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100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home

Date: 1951-09-30
Description: Six reel to reel recordings. 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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100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home

15-minute Programs

Date: 1961
Description: One reel to reel recording (15 minutes). 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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15-minute Programs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1954-05
Description: Eight black and white prints. P82-36 Thelma Boltin telling a "Jack tale". P82-37 Esther Joralau, a UF graduate student, performing a Filipino dance. P82-38 Group photo of festival (including Creek Indian Fred Beaver in center). P82-39 square dancers and string band. P82-40 Jump rope demonstration. P82-41 Quilters. P82-42 Anglo UF students performing a Mexican folk dance. P82-43 Irish jigs. Mary Kennedy Kane, center. May 1954. See S 1576, reels T76-1 through T76-9, for recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival
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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1977 Portable Folk Festival

Date: 1977-04-16
Description: Three reel to reels. Johnny Shines was a blues singer-guitarist who once traveled with famed blues singer Robert Johnson. He was re-discovered in the 1960s during the folk revival boom, and played festivals throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His sound was very similar to Robert Johnson's, and here he played several Johnson songs. Bluegrass and Kentucky mountain music singer Phyllis Boyens (who later appeared in the film Cola Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn's mother) and Nimrod Workman (who also had a bit part in the same film) released the album Passing Through the Garden in 1976, and they were promoting that album at this performance. Workman was a former coal miner and union organizer in Kentucky. Bessie Jones, born in inland Georgia, promoted Georgia Sea Island songs, and later in the 1960s formed the Georgia Sea Island Singers. She died in Brunswick Georgia in 1984. The Red Clay Ramblers was a part of the "New-Grass" movement of the 1970s, forming in 1972. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based group featured Tommy Thompson (1937-2003) (banjo), Jim Watson (guitar/mandolin), Jack Herrick (guitar), Mike Craver (piano), and Bill Hicks (fiddle). Conway was a scholar at Appalachian State University and filmmaker of Appalachian culture, and an associate of the Red Clay Ramblers. She introduced Shines and the Red Clay Ramblers at the concert.
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1977 Portable Folk Festival

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

Date: 33058
Description: 19 black and white images on a photographic proof sheet. Images 1-6: Watermelon seed spitting contest Images 7-10: Del Suggs performing Images 11-13: FFP employee/sound engineer Chris Williams Image 14: Willie James on fiddle and Bill Paine on guitar performing Images 15-19: Pete Martin on dulcimer and Bill Paine on guitar performing.
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1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

1990 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1990-11
Description: Three photographic proof sheets, with 99 black and white images. Index available with sheets. Sheet 1: Images 1-23: Unidentified people making lye soap Images 27-30, 31-33,35: Marie Navis making cane sugar Images 34, 36: Ruby Shaw making peanut brittle Sheet 2 Images 2-13:
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1990 Rural Folklife Days

1992 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1992-05
Description: One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white prints. Various images of the 1992 Florida Folk Festival, including the Sarasota and the FSU circuses, and the Masaryktown Beseda dancers.
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1992 Florida Folk Festival

19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1992-05-22
Description: One reel to reel recording. Unidentified performers.
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19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Rogers served as emcee.
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97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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

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a_s2043_00020	100th Anniversary 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 Public officer Choruses Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s2042_sfm_11	15-minute Programs	Sound	Radio programs Radio programs, Public service Radio announcing Folklife Folklore Advertising, Public service Public radio	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs	1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs	Still Image	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Dance Quilting Storytelling Children Games String instruments Filipino Americans Asian American arts Asian Americans Native Americans Creek Indians Storytellers Dancers Students Quiltmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t77-277	1977 Portable Folk Festival	Sound	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Special events Concerts Music performance Blues (Music) Blues singers Guitar music Dulcimer music Hammer dulcimer Gospel music Gospel songs Singers Musicians Guitarist Bands (Music)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center	1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Performing arts Games Entertainment Holidays Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Social gatherings Children Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1990 Rural Folklife Days	1990 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Bee culture Beekeeping Festivals Folklore revival festivals Food preparation Food habits Sawmilling Soap Occupational folklore Domestic arts Household items Insects Material culture Demonstrations Folklife	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1992 Florida Folk Festival	1992 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Beseda (Dance) Body movement Circus Performers Performing arts Entertainers Entertainment Dancers Circus performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t92-003	19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)	Sound	Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Performances Music performance Old time music Songs Singing Musical ensembles Guitar music Banjo music String instruments Banjoists Musical groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-130a	97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Singers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Musical groups Old time music String bands Stringband music Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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

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100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home

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15-minute Programs

15-minute Programs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1977 Portable Folk Festival

1977 Portable Folk Festival

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

1990 Rural Folklife Days

1990 Rural Folklife Days

1992 Florida Folk Festival

1992 Florida Folk Festival

19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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

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

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100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home

100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home

15-minute Programs

15-minute Programs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1977 Portable Folk Festival

1977 Portable Folk Festival

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

1990 Rural Folklife Days

1990 Rural Folklife Days

1992 Florida Folk Festival

1992 Florida Folk Festival

19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

19th Century music at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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

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

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