| 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_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_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
| a_s1576_13_c84-054 | Interview with fiddler Wilborn Reaves | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Fiddle music
Fiddling
Music performance
Old time music
Musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fiddler Wilborn Reaves
- Date
- 1983-03-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Side A Mr. Reaves discusses the history of his family and the area; how he learned to play from a traveling violinist; other family members who play music; his playing style; bands in which he played; community gatherings for music; his father, a square dance caller; quitting and starting back again with the fiddle; meeting to play with his cousin twice a year; his mother, a guitar player; his FFA quartet; different fiddles he had owned; other musical family members. Side B Mr. Reaves performs: "Sally Goodin"; "Waltz You Saved for Me" (his mother's favorite); "Orange Blossom Special"; "Rye Whiskey" (first song he learned); Mr. Reaves plays with three fingers. For images of Reaves, see S 1577, v. 22.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-004 | Interview with migrant worker Consuelo Anguiano | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Mexican American cookery
Chicanos
Migrants
Farming
Storytelling
Harvesting
Cooking and dining
Tortillas
Food habits
Embroidery
Migrant workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with migrant worker Consuelo Anguiano
- Date
- 1985-09-09
- Description
- Two reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassettes: C86-49/50). Interview with Anguiano about life as a Chicano migrant farmer. Originally born in Texas, she was married to a migrant farmer. She discusses her family; Chicano versus Mexican American (differences in cooking and language); farming in Texas; picking tomatoes; living a middle class existence as a migrant family; on being Chicano; embroidery; and folk stories her Grandmother told her. A Chicano refers to one of Mexican descent born in the U.S. 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
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