Episode Summary:
As host Chris Haley said, Zora Neale Hurston was a homegrown Florida treasure, known for her wit, charm, and a true gift for collecting folklore. As part of her work with the Writers’ Project, she made over a dozen recordings with audio equipment borrowed from the Library of Congress.
She knew about the equipment from earlier field recordings she had made with folklorist Alan Lomax. So, when she had the chance to use it for the Writers’ Project, Hurston “checked it out” from the Library.
We do use short excerpts in our last episode, but the full recordings really are a lot of fun to listen to. After you listen to these, we encourage you to go to the Library of Congress to listen to more!
Links and Resources:
Preserving Songs and Culture: Zora Neale Hurston and the Federal Writers' Project
Original Recording: Georgia Skin
Original Recording: Dat Old Black Gal
Original Recording: Let the Deal Go Down
Original Recording: Mule on the Mount
Credits:
Director: Andrea Kalin
Producers: Andrea Kalin, David A. Taylor, James Mirabello
Editors: James Mirabello and Ethan Oser
Writer: James Mirabello
Featuring music and archival material from:
Pond5
Library of Congress
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Produced with support from:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Virginia Humanities
Florida Humanities
Wisconsin Humanities
California Humanities
Humanities Nebraska
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