| a_s1576_t81-102 | Bob and Mae Noell interview for the Florida Home Radio Project | Sound | Fieldwork
Medicine shows
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Comedy
Singing
Pianists
Performing arts
Piano music
Traveling shows
Oral histories
Magic tricks
Family history
Performers
Entertainers
Comedians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_10_c83-085 | Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy) | Sound | Performers
Entertainers
Singers
Ventriloquists
Music performance
Ventriloquism
Humor
Jokes
Medicine shows
Comedians
Performing arts
Radio programs
Documentaries Radio | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- One audio cassette. A documentary program for a radio program entitled "Humorists and Health Evangelists" for the radio series "Florida Home." Includes interviews with and performances by ventriloquists, pitchmen, and performers for medicine shows and other travelling shows, including Bob and Mae Noell, Bunny Bartok, Mary McClain, Ward Hall, and Wayne Murray. Also features commentary and historical background and analysis by a narrator.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-032 | Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 11) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Russian Americans
Vaudeville
Music performance
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jokes
Piano music
Comedy
Performers
Comedians
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t86-025 | Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 4) | Sound | Performers
Comedians
Musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Russian Americans
Vaudeville
Music performance
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jokes
Piano music
Comedy | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 4)
- Date
- 1986-05-23
- Description
- One reel to reel recordings. (Copied onto C86-68.) Images from their performance can be found in S 1577, v. 41, slides S86-4681 through S86-4692. The folklife area in 1986 focused on Miami-Dade, which stemmed from fieldwork work on the 1986 Miami-Dade Folklife Survey, conducted by Lauri Sommers, Tina Bucuvalas, and Nancy Nusz.
- Collection
| 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
| a_s1576_t86-015 | Interview with vaudevillian Milt Ross | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Entertainment
Vaudeville
Oral narratives
Jewish Americans
Acting
Jokes
Theater
Singers
Family history
Yiddish language
Theater, Yiddish
Drama
Performers
Comedians
Entertainers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with vaudevillian Milt Ross
- Date
- 1985-08-02
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes (Copied onto C86-58 and C86-59). Interview with vaudeville performer (singer/comedian/mimic) Milt Ross. He discusses his education in Jewish schools; his family background; being discovered in Miami at 15 by Al Jolson; travelling with Jolson; Yiddish theater; sources of material for his act; Miami night clubs; Martha Raye; cantorial work; George Jessel; and types of shows. The term vaudeville was an American word coined in the 1840s, and refers to a variety show comprised of a series of unconnected acts (singing, comedy, dancing, etc.). 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
| Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: vaudeville performers Harry and Lillian Kalikow | Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: vaudeville performers Harry and Lillian Kalikow | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performances
Performing arts
Jewish Americans
Vaudeville
Jokes
Pianos
Oral performance
Comedians
Musicians
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: vaudeville performers Harry and Lillian Kalikow
- Date
- 1986-05-24
- Description
- Twelve color slides. Of Russian Jewish heritage, Harry Kalikow had been performing vaudeville since he was 13. He moved to Miami in 1958 and became a nightclub comedian. He and Lillian performed songs and jokes at the festival. He is at the mike, and she on the piano. The term vaudeville was an American word coined in the 1840s, and is defined as a variety show composed of a series of unconnected acts (singing, comedy, dancing, etc.) 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_t82-038 | Performance of an old-time medicine show | Sound | Fieldwork
Medicine shows
Music performance
Performances
Comedy
Singing
Pianists
Performing arts
Piano music
Traveling shows
Jokes
Magic tricks
Performers
Entertainers
Comedians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performance of an old-time medicine show
- Date
- 1982-01-31
- Description
- Four reel to reels. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-29, C83-30, C83-31, and C83-32. Some material from the performance was used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copy of the programs can be found on C85-14.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-101 | Recording of a performance and interview with vaudeville performers Harry and Lillian Kalikow | Sound | Fieldwork
Vaudeville
Performing arts
Sound recordings
Performances
Comedy
Music
Jokes
Piano music
Singing
Songs
Singers
Jewish Americans
Russian Americans
Interviews
Interviewing
Oral histories
Life histories
Comedians
Musicians
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Recording of a performance and interview with vaudeville performers Harry and Lillian Kalikow
- Date
- 1985-08-28
- Description
- Three reel to reel tapes (also copied onto C86-140 and C86-57). A recording of Harry Kalikow with his wife, Lillian, on piano, performing vaudedille routines. Followed by an interview with both. Harry discussed learning vaudeville; getting started in the business; his career; examples of songs and jokes; and his move to Florida. Lillian discussed learning piano (by ear); playing for silent movies; and performing with Harry. Of Russian Jewish heritage, Harry Kalikow had been performing vaudeville since the age of 13. He moved to Miami in 1958 as a nightclub comedian. His act consisted of songs, jokes, and piano solos. The term vaudeville was an American word coined in the 1840s, and refers to a variety show comprised of a series of unconnected acts (singing, comedy, dancing, etc.) 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_t83-052 | Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 10) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Musicians
Ventriloquism
Medicine shows
Humor
Jokes
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Piano music (Blues)
Performers
Ventriloquists
Comedians
Singers
Pianists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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