| a_s1576_38_tape14 | Annie Lue Davis oral history for the Zora Neale Hurston Festival | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
African Americans
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Community culture
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Annie Lue Davis oral history for the Zora Neale Hurston Festival
- Date
- 1990-01-27
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recorded in her home, Davis talks about her life, community life in Eatonville, and Zora Neale Hurston. Nusz conducted several interviews for the first Zora Neale Hurston Festival held at the end of January of 1990.
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape10 | Anthony Toranto interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Fishing
Seafood
Fish markets
Boats
Dealers (sales personnel)
Local histories | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_12_c84-010b | Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley | Sound | Cowboys
Life histories
Interviews
Oral histories
Country music
Country dancing
Clogging
Demonstrations
Music performance
Ranching
Libraries
Clog dancing
Musicians
Singers
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley
- Date
- 1984-03-09
- Description
Two audio cassettes. C84-10: Interview with Jim Bob Tinsley and Dottie Tinsley as part of the Library Folklife Program; Jim Bob describes his early life and how he learned to play music and how he got into cowboy music; Woodmen of the World Band; joining the Navy playing in a band in Africa during World War II; tells stories about the songs he performs as well as about Gene Autry and Winston Churchill; Dottie describes clogging steps. C84-11: Continuation of interview and performance in C84-10; he continues discussing cowboy music and the songs he performs; vagabonds; WLS National Barndance; Dr. John R. Brinkley stations in Mexico and Texas; continuation of traditions in singing and writing cowboy songs; his book; Jim Reeves; his albums.
- Collection
| a_s1576_13_c84-050 | Ft. White Fourth Grade Class | Sound | Teacher
Storytellers
Fieldwork
Elementary schools
Storytelling
Teachers
Teaching of folklore
Ghosts
Jump rope rhymes
Games
Supernatural legends
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Ft. White Fourth Grade Class
- Date
- 1983-10
- Description
- One audio cassette. Students and teachers discuss family photographs brought in by students; scary stories; games and rhymes; jump rope rhymes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-008 | Gospel Sing at the First Born Church of the Living God | Sound | Fieldwork
Gospel music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Religious music
Christianity
Protestants
African Americans
Choir singing
Church services
Churches
Special events
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Gospel Sing at the First Born Church of the Living God
- Date
- 1985-09-13
- Description
- Three reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassettes: C86-52/53/54). The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_38_tape16 | Harriett Mosley oral history for the Zora Neale Hurston Festival | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
African Americans
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Community culture
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t86-011 | Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young | Sound | Fieldwork
Harmonica music
Harmonicas
Wind instruments
African Americans
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Music performance
Musical instruments
Sound recordings
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young
- Date
- 1985-09-14
- Description
- One reel to reel (also copied onto audio cassette: C86-55). Interview with harmonica player Young. Includes Young playing his harmonica. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1592_08_reel07 | Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Interviewing
Oral narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Biologists
Fishing
Food habits
Seafood gathering
Maritime life
Maritime folklore
Nature
Fishes
Oysters
Community culture
Biologist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle
- Date
- 1986-10-09
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Interview with Florida marine biologist Dr. Ingle. Ingle worked for years with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. He discusses the history of Apalachicola; the history of fishing in the area; immigration to the town; the marine biology of Apalachicola Bay; oystering; local political culture; food habits of area; his career as a marine biologist; types of boats; and changes to the local ecosystems. A partial copy of the interview can be found at the Library of Congress' American Folk Center Archive (AFS 26,782A12). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1680_02_tape02 | Interview with blacksmith Buddy Page | Sound | Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Sound recordings
Blacksmithing
Metal craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t86-002 | Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons | Sound | Boatbuilders
Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Boatbuilding
Boats and boating
Wetland animals
Swamp animals
Wetlands
Swamps
Nature
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Alligators
Skiffs
Canoes
Hunting
Animal traps
Trapping | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons
- Date
- 1985-09-05
- Description
- Two reel to reels (copied onto audio cassette: C86-48 and C86-158.) Interview with Everglades native, hunter, and boat builder Simmons. He discusses hunting alligators; trapping otters and other animals; trading with Seminole Indians; life during the Depression; Everglades drainage; building skiffs; dug out canoes; and camping in the Everglades. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
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