| Zora Neale Hurston's grave site | Zora Neale Hurston's grave site | Still Image | Anthropologists
Fieldwork
African Americans
Tombs
Cemeteries
Sepulchral slabs
Grave markers
Graves
Gravestones
Stone carving
Death rites
Burial rites
Authors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Zora Neale Hurston's grave site
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- Four color slides. Zora Neale Hurston was a major literary figure, known as one of the nation's preeminent African American writers, with such titles as Their Eyes Were Watching God. She was from Eatonville, and had studied anthropology under Franz Boaz. In 1959, after suffering a stroke, Hurston was forced to enter a welfare home where she died in 1960. She was buried in an unmarked grave and her work languished in relative obscurity until 1975, when famed novelist Alice Walker published the article "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" in Ms. magazine. In the article, Walker recounts her experiences of searching for, finding, and marking Hurston's grave. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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| Zora Neale Hurston Festival in 1991 | Zora Neale Hurston Festival in 1991 | Still Image | African Americans
Special events
Festivals
Barbecue cookery
Craft
Demonstrations
Food
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Zora Neale Hurston Festival in 1991
- Date
- 1991-01
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white prints. Zora Neale Hurston was a major literary figure, known as one of the nation's preeminent African American writers. She was from Eatonville. Now, each January, the town holds a festival in her honor. 1-4: Festival organizer David Closson; 5-6: Conch and crab fritters by Deborah Chester; 7-12: Good Samaritan foods (BBQ); 13-14: painting called "Wandering Feather;" 15-16: Jewelry maker; 17-19: Clark Fashions; 20-26: George Alexander making BBQ; 27-30: Unidentified; 31-36: Patti's Thing (Jamaican pattie).
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| Zora Neale Hurston Festival in 1991 | Zora Neale Hurston Festival in 1991 | Still Image | A capella singing
Churches
Church services
Protestants
Hats
Special events
Music
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
African Americans
Haircutting
Barbering | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Zora Neale Hurston Festival in 1991
- Date
- 1991-01
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Zora Neale Hurston was a major literary figure, known as one of the nation's preeminent African American writers. She was from Eatonville. Now, each January, the town holds a festival in her honor. 1-2: Jamie Lee Harell; 3-4: Orlando School of Culture and Dance performing; 5-11: Vaughan McCall demonstrating hair styling; 12-14: Washington Sisters singing a capella; 15-18: Gloria's Hats 19-21: Elden Earl Madison 22-36: St. James Church worshiping (33-36: Rev. Nolan Pitts preaching).
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| Zeke Stephens at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival | Zeke Stephens at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Fiddling
Fiddle music
Violin
Performing arts
Musical instruments
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Zeke Stephens | Zeke Stephens | Still Image | Musical instruments
Violin music
Violin
Musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Zeke Stephens
- Date
- Description
- Three black and white prints. All three pritns were assigned one catalogue number: 1. Zeke And Thelma boltin, 1969 Florida Folk Festival 2. Photograph by Zeke Stephens of a St. Andrews Bay fishing boat from 1912. 3. Zeke Stephens with his fiddles in 1977
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| Youth circus performers across the state | Youth circus performers across the state | Still Image | Children
Circus
Performers
Costumes
Circus performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Young boy observing a Smokey Bear poster at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival | Young boy observing a Smokey Bear poster at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Children
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Safety posters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Yiddish katubut (ketubah) art | Yiddish katubut (ketubah) art | Still Image | Jews
Religious art
Religion
Marriage
Marriage rites
Judaism
Jews United States
Marriage contracts
Art
Painting
Legal contract
Legal practices
Material culture
Ketubah
Arts, Jewish
Decorative arts
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Yiddish katubut (ketubah) art
- Date
- 1979-06-15
- Description
- Three black and white prints with negatives. Nancy Greenberg displaying her Jewish marriage contract art, known as Katubut/Katabbah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A katubbah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees her financial rights upon his death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community. 15 June 1979.
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| Yiddish comic Milt Ross being interviewed | Yiddish comic Milt Ross being interviewed | Still Image | Performers
Fieldwork
Jewish Americans
Theater, Yiddish
Actors
Comedians
Entertainers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Yiddish comic Milt Ross being interviewed
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- One color slide. Interview with Ross can be found in S 1576, T86-15, 16. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Yboy City public structures | Yboy City public structures | Still Image | Sculpture
Art
Statues
Architecture
Figurines
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Yboy City public structures
- Date
- Description
- Two black and white prints. P80-229 Fountain in Ybor City. P80-230 Statue of mother and child.
- Collection
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