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[Identification of item], in the Celia M. Benton Recording on Corn Shucking in Sampson County, N.C. #20221, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Benton, Celia M.
• Corn--Husking--Songs and music.
• Corn--Husking.
• Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-
• Sampson County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Sampson County (N.C.)--Songs and music.
• Work songs--North Carolina.

• Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson Papers #20026

Celia M. Benton is a Clinton, N.C. native who grew up in Sampson County's Goshen community. Benton graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1973 and then entered the University of Minnesota as a graduate student in American Studies. While a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, Benton wrote a term paper, "Corn Shuckings in Sampson County", under the direction of white folklorist and UNC professor, Daniel W. Patterson. It was later published in the November 1974 North Carolina Folklore Journal, Vol XXII, No. 4.

Audio recording of interviews and performances of songs by B. Best, I. Daughtey, K. Williams, F. Parker, L. Warren, M. Tart, and B. Jones, all of Sampson County, N.C., about corn shucking in Sampson County, N.C. Recorded around 1973 by Celia M. Benton, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student and Clinton native who grew up in Sampson County's Goshen community. The audiocassette recording relates to Benton's term paper on corn shucking in Sampson County that Benton wrote under the direction of white folklorist and UNC-Chapel Hill professor, Daniel W. Patterson.

• Audiocassette (FS-452)