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Series II: Sound Recordings
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AFC 2011/026: SR081, 1928; March 3, 1963
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1 sound tape reel (1 hr., 04 min., 52 sec.)
: analog, 15 ips or 7 1/2 ips ; 10 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr081a |
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The first song is a dub of the 1928 Okeh recording of Hurt performing Avalon
blues. SR088 is a copy of the same recording. Some selections are from March 3,
1963, while others are from performances at various venues. |
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Avalon blues |
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Cow hookin' blues [instrumental
version] |
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See SR015a. |
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John talks about his life and history (others
interject along the way) |
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Others listening join the conversation at times. |
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Ain't nobody but you |
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Make me a pallet on the floor |
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Sliding Delta |
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Sung by an unidentified man and then by Hurt, who plays guitar
throughout. |
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Make me a pallet on the floor |
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This is a different version from the previous one on the same recording. |
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Monday morning blues |
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[Hurt tells stories] |
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Stagolee |
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Spoken introduction and song. |
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Worried blues |
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Avalon blues |
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AFC 2011/026: SR082, circa 1964
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1 sound tape reel (46 min.) : analog ; 10
in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr082 |
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Partial dub of interview recording with Pete Seeger (SR082); spoken word
section only. |
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AFC 2011/026: SR087, circa 1963-1966
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1 sound tape reel (Side A: 48 min., 37
sec.; Side B: 10 min., 23 sec.) : analog ; 7 in. |
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Interview with Hurt. |
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Side A |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr087a |
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Interview |
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Side B |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr087b |
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The welcome address |
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Hurt credits Holly Ochs as co-writer of the song. |
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AFC 2011/026: SR088 |
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1 sound tape reel (41 min., 53 sec.) :
analog, 7 1⁄2 ips, 1/2 track, mono ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr088 |
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According to notes in the tape box, this is a compilation of Hurt recordings
made for Maynard Solomon for the lawsuit with Vanguard. The recordings are from
the "Music Rsesearch vaults" (i.e., Music Research, Inc.). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR089 |
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1 sound tape reel (37 min., 51 sec.) :
analog, 7 1⁄2 ips, 1/2 track, mono ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr089 |
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interview |
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AFC 2011/026: SR090 |
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1 sound tape reel (Side A: 12 min., 44
sec.; Side B: 1 hr., 4 min., 26 sec.) : analog, 4 track ; 7
in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr090 |
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Dub of commercial recordings, possibly opera; recorded in a language other than
English. Side A may have print through; a second recording (unrelated to this
collection) can be heard simultaneously during playback. |
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AFC 2011/026: SR091 |
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1 sound tape reel (23 min., 49 sec.):
analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr091 |
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Dub of one or more commercial sound recordings (nothing by Hurt). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR092 |
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1 sound tape reel (21 min., 59 sec.) :
analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr092 |
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Dub of a ragtime music compilation LP, Side B only (Piedmont 13158-B). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR093 |
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1 sound tape reel (23 min., 22 sec.) :
analog ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr093 |
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Dub of one or more commercial sound recordings (nothing by Hurt). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR094 |
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1 sound tape reel (21 min., 50 sec.) :
analog ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr094 |
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Dub of one or more commercial sound recordings (nothing by Hurt). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR095 |
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1 sound tape reel (21 min., 29 sec.) :
analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr095 |
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Dub of a compilation LP of 12-string guitar music, Side A only. (Piedmont
13159-A)). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR096 |
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1 sound tape reel (21 min., 34 sec.) :
analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr096 |
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Dub of a commercial disc sound recording of Corrina, Corrina. See note for
SR098. |
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AFC 2011/026: SR097 |
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1 sound tape reel (21 min., 24 sec.) :
analog ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr097 |
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Dub of one or more commercial sound recordings (nothing by Hurt). |
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AFC 2011/026: SR098 |
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1 sound tape reel (21 min., 44 sec.) :
analog ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr098 |
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Dub of the same recording as SR096. |
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Series III: Graphic Images
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Some of the photos were used as legal evidence in the court case brought by the
Hurt family against Hoskins. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Avalon, Mississippi, March 1963
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6 black-and-white photos taken in Avalon, measuring 4 1/2 in. x 3 1/4 in. Two
have notes in red ballpoint ink along a border. Photos show the exterior of
Hurt's home, a nearby store, and an unidentified man. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/2 |
Avalon, Mississippi, April 1963
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6 black-and-white photos of Hurt, taken in front of his home; measuring 4 1/2
in. x 3 1/4 in. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/3 |
