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Anne Pesonen interview

Date: 1981-09-02
Description: Three audio cassettes. Pesonen, who moved to the United States in 1971, talks about her life in Finland and the United States. Copied onto T81-90, T81-91 & T81-92.
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Anne Pesonen interview

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Date: 1981
Description: One audio cassette. A documentary program for a radio program entitled "Humorists and Health Evangelists" for the radio series "Florida Home." Includes interviews with and performances by ventriloquists, pitchmen, and performers for medicine shows and other travelling shows, including Bob and Mae Noell, Bunny Bartok, Mary McClain, Ward Hall, and Wayne Murray. Also features commentary and historical background and analysis by a narrator.
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Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Date: 1981
Description: Four audio cassettes. AA "pre-master copy" recorded for the radio show documentary series. Includes excerpts of interviews with travelling show performers including Joe McKennon, Ward Hall, Bill Rogers, Mary McClain, and Eric Addams.
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Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home: Everyday Treasure

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette (and one duplicate). Part six of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with folklife and the study of traditions.
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Florida Home: Everyday Treasure

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette (Duplicate located in S 1576, box 37, tape 21.) Part one of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with medicine shows.
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Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette. (Duplicates located in S 1576, box 37, tapes 24 & 25.) Part three of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with minstrel shows and the blues.
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Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette. (Duplicate located in S 1576, box 37, tape 26.) Part four of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with Finnish American communities.
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Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette. (Duplicates located in S 1576, box 37, tapes 22 & 23.) Part two of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with circuses and other traveling shows.
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Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette (and one duplicate). Part five of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with music of Caribbean immigrants.
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Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside

Ida Goodson recording session

Date: 1981-12-03
Description: Two reel to reel recordings (also on T82-19, T82-21). Recoding session at Club Royal on Alcaniz Street. The band consisted of: James Franklin Davis (trumpet); John Boller (sax); Clyde Andrew (drums); Harold Andrews (bass).
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Ida Goodson recording session

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a_s1576_06_c81-061	Anne Pesonen interview	Sound	Field recordings Interviews Oral histories Life histories Personal experience narratives Finnish Americans Emigration and immigration	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_10_c83-085	Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)	Sound	Performers Entertainers Singers Ventriloquists Music performance Ventriloquism Humor Jokes Medicine shows Comedians Performing arts Radio programs Documentaries Radio	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_10_c83-086	Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)	Sound	Performers Entertainers Singers Music performance Traveling shows Humor Jokes Medicine shows Traveling theater Performing arts Radio programs Documentaries Radio	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_37_tape29	Florida Home: Everyday Treasure	Sound	Fieldwork Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Folklife Folklore Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-015	Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists	Sound	Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Entertainment Performing arts Medicine shows Performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-016	Florida Home: I Started With the Blues	Sound	Pianists Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Blues (Music) Performing arts Piano music (Blues) Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-017	Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu	Sound	Finnish Americans Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Emigration and immigration Arts, Finnish	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-014	Florida Home: Showtown USA	Sound	Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Entertainment Circus Circus performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_37_tape27	Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside	Sound	Musicians Latinos Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Entertainment Music Latin America Emigration and immigration	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-146	Ida Goodson recording session	Sound	Pianists Sound recordings African Americans Musical ensembles Music performance Nightclubs Musical groups Musical instruments Performing arts Horns (instruments) Singing Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Bands (Music) Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Anne Pesonen interview

Anne Pesonen interview

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home: Everyday Treasure

Florida Home: Everyday Treasure

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu

Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside

Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside

Ida Goodson recording session

Ida Goodson recording session

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

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Anne Pesonen interview

Anne Pesonen interview

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home: Everyday Treasure

Florida Home: Everyday Treasure

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu

Florida Home: Sauna and Sisu

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside

Florida Home: The Music You Have Inside

Ida Goodson recording session

Ida Goodson recording session