a_s1714_04_tape65 | Maria Gomez interview | Sound | Farm workers Fieldwork Interviewing Interviews Latinos Mexican Americans Oral narratives Oral histories Religion Calendar rites Marriage rites Religious rites Rites and ceremonies Catholics Food habits Food Holidays and festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Maria Gomez interview
- Date
- 1985-03-07
- Description
- Interview with Maria Gomez in her home. She discusses Mexican American culture, including religion, ceremonies, foodways, growing up in Mexico, Catholicism, dating, weddings, and life in Florida. The interview is in Spanish. Her children can be heard at times. For images of the interview, see S 1577, v. 27, slides 1516-1532. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1714_04_tape68 | Recording of a Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Sound | Fieldwork Christianity Sound recording Sermons Church services Community culture Religion Sermons, Spanish Ethnicity, Mexico Latinos Churches Children Catholics Musical instruments Religious rites Baptism Baptismal sermons Priests Music performance Infant baptism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of a Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a Catholic mass and baptismal service in Seville, Florida. The service was held in a Methodist Church that the Mexican American fern farmers used for Catholic services. For images, see S 1577, v. 27, slides 1742-1758. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1714_04_tape56 | Recording of a rosary and mass service to the Virgin of Fatima | Sound | Fieldwork Sound recordings Catholics Church services Religion Religious rites Christianity Latinos Mexican Americans Children Preachers Sermons Sermons, Spanish Oral performance Dwellings Church work with mobile home dwellers Mobile homes Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of a rosary and mass service to the Virgin of Fatima
- Date
- 1985-02-25
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of a mass and rosary service in honor of the Virgin of Fatima in the trailer home of the Jose Albarran family. Presided over by Father Jose Narvaez, food and drinks were served to those that came. The service is in Spanish. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1664_06_tape32 | Recordings of the Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration (1990) | Sound | Fieldwork Greek Americans Epiphany Religious rites Religion Christianity Catholics Community culture Community rites Holidays and festivals Special events Parades Priests Calendar rites | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recordings of the Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration (1990)
- Date
- 1990-01-06
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ,thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community. Images of the celebration can be found in S 1664, box 2, folder 1.
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a_s1576_68_c97-080 | Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Interviewing Serbian Americans Christianity Religious songs Chants Catholics Singing Priests Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10)
- Date
- 1997-05-24
- Description
- One audio cassette recordings. Father Nikodim Priobjan of the Serbian Orthodox Church along with Zora Russell, Mary Jane Allegro and John Palmos are interviewed by Laurie Sommers. Father Pribojan discusses the Orthodox liturgical chants and describes their history and origin, when they are used and how they are sung. He and the others chant several pieces. The named ones include "Christ Has Risen"; "Blessed is the Man..."; "O Ye Holy Martyrs". He also describes the difficulty of writing the notes to chants and talks about apprenticeship in chanting.
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a_s1664_07_tape35 | Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations | Sound | Singers Musicians Storytellers Fieldwork Greek Americans Epiphany Religious rites Religion Christianity Catholics Community culture Community rites Holidays and festivals Special events Purim Play Calendar rites Arts, Haitian Haitian Americans Carnivals Arts, Jewish Jewish Americans Judaism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations
- Date
- 1989-11
- Description
- One audio cassette. Research conducted through the NEA to create the 1990 Florida Folklife Area, the theme of which was Ethnic Celebrations. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ, thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community. Images of the celebration can be found in S 1664, box 2, folder 1. 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.
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Blessing of the Fleet in St. Augustine | Blessing of the Fleet in St. Augustine | Still Image | Fieldwork Documentary videos Boats Trawlers (Vessels) Rivers Seafood industry Occupational groups Video recording Churches Religious rites Religion Television cameras Catholics Parades | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blessing of the Fleet in St. Augustine
- Date
- 1986-08-11
- Description
- Thirty-six black and white prints, plus negatives. Images of the Blessing of the Fleet, including images of WUFT-TV staff Saperstein and Williams filming the proceedings. Activities included a religious processional, a parade of boats, and spectators at the docks. Footage was used for the shrimping folklife documentary, Fishing All My Days.
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Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Still Image | Arts, Greek Greek Americans Priests Religion Religious rites Beliefs and cultures Death rites Catholics Folk festivals Special events | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blessing of the Water for the Dead
- Date
- 1989-06-24
- Description
- Twenty color slides. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Cathedral Basilica (including Father Camp statue) | Cathedral Basilica (including Father Camp statue) | Still Image | Fieldwork Cathedrals Statues Church architecture Churches Church buildings Catholics Stone carving | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cathedral Basilica (including Father Camp statue)
- Date
- 1982-10-27
- Description
- Seven color slides. The Cathedral Basilica is the nation's oldest parish (dating back to 1565). The present cathedral was built in 1797 out of native coquina stone. Henry Flagler later donated the cathedral's steeple. Father Camp led the Minorcans on the long walk from Andrew Turnbull's plantation in New Smyrna in the 1770s (where they worked under slave-like conditions) to St. Augustine. Today's Minorcans are the descendents of those migrants.
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Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Still Image | Fieldwork Christianity Structures Buildings Church services Community culture Religion Church architecture Ethnicity, Mexico Latinos Churches Church buildings Catholics Musical instruments Religious rites Baptism Baptismal sermons Priests Church attendance Infant baptism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Images of a Catholic mass and baptismal service in Seville, Florida. The mass was held in a Methodist Church that the Mexican American fern farmer used for Catholic services. For a recording of the service, see S 1714, box 4, tapes 68-69. 1742-1743: The Methodist Church exterior; 1444-1748: Chuck Bard and Francisco Espino playing music; 1749-1751: Bard leading singing; 1752-1753: Blessing child; 1754, 1756: Narvaez giving communion; 1755: baptising child; 1756-1757: Mother and child; 1806-1813: church parishioners; 1814-1815: Father Narvaez. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection