LCFAFA No. 11                                    August 1992







                       ZORA NEALE HURSTON:

              RECORDINGS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND EPHEMERA
                 IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
         AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS




                         Compiled by Laura K. Crawley            
                              and Joseph C. Hickerson



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     Throughout this finding aid you will encounter several
abbreviations.  AFS refers to Archive of Folk Song, the Folk
Archive's title from 1955 to 1981.  AFS numbers refer to the
sequential numbering of recordings cataloged and controlled by
the Archive.  The LWO, RWC, VBF, and VBG numbers are shelflist
designations used by the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting
and Recorded Sound Division.  All indications of time duration
are estimates.

     For information on listening to and obtaining copies of the
Folk Archive's recordings listed in this finding aid, please
request a copy of A GUIDE TO THE COLLECTIONS OF RECORDED FOLK
MUSIC AND FOLKLORE IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS from the American
Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-8100.

     For information on obtaining copies of manuscripts or
photographs listed in this finding aid, please contact the
Photoduplication Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
20540-5230, for their PRICE LIST FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS.

     For information on viewing the films listed in this finding
aid, qualified researchers may contact the Motion Picture and
Television Reading Room, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and
Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
20540-4805. 

     For information on listening to and obtaining copies of the
radio program listed in this finding aid, please contact the
Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and
Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
20540-4805. 


                     ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
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                        SOUND RECORDINGS

AFS 370-387    Eighteen 12-inch discs of songs, stories, and
               instrumentals recorded in Florida and Georgia by
               Mary Elizabeth Barnicle, Zora Neale Hurston, and
               Alan Lomax, summer 1935.

AFS 377 B1:    One disc containing "Bella Mina" sung by group led
               by Hurston, recorded in Chosen, Florida, June
               1935.  (One minute; tape copy on LWO 4872 reel
               27A)

AFS 1877-1936  Sixty 10-inch discs of songs, stories, and
               instrumentals recorded in Haiti by Alan Lomax,
               December 1936--January 1937.

AFS 1879 A1-3: One disc containing three American Negro
               children's game songs and explanation, sung and
               spoken by Hurston.  Recorded in Petionville,
               Haiti, December 21, 1936.  (Hurston was in Haiti
               conducting independent research.)  (Three minutes;
               tape copy on LWO 4872 reel 132B)

AFS 1879 A1:   "Bluebird."

AFS 1879 A2:   "Bama, Bama."

AFS 1879 A3:   "There Stands a Bluebird," with explanation.

AFS 2735-3153  Four hundred nineteen 12-inch discs of songs,
               stories, and instrumentals recorded in several
               southern states by Herbert Halpert, March 15--June
               15, 1939, under the joint sponsorship of the
               Library of Congress and the Folk Arts Committee of
               the W.P.A.  

AFS 3135-3136; 3137B-3139; 3144B:  
               Six discs containing eighteen songs, stories, and
               explanations sung and spoken by Hurston.  Recorded
               in Jacksonville, Florida, June 18, 1939. (Forty-
               five minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 208B-
               209A)

AFS 3135 A:    "Gonna See My Long-Haired Babe."  Railroad spiking
               song with explanation.

AFS 3135 B1:   "Let's Shake It."  Railroad lining song with
               explanation.

AFS 3135 B2:   "Dat Old Black Gal."  Spiking song with
               explanation.

AFS 3136 A:    "Shove It Over."  Lining song with explanation.

AFS 3136 B:    "Mule on the Mount."  Lining song also used in
               other work, with explanation.

AFS 3137 B1-2: "Georgia Skin" and "Let the Deal Go Down."  Spoken
               description of a card game interspersed with a
               gambling song, with explanation.

AFS 3138 A1:   "Uncle Bud."  "Jook" song with explanation.

AFS 3138 A2:   "Oh, the Buford Boat Done Come."  Dance song with
               explanation.

AFS 3138 B1:   "Ever Been Down."  Blues song with explanation.

AFS 3138 B2:   "Halimuhfack."  "Jook" song with explanation.

