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Favorite Cowboy Recitation -- copyrighted recording of the Cowboy Potery Gathering (Utah Folklife Center)

Favorite Cowboy Recitation -- copyrighted recording of the Cowboy Potery Gathering (Utah Folklife Center)

Date
1984
Description
One audio cassette. See cassette jacket for further descriptions of poetry and authors. This is a copyrighted recording, and no copies can be made from it. Side A "The Cowboy's Prayer" - Owen Johnson, Moccasin, AZ (recited by Gary Stanton); "Strawberry Roan" - Ray Lashley, Syracuse UT (recited by Gary Stanton, originally written by Curley Fletcher); "Zebra Dunn" - Larry Schutte, Maggie Creek Ranch, NV (recited by Gary Stanton); "Shag Brauntay" - Bud Bartram, Stoneham, CO (recited by David Brose); "Home Sweet Home" - Sam Scheyler, Jerome, ID (recited by Gary Stanton); "Murph and McClop" - Harry Taylor, Jackson, WY (recited by Warren Miller); "The Courtship of Young Waddie" - Randy Stowell, Currie, NV (recited by Gary Stanton); "The Flying Outlaw" - Waddie Mitchell, Lee Jiggs, NV (recited by Hal Cannon); "Old Timers" - Ken Trowbridge, Darby, MT (recited by Mike Korn); "Cowboy's Dream" - Dave Ericsson, Wikiup, AZ (recited by Warren Miller); "The Bronco's Twister's Prayer" - Yula S. Hunting, Beryl, UT (recited by Carol Edison). Side B "Sellin Prewitts' Cow" - Baxter Black, Brighton, CO (recited by David Brose); "The Rodeo Trail" - Buck Crofts, Kanab, UT (recited by Carol Edison); "The Kid Solos" - Bob Schilds, Blackfoot, ID (recited by Gary Stanton); "Cows and Logs" - Harold Otto, Pateros, WA (recited by Jens Lund); "Early Morning Roundup" - Owen Barton, Rogerson, NV (recited by Gary Stanton); "The Old Cowman" - Dick Gibford, Meridian, ID (recited by Steve Siporin); "So Long" - Ross Knox, Seligman, AZ (recited by Warren Miller); "Open Range" - Melvin Whipple, Hereford, TX (recited by Jim McNutt); "The Lowly Brawl" - Vern Mortensen, Parowan, UT (recited by Gary Stanton); "Then and Now" - Jack Walther, Lamoille, NV (recited by Gary Stanton); "Cowboys of Yesteryear" - Cecil Moore, Grants, NM (recited by Hal Cannon); "How Many Cows" - Nyle Henderson, Hotchkiss, CO (recited by David Brose); "No Imposter" - Duane Reece, Winkleman, AZ (recited by Warren Miller); "Reincarnation" - Wally McRae, Forsyth, MT (recited by Mike Korn). The Western Folklife Center emerged out of the Utah Folklife Center.
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Florida Song Writers Workshop at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Song Writers Workshop at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Date
1986-05
Description
Twenty black and white prints, plus negatives. Held at the Gazebo Stage.
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Folk singer Pham Duy at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival

Folk singer Pham Duy at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival

Date
1966-05-06
Description
One black and white print. Once called the 'Woody Guthrie of Vietnam,' Pham Duy wrote over 1000 songs. Born in Ha Noi in 1921, he trained in Paris in the 1940s. A part of the anti-French resistance, Pham Duy traveled Vietnam learning folk songs, and supporting regime change. In Spring 1966, as part of a cultural exchange program with the US, the 46 year old Saigon resident toured the United States. By the 1980s, Duy resided in California, still writing and performing. This image is of Duy performing at the Florida Folk Festival for the Friday afternoon program on 6 May 1966. A recording of his performance can be found on T77-158.
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Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 12)

Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 12)

Date
1996-05-24
Description
One audio cassette tape. Kerchmar served as emcee. Ann Browning Masters continues her poetry recitation . Kazuko Law discusses Japanese women's traditions including fan gestures. The Grooms' talk continues on C96-60.
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Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Date
1996-05-24
Description
One audio cassette tape. Kerchmar served as emcee. Don and Suzanne Marie Grooms continue discussing folklife and creative writing.
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Interview with ASCAP Charter member Geoffrey O Hara

Interview with ASCAP Charter member Geoffrey O Hara

Date
1962-02-12
Description
One reel to reel.
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Singer Jeanie Fitchen

