Brett Sutton Collection, 1974-1975

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Brett Sutton Collection, 1974-1975

Brett Sutton Collection, 1974-1975

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Sutton,Brett.html

Folklorist and librarian Brett Sutton was born in 1948 and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. He enrolled in the Curriculum of Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a Masters degree in 1976. His thesis project, , focused on African American spiritual folk singing in North Carolina. The collection includes reel-to-reel tapes with cover sheets, tape indices, and content notes for each recording that were gathered for Sutton's thesis research. These tapes were recorded in several locations, including the World's Greatest Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith in Durham, N.C., an African American congregational church. Recordings consist of Sunday morning services; a benefit to honor the choir's sixth anniversary; shape-note gospel hymns; spirituals; and interviews with Gurtha Dunston, leader of the vocal choir at Gethsemane Baptist Church in Franklin County, N.C. Other tapes contain music and preaching recorded from WSCR radio broadcasts in Durham. The Gospel Hymn, Shaped Notes, and the Black Tradition

38 items (2.0 linear feet)

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.