a_s2043_00028 | College Bands performing Stephen Foster Songs at the Stephen Foster Museum | Sound | Concerts Music performance Performing arts Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Singing Musical ensembles Universities and colleges Musicians Bands (Music) Singers Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t91-009 | Lynn Wadley, Sarah Cameron, and Marshall Dukes performing Stephen Foster songs at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) | Sound | Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Pianists Dulcimer music Songs Singing Piano music Popular songs Musical saws Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t91-023 | Sarah Ann Cameron and Marshall Dukes performing Stephen Foster songs at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Songs Singing String instruments Old time music Musicians Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s2043_00037 | Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1953) | Sound | Concerts Music performance Performing arts Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Singing Public officials Public speaking Special events Musicians Public officer Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1953)
- Date
- 1953-01-11
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Stephen Foster Day was usually celebrated on 13 January, which was the day songwriter Foster died. 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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a_s2043_00164 | Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964) | Sound | Concerts Music performance Performing arts Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Singing Public officials Public speaking Special events Musicians Public officer Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)
- Date
- 1964-01-12
- Description
- Two reel to reel recordings. Stephen Foster Day was celebrated on 13 January, which was the day songwriter Foster died. 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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a_s2043_00192 | Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965) | Sound | Concerts Music performance Performing arts Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Singing Public officials Public speaking Special events Musicians Public officer Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1965)
- Date
- 1965-01-10
- Description
- Two reel to reel recordings. Stephen Foster Day was usually celebrated on 13 January, which was the day songwriter Foster died. 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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a_s2043_00218 | Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1966) | Sound | Concerts Music performance Performing arts Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Singing Public officials Public speaking Special events Musicians Public officer Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial (1966)
- Date
- 1966-01-13
- Description
- Two reel to reel recordings. Stephen Foster Day was usually celebrated on 13 January, which was the day songwriter Foster died. 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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a_s2043_00019 | Stephen Foster Melodies | Sound | Concerts Music performance Performing arts Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Singing Musicians Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s2042_sfm_10 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Foster Songs by Mark Moore | Sound | Musicians Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Radio Radio programs, Public service Music performance Performing arts Singing Folk singers Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Foster Songs by Mark Moore
- Date
- 1962
- Description
- One reel to reel recordings (15 minutes) A performance by Denver-based folk singer Mark Moore playing Stephen Foster songs in observance of the anniversary of Foster's birthday. Played on 4th of July. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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a_s2042_sfm_59 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Fosters Little Known Songs (15-minute version) | Sound | Radio Documentaries Radio Radio programs, Public service Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Music performance Radio announcing Advertising, Public service Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Choruses Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |