Date of Original
1996/2006

Subject
Folklore--Georgia
Country life--Georgia
Shape-note singing--Georgia
Folk music--Georgia
Turpentine industry and trade--Georgia
Turpentine industry workers--Georgia
Fisheries--Georgia
Agricultural laborers--Georgia

Location
United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, Atkinson County, 31.29711, -82.87999
United States, Georgia, Bacon County, 31.55367, -82.45269
United States, Georgia, Baker County, 31.32618, -84.44467
United States, Georgia, Ben Hill County, 31.75978, -83.22046
United States, Georgia, Berrien County, 31.27606, -83.22962
United States, Georgia, Brantley County, 31.19688, -81.9819
United States, Georgia, Brooks County, 30.84197, -83.58021
United States, Georgia, Bryan County, 32.01322, -81.44247
United States, Georgia, Bulloch County, 32.39681, -81.74318
United States, Georgia, Calhoun County, 31.5292, -84.62451
United States, Georgia, Camden County, 30.92249, -81.63639
United States, Georgia, Charlton County, 30.78172, -82.13769
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
United States, Georgia, Clinch County, 30.91495, -82.70624
United States, Georgia, Coffee County, 31.54927, -82.8492
United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, 31.18839, -83.76885
United States, Georgia, Cook County, 31.15399, -83.43047
United States, Georgia, Decatur County, 30.87834, -84.57907
United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, 31.53337, -84.21625
United States, Georgia, Early County, 31.32283, -84.90364
United States, Georgia, Echols County, 30.71009, -82.89394
United States, Georgia, Effingham County, 32.36731, -81.34134
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, 31.21324, -81.4937
United States, Georgia, Grady County, 30.87467, -84.23443
United States, Georgia, Irwin County, 31.60228, -83.27638
United States, Georgia, Lanier County, 31.03789, -83.06265
United States, Georgia, Lee County, 31.77951, -84.14113
United States, Georgia, Liberty County, 31.80723, -81.45626
United States, Georgia, Long County, 31.75258, -81.74577
United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, 30.83386, -83.26771
United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, 31.48381, -81.37557
United States, Georgia, Miller County, 31.16399, -84.73072
United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, 31.22532, -84.19431
United States, Georgia, Pierce County, 31.35876, -82.21274
United States, Georgia, Seminole County, 30.93878, -84.86887
United States, Georgia, Terrell County, 31.77688, -84.43692
United States, Georgia, Thomas County, 30.86368, -83.91931
United States, Georgia, Tift County, 31.45744, -83.52659
United States, Georgia, Turner County, 31.71638, -83.62409
United States, Georgia, Ware County, 31.05363, -82.42368
United States, Georgia, Worth County, 31.55151, -83.85088

Medium
texts (document genres)
visual works
reports
sound recordings

Type
Still Image
Sound
Text

Description
This collection is an outgrowth of the South Georgia Folklife Project, founded by folklorist and ethnomusicologist Dr. Laurie Kay Sommers in 1996. It reflects ten years of field documentation and public programs from 1996-2006. 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 the Georgia Classroom), online exhibits, and a radio archives of documentary programs originally broadcast on Georgia Public Radio and other public radio affiliates. The South Georgia Folklife Collection includes both published and unpublished materials which document traditional culture drawn primarily from the southern third of Georgia. The collection also contains material from Florida counties, especially those bordering the Georgia state line.

Metadata URL
http://archives.valdosta.edu/folklife/index.html

Rights Holder
Reproduction and publication only with permission of repository.

Original Collection
South Georgia Folklife Collection, Valdosta State University

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

Rights