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[Identification of item], in the David A. Gordon Recording of Music from Lowndes County, Miss. #20164, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Processed by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, October 2020

Encoded by: Anne Wells, October 2020

Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

Archival processing of the David A. Gordon Recording of Music from Lowndes County, Miss. was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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• African Americans--Mississippi--Music.
• Blues (Music)--Mississippi.
• Folk music--Mississippi.
• Gordon, David A.
• Gospel music--Mississippi.
• Lowndes County (Miss.)--Songs and music.
• Mississippi--Songs and music.
• Sacred music--Mississippi.
• Spiritual (Songs)--Mississippi.

• Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025

Little is known about David A. Gordon. According to supporting documentation found in the collection, Gordon was affiliated with the Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Miss.

1/4" open reel audio recording of blues and gospel music recorded by David A. Gordon in April 1963 in Lowndes County, Miss. The recording features an unidentified Black man performing blues, followed by an unaccompanied Black gospel quartet and additional unidentified gospel groups, made up of both men and women, singing spirituals and gospel songs. The collection also contains supporting documentation prepared by former Southern Folklife Collection staff. Documentation consists of tape logs, which include scattered information on the collector and performers, as well as a brief description of contents. Little is known about David A. Gordon or the performers featured on the recording. Supporting documentation found in the collection lists the unidentified Black blues musician as "Jabo" and also mentions that David A. Gordon was affiliated with the Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Miss., but no other information is available.

• Audiotape (FT-1222)
• Field Notes (Folder 542), Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes #30025