Object Details
Performer
Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984
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
Story about hootin' owls--Sandaree-All hid--Juba--Rice and peas--Kneebone--Oh, day, yonder come day--If you want to please your captain--Ain't it hard to be a farmer
sova.cfch.asch_ref20266
Local Numbers
FW-ASCH-7RR-1845
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
Recorded in: United States, California, Berkeley (Calif.), 1962.
General
CDR copy Tape Info: The following tapes were recorded at the 1962 University of California - Berkeley Folk Festival. Many other tapes in the CFCH Archives were recorded at the same festival. FW-ASCH-7RR-1845, recorded on 6/27, 1962, is reel 1 of a "Folksong Concert" featuring Bessie Jones, of the Georgia Sea Islands. She sings children's songs, spirituals and work songs. A song list in the tape box lists five additional songs she presumably sang after the tape ended.
Place
Berkeley (Calif.)
California
United States
Georgia
Topic
Sea Islands -- Songs and music
Folk songs -- Georgia
Folk songs -- United States
Sea Islands
African Americans
Performer
Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984
Culture
Americans
Gullahs
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Extent
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1845
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Collection Rights
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref20266
Large EAD
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CFCH.ASCH
CFCHFOLKLIFE
Record ID
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