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Works Cited Abbreviations and Archival Collections AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. AKD Arthur Kyle Davis Jr. Papers, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. ALC Alan Lomax Collection. Materials formerly at Hunter College, N.Y., and now at AFC. AMB Annabel Morris Buchanan Collection, SFC. ATM Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. CL Christopher Lornell Memphis Black Gospel Quartet Singers Oral History Collection, Mississippi Valley Collection, University Library , University of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn. Fisk Special Collections, Franklin Library, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Kahn Ed Kahn Collection, SFC. Kahn/Wade Ed Kahn, Coal Creek Papers. Manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemeral publications sent by Kahn to Stephen Wade, Sept. 2000, for eventual deposit in Kahn. KSHS Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kans. LC/Fisk Library of Congress/Fisk University Mississippi Delta Collection, AFC. LFP Lomax Family Papers, Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center, Research and Collections Division, Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Lomax Kentucky Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky Collection, AFC. MDAH Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Miss. Meade Guthrie Meade Collection, SFC. RPT Ruby Pickens Tartt Collection, Julia S. Tutwiler Library, University of West Alabama, Livingston, Ala. SFC Southern Folklife Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. [ 424 ] TT Southwest Collection, Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex. VFS Virginia Folklore Society, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Interviews Unless otherwise indicated, I conducted and tape-recorded the following interviews. Allen, Dorothy. Telephone interview, Jan. 16, 1997, Ft. Myers, Fla. Handwritten notes. ———. Telephone interview, Jan. 28, 1997, Ft. Myers, Fla. Arnett, Becky. Jan. 10, 1997, Winter Garden, Fla. Arnett, Eunice. Aug. 4, 1997, Salyersville, Ky. Handwritten notes. Baker, Etta. Telephone interview, Sept. 10, 2001, Morganton, N.C. Barnett, Ollie. Aug. 4, 1997, Stinson Creek, Ky. Barton, Matthew. Telephone interview, May 14, 2008, Washington, D.C. Handwritten notes. Black, Timuel. Telephone interview, Jan. 25, 1994, Chicago, Ill. Handwritten notes. Boudreaux, Ella Hoffpauir. Telephone interview, Dec. 17, 1996, St. Martinsville, La. Handwritten notes. ———. Feb. 6, 1997, St. Martinsville, La. ———. Feb. 21, 1999, St. Martinsville, La. Bray, Harley. Telephone interview, Oct. 17, 2007, Edmonds, Wash. Broadway, Opal. Telephone interview, June 5, 1997, Memphis, Tenn. Handwritten notes. ———. Oct. 25, 1997, Memphis, Tenn. Bronner, the Reverend Flem. Telephone interview, Jan. 13, 1997, St. Louis, Mo. Handwritten notes. Brooks, Gertha Mae. Telephone interview, May 28, 1997, Memphis, Tenn. Handwritten notes. Burchfield, J. B. Jan. 27, 1997, Parchman, Miss. Handwritten notes. Cannon, Dede. Jan. 27, 1997, Parchman, Miss. Handwritten notes. Cherry, Hugh. Telephone interview, May 30, 1997, Houston, Tex. Handwritten notes. Corbin, Marilyn. Telephone interview, Jan. 6, 1997, Parchman, Miss. Handwritten notes. ———. Telephone interview, Sept. 22, 2009, Cleveland, Miss. Handwritten notes. Cotton, Appolonia. Oct. 26, 1997, Clarksdale, Miss. Dawson, Ralph. Telephone interview, Jan. 7 and 8, 1998, Denison, Tex. Handwritten notes. ———. Feb. 16 and 17, 1998, Denison, Tex. ———. Telephone interview, Apr. 25, 1998, Denison, Tex. ———. Telephone interview, Sept. 8, 1998, Denison, Tex. ———. Telephone interview, Dec. 27, 1998, Denison, Tex. ———. Telephone interview, May 8, 2003, Denison, Tex. ———. Telephone interview, May 14, 2003, Denison, Tex. ———. Telephone interview, June 9, 2003, Denison, Tex. Deal, Emma. Telephone interview, Oct. 11, 2000, Drew, Miss. Dickman, Pearl Steele. Dec. 13, 1997, Hamilton, Ohio. works cited [3.143.9.115] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 09:21 GMT) [ 425 ] Fields, Charlotte Smith (with Wiley Smith). June 19, 2002, Saltville, Va. Gabbard, Leona Steele. Telephone interview, Feb. 14 and 15, 2008, Hamilton, Ohio. Handwritten notes. Galliher, John. Tape-recorded interview by Wiley Smith, Jan. 24, 1972, Saltville, Va. Gladden, Chris. Nov. 25, 1997, Salem, Va. Handwritten notes. Gladden, Jim. Nov. 24 and 25, 1997, Salem, Va. Tape-recorded interview and handwritten notes. ———. Telephone interview, Jan. 6, 1998, Salem, Va. Handwritten notes. ———. Telephone interview, Mar. 14, 2004, Salem, Va. Handwritten notes. Gladden, Texas (with Hobart Smith). Phonographically recorded interview by Alan Lomax, Spring 1946, New York, N.Y. Goins, Melvin. Telephone interview, Oct. 23, 2007, Catlettsburg, Ky. Greene, Bruce. Telephone interview, Dec. 15, 1995, Burnsville, N.C. Handwritten notes. Haufrecht, Herbert. Telephone interview, May 8, 1996, Shady, N.Y. Handwritten notes. Hebb, Bobby. Telephone interview, Apr. 9, 2009, Nashville, Tenn. Heilbut, Anthony. Dec. 7, 1996, New York, N.Y. ———. Telephone interview, Dec. 21, 1996, New York, N.Y. Handwritten notes. Henderson, Sylvia. Nov. 18, 1996, Rugby, Va. Handwritten notes. Hill, Don. Telephone interview, Jan. 25, 2000, Oneonta, N.Y. Handwritten notes. Howard, Nannie. Jan. 10, 1997, Winter...

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