AFS 3139 A1:   "Tampa."  Song Hurston says she learned as a
               child, with explanation.

AFS 3139 A2:   "Po' Gal."  Blues song with explanation.

AFS 3139 B1:   "Mama Don't Want No Peas, No Rice."  Bahaman song
               with explanation.

AFS 3139 B2:   "Crow Dance."  Bahaman dance song with
               explanation.

AFS 3144 B1:   "Wake Up, Jacob."  Camp rousing song with
               explanation.

AFS 3144 B2:   "Oh, Mr. Brown."  Dance song with explanation.

AFS 3144 B3:   "Tilly, Lend Me Your Pigeon."  Bahaman song with
               explanation.

AFS 3144 B4:   "Evelina," with explanation. 

AFS 9829-9868  One 12-inch and thirty-nine 16-inch discs of songs
               and instrumentals recorded at the National Folk
               Festival in Washington, D.C., by the U.S.
               Recording Company, May 1938.

AFS 9845 A1-6: One 16-inch disc containing six songs sung by a
               choir led by Hurston, recorded May 6, 1938.  The
               choir was sponsored by the Rollins College
               Folklore Group of Winter Park, Florida.  (Eleven
               minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 266B)

AFS 9845 A1:   "Can't You Line It."  Lining song similar to AFS
               3136 A.

AFS 9845 A2:   "Mule on de Mount."  Spiking song similar to AFS
               3136 B.

AFS 9845 A3:   "Dat Old Black Gal."  Spiking song similar to AFS
               3135 B2.

AFS 9845 A4:   "Oh Lula, Oh Gal."  Spiking song similar to AFS
               3135 A1.

AFS 9845 A5:   "Somebody's Knockin' at My Door."  Blues song with
               guitar.

AFS 9845 A6:   Unidentified song.

AFS 19,536-19,539   Four 7-inch tapes of an interview with Mary
                    Elizabeth Barnicle and Tillman Cadle recorded
                    in Townsend, Tennessee, by Michael Clark and
                    Gene Moore, January--February 1977.  Subjects
                    include personal and family history;
                    Barnicle's career as a folklorist;
                    friendships with Zora Neale Hurston, Huddie
                    "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Alan and John A.
                    Lomax, and Aunt Molly Jackson; fieldwork in
                    Kentucky; and a Harlan County strike.

AFS 19,536A:   One tape that includes (about two-thirds of the
               way through) Barnicle discussing Hurston, the
               Lomaxes, and the 1935 expedition to Florida,
               Georgia, and The Bahamas.  (Twenty minutes; LWO
               12,983 reel 1A)



                         VERTICAL FILES

Corporate Subject File:  Two folders containing articles,
                         correspondence, and clippings concerning
                         Hurston.  Some highlights are:

     1.   A review by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., of Robert
          Hemenway's biography ZORA NEALE HURSTON (THE NEW YORK
          TIMES BOOK REVIEW, February 19, 1978).

     2.   An article by Michele Wallace called "Who Dat Say Who
          Dat When I Say Who Dat?:  Zora Neale Hurston Then and
          Now" (VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, April 1988).  Includes
          a bibliography.

     3.   An essay by Daryl C. Dance titled "Zora Neale Hurston,"
          from the book AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS:  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
          ESSAYS (Westport, Connecticut:  Greenwood Press, 1983).

     4.   An article by Jacqueline Trescott titled "The Fabulous
          Zora Neale Hurston!" about revived interest in
          Hurston's work (WASHINGTON POST, May 21, 1978).

     5.   Several articles and programs about Ruby Dee's stage
          production "Zora is My Name!"

     6.   Several articles about Ellen Sebastian's stage
          production "The Sanctified Church" or "Sanctified."

     7.   Several articles and brochures about the annual Zora
          Festival in Eatonville, Florida.

     8.   An article by Alan Lomax titled "Zora Neale Hurston--A
          Life of Negro Folklore" (SING OUT!, October-November
          1960).

