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Archival processing of the Susan Sink Collection on Carteret County Folklore was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 3 items |
Abstract | The Susan Sink Collection on Carteret County Folklore consists of open reel audio recordings of a lecture on Carteret County, N.C. history and folklore by Eugene Pond, mayor of Beaufort, N.C. The lecture, titled "Carteret County Folklore: Fact and Fiction", features stories and songs pertaining to American Indian, colonial, and later settlements in Carteret County, N.C., as well as tales and songs about the county's maritime history. The collection also includes a tape log that contains notes on the stories and songs performed by Eugene Pond on the recordings. |
Creator | Sink, Susan. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anne Wells, October 2018
Encoded by: Anne Wells, October 2018
Archival processing of the Susan Sink Collection on Carteret County Folklore was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Little is known about Susan Sink. She is most likely the author of Traditional crafts and craftsmanship in America: a selected bibliography (1983, American Folklife Center), as well as the interviewer for select Southern Oral History Program audio interviews made in 1978 ( #04007H, Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series H: Piedmont Industrialization).
Back to TopThe Susan Sink Collection on Carteret County Folklore consists of open reel audio recordings of a lecture on Carteret County, N.C. history and folklore by Eugene Pond, mayor of Beaufort, N.C. The lecture, titled "Carteret County Folklore: Fact and Fiction", features stories and songs pertaining to American Indian, colonial, and later settlements in Carteret County, N.C., as well as tales and songs about the county's maritime history. It is unclear when and where the lecture took place. The collection also includes a tape log that contains notes on the stories and songs performed by Eugene Pond on the recordings, such as "The Little Mohee", "The Ship That Never Returned", "The Battleship of Maine", and "When the Booze Yacht Went Ashore", among other songs.
Back to TopProcessing information: Folder 1 was formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folder 463.
Folder 1 |
Documentation: FT-20253/834-8351/4 " Open Reel Audio Formerly folder 463 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025) |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20253/834 |
Lecture by Eugene Pond, the mayor of Beaufort, N.C, "Carteret County Folklore: Fact and Fiction": tape 1 of 21/4 " Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20253/835 |
Lecture by Eugene Pond, the mayor of Beaufort, N.C, "Carteret County Folklore: Fact and Fiction": tape 2 of 21/4 " Open Reel Audio |