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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Billie, Josie, 1887-1980"
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute Features

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute Features

Date
1961
Description
One reel to reel recording. (20 minutes). Four short radio stories: 1. A Story and a Song of Yesterday (4:28) -- story on Foster's first composition, Tioga Waltz. 2. A Song of the South (4:30) -- Story about Foster's song, "I am Gonna Ride the Chariot", with the Amigo Male Singers performing it. 3. A Story of a Song and a Wagon (4:40) -- story behind Foster's "Oh! Suzanna". 4. Seminole Indian Josie Billie, Story and Song (4:45) -- Animal tale by Seminole storyteller Josie Billie. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
Collection
Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Date
1950
Description
One color print. Located in envelope #2.
Collection
Friday afternoon performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (reel 1)

Date
1965-05-07
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
Collection
Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date
1969-05-02
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The first third of the reel consists of Friday morning performances, and last third of Saturday morning performances -- see separate entries for details.) Knott, of Kentucky, was the festival's first director in 1953 and 1954. Billie was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Sunland Sunshine Singers were from Tallahassee. Cox lived in Moorehead, North Carolina. The Brewer Yeast cakes were based out of Gainesville. Rosa and Zeke lived in Panama City. Hall was from Sarasota. Esther Beadnell lived in Orange Park, originally from West Virginia, while Tom was from New York. Malkine sang French folk songs. Boltin, the festival director, told a Brer Rabbit tale. The Friday evening performances were rained out.
Collection
Friday evening performances at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday evening performances at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date
1959-05-01
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1959 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1. There is a 20+ minute blank spot on the original reel recording.
Collection
Friday morning performances at the 1961 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday morning performances at the 1961 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date
1961-05-05
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.

 

Collection
Friday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date
1965-05-07
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
Collection
Friday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date
1969-05-02
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The second half of the reel consists of Friday afternoon performances -- see separate entry for details.) Saunders was the chairman of the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission. Meadows was White Springs' mayor. Housewright was the Dean of Music for Florida State University. Shore was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Knott was the festival's first director. The Caney Forkers were based out of Cookeville, Tennessee. The Wiggins (Velma and daughter Hallie) lived in Bradenton. For You Are My Sunshine, they played the musical bottlephone. Hall lived in Sarasota, and sang mountain ballads.
Collection
Images from the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

Images from the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

Date
1954-05-06
Description
Eight black and white prints. P82-44 Josie Billie, Billy Bowlegs III, Fred Beaver P82-45 Billy Bowlegs III, Fred Beaver P82-46 Fred Beaver and his art work P82-47 Group photo: Josie Billie, two people, unidentified, Billy Bowlegs III, unidentified, Fred Beaver, Alton Morris P82-48 Square dancers and string band, with Fred Beaver onstage P82-49 African American gospel choir performing P82-50 Square dancers and pianist P82-51 Ruth Neal of Gainesville singing and playing guitar. Fred Beaver was a Creek Indian artist from Oklahoma. Billy Bowlegs and Josie Billie were members of the Florida Seminole people. For recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival, see S 1576, reels T76-1 though T76-9.
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Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date
1970-05
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Saunders was the chairman of the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission. Meadows was White Springs' mayor. Morris was a professor at the University of Florida. Keen was from White Springs. Godwin was from Hawthorne. Thrailkill was a poet from Wauchula. Borns lived in Daytona Beach. The LeFevre Family were based out of Knoxville, Tennessee.

 

Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s2042_sfm_14Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute FeaturesSoundComposer
Singers
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Radio
Radio programs
Radio programs, Public service
Documentaries Radio
Composers
Folklore and history
Life histories
Singing
Music performance
Performing arts
Animal tales
Storytelling
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Storytellers
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Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk FestivalAlbert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageFestivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Clothing and dress
Hats
Patchwork
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a_s1576_t77-149bFriday afternoon performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (reel 1)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Storytelling
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Elementary schools
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Czechoslovakian Americans
Arts, Czechoslovakia
Animal tales
Demonstrations
Maypoles
Whistling
Old time music
Trickster tales
Beseda (Dance)
Oral performance
Dance music
Singers
Whip maker
Dancers
Storytellers
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
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a_s1576_t77-208bFriday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Dance
Old time music
Bluegrass music
Fiddle music
Seminole Indians
Folk songs, French
French Americans
Songs, French
Singers
Fiddlers
Orators
Water witcher
Dancers
Storytellers
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
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a_s1576_t77-081Friday evening performances at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Accordion music
Singing
Autoharp music
Guitar music
Folk singers
Puppet drama
Seminole Indians
Oral performance
Puppet theater
Mikasuki language
Creek Indians
Native Americans
Religious songs
Punch and Judy
Singers
Storytellers
Accordionists
Musicians
Puppeteers
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a_s1576_t77-102Friday morning performances at the 1961 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Prayer
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Elementary schools
Seminole Indians
Water witching
Singers
Water witcher
Artists
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
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a_s1576_t77-149aFriday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Guitar music
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Elementary schools
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Water witching
Whipcracking
Square dancing
Demonstrations
Maypoles
Whistling
Old time music
African Americans
Boat drivers
Oral performance
Singers
Whip maker
Boat driver
Rodeo performers
Water witcher
Guitarist
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
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a_s1576_t77-208aFriday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Dance
Old time music
African Americans
Bluegrass music
Folk singers
Elementary schools
Mayors
Jump rope rhymes
Singers
Dancers
Public officer
Orators
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
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Images from the 1954 Florida Folk FestivalImages from the 1954 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Dance
Choir singing
Performers
Demonstrations
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Art
Creek Indians
Painting
Painters
Musicians
Guitarist
Singers
Artists
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a_s1576_t77-213Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Dance
Old time music
Bluegrass music
Folk singers
Elementary schools
Mayors
Storytelling
Trickster tales
Animal tales
Oral narratives
Singers
Dancers
Public officer
Orators
Children
Choruses
Girl Scouts
Musicians
Storytellers
Students
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