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Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Date: 1989-05-26
Description: Five audio cassettes. Several stories told by Florida storytellers at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival. Recordings from the next day (May 27) can be found in S 1576, box 25, tapes C89-17 through C89-21. Duplicate recordings can be found in S 1664, box 6, tapes 1-5.
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Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Date: 1989-05-27
Description: Five audio cassettes. Several stories told by Florida storytellers at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival. Recordings from the previous day (May 26) can be found in S 1576, box 25, tapes C89-12 through C89-16. Duplicate recordings can be found in S 1664, box 6, tapes 6-9.
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Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: Nine audio cassettes. Several stories told by Florida storytellers at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival. For more information on the performances, see the indexes in S 1579, box 1, folder: C77-1 through C92-1. Duplicates can be found in S 1664, box 6, tapes 10 through 30 (on these, the recordings are only on one side.)
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Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Date: 1993-05-29
Description: Eight audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 10am and 2pm at the storytelling stage. The coordinator was Peggy Smith. Festival director (since 1954) Thelma Boltin passed away in late 1992. A well-known storyteller, the 1993 Storytelling workshops were dedicated to her, and many of the storytellers talked about her. Drury was from Boone, NC. Jumper lived at the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation. Smith was from Jacksonville. Spitzer and Louis resided in Miami. Koontz, Skipper, and Harshbarger lived in Tallahassee. Case lived in Gainesville. Johnson was a 4-year old volunteer from the audience.
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Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Date: 1991-05-25
Description: Three audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 1pm and 4pm at the storytelling stage.
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Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)

Date: 1991-05-26
Description: Three audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 1pm and 4pm at the storytelling stage.
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Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Date: 1992-05-23
Description: Seven audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 10am and 1:30pm at the storytelling stage.
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Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Date: 1996-05-24
Description: 14 audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 10:00am and 5pm at the Storytelling Tent. (The Storytelling Auditorium area, which featured some of the same storytellers, was not recorded.) Chaille served as the emcee. Several of the storytellers also sang songs. Harshbarger used finger puppets during her tales; and Jay Smith played guitar.
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Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)

Date: 1995-05-26
Description: 16 audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 10:00am and 5pm at the Storytelling Tent. (The Storytelling Auditorium area, which featured some of the same storytellers, was not recorded.) Wiseman, Spitzer, and Newsom served as the emcees. Several of the storytellers also sang songs. Mutima played the drums and kora during his stories; and Harshbarger used finger puppets to aid hers.
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Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Date: 1997-05-23
Description: 11 audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 10:00am and 5pm at the Storytelling Tent. (The Storytelling Auditorium area, which featured some of the same storytellers, was not recorded.) Newsom served as the emcee. Several of the storytellers also sang songs. Moye and Hendricks both labeled themselevs as "Cracker storytellers," and Spitzer focused on Jewish-centered stories.
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Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

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a_s1576_25_c89-017	Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)	Sound	Storytellers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Storytelling Oral narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tall tales Narratives Fishing stories Hunting stories	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_26_c90-001	Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)	Sound	Storytellers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Storytelling Oral narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tall tales Narratives Fishing stories Hunting stories	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_31_c93-034	Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage	sound	Folk festivals Florida Folk Festival Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Seminole Indians Haitian Americans Jewish Americans Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_28_c91-030	Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_28_c91-033	Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_28_c92-024	Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_62_c96-001	Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)	Sound	Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Guitar music Puppets Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_63_c96-032	Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)	Sound	Actors Drummers (Musicians) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Puppets Personal experience narratives Seminole Indians Clogging Drum performance Workshops (Adult education) Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_68_c97-101	Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Storytelling Narratives Trickster tales Animal tales Tales Supernatural legends Hunting Anecdotes Hunting stories Arts, Jewish Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

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Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Recordings of the Storytelling session at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Auditorium)

Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Saturday at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Stage) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Sunday)

Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)

Storytellers at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Tent) (Friday)