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Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
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Title: |
Melanie L. Sovine and Sue Smith Collection |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 110 |
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Physical Description: |
1 cassette tape; 1 edited and annotated transcript |
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Creator: |
Melanie L. Sovine |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The cassette audiotape and the edited transcript of "'Been a Long Time Travelin'": Three Primitive Baptist Women," were donated to the Archives of Appalachia on May 31, 1982 by Melanie L. Sovine, Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Restriction: *No portion of the tape or transcript may be reproduced or quoted without the permission of the editor.*
Processing Information: Marie Tedesco completed the processing and the collection was opened for research on February 25, 1987. The finding aid was revised in 1993 by Marie Tedesco.
"'Been a Long Time Travelin'" aired over WBXY-FM, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, on May 2, 1982. Production of the documentary was funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities through a grant awarded to the Appalachian Center. Melanie L. Sovine served as project director. Matching funds were contributed by the Appalachian Center and WBKY-FM. The program was co-produced by Melanie L. Sovine and Sue Smith of WBKY-FM.
Funding for reproduction and distribution of the cassette was provided in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities through a grant awarded to the Unitarian Universalist Church, Lexington, Kentucky, Melanie L. Sovine, project director.
"'Been a Long Time Travelin': Three Primitive Baptist Women" focuses on the beliefs of three women who are members of the Calvin Primitive Baptist Church, Bell County, Kentucky. Primitive Baptists began to distinguish themselves from "regular" Baptists in the second decade of the nineteenth century. At that time a number of Baptists in North Carolina and Maryland voiced opposition to a number of practices and institutions, among them missionary and Bible societies, seminaries, salaried ministers, and protracted revivals. Beginning around 1820 these Baptists came to be known as "Old School" or "Primitive" Baptists. Included among the primitive associations was the Powell Association, which today includes eastern Kentucky, as well as eastern Tennessee.
The religious beliefs of the Primitive Baptists approach those of seventeenth-century New England Puritans. Like the Puritans, the Primitive Baptists adhere to a belief in Calvinist predestination. Accordingly, election by God determines whether an individual is saved or damned.
The Melanie L. Sovine and Sue Smith Collection consists of a Spring 1982 interview with Cleo Green, her daughter Pearlie Ann Price, and her granddaughter Dale Ann Price, all members of the Calvin Primitive Baptist Church. Included are an audiocassette and an edited and annotated transcript of that tape. Both the cassette and the transcript have been placed in one series.
Important subjects covered include:
Calvin Primitive Baptist Church (Bell County, Ky.)
Green, Cleo
Powell's Valley Association of Primitive Baptists
Price, Dale Ann
Price, Pearlie Ann
Primitive Baptists--Kentucky--Bell County
Religion
Women
Series I, "'BEEN A LONG TIME TRAVELIN': THREE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST WOMEN" audio cassette and transcript, 1982, Envelope 1.
This series contains both the taped interview by Melanie L. Sovine and Sue Smith with Cleo Green, her daughter Pearlie Ann Price, and her granddaughter Dale Ann Price, members of the Calvin Primitive Baptist Church, Bell County, Kentucky. The three women discuss their religious beliefs and the history of the church in Bell County. The transcript is edited and annotated and includes references to works on the Primitive Baptist religion.
- modified GKY 03/11/02