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Compilation for the American Folklore Society

Date: 1978-10
Description: One audio cassette. Music performance for the American Folklore Society annual meeting.
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Compilation for the American Folklore Society

Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students

Date: 1982-10
Description: One proof sheet with thirty-seven black and white images. Images of Moses Williams playing his diddly bow -- a one-string guitar-like instrument used for blues music -- for students in Hillsborough County for the Florida Folk Arts in the Schools program. Biographical information on Moses Williams can be found in S 1613.
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Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow

Date: 1980-03
Description: Four black and white prints. Moses Williams was originally from Mississippi. He moved to Florida in the 1950s. He played the diddly bow, a one-string homemade musical instrument, also called a "yakkedy board." Information on the instrument and on Moses Williams may be found in the folder. A recording of the performance can be found in S 1576, box 3, cassette C80-6.
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Moses Williams playing the diddley bow

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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Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County

Date: 1982-10
Description: One proof sheet with 21 black and white images, plus negatives. Images of El Sol Cigar shop, Ed's Real Pit BBQ, Wanda Bean, Richard Williams, and diddly bow players Moses Williams.
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Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County

Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students

Date: 1982-10
Description: One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of Moses Williams making a diddly bow, then playing it for students in Hillsborough County. These images were created as part of the Florida Folk Arts in the Schools program. Biographical information on Williams can be found in S 1613.
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Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students

Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program

Date: 1982-10
Description: Nine photographic black and white prints. These images are duplicates of those found in S 1577, Box 18, folders 15-16. Images created during the Folk Arts in the Schools in Hillsborough County. P82-310, 311: Moses Williams and his diddly bow; P82-312: Vernon Tucker demonstrating his gill net to students; P82-313-314, 317: Robert Pascuiti demonstrating cats netting; P82-315 Janie Hoover with crabs; P82-316: Willie Crain's Crab Hut; P82-318: fiddle maker Tom Lovelace with homemade fiddles; P82-319: Ladder for citrus pickers.
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Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program

Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand

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Description: One proof sheet, with 17 black and white images. 15 January 1981. For 8x10 prints, see S 1577, Box 17, folder 126.
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Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand

Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children

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Description: Two proof sheets with 57 black and white images, plus negatives. 15 January 1981.
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Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

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Description: Seven black and white prints. See also proof sheets in S 1577, Box 17, folder 116. (P81-116)
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Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

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a_s1576_03_c79-074	Compilation for the American Folklore Society	Sound	African Americans Music performance Gospel (Black) Blues (Music) Guitar music Singing Diddly bow Musicians Guitarist Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students	Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students	Still Image	African Americans Musical instruments String instruments Diddly bow Demonstrations Blues (Music) Students Classrooms Schools Education Pedagogy Teaching of folklore Children Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Moses Williams playing the diddley bow	Moses Williams playing the diddley bow	Still Image	African Americans Musical instruments Blues (Music) Music Diddly bow String instruments Material culture Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images from the North Florida Folklife Project	Images from the North Florida Folklife Project	Still Image	Architecture 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	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County	Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County	Still Image	Barbecue cookery Food industry and trade Stores, retail Specialty stores Cigars Tobacco Diddly bow Musical instruments Musicians African Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students	Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students	Still Image	Blues (Music) Diddly bow Performing arts Education Pedagogy Classrooms Students Children Teaching of folklore Musical instruments String instruments Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program	Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program	Still Image	Boats and boating Ladders Woodwork Citrus Fishing Equipment and supplies Fiddles Musical instruments Fishing nets Woven goods Material culture Seafood gathering Maritime life Occupational groups String instruments Netmaking Textiles Students Diddly bow Musicians Net maker Fishers Carpenters	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand	Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand	Still Image	Diddly bow African Americans Musical instruments Music Performers Performing arts Citrus fruit industry Stores, retail Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children	Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children	Still Image	Diddly bow African Americans Music String instruments Children Performing arts Performers Musical instruments Singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Moses Williams playing the diddly bow	Moses Williams playing the diddly bow	Still Image	Diddly bow Musical instruments Music String instruments Blues (Music) African Americans Performers Performing arts Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Compilation for the American Folklore Society

Compilation for the American Folklore Society

Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students

Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow

Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County

Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County

Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students

Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students

Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program

Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program

Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand

Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand

Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children

Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

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Compilation for the American Folklore Society

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Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students

Moses Williams playing his diddly bow for students

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow

Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Images from the North Florida Folklife Project

Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County

Fieldwork for the Folklife in the Schools in Hillsborough County

Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students

Moses Williams making and playing a diddly bow for students

Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program

Duplicate photographs from Folk Arts in the Schools program

Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand

Moses Williams playing at a fruit stand

Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children

Moses Williams playing diddly bow for children

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow