Santa Barbara Ring Shout records, approximately 2000-2018

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Summary

Creators:
Moore, Frances L.
Abstract:
This collection consists of photographs, programs, clippings, administrative files and correspondence, research files, keepsakes, notes, and original song lyrics written by Santa Barbara Ring Shout group leader Frances L. Moore. Material dates from approximately 2000 to 2018.
Extent:
0.83 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 DVD, 6 CDs, 6 MP4s)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Santa Barbara Ring Shout records, CEMA 206. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of photographs, programs, clippings, administrative files and correspondence, research files, keepsakes, notes, and original song lyrics written by Santa Barbara Ring Shout group leader Frances L. Moore. Material dates from approximately 2000 to 2018, and includes DVD and CD-R recordings.

Ring shout was a dance-like form originally practiced by communities of enslaved people in the American South. It combines elements of Christianity with African songs and dance rituals. The Santa Barbara Ring Shout group holds regular practices at the Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden in Santa Barbara, California, and has performed at local events annually, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and various Juneteenth celebrations. Though small in size, the collection documents local efforts to preserve and share this rich cultural tradition.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Frances L. Moore, 2021-2022.
Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Santa Barbara Ring Shout records, CEMA 206. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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