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Audio Recording Conversation with approximately 77 year old black male, Florida

Conversation with approximately 77 year old black male, Florida

About this Item

Title

  • Conversation with approximately 77 year old black male, Florida

Names

  • unidentified (Interviewer)
  • Unidentified (Speaker)
  • Sommer, Bettie (Collector)

Created / Published

  • 1977

Headings

  • -  Dogs--Anecdotes
  • -  English language--Dialects--Florida
  • -  Men, Black--Florida--Madison--Language
  • -  African American farmers--Florida--Madison--Language
  • -  Rural schools--Florida--Madison
  • -  Coon hunting--Florida
  • -  Sharecropping--Florida
  • -  Cotton farmers--Florida--Language
  • -  African American children--Mortality--Florida
  • -  Caskets--Florida
  • -  Funerals--Florida--Anecdotes
  • -  African American men--Florida--Social life and customs
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Narratives
  • -  Oral histories
  • -  Personal narratives
  • -  United States -- Florida

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Narratives
  • Oral histories
  • Personal narratives

Notes

  • -  For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL
  • -  Approximately 77 year old black male. One of eight children born to farmers. Subject cannot read or write and performs menial jobs for a living.
  • -  Talks about personal history, school, and pets.
  • -  Interviewer notes precede transcript. Incomplete transcript.
  • -  Only the first half of the audio is transcribed (up to 8:24), and the first two transcript images are descriptions.

Medium

  • Audio tape; 10.5” reel, 7.5 ips; duration: 18:59

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1986/022: AFS 24,322 b02

Source Collection

  • Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (AFC 1986/022)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line
Center for Applied Linguistics collection (AFC 1986/022), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Unidentified, Unidentified, and Bettie Sommer. Conversation with approximately 77 year old black male, Florida. 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afccal000155/.

APA citation style:

Unidentified, Unidentified & Sommer, B. (1977) Conversation with approximately 77 year old black male, Florida. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afccal000155/.

MLA citation style:

Unidentified, Unidentified, and Bettie Sommer. Conversation with approximately 77 year old black male, Florida. 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afccal000155/>.