Brett Sutton collection, 1974-1975.

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Brett Sutton collection, 1974-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27188924

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.

38 items (2.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7240919

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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WSCR (Radion station : Durham, N.C.)

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Gethsemane Baptist Church (Franklin County, N.C.)

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Dunston, Gurtha.

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Sutton, Brett

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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, "The Gospel Hymn, Shaped Notes, and the Black Tradition," focused on African American spiritual folk singing in North Carolina. From the description of Brett Sutton collection, 1974-1975. WorldCat record id: 27188924 Brett Sut...