Oral history interviews with Tollie Lee, January 31, 1998 and May 18, 2005
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Authors
Lee, Tollie
Issue Date
1998-01-31
Type
Text
Sound
Sound
Language
en_US
Keywords
Florida , Oral histories , Sound recordings , Lee, Tollie (1942-) , Nassau (Fla.) , Callahan (Fla.) , Hilliard (Fla.) , Brantley County (Ga.) , Priests , Primitive Baptists , Church musicians , Sacred harp , Gospel music , Shape-note singing
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Abstract
Oral history interviews with Tollie Lee, January 31, 1998 and May 18, 2005. Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Audio file digitized from DAT and cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. 3 interviews:
1) DAT-1004.10 Tollie Lee Interview, 1998-01-31. January 31, 1998. Hilliard (Fla.); Fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers. Interview with Tollie Lee discussing aspects of the Sacred Harp Tradition.
2) DAT-1004.11 Nathalene Sacred Harp Sing with Tollie Lee, January 31, 1998. Nathalene Primitive Baptist Church, Callahan (Fla.);
3) DAT-1004.53: Interview with Tollie Lee, May 18, 2005. Valdosta, Georgia. Primitive Baptist Traditions. Tollie discusses Primitive Baptist tradition in the Crawfordite and Bennettite traditions as background for a planned radio piece on Big Meeting recorded at Rome Primitive Baptist Church in Dixie Union outside Waycross in fall of 2004. Tollie lined hymns and was one of the elders who preached. Tape recording of just over an hour covers earliest memories of Big or Annual Meetings, stories about Big Meeting he was told (preacher and the bull), terminology for Big Meeting, Annual Meeting, Yearly Meeting, descriptions of what goes on in annual meetings (Sat vs. Sunday, time of the year, communion and foot washing, right hand of fellowship), hymn lining, Frank Lee and Elton Dowling as superb liners of the past, how Tollie joined the church, preaching style.
Description
3 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 3 audio file(s) (wav x5, mp3 x3) 3.99 GB (4,294,415,590 bytes). 01:58:01, 02:02:25, 01:07:55. 5 PDF documents (31 scans, jp2). Bag approx. 4.85 GB (5,210,262,576 bytes).
Citation
Interviews with Tollie Lee, June 18, 1997, January 31, 1998, May 18, 2005, PRJ1014-087. South Georgia Folklife Collection, UA-22-12. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. https://archivesspace.valdosta.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/54059 Accessed July 05, 2022.
Publisher
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
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