Singer Jeanie Fitchen

Date
1968
Description
Five black and white prints. Often called the 'Queen of Florida Folk,' Fitchen debuted at the Florida Folk Festival at fifteen in 1966 as Eugenia Sisinni. Born in Orlando, Fitchen has played most of the festivals ever since, as well as many others including the Beers' Fox Hollow Festival. In 1999 she was nominated for a Grammy for her album, Roads. The images are of various promotional shots, and of her playing at the festival.
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Songwriter Gordon Rouse and wife Carrie

Songwriter Gordon Rouse and wife Carrie

Date
1985-08-07
Description
Two color slides. Images of ordon Rouse, composer of the popular Orange Blossom Special, most famously recorded in the 1960s by Johnny Cash. His wife Carrie stands behind him. Taken at the time of his intevriew; see T86-84, 85 (S 1576).
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute Features

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute Features

Date
1961
Description
One reel to reel recording. (20 minutes). Four short radio stories: 1. A Story and a Song of Yesterday (4:28) -- story on Foster's first composition, Tioga Waltz. 2. A Song of the South (4:30) -- Story about Foster's song, "I am Gonna Ride the Chariot", with the Amigo Male Singers performing it. 3. A Story of a Song and a Wagon (4:40) -- story behind Foster's "Oh! Suzanna". 4. Seminole Indian Josie Billie, Story and Song (4:45) -- Animal tale by Seminole storyteller Josie Billie. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four Short Features

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four Short Features

Date
1961
Description
One reel to reel recording. (15 minutes). Four short radio stories: 1. Open Thy Lattice, Love (3:30) -- story behind Stephen Foster's first published song. 2. Fletcher Hodges, Jr. (3:46)-- story about the curator of Foster Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of a Foster biography. Hodges was a native of Indiana, where he was asked in 1932 to curate the Eli Lilly and Co.'s collection of Foster materials (20,000 items). He moved with the collection to the University of Pittsburgh in 1937. 3. Masaryktown (3:45) -- story of the Czechoslovakian community, with Jerry Psenka's music. 4. Lem Griffis (4:00) -- sampler of Griffis' humorous stories; who was from the Okeefenokee swamp in South Georgia (the headwaters of the Suwannee River). He was a regular performer at the Festival. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_15_c84-117Favorite Cowboy Recitation -- copyrighted recording of the Cowboy Potery Gathering (Utah Folklife Center)SoundComposer
Festivals
Folk festivals
Cowboy poetry
Poetic language
Oral poetry
Cowboys
Poets
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Florida Song Writers Workshop at the 1986 Florida Folk FestivalFlorida Song Writers Workshop at the 1986 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageComposer
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Festivals
Music performance
Composers
Workshops (Adult education)
Banjoists
Guitarists
Musicians
Folk singers
Singers
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Folk singer Pham Duy at the 1966 Florida Folk FestivalFolk singer Pham Duy at the 1966 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageComposer
Guitarist
Folk singers
Music performance
Folk festivals
Performing arts
String instruments
Guitarists
Guitar music
Arts, Asian
Asians
Asian Americans
Vietnamese
Singers
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a_s1576_63_c96-059Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 12)SoundComposer
Singers
Authors
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Arts, Japanese
Japanese Americans
Arts, Asian
Asian Americans
Cherokee Indians
Composers
Poetic language
Writing
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a_s1576_63_c96-060Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)SoundComposer
Singers
Authors
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Personal experience narratives
Writing
Folklife
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a_s1576_t77-268Interview with ASCAP Charter member Geoffrey O HaraSoundComposer
Interviews
Oral histories
Composers
Music business
Music performance
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Singer Jeanie FitchenSinger Jeanie FitchenStill ImageComposer
Guitarist
Folk singers
Music performance
Folk festivals
Performing arts
String instruments
Guitarists
Guitar music
Singers
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Songwriter Gordon Rouse and wife CarrieSongwriter Gordon Rouse and wife CarrieStill ImageComposer
Fieldwork
Elderly, the
Composers
Fiddlers
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a_s2042_sfm_14Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute FeaturesSoundComposer
Singers
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Radio
Radio programs
Radio programs, Public service
Documentaries Radio
Composers
Folklore and history
Life histories
Singing
Music performance
Performing arts
Animal tales
Storytelling
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Storytellers
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a_s2042_sfm_15Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four Short FeaturesSoundComposer
Curators
Archivists
Musicians
Radio
Radio programs
Radio announcing
Documentaries Radio
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Popular songs
Commercial songs
Composers
Folklore and history
Life histories
Accordion music
Arts, Czechoslovakia
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Tall tales
Humor
Jokes
Personal experience narratives
Oral education
Advertising, Public service
Accordionists
Storytellers
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