| a_s1576_22_c86-190 | Gospel program the New Berlin Baptist Church | Sound | Fieldwork
African Americans
Sound recordings
Church services
Choir singing
A capella singers
A capella singing
Religious music
Churches
Music performance
Christianity
Protestants
Religion
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Spirituals (Songs)
Choirs (music)
Baptists
Singers
Choruses | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Gospel program the New Berlin Baptist Church
- Date
- 1984-08-04
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a gospel program at the New Berlin Baptist Church featuring several Jacksonville-based gospel groups. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-008 | Gospel Sing at the First Born Church of the Living God | Sound | Fieldwork
Gospel music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Religious music
Christianity
Protestants
African Americans
Choir singing
Church services
Churches
Special events
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Gospel Sing at the First Born Church of the Living God
- Date
- 1985-09-13
- Description
- Three reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassettes: C86-52/53/54). The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_01_c77-005a | Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church | Sound | Greek Americans
Catholics
Church services
Special events
Churches
Christianity
Religion
Religious rites
Sermons
Epiphany | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
- Date
- 1976-01-06
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of a epiphany day service. 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.
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| a_s2044_02_tape11 | Henry Nelson performing Amazing Grace | 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)
Bands (Music)
Musical groups
Churches
Religion
Christianity
Protestants
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Henry Nelson performing Amazing Grace
- Date
- 1993-09-05
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. For more of Nelson, 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-007 | Ida Goodson performing with the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church choir | Sound | Fieldwork
African Americans
Sound recording
Choir singing
Pianos
Music performance
Musicians
Singing
Musical instruments
Performing arts
Churches
Choirs (music)
Religious music
Pianists
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t82-001 | Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Piano music (Blues)
Personal experience narratives
Jazz music
Family history
Churches
Religious music
Vaudeville
Baptists
Nightclubs
Holidays and festivals
Mardi Gras
Calendar rites
Music business
May Day
Racial segregation
African Americans Segregation
Great Depression
Medicine shows
Gospel music
Gospel (Black)
Religion
Christianity
Singers
Pianists
Women jazz musicians
Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson
- Date
- 1981-11-03
- Description
- Four reel to reels. Interview with singer and pianist Ida Goodson. Born and raised in Pensacola, she toured and recorded with various blues and jazz bands in the late 1920s and 1930s, and later worked for a lumber company for 35 years, while still playing the nightclubs. She converted to Christianity in 1960 and began playing gospel music. In the interview, she discusses her family; her sisters experiences in the music business; learning to play piano; her first song; blues, Dixieland, and jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s; touring Alabama and Georgia in the 1930s; Florida nightclubs; her marriage in 1927; her children's involvement in music; growing up in the Baptist Church and her religious reawakening in the 1960s; recording in New Orleans; games she played as a child; and May Day and Mardi Gras celebrations in Pensacola. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-1, C83-2, C83-3, and C83-4.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape39 | Interview with fisher Claude DeGolyer | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recording
Folk dance
Occupational groups
Churches
Music
Family history
Old time music
Religion
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Carpenters
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fisher Claude DeGolyer
- Date
- 1985-02-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with former fisher Degolyer in his trailer. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Florida when he was four by mule-drawn wagon. He grew up on Lake Okeechobee. He discusses family history; the 1926 hurricane; life in Moore Haven; boatmaking; playing music; and local dances. 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
| a_s1624_03_tape01 | Karen Ford leading the congregation at the Miracle Deliverance Center | Sound | Singers
Fieldwork
Religious music
Religion
Churches
Church services
Christianity
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Singing
Music performance
African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Karen Ford leading the congregation at the Miracle Deliverance Center
- Date
- 1992-03-08
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
- Collection
| a_s2044_02_tape06 | Master of the Sacred Steel album | Sound | Guitarist
Singers
Audiotape recordings
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Performing arts
Guitarists
Music performance
African Americans
Religious songs
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
Religion
Churches
Christianity
Concerts
Community concerts
Protestants
Church services
Prayer
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Master of the Sacred Steel album
- Date
- 1994-10-13
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. Master version of the Sacred Steel album, which was released in 1995 by the Florida Folklife Program. The album is divided into two sections: side 1 is instrumentals and concerts; side 2 are church services. For more information on musicians, recording locations, and production credits, see accompanying booklet, which can be found in S 2044, box 1, folder 22. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1714_03_tape06 | Morning service at Mt. Pisgah AME Church | Sound | Fieldwork
African Americans
Choir singing
Singing
Choirs (music)
Sermons
Religion
Protestants
Christianity
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Preachers
Oral performance
Music performance
Performing arts
Churches
Church membership
Special events
Church attendance
Sound recording | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Morning service at Mt. Pisgah AME Church
- Date
- 1985-01-13
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Morning service recorded at a small cinderblock church in Hastings. Small congregation (aprox. 15), mostly over 50. The Rev. Patrick Goodluck, a new minister from British Guyana, presided. Includes much choir singing and preaching. McDonald noted that the service was more like an Episcopalian service than an AME service, due to the new minister. 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
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