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Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 1979-07-04
Description: Six reel to reel recordings.
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Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

The McLain Family performing at the Florida Folk Arts Conference

Date: 1978-01-15
Description: One reel to reel recording. Hosted by the Florida Folklife Program at the Stephen Foster Center (SFC), the McClains played as part of the Florida Folk Arts Conference that included folklorists and historians from the Library of Congress (LOC), Smithsonian Institute (SI), University of Florida, as well as throughout Florida and the South. Boltin emceed the concert. The band consisted of: Raymond K. (father), Raymond W. (son), Alice (daughter), and Ruth McClain (daughter), and Al White (son-in-law). Recordings of the rest of conference can be found on T78-301 through T78-309; and T78-311 through T78-314.
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The McLain Family performing at the Florida Folk Arts Conference

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a_s1576_t78-310	The McLain Family performing at the Florida Folk Arts Conference	Sound	Special events Conferences and seminars series Concerts Music performance Performing arts Singing Bluegrass music Old time music String bands Stringband music Gospel music Singers Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

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Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

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The McLain Family performing at the Florida Folk Arts Conference

The McLain Family performing at the Florida Folk Arts Conference