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99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home

Date: 1950
Description: One reel to reel recording. Songwriter Stephen Foster wrote Old Folks at Home in 1851. In 1935, the Florida Legislature designated "Old Folks at Home" (often referred to as "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River") as Florida's state song. Over the next two decades, several Floridians began to push for a memorial to the song's composer, Stephen Collins Foster, considered by many to be the nation's first commercial songwriter. Finally, after the efforts of the Florida Federation of Music Clubs, the state opened the Stephen Foster Memorial, a 250-acre state-owned park, in White Springs, Florida in 1950, and would eventually comprise a bell tower, a Stephen Foster Museum, landscaped park grounds, and an annual Florida Folk Festival, along with other public programs. That same year, the state created the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission to administer the development and maintenance of the park.
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99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)

Date: 1961-01-14
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

Date: 1962-01-14
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

Date: 1962-01-13
Description: Three reel to reel recordings.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Date: 1963-01-12
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Date: 1963-01-13
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Date: 1964-01-19
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Date: 1964-01-18
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

Date: 1965-01-06
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

Date: 1965-01-17
Description: One reel to reel recordings.
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St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
a_s2043_00006	99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home	Sound	Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Music performance Performing arts Anniversaries Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) State songs Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s2043_00082	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00101	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00098	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00130	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00132	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00168	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00167	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00190	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00196	St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Students Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Special events Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home

99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

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99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home

99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1961)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1962)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)

St. Petersburg Male Chorus performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)