LET ME HEAR AN AMEN: GOSPEL MUSIC AND ORAL HISTORY

In the last decade a substantial number of articles have appeared urging archivists to become activists in creating records to capture historical and cultural experiences that do not generate traditional written records, and to employ new techniques to insure adequacy of documentation.¹ The difficul...

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Published in:The Midwestern archivist 1989-01, Vol.14 (1), p.23-29
Main Author: GARRISON, ELLEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archivists
Commercial music
Gospel music
Musical performance
Oral history
Performing artists
Popular music
Sacred music
Singing
Songbooks
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Summary:In the last decade a substantial number of articles have appeared urging archivists to become activists in creating records to capture historical and cultural experiences that do not generate traditional written records, and to employ new techniques to insure adequacy of documentation.¹ The difficulties and successes which the Center for Popular Music has experienced in developing its resources for gospel music research demonstrate the utility of one such tool—oral history—in capturing critical information needed to understand such ephemeral phenomena, and support the view that archivists should develop a multi-dimensional approach to collection development.
ISSN:0363-888X