Georgia folklore collection [sound recording], 1977-1983. 1977-1983.

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Georgia folklore collection [sound recording], 1977-1983. 1977-1983.

The Georgia Folklore Collection contains field recordings of Georgia folk musicians made by George Mitchell, Art Rosenbaum, and other volunteers that were part of the Georgia Folklore Society. Over one thousand hours of music, interviews, and storytelling includes rare and lively performances by the Tanners, the Rev. Howard Finster, and the McIntosh County Shouters, a group from the Georgia coast whose members continue the musical traditions of their slave ancestors.

325 sound cassettes : analog.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7757569

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McIntosh County Shouters (Musical group)

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Finster, Howard, 1916-2001

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Self-taught visionary artist; Georgia. From the description of Howard Finster papers, 1932-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502741 From the description of Howard Finster illustrated letter and cards, [ca. 1981]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546159 The Reverend Howard Finster emerged from the rural Appalachian culture of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia to become one of America's most important creative personalities in the last quarter of the twen...

Tanners (Musical group)

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Georgia Folklore Society

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Biographical History The field collector, Art Rosenbaum, is a professor of art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. He was born in 1938 and received his degrees from Columbia University (A.B. 1960, MFA 1961). He also studied at the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie in Paris on a Fulbright grant in 1964-65, and has exhibited his drawings and paintings extensively. He has recorded folk musicians throughout the United Stat...

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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