Folklife section collection, 1980.

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Folklife section collection, 1980.

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Interviews with Viona Staton (1907- ) and Roy Jones (1923- ), Anglo-Americans from Tuxedo, N.C., and Joseph O. Bell (1904- ), Anglo- American from Green River, N.C., about the Happy Land, a post-Civil War settlement of newly freed African Americans in western North Carolina. This collection reflects the creation of a folk history as none of these people had any direct contact with this community. They relate memories from childhood and what they heard from other members of the community. The Kingdom of the Happy Land was extant from about 1866 until about 1913.

3 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241149

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Jones, Roy, 1923-

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Hinson, Glenn

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Anthropology professor Glenn Hinson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has focused this research on the music, language, and belief systems of African American communities. From the description of Glenn Hinson collection of gospel music posters, 1984-2004. WorldCat record id: 244305692 ...

Staton, Viona, 1907-

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Bell, Joseph O., 1904-

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