30 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Williams, Moses "Doorman," 1919-1988"
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1978 Florida Folk Festival

1978 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1978-05
Description
One video cassette (3/4" tape). Produced by WJCT-TV. Includes music performances and interviews with net maker Hill, dug-out canoe maker Osceola, festival organizer Boltin, and state folklorist Bulger.
Collection
1978 Florida Folk Festival

1978 Florida Folk Festival
Blues performer Moses Williams performing for students

Blues performer Moses Williams performing for students
Date
1984
Description
One video cassette (3/4" tape). 45 minutes. Williams answers students' questions about his diddley bow and his life, little bit on folk medicine, string figures, homemade instruments.
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Blues performer Moses Williams performing for students

Blues performer Moses Williams performing for students
Centerstage Show

Centerstage Show
Date
1984-06-24
Description
One video cassette. (1/2" tape) 20 minutes. Includes a discussion with Hugh Southern on political and economical aspects of folklife programs; Moses Williams performing with the dddley bow and O.B. Osceola on dug-out canoes.
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Centerstage Show

Centerstage Show
Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordings

Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordings
Date
1980-12-03
Description
Three reel to reels. These were copies of the master tapes (see T80-123 and T8-124) for the Florida Folklife Program album, Drop on Down in Florida, a double album comprised of field recordings from the North Florida Folklife Project and those made specifically for this album. The album featured African American musical traditions throughout Florida. For more selections by these artists, see the original field recordings.
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Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordings

Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordings
Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville)

Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville)
Date
1981
Description
One reel to reel. (Copied onto audio cassette C81-11; reel T81-13B) A radio show -- jointly produced by WJCT and the FFP -- tracing the origins and evolution of blues music centering on Florida musicians. Created by using earlier FFP recordings. Includes recordings of prisoners singing the blues together while laboring and performances of "Baby Please Don't Go" and "I'm a Stranger Here" by Blind Johnny Brown of St. Petersburg, Florida. Includes commentary by Florida folklorists and Florida blues musicians.
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Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville)

Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville)
Florida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1978-05
Description
82 color slides. Each year, the Florida Folk Festival features Florida folk artists in a special area. Often there is a theme to the area. In 1978, folk artists incldued Osceola (1025-1030); Udell (1031-1033); Clark (1034-1035); Hammack (1040-1042) Blackbay (1043-1048); Terry (1049-1052); Holloway (1053-1056); Rivers (1057); Melton (1064-1066); Rojas (1067-1073); Hill (1074-1080); Sheppard (1081); Brown (1084-1090) and Williams (1091-1098).
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Florida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)
Date
1981-05-22
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)
Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams
Date
1977-11-27
Description
One reel to reel recording. Williams was born 15 February 1919 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After traveling with several acts in the 1930s/1940s, he moved to Florida to work the citrus groves. He always played the diddly bow, a one-string instrument played throughout that south that functioned as a primitive guitar. Moses talked about playing the diddly (for this recording, he hung a broom wire from the wall); performing with Sonny Boy Williams; and his life history. He played several songs. NOTE: According to the depositor's agreement, any commercial use of this recording must be cleared by Moses Williams or Dwight Devane.
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Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams
Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams
Date
1978-02
Description
Two reel to reel recordings. Moses talk about his songs; professional nicknames; history of the song Apple Core; and performances of some his compositions. (This interview may be a duplicate recording of T78-320 and T78-321, which took place on 22 April 1978.)
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Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams
Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams
Date
1978-04-22
Description
Two reel to reel recordings. Williams was born 15 February 1919 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After traveling with several acts in the 1930s/1940s, he moved to Florida to work the citrus groves. He always played the diddly bow, a one-string instrument played throughout that south that functioned as a primitive guitar. Moses talked about his songs; professional nicknames; the music business; working for the Silas Green Traveling Show as a clown; how he wrote his songs; performing on Beale Street in Memphis; and the history of blues music. In addition, Williams plays several of his songs. (The reels T81-16 and T81-17 may be a duplicate recording of this interview.)
Collection
Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
1978 Florida Folk Festival1978 Florida Folk FestivalMoving ImageWhip maker
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Net maker
Boatbuilders
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Documentary videos
Television
Folk singers
Seminole Indians
Canoes
Netmaking
Interviews
Blues (Music)
Diddly bow
String instruments
Whipcracking
Blues singers
Folklorists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Blues performer Moses Williams performing for studentsBlues performer Moses Williams performing for studentsMoving ImageMusicians
Guitarist
Fieldwork
Classrooms
Diddly bow
Performing arts
Music performance
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Students
Singing
Children
String instruments
Medicine
Elementary schools
Education
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Centerstage ShowCenterstage ShowMoving ImageMusicians
Boatbuilders
Television
Documentary videos
Diddly bow
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Canoes
Seminole Indians
Boatbuilding
Folklife
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1576_t81-025Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordingsSoundMusicians
Singers
Guitarist
Choruses
Music performance
Fieldwork
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Guitar music
Diddly bow
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Religious music
Musical tradition, sacred
Shape note singing
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a_s1576_t81-013Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville)SoundGuitarist
Musicians
Folklorists
Blues (Music)
Interviews
Radio programs
African Americans
Radio public speaking
Radio announcing
Singing
Guitar music
Diddly bow
String instruments
Performing arts
Music performance
Florida history
Public radio
Radio programs, Public service
Blues singers
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Florida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folk FestivalFlorida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageFolk festivals
Demonstrations
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Folklife
Basket making
Musicians
Diddly bow
African Americans
Blues singers
Canoes
Seminole Indians
Needlework
Saws
Whip making
Broom makers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t81-037Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Musical groups
Arts, Irish
Songs, Irish
Hornpipes
Dance music
Fiddle music
Banjo music
Old time music
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Diddly bow
Clogging
Clog dancing
Musicians
Singers
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-300Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses WilliamsSoundInterviewing
Interviews
Music performance
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Diddly bow
String instruments
Life histories
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives
Guitarist
Blues singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-016Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses WilliamsSoundGuitarist
Interviewing
Interviews
Music performance
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Diddly bow
String instruments
Blues singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t78-320Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses WilliamsSoundInterviewing
Interviews
Music performance
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Diddly bow
String instruments
Life histories
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives
Minstrel shows
Clowns
Traveling shows
Guitarist
Blues singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg