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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Blackwelder, Robert, 1910-2000"
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Compilation of recordings from the North Florida Folklife Project

Compilation of recordings from the North Florida Folklife Project

Date
1978
Description
This audiocassette tape was composed of selections from field recordings for the North Florida Folklife Project. Some tracks were featured on the Florida Folklife Program's compilation of African American musical traditions throughout Florida, Drop on Down in Florida. The tracks by Brown & N. L. Williams are copied from T78-326 & T78-327, recorded May 28, 1978; tracks by Fletcher & Blackwelder are copied from T78-322 & T78-323, recorded April 22, 1978; tracks by Moses Williams are copied from T78-321, recorded April 22, 1978; tracks by Richard Williams are copied from T78-328 & T78-329, recorded May 27, 1978 (except "Travel the Whole World Around," copied from T83-66, recorded March 16, 1980).
Collection
Fiddler Robert Blackwelder

Fiddler Robert Blackwelder

Date
Description
Thirteen black and white prints. 22 April 1978.
Collection
Fieldwork for North Florida Project: Fiddlers

Fieldwork for North Florida Project: Fiddlers

Date
Description
One proof sheet with thirty-five black and white images. 1-12: Robert Blackwelder playing fiddle; 13-16: Dwight Devane; 17-35: Horace Fletcher playing fiddle. No date.
Collection
Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Date
1978-12-21
Description
Fifteen black and white slides.
Collection
Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Date
1978-05
Description
Ten proof sheets with 322 black and white images. P78-357, 358 Ella Mae Huffman making baskets. Includes images of Peggy Bulger (70 images) P78-359 Images of cigar roller Domingo Rojas, as well as of St Augustine (33 images) P78-360, 361 Painter Pharoah Baker (37 images) P78-362 Three musicians: Horace Fletcher, Robert Blackwelder, Dwight Devane P78-363 Whip cracker Claude Sheppard (35 images) P78-364,365 Shoeshiner Frank Mitchell (70 images) P78-366 Moses Williams playing the diddly bow (35 images) P78-367 Basket maker Mebelan Halloway (35 images)
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Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Date
1978-04-22
Description
Two reel to reel recordings. Blackwelder began fiddling at 18, a self-taught musician. Born in 1910 in Bradford County, he was in the citrus business. His influences included Chubby Wise and Broward Green. In the recordings, Blackwelder discusses his life and fiddling styles. He plays several fiddle tunes.
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Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_03_c80-002Compilation of recordings from the North Florida Folklife ProjectSoundMusic -- Performance
Field recordings
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Diddley bows
Old-time music
Fiddle tunes
Gospel music
Religious songs
Rural blues
Banjo music
Folk music -- United States
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Fiddler Robert BlackwelderFiddler Robert BlackwelderStill ImageMusic
Violin
Fiddles
Material culture
Musical instruments
String instruments
Fiddle music
Performers
Fiddlers
Musicians
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Fieldwork for North Florida Project: FiddlersFieldwork for North Florida Project: FiddlersStill ImageGuitarists
String instruments
Banjoes
Fiddles
Music
Musicians
Performing arts
Fiddlers
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Images from the North Florida Folklife ProjectImages from the North Florida Folklife ProjectStill ImageWeavers
Fieldwork
Palmetto weaving
Musicians
Jewelry making
Broom making
Broom makers
Fiddlers
Shoe shiners
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Images from the North Florida Folklife ProjectImages from the North Florida Folklife ProjectStill ImageArchitecture
Colonial architecture
Cigar making
Cigars
Work
Stores, retail
African Americans
Banjoes
Artisans
Diddly bow
Labor
Occupational groups
Whips
Whipcracking
Basket making
Baskets
Domestic arts
Guitarists
Fiddlers
Folklorists
Latinos
Cuban Americans
Cigar makers
Basket maker
Painters
Artists
Whip maker
Musicians
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a_s1576_t78-322Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert BlackwelderSoundInterviewing
Interviews
Old time music
Fieldwork
Fiddle music
Fiddling
String instruments
Life histories
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives
Reels
Dance music
Fiddlers
Musicians
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