Avalon, Mississippi, January 23, 1965
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2 black-and-white photos taken in front of the post office in Avalon. One photo
measures 5 in. x 4 in., and the other is slightly smaller (the bottom edge has
been cut off). The complete photo shows Hurt holding a sunburst guitar; another
man stands next to him (described on the other photo's verso as his "buddy"),
and a third, unidentified man stands at left. The cropped photo shows only Hurt
and his friend. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/4 |
Avalon, Mississippi, April 1965
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25 3 in. x 5 in. black-and-white photos taken in Avalon. Another, smaller photo
was trimmed from a larger photo. While the date stamp on the border says April
1965, it is evident some of the photos were taken in March, as the unidentified
man in those photos also appears in the so-called April 1965 photos. The photos
show Hurt and his wife Jessie in front of their home, group of men at the gas
station, livestock, and the unidentified man seen in the March 1963 photos. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/5 |
Avalon, Mississippi |
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12 4 in. x 5 in. black-and-white photos and 3 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white
photos, taken in Avalon; Hoskins may appear in one photo with Hurt. Most of the
photos were taken of Hurt near what appears to be a disused canal or waterway,
sometimes with a guitar. Some photos show Hurt and the guitar (which may have
belonged to Hoskins) on the steps of his home. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/6 |
Unidentified boy, holding a guitar, February 17, 1970
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Black-and-white Polaroid photo, measuring 3 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in. This may be
Hurt's grandson: the hat looks like the one usually worn by Hurt. The child is wearing
a Cub Scout uniform. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/7 |
Photo by Seth Beckerman, circa 1963-1966
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1 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white photo of Hurt in concert. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/8 |
Photos by Bob Campbell (Robert James Campbell),
circa 1963-1966
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3 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white contact sheets of 35mm images (and some
cut-out pieces of contact sheets). Photos taken at the Gaslight Cafe, in
New York. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/9 |
Photos by Stephen C. (Steve) LaVere
(photocopies), 1964
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Photocopies of 2 black-and-white 8 in. x 10 in. photos and 2 black-and-white
contact sheets of 35mm images. Taken at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. Fred
and Annie McDowell appear in the 8 in. x 10 in. photos. The contact sheet
includes the same images, plus other scenes, including Hurt performing
onstage. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/10 |
Photos by Jim Mahan, September 11, 1963
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8 black-and-white contact sheets of 35mm images, taken at a coffee house in
Washington, D.C. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/11 |
Photos by J. Robert (Bob) Mantler, circa 1963-1966
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One 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white photo of Hurt, with a matching copy
negative. Two 8 in x 10 in. black-and-white contact sheets, with a total of 18
frames showing Hurt playing or posing with a guitar. An envelope with Mantler's
name is included in the folder. The 8 in. x 10 in. image may have been used for
an album called "Legacy." |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/12 |
Photos by Jim Marshall, circa July 23-26, 1964;
undated
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1 8 in. x 10 in. black and white photo of Elizabeth Cotten and Hurt posing
(off-stage) at the Newport Folk Festival, 1964. Two 8 in. x 10 in. photos of
hurt, onstage (undated), plus an envelope labeled with the return address of
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, and sent to Hoskins. Also, a slip of paper
that accompanies the photos, noted that an item (unidentified) was an exhibit
in a legal case. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/13 |
Photo by Rick Sullo |
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1 black-and-white 8 in. x 10 in. close-up photo of Hurt. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/14 |
Photos by Paul S. Ulrich, 1964
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5 black-and-white 8 in. x 10 in. photos of Hurt on stage, during a concert with
Pete Seeger at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (December 12, 1964). 1
black-and-white 8 in. x 10 in. of Hurt at the blues workshop, Philadelphia Folk
Festival (1964). |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/15 |
Photo proofs, circa 1963-1966
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3 black-and-white photo proofs, one measuring approximately 7 1/4 in. x 7 3/4
in, and two approximately 7 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/16 |
Photos from the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1964
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Three 8 1/2 in. x 14 in. photocopies of contact sheets showing Hurt at Newport
(1963); the photographer is John Byrne Cooke (son of Alistair Cooke). One
photocopy of an uncredited photo from Newport in 1964, with Hurt and Elizabeth
Cotten. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/17 |
Three contact sheets, circa 1963-1966
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3 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white contact sheets of 35mm images. Each sheet
represents the work of a different photographer: Cogan (probably Michael
Cogan), Karovitch (no other information), and Bobbi Lord. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/18 |
Contact sheets from an unidentified
photographer, circa
1963-1966
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6 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white contact sheets of 35mm images |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/19 |
Still photos of moving image film, circa 1963-1966
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5 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white photos of film, showing Hurt playing guitar
(see MV01 for the moving images from which these frames were copied). Some
images show him without a hat. Three images have edge code: two copies of the
same image have 14722 and another image has 14719. A separate group of items
are strips and pieces of paper, in various sizes, with still frames from the
film. These function as proofs (handwritten notations on some of them). |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/20 |
Images and related documentation, circa 1963-1966
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4 8 in. x 10 in. black-and-white photos and 1 8 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. print of a
negative. Related documentation includes contact information for Lucille Hurt
and for Paul Ulrich, as well as photocopies of photos, a draft of an essay for
a commercial release on King Bee Records, a photocopied magazine article about
Hurt that mentions Hoskins, and a manila envelope with handwritten notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/21 |
Color slides |
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21 35mm Ektachrome color slides, showing Hurt in performance (close-ups).
Accompanied by the original slide mount display, plus a slip of paper
indicating these slides were submitted as an exhibit in a legal case. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/22 |
Skip James (photo, circa 1960s ) |
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Black-and-white photo of Skip James, measuring 4 1/2 in. x 2 3/4 in.; relocated
from folder 1/10. |
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