     9.   Copies of five photographs of Hurston.

     10.  An article by Hurston titled "A Negro Deplores the
          Segregation Decision" (RICHMOND SENTINEL, ca. 1956).

     11.  A typescript titled "Proposed Recording Expedition into
          the Floridas," prepared by Hurston as "Negro editor of
          the Florida Project" of the W.P.A.

     12.  Letter from Alan Lomax to Oliver Strunk dated August 3,
          1935, in which he describes Hurston's role in the
          Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle expedition of 1935.



Correspondence File:     Two folders containing correspondence to
                         and from Hurston.  Some highlights are:

     1.   Letter from B. A. Botkin to Hurston dated July 14,
          1943, regarding the book 75 YEARS OF FREEDOM, and a
          reply from Hurston dated July 25, 1943.

     2.   Letter from Hurston to B. A. Botkin dated October 6,
          1944, regarding a proposed expedition to Honduras, and
          a reply from Botkin dated October 16, 1944.

     3.   Letter from Hurston to Harold Spivacke dated August 21,
          1945, regarding a proposed expedition to Honduras.




                       MANUSCRIPT DIVISION
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Franz Boas Papers

     Microfilm Reels 27-33, 37, 43
          Includes letters to and from Hurston, which are
          arranged by date.

          1.   Thirteen letters from Hurston to Boas spanning the
               period of March 29, 1927, to April 1940.

          2.   Sixteen letters from Boas to Hurston spanning the
               period of March 24, 1927, to April 1, 1935.

          3.   One letter from Hurston to Otto Klineberg dated
               October 22, 1929.

          4.   One letter from the Julius Rosenwald Fund to
               Hurston dated December 19, 1935.

          Other letters that mention Hurston or her work may be
          included in this collection.  Check the published guide
          to the microfilm edition of the Boas Papers in the
          Manuscript Reading Room.



Countee Cullen Papers

     Microfilm Reel 1    Includes two letters from Hurston to
                         Cullen dated March 11, 1926, and March
                         5, 1943.


Margaret Mead Papers

     Container C5   Includes thirty-seven page Hurston manuscript
                    titled "Ritualistic Expression from the Lips
                    of the Communicants of the Seventh Day Church
                    of God, Beaufort, South Carolina" and a
                    letter to Hurston from Mead dated May 20,
                    1940, in Folder H, 1940.


     Container O20  Includes several letters from Hurston to Jane
                    Belo, and from Hurston to Jane Belo and Frank
                    Tannenbaum.

                    1.   Four letters from Hurston to Jane Belo
                         dated December 3, 1938; March 20 and May
                         2, 1940; and October 1, 1944.

                    2.   Two letters from Hurston to Jane Belo
                         and Frank Tannenbaum dated October 14
                         and October 18, 1944.

                    3.   One letter from Norman Chalfin and co-
                         signed by Hurston to Jane Belo dated May
                         20, 1940.

     Container P94  Includes five photographs of Hurston in
                    folder "Jane Belo Photos--Portrait File."


NAACP Papers

     Group I   Walter White's personal correspondence file is
               located in this collection.  The bulk of White's
               personal correspondence (containers 90 through
               112) has been reproduced on thirteen reels of
               microfilm.  There is no exact listing of the
               number or dates of letters to or from Hurston
               contained in White's correspondence.  One letter
               has been documented, from White to Hurston dated
               March 14, 1934 (container C104, reel 29).


Lawrence Spivak Papers

     Container 37   Includes six-page page proof titled "You
                    Don't Know Us Negroes" submitted to AMERICAN
                    MERCURY magazine.  This article was never
                    published in the magazine.  According to the
                    author index cards in Container C3 of the
                    Spivak Papers, Hurston's published articles
                    were titled:  "Story in Harlem Slang" (July
                    1942); "The `Pet Negro' System" (May 1943);
                    "High John de Conquer" (October 1943);
                    "Negroes Without Self-Pity" (November 1943);
                    "The Last Slave Ship" (March 1944); and "Rise
                    of the Begging Joints" (March 1945).


