a_s1576_03_c80-018 | <em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master | Sound | Music--Performance Field recordings African Americans Guitar music Blues (Music) Religious music Religious songs Musical tradition, sacred Gospel music Gospel songs Gospel (Black) Blues singers Spirituals (Songs) Church services Prayer Sound recordings Shape note singing Churches Diddly bow | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Drop on Down in Florida pre-master
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- 1980-06
- Description
- One audio cassette. A duplicate copy can be found on C80-19. This is an unmixed, pre-master third-generation recording of field recordings conducted between 1978 and 1980 from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Folklife Project, resulted in Drop on Down in Florida, an exploration of African American musical traditions in Florida. Tape is in very poor condition and cannot be reproduced.
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a_s1714_03_tape02 | 45th Anniversary of the Senior Choir program | Sound | Fieldwork African Americans Choir singing Singing Choirs (music) Religious music Religion Protestants Christianity Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel songs Spiritual music Spirituals (Songs) Music performance Performing arts Churches Church membership Special events Church attendance Sound recording Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
45th Anniversary of the Senior Choir program
- Date
- 1985-01-12
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. Recording of the 45th anniversary program for the senior choir of the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church. The program consisted of traditional gospel and spiritual songs. A malfunctioning microphone caused some distortion and feedback on the recording. 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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Apalachicola architecture | Apalachicola architecture | Still Image | Fieldwork Houses Dwellings Architecture Material culture Buildings Wood craft Hotels Church architecture Churches Porches Community culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apalachicola architecture
- Date
- 1986-11-12
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Images of buildings in Apalachicola. 358-361: Houses in Apalachicola; 362-364: shot gun houses; 365-366: Trinity Church; 367: House; 368: Gulf State Bank; 369-370: Gibson Inn. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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a_s2044_02_tape03 | Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events | Sound | Guitarist Singers Fieldwork Steel guitars Guitar music Performing arts Guitarists Music performance African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Gospel musicians Gospel (Black) Festivals Folk festivals Special events Church attendance Church services Protestants Christianity Churches Religion Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events
- Date
- 1993-11-26
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. (Duplicate can be found on tape 5.) The first half of the tape was recorded at a House of God "Family and Friends Day Celebration" in Daytona Beach on 5 September 1993. The second half was recorded at the Ocala House of God Church #2 on 26 November 1993, and the then at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival on May 24 1994 (for entire festival performance, see D94-20 in S 1576.) On the second half, the vocals are weak. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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a_s2044_02_tape09 | Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name | Sound | Fieldwork Steel guitars Guitar music Performing arts Guitarists Music performance African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Gospel musicians Gospel (Black) Bands (Music) Musical groups Churches Religion Christianity Protestants Guitarist Singers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name
- Date
- 1993-09-05
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. For more of these two, see tape 3. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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Bealsville - Wings of Deliverance (Video 7) | Bealsville - Wings of Deliverance (Video 7) | Moving Image | Television Documentary videos Local history Photography Interviewing on television Interviews Baptists Churches Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Bealsville - Wings of Deliverance (Video 7)
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- One video recording. (3/4" tape) Foreman was director of the African-American Studies Program at University of Florida. This video was created by producers Loretta Brockmeier and Tom Mills for their documentary for WEDU-TV (Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting), Bealsville -- Wings of Deliverance.
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Bealsville - Wings of Deliverance (Video 9) | Bealsville - Wings of Deliverance (Video 9) | Moving Image | Television Documentary videos Local history Photography Interviewing on television Interviews Baptists Churches College teachers Anthropologists Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Bealsville - Wings of Deliverance (Video 9)
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- One video recording. (3/4" tape) Kennedy was a folklorist; Dr. Waterman was professor of Anthropology at University of Florida. This video was created by producers Loretta Brockmeier and Tom Mills for their documentary for WEDU-TV (Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting), Bealsville -- Wings of Deliverance.
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Bethel Lutheran Church cemetery | Bethel Lutheran Church cemetery | Still Image | Fieldwork Cemeteries Grave markers Gravestones Sepulchral monuments Sepulchral slabs Stone carving Graves Mortuary practices Churches Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bethel Lutheran Church cemetery
- Date
- 1978
- Description
- Five color slides. Location unspecified. Probably North Florida. More images found in S 1577, v. 2.
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Bethel Lutheran Church cemetery | Bethel Lutheran Church cemetery | Still Image | Fieldwork Cemeteries Grave markers Gravestones Sepulchral monuments Sepulchral slabs Stone carving Graves Mortuary practices Churches Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bethel Lutheran Church cemetery
- Date
- Description
- Three color slides. Location unspecified. Probably North Florida. More images found in S 1577, v. 1.
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Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church | Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church | Still Image | Fieldwork Community culture Community rites Shape note singing Musical tradition, sacred Painting Churches Wooden churches Church buildings Church architecture Church attendance Baptist church buildings Primitive Baptists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
- Date
- 1994-01-30
- Description
- Twenty color slides. This church was first visited by the Florida Folklife Program back in the late 1970s as part of the North Florida Folklife Project. The members sing in the shaped note singing tradition.
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