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Sweet is the Day: A Sacred Harp Family Portrait in PDF format Click the image for a booklet which tells about Sacred Harp Singing traditions of the Wootten on Sand Mountain as well as videostreaming instructions and promotional information for television programmers. |
"Quilts & Baskets" Exhibit Catalog in PDF format: Click the image for a booklet which contains information about quilter and National Heritage Fellow Mozell Benson and 8 traditional basketmakers in Alabama. |
Traditional Musics Vol 2: African American Seven Shapenote CD Booklet in PDF format Click the image for a booklet which tells about 7-shape (do-re-mi as opposed to the 4-shape fa-so-la scale of the Sacred Harp) gospel singing traditions among African-Americans in Alabama. |
Traditional Musics Vol 3: 2002 National Sacred Harp Singing Convention CD Booklet in PDF format Click the image for a booklet which gives a history of the influential shape-note book The Sacred Harp and the traditions associated with it. |
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History and Evolution of Folklife Collecting and Scholarship in Alabama Click the image for an article which discusses folklife research in Alabama from 1860 though 1989. It originally appeared in Alabama Folklife: Collected Essays, edited by Stephen H. Martin and published by the Alabama Folklife Association in 1989.Its author, Henry Willett, was director of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture from 1990-2003 |
AFA Newsletters Click on the date to read about recent projects and activities of the Alabama Folklife Association.
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Traditional Musics Vol 4: African American Sacred Harp Singers CD Booklet in PDF format Click the image for a booklet which gives a history of the influential shape-note book The Sacred Harp in the African American tradition in the Wiregrass area of Alabama. |
Evidence for John Henry in Alabama A paper by John F. Garst presented at "John Henry in Leeds: Celebrating a Local Legend." For more information about Dr. Garst and the event, click here. |
