Wise Collection consists of 3 field recordings of a Saturday evening church service held at the Rescue Mission Church, a holiness church of the Sons of God denomination, in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. The recordings were made by historian and author, James E. Wise, while he was a graduate student in the Curriculum of Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and correspond to his 1977 thesis, "The Sons of God in the North Carolina Mountains: An Exercise in Thick Description." The recordings feature music, testimonies, and sermons by Margaret Parsons, presiding preacher for Rescue Mission Church, Lenoir, N.C.; Bonnie Pennell, gospel soloist and testifier; Ray Townsell, preacher and testifier; and Coy Parsons, guitarist, gospel soloist, and testifier. Recordings are on 1/4" open reel audio. Also included in the collection are tape logs and transcripts that correspond to the audio recordings found in the collection, as well as ephemera and transcripts that correspond to additional Sons of God field recordings found in the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection.
Back to TopArrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles compiled from SFC database.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20131/408 |
Music, testimonies, and sermon with presiding preacher Margaret Parsons. Rescue Mission Church, Lenoir, N.C., 10 April 1976: tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20131/409 |
Music, testimonies, and sermon with presiding preacher Margaret Parsons. Rescue Mission Church, Lenoir, N.C., 10 April 1976: tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20131/808 |
Music, testimonies, and sermon with presiding preacher Margaret Parsons. Rescue Mission Church, Lenoir, N.C., 10 April 1976: tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
Arrangement: By corresponding collection and call number.
Processing information: Folder 1 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folders 431 and 461. Titles include call number and collection number of corresponding audio recording. Location and date of corresponding recording listed beneath title.
Tape log, ephemera, and transcripts that correspond to Sons of God church services audio recordings created by James E. Wise with assistance from his wife, Barbara "Babs" Wise. Please note that folders 1-2 correspond to recordings found in the James E. Wise Collection, while folders 3-8 correspond to recordings found in the North Carolina Folklore Broadcast Collection (#20105).
Folder 1 |
Tape log: FT-408-809, FT-808 (#20131)Formerly folders 431 and 461 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
Folder 2 |
Transcript: FT-408-809, FT-808 (#20131)Corresponding recording: Rescue Mission Church, Lenoir, N.C., 10 April 1976 |
Folder 3 |
Transcript: FT-401 (#20105)Corresponding recording: Rocky Top House of Prayer, Stony Point, N.C., 16 April 1976 |
Folder 4 |
Transcript and flyer: FT-402-404 (#20105)Corresponding recording: Easter Weekend Convention, Lenoir American Legion Post, Lenoir, N.C., 17 April 1976 |
Folder 5 |
Transcript: FT-509-512 (#20105)Corresponding recording: Rocky Top House of Prayer, Stony Point, N.C., 6 June 1976 |
Folder 6 |
Transcript: FT-513-516 (#20105)Corresponding recording: Salvation Misson Church, Lenoir, N.C., 5 June 1976 |
Folder 7 |
Transcript: FT-517-519 (#20105)Corresponding recording: Rocky Top House of Prayer, Stony Point, N.C., 22 May 1976 |
Folder 8 |
Transcript: FT-520-521 (#20105)Corresponding recording: Rocky Top House of Prayer, Stony Point, N.C., 23 May 1976 |