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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.

More About This Collection

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.

Metadata URL
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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