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Series I: Manuscripts
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BOX 1 FOLDER 1 |
Administrative |
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Folder list, AFC Collections Database and LC Catalog record
printouts |
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BOX 1 FOLDER 2 |
Correspondence (1938) |
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2 letters |
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BOX 1 FOLDER 3 |
Notes (1937-1941) |
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Field notes covering AFS 5035 to AFS 5098 (October 1937 to July
3, 1941); Field notes (1941); Superstitions (no date); "Taken from Charles L.
Todd / California Migrant Labor Collection" |
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BOX 1 FOLDER 4 |
Recording Logs (June 25 - July 25, 1941) |
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3 copies (AFS 5040 to AFS 5098) |
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BOX 1 FOLDER 5 |
Reports (1937-1939) |
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"Big World At Last Reaches Gee's Bend," transcript of article
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NY Times Magazine (August 22, 1937);
"Exploratory Study of the Customs, Attitudes and Folkways of the People in the
Community of Gee's Bend," by Nathaniel S. Colley (n.d.); "Gee's Bend," by U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture Farm Security Administration, 2 copies (Sept. 16, 1939;
revised Jan. 17, 1941); "Gee's Bend Annual Health Report 1938-1939," by Annie
E. Shamburg, Project Nurse (n.d.); "Gee's Bend Farms, Farm Security
Administration Report of S. T. Haynes, Farm Supervisor" (n.d.); "Gee's Bend
Farms Report of W.K. Idlett, Home Economist," 2 copies (n.d.); "Gee's
Bend-Report," no author (n.d.); "Gee's Bend: Report on Visit Made April 17-21,
1939," by Constance E. H. Daniel; "Narrative Report Covering the Economic,
Educational, Social and Community Progress for the Gee's Bend Project for the
Year, 1938"; "Report on Gee's Bend," no author (n.d.). |
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BOX 1 FOLDER 6 |
Transcriptions (June 25 - July 25, 1941) |
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Texts of songs, summary of interviews (AFS 5040 to AFS 5073) |
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BOX 1 FOLDER 7 |
Transcriptions (June 25 - July 25, 1941) |
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Texts of songs, summary of interviews (AFS 5074 to AFS 5098) |
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Series II: Sound Recordings
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Discs
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AFS 5035-5098 |
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64 disc recordings recorded in Port Norris, New Jersey and
Alabama. Specific locations in Alabama include Gee's Bend, Palmerdale,
Birmingham, Bessemer, Camden, Greensboro, Selma and Rehoboth. |
