Trying To Make Heaven My Home

Audio file
Date recorded: September 23, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Independence Church congregation; Performer: Unidentified; Performer: James, Viola; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: sacred song, spiritual
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: Independence Church
Location: Tyro, Tate County, Mississippi, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T896
Track Number: 20
Archive ID: T896R20
Belongs to: Tyro 9/59
About the session: Spirituals sung by the congregation of the Independence Church, Tyro, Mississippi. Shirley Collins wrote the date on the tape box as "Sept 22 Wednesday"—September 22, 1959 was a Tuesday. Given the amount of recording done September 21 and 22 in Como and Senatobia, the date was most likely Wednesday the 23rd.
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