Object Details
Recorder
Oster, Harry
Collection Creator
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
Collection Citation
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
Berta --Take this hammer --Stewball --5 long years for one man --Alberta let your bangs grow long --I had 5 long years -- Early in the mornin' --All teamed up in Angola's mule lot --I got a hurtin' in my right side --Let your hammer ring --Cleaning this highway --John Henry --Something within me --Jesus cares.
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Local Numbers
Louisiana Folklore Society.A-5; Arhoolie.2012
FW-ASCH-LP-0998
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
Louisiana Folklore Society
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
1959.
General
Program notes by Harry Oster on container; additional notes and lyrics ([23] p.) inserted. Performer(s): Work songs; various performers. Production notes: Recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La. in 1959.
Place
United States
Louisiana
Topic
Folk songs -- United States
Prisoners' songs
Prisons
African Americans
Recorder
Oster, Harry
Culture
Americans
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Extent
1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-0998
Type
Archival materials
Phonograph records
Collection Rights
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Restrictions
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref16620
Large EAD
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CFCH.ASCH
CFCHFOLKLIFE
Record ID
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