Carter G. Woodson Papers

     Microfilm Reel 3    Woodson's correspondence is arranged
                         alphabetically.  One undated letter from
                         Hurston to Woodson has been identified
                         on this reel (the letter and enclosure
                         are filed in the "H" miscellany folder
                         in container 5 of the collection).


W.P.A. Federal Writers Project

     Container A591 Includes, under "Traditional Folklore
                    Project--Florida; Negro Lore," folders
                    containing four Hurston manuscripts:  "Negro
                    Folk Tales" (two pages);  "Negro Legends"
                    (seven pages); "Negro Religious Customs"
                    (eight pages); and "Negro Folk Customs and
                    Folk Lore" (twenty-six pages).

     Container A878 Includes, under "Negro Studies Project--
                    Florida," folders containing three Hurston
                    manuscripts:

                         "Eatonville (When You Look at It)" (two
                         pages), in "Contemporary Culture--
                         Lifestyle" folder.

                         "The Sanctified Church" (six pages), in
                         "Contemporary Culture--Religious
                         Organizations" folder (same as "Negro
                         Religious Customs" in Container A591). 

                         "Negro Work Songs" (five pages), in
                         "Folklore--Songs, Ballads, and Rhymes"
                         folder.



Note: Plays by Zora Neale Hurston were recently discovered in
the Copyright Drama Collection.  [added 7/11/97 SAH]



         MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING AND RECORDED SOUND
                             DIVISION
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           MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION READING ROOM

VBF 3411       "Hurston, Zora Neale."  Thirty-minute silent film
               footage in the Margaret Mead Collection taken by
               Hurston in the field ca. 1927-29.  Contents
               include a barbecue; baseball crowd and boy
               dancing; children dancing and girl rocking on a
               porch; children's games and baptism; man with an
               axe; "Kissula--Last of the Takkoi Slaves";
               logging.

VBG 6995-6996  "Zora is My Name!"  Ninety-minute video recording
               of February 14, 1990, American Playhouse
               television broadcast of Ruby Dee's stage
               production.


                 RECORDED SOUND REFERENCE CENTER

RWC 6858B      One 10-inch tape of Mary Margaret McBride
               interviewing Hurston on WEAF radio, January 25,
               1943.  Topics include DUST TRACKS ON A ROAD,
               Hurston's experiences while writing JONAH'S GOURD
               VINE, and a description of zombies in Haiti. 
               Hurston also briefly describes her first
               experiences in the field gathering folklore
               (listening copy is R-Dat cassette RGA 4836).


                 PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION
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Biographical File   Includes photograph of Hurston standing
                    outdoors against a city building, wearing a
                    hat.  (Negative #LC-USZ62-62394)

Lomax Collection    Includes several photographs of Hurston.

                    Lot 7414-C, N94:  Taken in Eatonville,
                    Florida, 1935, of Hurston seated on a porch
                    with Rochelle Harris and Gabriel Brown
                    playing his guitar.  (Negative #LC-USZ61-
                    1777)

                    Lot 7414-C, N109:  Taken in Eatonville,
                    Florida, 1935, of Hurston, wearing a hat,
                    standing outdoors with children.

                    Lot 7414-G, N300:  Hurston, wearing a hat and
                    laughing, standing outdoors.  (Negative #LC-
                    USZ61-1859)

                    Lot 7414-G, N301:  Hurston wearing a hat and
                    standing outdoors; similar to N300.

                    Lot 7414-G, N318:  Taken in Belle Glade,
                    Florida, 1935, of Hurston standing outdoors
                    with field and building in the background.


Carl Van Vechten 
Photographs         Includes photograph taken in 1938 of Hurston,
                    wearing a hat, seated before a zig-zag
                    patterned backdrop in a studio.  (Negative
                    #LC-USZ62-79898)


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Note:  This file has been edited for use on computer networks. 
This editing required the removal of diacritics and fonts such as
italics and bold.  A hard copy of this publication in its
original format may be obtained by writing to the American
Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC  20540-8100.

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Updated by SAH 11/19/99, online version only