Collection, 1963-1975.

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Collection, 1963-1975.

Performances of Anglo-American Primitive Baptist hymns with interviews and stories about the origins and functions of the songs. Included are anecdotes of Primitive Baptist preachers and singing schools. Also included are documentary recordings of both Anglo-American and African American Primitive Baptist worship services that feature lined-out hymns, preaching, and prayers. Informants include Guy Phillips and Oscar Harris, Anglo-American Primitive Baptists; Congregation of the Old Republican Primitive Baptist Church (Anglo-American); A.C. Holloway (male) and Ollie Shively (female), Anglo-American Primitive Baptists from Sparta, N.C.; Elder William Holland, Anglo-American Primitive Baptist from Rocky Mount, Va., and the congregation of the Rockfield Primitive Baptist Church (African American) in Franklin County, Va. Also included are recordings made at Primitive Baptist meeting houses in North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Maryland, and Louisiana between 1963 and 1973.

25 sound recordings.

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Phillips, Guy Ragland

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Harris, Oscar

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Holland, William.

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Grocer, of Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Ledger, 1915. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71014250 From the description of Ledger, [1918] Dec.-1919 June. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71014253 From the description of Ledger, 1911-1912. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71014259 Epithet: Rector of Malpas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8...

Rockfield Primitive Baptist Church (Franklin County, Va.)

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Old Republican Primitive Baptist Church.

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Holloway, A. C.

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Simpkins, Frank

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Shively, Ollie.

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Hartman, Peter

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Primitive Baptists

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