- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of Z.B. Armstrong, Thomson, Georgia, 28 June 1987
- Creator:
- McWillie, Judith
- Date of Original:
- 1987-06-28
- Subject:
- Folk artists--Georgia--Thompson
Folk art--Georgia--Thompson
Judgement Day
Calendar--Georgia--Thompson
Doomsday Clock
Clocks and watches--Georgia--Thompson
Furniture making--Georgia--Thompson
African American artists--Georgia--Thompson
Bible--Parables
Bible
Space and time
Titanic (Steamship)
Sun
Moon
Astronomy
Burial--Georgia--Thompson
Societies--Georgia--Thompson
Cabinet makers--Georgia--Thompson
Concrete
Woodworkers--Georgia--Thompson
Sharecropping--Georgia--Thompson
Cotton picking--Georgia--Thompson
Cotton plantation workers--Georgia--Thompson
Armstrong, Zebedee, 1911-1993 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson, 33.47069, -82.50457
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Video of interview with Z. B. Armstrong at his home. Armstrong is an artist from McDuffie County, who is known for his box calendars, which aim to predict the date of doomsday. He also makes objects out of concrete and wood, including furniture. He is asked questions about his art, and Armstrong discusses stories that inspire him, such as the story of Samson and Delilah, and the sinking of the Titanic, and discusses at length the interplay between the sun and the moon. Armstrong is asked early in the interview about his story of being visited by an angel, who told him that the end of the world was coming. Armstrong also discusses picking cotton for work, and the large amounts he could pick in a day.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2075
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2075
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 69 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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