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South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection

Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the southern third of Georgia.

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Date of Original
1996/2006

Subject
Folklore--Wiregrass
Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)
Primitive Baptists
Primitive Baptists--Georgia--History.
Primitive Baptists--History--Sources.
Sacred harp
Turpentine Industry and Trade

Medium
photographs

Type
Still Image

Description
This multi-genre ethnographic collection is an outgrowth of the South Georgia Folklife Project founded by Dr. Laurie Sommers in 1996. It reflects 10 years of field documentation and public programs from 1996 to 2006. Highlights of the collection include Southeast Georgia Sacred Harp, Okefenokee Music Survey, Flint River fisheries, Traditions of Turpentiners, Folkwriting (Lessons on Place, Heritage, and Traditions for Georgia Classrooms), online exhibits, and a radio archives of documentary programs originally broadcast on National Public Radio affiliates.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdosta_archives/albums/72157684300493675

Original Collection
South Georgia Folklife Project Collection, 1996-2006. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections., http://archives.valdosta.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=448&q=folklife

Holding Institution
Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

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Creator American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey

1. An abandoned frame central hall house near Live Oak Church in Turner County

Creator:: David Stanley
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-01-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

2. Akins family work together to bring in Jimmy Akins' tobacco crop north of Enigma in Berrien County

Creator:: Carl Fleischhauer
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-1-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

3. Allen Shellhorse poses with tobacco crew after they have unloaded "sheets" of freshly cured tobacco near Tifton

Creator:: Howard Marshall
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-1-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

4. Artie Lott at sugar mill on granddaddy Griffin's place

Creator:: Ben Greene
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-1-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

5. Becky Akins gathers tobacco leaves during the family harvest

Creator:: Carl Fleischhauer
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-1-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

6. Becky Akins packs tobacco on a stick during family tobacco harvest

Creator:: Carl Fleischhauer
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-01-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

7. Bedroom at Clement House

Creator:: Carl Fleischhauer
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-1-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

8. Berzilla Kennedy

Creator:: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-01-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

9. Berzilla Kennedy

Creator:: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-01-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

10. Billy Payne and Henry Overton fish the Alapaha River in a pond boat built by Mr

Creator:: David Stanley
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, South Central Georgia Folklife Survey
Date of Original:: 1977-1-01
Collection:: South Georgia Folklife Project Photograph Collection
Holding Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

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