Audio file

Title: Interview with Bessie Jones about finding the Holy Ghost
Date recorded: September 26, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Subject(s):

Note: Jones found the Holy Ghost on the night of September 28, 1932. God's word is to be lived daily, she explains, and we must help one another in interpreting God's teachings.
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Archive ID: T947R04

Original format: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T947
Track: 4

Part of: New York City 9/61

About the session: The fourth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.

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