Okefinokee Swamp
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1982.4.1
name: label: Creator
content: Harper, Francis, 1886-1972
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Logging
label: Topic
content: Manners and customs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Delma E. Presley in 1982.
creator: label: Creator
content: Harper, Francis, 1886-1972
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 1,551 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1982.04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of a settlement near the Okefinokee Swamp before the inhabitants were moved to make way for a Works Progress Administration project. Footage includes shots of settlers engaged in agriculture, logging, and domestic activities and wildlife.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holds the Francis Harper Papers, 1902-1968.

The Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, holds the Francis Harper papers, 1899-1973.

The Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., holds the Francis Harper collection of folk music of the Okefenokee Swamp region of Georgia, 1944.