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[Identification of item], in the John F. Garst Recording of the Georgia State Sacred Harp Convention #20136, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, January 2021

Encoded by: Anne Wells, January 2021

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• Garst, John F.
• Georgia--songs and music.
• Hymns, English.
• Shape-note singing--Georgia.
• Songs, English--Georgia.

• Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025
• Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson Papers #20026

John F. Garst is a white Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Georgia. Garst received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Mississippi State University in 1954 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Iowa State University in 1957. He is also an American folk songs and ballads researcher. Garst co-edited a 1973 edition of John G. McCurry's "The Social Harp," a collection of shape-note music, with Daniel W. Patterson.

Audio recording of the 4th Annual Georgia State Sacred Harp Convention, 27 March 1965, in Georgia (exact location unknown). Recorded by John F. Garst, a white American folk songs and ballads researcher and professor at the University of Georgia, in 1965. Recording is on 1/4" open reel audio. The collection also contains supporting documentation, including a track listing and a collection cover sheet prepared by former library staff.

• Audiotape (FT-1746)
• Field Notes (Folder 645), Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025