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TitleLewis Jones and Willis James recordings at Fort Valley State CollegeTypeMusicAudioCollectionContributionBell, Charlie O. (Performer)Brown, Buster, 1911-1976 (Performer)Duffy, J. F. (Performer)Ezell, Buster (Performer)Gay, Beatie, Mrs (Performer)Johnson, Albert, deacon (Performer)Jackson, Deacon Sam (Performer)Purnell, H. P. (Performer)Sander, Alvin (Performer)Smith, C. E. (Singer) (Performer)Sneed, James (Performer)Walker, J. W. (Singer) (Performer)James, Willis, 1900-1966 (Collector)Jones, Lewis Wade, 1910-1979 (Collector)Davies Hill School Chorus (Performer)Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir (Performer)First Baptist Church (Byron, Ga.). Mixed quartet (Performer)Middle Georgia Four (Musical group) (Performer)Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) (Collector)Fort Valley State College (Ga.) (Collector)Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program (Contributor) SubjectBond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972--Correspondence. (LCSH)James, Willis, 1900-1966--Correspondence. (LCSH)Wiant, Bliss, 1895-1975--Correspondence. (LCSH)Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Correspondence. (LCSH)Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975--Correspondence. (LCSH)Fort Valley State College (Ga.)Gospel music--Georgia (LCSH)Folk music--Georgia (LCSH)African American gospel singers--Georgia (LCSH)Folk songs, English--Georgia (LCSH)Blues (Music)--1941-1950 (LCSH)Christmas music--Georgia (LCSH)Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied (LCSH)Patriotic music--United States (LCSH)World War, 1939-1945--Songs and music (LCSH)Folk festivals--Georgia (LCSH)African Americans--Folklore (LCSH)African Americans--Georgia--Music (LCSH)African American soldiers--Georgia--Music (LCSH)Field recordings--Georgia--Fort Valley (LCSH)Fort Valley (Ga.)--Social life and customs. (LCSH) NoteLanguage: In English.The Fort Valley, Georgia, Recordings (AFC 1944/003) were made by Willis L. James in June and July 1943.John Work Collection of Negro Folk Music from the Southeast (AFC 1941/035) includes recordings of gospel music and blues made at the 1942 Fort Valley Folk Festival in Georgia.SummaryCollection of sound recordings of performances of African American blues and gospel music and a war-time program of soldier's songs in connection with the fourth annual Fort Valley Folk Festival, March 5-7, 1943; also known as the Fourth Annual Negro Folk Festival at Fort Valley. Some songs are accompanied by harmonica, guitar, and washboard; some are performed by unaccompanied gospel quartets and choirs. This collection includes correspondence between H. M. Bond, president, Fort Valley College and Alan Lomax, Library of Congress (5 items, 5 leaves; 1941-1942), and continues with correspondence between H. M. Bond, Willis L. James, Bliss Wiant, and Benjamin A. Botkin for the Library of Congress (34 items, 38 leaves; 1943) regarding this project and additional recordings made at Fort Valley in June and July 1943. Also includes the program for The Fort Valley Peach Folk Festival, Fort Valley State College Auditorium, Sunday, August 1, 1943, directed by Willis Laurence James; The Peachite, Fort Valley State College, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1943; and "The Fort Valley State College Folk Festival, Festival Number" of the Peachite, Vol. 2, No. 2, March 1944, which includes a history of the festival, music arranged by John W. Work and Willis Laurence James, biographical profiles and statements of support for the college and festival, and lyrics to "Roosevelt and Hitler: Bus (Buster) Ezell's War Time Song, or, Strange Things Are Happening in the Land."Table Of ContentsTitles on sound recordings: I'm gonna make you happy
War song
Roosevelt and Hitler, part 1
Roosevelt and Hitler, part 2
Joe Louis
Southern rag
Milk cow blues
Holy babe
If I had my way
Over in Zion
My footsteps keep following me
Ain't but me one
It's cool down here
Twenty-fifth of December
Lead me to that rock
I'm a pilgrim
Lord, I walked.
CaptureRecorded in Fort Valley, Georgia, by Willis Laurence James and Lewis Wade Jones, March 1943.Authorized Access PointLewis Jones and Willis James recordings at Fort Valley State College