Guide to the Santa Barbara Ring Shout records CEMA 206
Finding aid prepared by Julia McGowan and Zachary Liebhaber, 2022.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Business Number: Phone: (805) 893-3062
Fax Number: Fax: (805) 893-5749
special@library.ucsb.edu
2022 October 10
Title: Santa Barbara Ring Shout records
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 206
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear Feet
(2 document boxes, 1 DVD, 6 CDs, 6 MP4s)
Creator:
Moore, Frances L.
Date (inclusive): approximately 2000-2018
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.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Frances L. Moore, 2021-2022.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Barbara Ringshout Project -- Archives
Ring shout (Dance) -- California -- Santa Barbara
African American dance -- Southern States -- History
Administrative and other material
approximately 2000-2018
box 1
Ring Shout History
undated
box 1
Administrative material
undated
box 1
Photographs of events
undated
box 1
Event programs and flyers
undated
disk V15719/DVD
MLK 2018 Part 1 (raw)
2018
disk V15718/DVD
MLK 2018 Part 2 (raw)
2018
disk V15717/DVD
MLK Ring Shout (OK)
undated
disk V15716/DVD
MLK Ring Shout Program: 1/15/2016 (OK)
2016 January 15
disk V15715/DVD
Oh Daniel [illegible]
undated
disk V15714/DVD
Antioch University circa 2013
approximately 2013
disk V15713/DVD
TV Santa Barbara Culture Creative Community Santa Barbara Ring Shout Project 5-22-12 25:25
Song lyrics
approximately 2000-2018
box 2
Guidelines for Sharing/Ring Shout History/Acceptance/Amen
box 2
Ave Lord/The Buzzard Loop
box 2
Chip Fall Out of the White Oak/Cock a Doo Doo/Can't Hide
box 2
Down to the Mire/Don't Take Away My Family/Dance Instructions
box 2
Goodbye Everybody/Get in the Circle
box 2
Heavenly Father/Humanity Song
box 2
Jesus Come to Town/Joy in My Heart/I am Grateful/Jubilee
box 2
My God is a Rock/My Soul be at Rest/My Grandchildren/Mcintosh Shouters/Moses
box 2
Oh Lord Have Mercy on Me/Oh Yes/Oh Daniel/Oh Happy Day
box 2
Praise God/Plum the Line/Pain
box 2
River/Ring Shout Announcement
box 2
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/Shout Josephine Shout/Go Down Moses
box 2
When the Lord Calls Me Home/Will You Be There/We Can't Go Back/We Shall Overcome (Mahalia Jackson)
disk A42413/CD
Goodby[e] Sing Halleuia
undated
disk A42414/CD
First Peter Songs
undated
disk A42415/CD
Goodbye Sing Halleluia
undated
disk A42416/CD
Tell John Don't Call [illegible] [Copy 1]
undated
disk A42417/CD
Eli I Can't Stand
undated
disk A42418/CD
Tell John Don't Call [illegible] [Copy 2]
undated
