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Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church
Subject
Fieldwork
African Americans
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Churches
Church services
Protestants
Sermons
Preachers
Christianity
Prayer
Church attendance
Gospel music
Gospel (Black)
Religion
Religious music
Singers
Description
Two reel to reel recordings. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1980-05-11
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Testerina Primitive Baptist Church Congregation (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Format
audiotape reels
sound recordings
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t81-023
Series
S1576
Item ID
T81-23
T83-89
Event Name
Florida Record Project: Drop On Down in Florida
Collector or Fieldworker
DeVane, Dwight
Dyen, Doris J.
Tradition Bearer
Testerina Primitive Baptist Church Congregation (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Ethnicity or Nationality
African American
Title of Work
I Don't Know What I'd Do Without the Lord (T81-23)