Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection
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description: Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2004695183
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publisher: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
encoded as: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection
topic: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
subject: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
has part: Biographical History for: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
topic: Series I: Manuscripts
subject: Series I: Manuscripts
topic: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
subject: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
topic: Inventory.
subject: Inventory.
topic: List of Public Libraries.
subject: List of Public Libraries.
topic: Series II: Sound Recordings
subject: Series II: Sound Recordings
topic: GFC 1-23
subject: GFC 1-23
topic: GFC 24-53
subject: GFC 24-53
topic: GFC 54-79
subject: GFC 54-79
topic: GFC 80-107
subject: GFC 80-107
topic: GFC 108-128
subject: GFC 108-128
topic: GFC 129-149
subject: GFC 129-149
topic: GFC 150-172
subject: GFC 150-172
topic: GFC 173-192
subject: GFC 173-192
topic: GFC 194-214
subject: GFC 194-214
topic: GFC 216-237
subject: GFC 216-237
topic: GFC 238-263
subject: GFC 238-263
topic: GFC 264-288
subject: GFC 264-288
topic: GFC 290-307
subject: GFC 290-307
topic: GFC 308-325
subject: GFC 308-325
topic: Series III: Electronic Media
subject: Series III: Electronic Media

General International Standard for Archival Description
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Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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administers: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
provides access to: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
provides access to: Series I: Manuscripts
provides access to: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
provides access to: Inventory.
provides access to: List of Public Libraries.
provides access to: Series II: Sound Recordings
provides access to: GFC 1-23
provides access to: GFC 24-53
provides access to: GFC 54-79
provides access to: GFC 80-107
provides access to: GFC 108-128
provides access to: GFC 129-149
provides access to: GFC 150-172
provides access to: GFC 173-192
provides access to: GFC 194-214
provides access to: GFC 216-237
provides access to: GFC 238-263
provides access to: GFC 264-288
provides access to: GFC 290-307
provides access to: GFC 308-325
provides access to: Series III: Electronic Media

Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection
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description: Encoded by Judy Ng, December 2005; Revised by Nora Yeh
created: December 2005
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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
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Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
type: ArchivalResource
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: collection
identifier: AFC 2000/003
extent: 236 audiocassette tapes; 1 box of manuscripts and electronic media
language: eng
origination: Rosenbaum, Art
origination: Georgia Folklore Society
has biographical history: Biographical History for: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
scopecontent: Scope and Content Art Rosenbaum collected these field recordings in north and coastal Georgia between 1976 and 1983. They include many genres of instrumental and vocal folk music and, in addition, oral history interviews with some performers. These recordings were made in homes, churches, and at festivals with the intent of: 1) preserving through duplication the content of deteriorating tapes of local performing traditions; 2) making these recordings accessible to a wider public; and 3) ensuring the continuity of the musical traditions of these performers' ancestors. Although Rosenbaum made the majority of these recordings in the late 1970s and early 1980s, one tape (GFC 43) is dated from approximately 1955 and was duplicated from a recording by Oscar and Fred Huff. Another tape (GFC 171) was recorded with Joe Heaney in September 1966. Most of the recordings were made in summer and fall, but notably 4 tapes (GFC 319-322) record an Easter church service in Oglethorpe County. An extensive sequence of tapes (GFC 295-315) was recorded in the Georgia Sea Islands. Several lectures by visionary artist Rev. Howard Finster are included. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries holds the original masters, where they were deposited in 1987 by Art Rosenbaum, and the 3-1/4 inch preservation masters. A few tapes were not duplicated onto audiocassettes because of their extremely poor condition even after restoration. The Inventory (Folder 2) appended to this guide provides further details. In addition to complete sets of recordings at the Archive of Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center and the University of Georgia Media Archives (Athens, GA 30602), different selections of reference copies from the collection are also held at locations around Georgia. In regions that are represented in the field recordings, the University of Georgia Libraries deposited relevant copies of field tapes at the regional public libra…
other finding aids: http://lccn.loc.gov/2004695183
type: Aggregation
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has part: Series I: Manuscripts
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has part: Series II: Sound Recordings
aggregates: Series II: Sound Recordings
has part: Series III: Electronic Media
aggregates: Series III: Electronic Media

