| a_s1576_t90-078 | Caribbean Carnival Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Artisans
Storytellers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Trinidadians
Masks
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Holidays and festivals
Carnivals
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t90-088 | Ethnic Men Holiday Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Carnivals
Holidays and festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Ethnic Men Holiday Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area)
- Date
- 1990-05-27
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Discussion of how men from various cultures (Jewish, Haitian, Greek, and Trinidadian) celebrate holidays and special events. Gombos was from Tarpon Springs, Shapiro from Orlando, Cousuillant and Reyes from Miami. Each year at the Florida Folk Festival, the Florida Folklife Program emphasized a particular culture, tradtions, or geographic area. In 1990, they emphasized celebrations of various Florida groups. including Haitians, Trinidadians, Greeks, and Jewish peoples.
- Collection
| Images of a Purim carnival at the Jacksonville Jewish Center | Images of a Purim carnival at the Jacksonville Jewish Center | Still Image | Holidays and festivals
Jewish Americans
Religious rites
Judaism
Carnivals
Performing arts
Purim
Children
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of a Purim carnival at the Jacksonville Jewish Center
- Date
- 1990-03
- Description
- One proof sheet with 36 black and white images (plus negatives.) Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrating the victory of the Jewish people over its enemies, as told in the Book of Esther. Literally a Celebration of Lots, it is a joyous time celebrating fun and happiness.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-036 | Interview with circus performer Bill Rodgers | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Animal training
Birds
Performing arts
Clowns
Circus
Carnivals
Entertainers
Animal trainers
Circus performers
Circus workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with circus performer Bill Rodgers
- Date
- 1982-01-06
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Rodgers discusses his life in the circus. Topics include clowns; training for the circus; traveling; ring masters; and training birds. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-27 & C83-28. Material used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copies of the programs can be found on C85-14.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-035 | Interview with circus performer Erik Adams | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Animal training
Apes
Performing arts
Chimpanzees
Circus
Carnivals
Dogs
Traveling theater
Dog trainers
Entertainers
Animal trainers
Circus performers
Circus workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with circus performer Erik Adams
- Date
- 1982-01-06
- Description
- One reel to reel. Adams was an animal trainer and circus performer. In the interview, he discusses training dogs and chimpanzees; the differences between carnivals and circuses; types of circus performers; and life in the traveling circus. Copied onto audiocassette C83-26. Material used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copies of the programs can be found in S 1576, box 16, tapes C85-14.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t81-120 | Interview with circus worker Doc Art Miller | Sound | Field recordings
Medicine shows
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Carnivals
Carnival pitching
Circus performers
Circus workers
Performing arts
Family history
Traveling shows
Oral histories
Circus | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with circus worker Doc Art Miller
- Date
- 1981-11-13
- Description
- T81-120: Miller discusses different types of handbills, fliers, and posters and talks about the techniques required to post them. He also discusses performing his shows during the World War Two era and relates how communists and others gave him trouble; tells a story about Rough and Ready, a town in New York, and other stories; describes other acts and describes a card trick and a "pitch;" and talks about devising the tricks, overcoming stage fright, and government sanctions against gambling. T81-121: Miller discusses raising a tent; code words identifying an authentic show person; paying employees with tobacco and food during the Depression; playing a pirated silent film version of Uncle Tom's Cabin; being hassled for putting up his show posters; and playing money games like the shell game and "Innocents Trap." T81-122: Miller discusses finding sponsors and tent space for circuses and carnivals; tells stories about jobs he's held; talks about writing for the "Band Wagon;" and talks about living statue acts and "spectacle" acts circuses used to open their shows. T81-123: Miller discusses waterproofing circus tents; an accident in which a circus tent caught fire and caused the deaths of several, including a young girl; and the menagerie tent. Copied onto cassettes C81-91, C81-92, C81-93 & C81-94. Some material from the interview was used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copies of the radio programs can be found in S 1576, box 16, tapes C85-14.
- Collection
| a_s1576_07_c81-086 | Interview with circus worker Doc Art Miller | Sound | Field recordings
Medicine shows
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Carnivals
Carnival pitching
Circus performers
Circus workers
Performing arts
Family history
Traveling shows
Oral histories
Circus | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with circus worker Doc Art Miller
- Date
- 1981-10-16
- Description
- Copied onto reel-to-reels T81-115, T81-116, and T81-117. Some material from the interview was used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copies of the radio programs can be found in S 1576, box 16, tapes C85-14.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-025 | Interview with circus worker Ward Hall | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Circus
Performing arts
Carnivals
Selling
Carnival pitching
Occupational folklore
Circus performers
Circus workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with circus worker Ward Hall
- Date
- 1982-01-07
- Description
- One reel to reel. (Also copied on C95-46, as well as C83-16) Ward, a carnival pitchman, and circus worker, discusses his career. Topics include pitching; carnivals; circuses; selling techniques; and performing in circuses. The material was featured in two episodes for the public radio program, Florida Home, on traveling entertainment. Copies of the programs can be found on C85-14.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-026 | Interview with Joe McKennon | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Circus
Performing arts
Carnivals
Selling
Carnival pitching
Occupational folklore
Circus performers
Circus workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Joe McKennon
- Date
- 1982-01-05
- Description
- Seven reel to reels. McKennon, a life-long circus worker, discusses his career. Topics include leaving Texas for the circus as teen; types of shows; circus traveling and transportation; tents used; differences between carnivals and circuses; history of John Ringling; the types of circuses in the 1920s and 1930s; South Florida circuses; jobs he held; medicine shows; and competition between circuses. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-17, C83-18, C83-19, C83-20, C8.-21, C83-22, and C83-23. Material used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copies of the programs can be found in S 1576, box 16, tapes C85-14.
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| a_s1576_t82-022 | Interview with performer Wayne Murray | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Vaudeville
Burlesque (Theater)
Drama
Acting
Selling
Medicine shows
Carnivals
Performing arts
Carnival pitching
Jokes
Humor
Radio
Occupational folklore
Entertainers
Comedians
Actors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with performer Wayne Murray
- Date
- 1982-01-07
- Description
Three reel to reels. Murray, an actor, carnival pitchman, and comic, discusses his career. Topics include jokes; Yiddish theater; acting; medicine shows; traveling theaters; comedians; pitching at carnivals and fairs; performing on the radio; moving to Florida in 1969; the differences between vaudeville and burlesque; and learning the craft. Provides several examples of his material. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-13, C83-14, and C83-15; as well as tapes 16 and 17 in box 40 of series 1576.
Material used for a public radio on traveling entertainment, a copy of which can be found on audiocassette C95-43.
- Collection
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