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| A more detailed examination of this topic is planned for the future. In the meantime, this small archive is presented. |
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| Todd and Sonkin, both of the City College
of New York (currently the City College of the
City University of New York), took disc recording
equipment supplied by the Archive of American
Folk Song to Arvin, Bakersfield, El Rio, Firebaugh,
Porterville, Shafter, Thornton, Visalia, Westley,
and Yuba City, California. In these locales,
they documented dance tunes, cowboy songs, traditional
ballads, square dance and play party calls,
camp council meetings, camp court proceedings,
conversations, storytelling sessions, and personal
experience narratives of the Dust Bowl refugees
who inhabited the camps. |
| Songs |
| Backward
Song, Russ and Joy Pike |
(2:11) |
| Casey
Jones, Jim Holbert |
(4:00) |
| Corn
Dodgers, Mrs. Myra Pipkin |
(1:51) |
| Fight
For Union Recognition, Bert Rains |
(:58) |
| Going
Down The Road Feeling Bad, Ruth Huber
& Lois Judd |
(2:52) |
| Government
Camp Song, Mary Campbell and Margaret
Treat |
(2:19) |
| Hard
Luck Okie, Roy Turner |
(1:13) |
| Home
In The Government Camp, Wayne "Gene"
Dinwiddie |
1:22 |
| Ma,
He's Making Eyes at Me, Paul Charlene
and Elsie Gross |
(1:04) |
| Old
Dan Tucker, S.C. Loop |
(4:00) |
| Wildwood
Flower Instrumental, Norman Nelson |
(:52) |
| Wildwood
Flower, Mrs. V Whitworth and Zelmer
Ward |
(2:24) |
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Interviews |
| Interview:
Oklahoma: Mrs. Flora Robertson |
(5:09) |
| Interview:
Dust Storms, Sleet Storms, Tall Stories:
Spurlock; Judd; Johnson |
(4:31) |
| Interview:
Dust Storms In Oklahoma: Mrs. Flora
Robertson |
(4:31) |
| Interview:
Life In Oklahoma And Why Come To California: Tom Higgenbotham |
(9:57) |
| Interview:
Coming To California: Roy Turner |
(8:27) |
| Interview:
Reasons for Coming to California:
Mrs. J.W. Becker |
(5:05) |
| Interview:
Life in the Government Camp: Mr.
& Mrs. J.W. Becker |
(9:48) |
| Interview:
Camp Closing, Discrimination, Labor Issues:
Augustus Martinez |
(10:34) |
| Interview:
Camp Governance, Attitude Toward Okies:
Jose Flores |
(7:34) |
| Interview:
Discrimination Against Mexicans: Jose
Flores |
(7:27) |
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