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236 audiocassette tapes; 1 box of manuscripts and electronic media
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Rosenbaum, Art
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is origination of: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983

Georgia Folklore Society
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is origination of: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983

Biographical History for: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
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body: Biographical History The field collector, Art Rosenbaum, is a professor of art at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. He was born in 1938 and received his degrees from Columbia University (A.B. 1960, MFA 1961). He also studied at the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie in Paris on a Fulbright grant in 1964-65, and has exhibited his drawings and paintings extensively. He has recorded folk musicians throughout the United States, particularly in Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and New York. Some of his visual art portrays the performers and musical performances represented in his musical collections. Rosenbaum has published Shout Because You're Free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia (F 292 .M15 R67 1998; Margo Newmark Rosenbaum, photographs; Johann S. Buis, music transcriptions and historical essay). This book draws in part from the field recordings of the Georgia Folklore Collection, and also includes subsequent field research. Four recordings that include music from these field recordings are: Folk Vision and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia (1983, Folkways FE 34161-34162), Down Yonder: Old-Time String Band Music from Georgia (1982, Folkways FS 31089), McIntosh County Shouters: Slave Shout Songs from the Coast of Georgia (1984, Folkways FE 4344), and Georgia Folk: A Sampler of Traditional Sounds (1990, Global Village SC 03).
topic: Rosenbaum, Art
subject: Rosenbaum, Art
topic: Georgia Folklore Society
subject: Georgia Folklore Society
is biographical history for: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
is part of: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection

Series I: Manuscripts
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is part of: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
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access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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has part: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
aggregates: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
has part: Inventory.
aggregates: Inventory.
has part: List of Public Libraries.
aggregates: List of Public Libraries.

Series II: Sound Recordings
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
is aggregated by: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: GFC 1-23
aggregates: GFC 1-23
has part: GFC 24-53
aggregates: GFC 24-53
has part: GFC 54-79
aggregates: GFC 54-79
has part: GFC 80-107
aggregates: GFC 80-107
has part: GFC 108-128
aggregates: GFC 108-128
has part: GFC 129-149
aggregates: GFC 129-149
has part: GFC 150-172
aggregates: GFC 150-172
has part: GFC 173-192
aggregates: GFC 173-192
has part: GFC 194-214
aggregates: GFC 194-214
has part: GFC 216-237
aggregates: GFC 216-237
has part: GFC 238-263
aggregates: GFC 238-263
has part: GFC 264-288
aggregates: GFC 264-288
has part: GFC 290-307
aggregates: GFC 290-307
has part: GFC 308-325
aggregates: GFC 308-325

Series III: Electronic Media
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
is aggregated by: Art Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection 1955-1983 1976-1983
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
aggregates: Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.

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Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
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is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
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access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: Hard copy and disc copy.

Inventory.
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is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
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access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: Includes descriptions and the column headings Call Number, Artist, Group/ Event/ Title, Date, Recording Location, and Songs.

List of Public Libraries.
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is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
is aggregated by: Series I: Manuscripts
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: Includes the names, addresses, phone numbers, directors, and service area of the public libraries receiving copies of the field recordings. Also includes the number of audiocassettes donated, the original number of reel-to-reel tapes duplicated on the audiocassettes, and the locations at which the original masters were recorded.

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GFC 1-23
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
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access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 24-53
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 54-79
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 80-107
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 108-128
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 129-149
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 150-172
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 173-192
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: Note: Tape 193 was not transferred to audiocassette copy.

GFC 194-214
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: Note: Tape 215 was not transferred to audiocassette copy.

GFC 216-237
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 238-263
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 264-288
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: Note: Tape 289 was not transferred to audiocassette copy.

GFC 290-307
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

GFC 308-325
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file

Finding aid, inventory and correspondence.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series III: Electronic Media
is aggregated by: Series III: Electronic Media
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: file
scopecontent: 1 3/5-inch computer diskette. Contains the Finding aid and Inventory files.