| Will McLean singing at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Will McLean singing at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk singers
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Singing
Guitar
Composers
Guitarist
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Will McLean singing at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1984-05-26
- Description
- Two color slides. Image of Florida folk singer McLean performing on the main stage. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, a nickname for the hat he usually wore, authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth- generation Floridian, he died in 1990.
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| Will McLean performing at the Florida Folk Festival in 1976 | Will McLean performing at the Florida Folk Festival in 1976 | Still Image | Musicians
Composer
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Guitar
Guitarists
Singing
Music performance
Composers
Performing arts
Folk singers
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Will McLean performing at the Florida Folk Festival in 1976
- Date
- 1976-05
- Description
- One black and white print. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, another nickname for McLean based on the hat he often wore (such as in this image), he authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990.
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| Will McLean performing at the Florida Folk Festival in 1965 | Will McLean performing at the Florida Folk Festival in 1965 | Still Image | Musicians
Composer
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Guitar
Guitarists
Singing
Music performance
Composers
Performing arts
Folk singers
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Will McLean performing at the Florida Folk Festival in 1965
- Date
- 1965-05
- Description
- One black and white print. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, another nickname for McLean based on the hat he often wore, authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990.
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| Will McLean Memorial Service | Will McLean Memorial Service | Moving Image | Guitarist
Composer
Memorials
Video recording
Memorialization
Tributes
Death rites
Folk singers
Public speaking
Singing
Sing alongs
Personal experience narratives
Autoharp music
Guitar music
Composers
Songs
Performances
Performing arts
Humor
Oral narratives
Seminole Indians
Florida history
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Will McLean Memorial Service
- Date
- 1990-01-24
- Description
- One video recording (35 minutes, VHS). Memorial Service for singer-songwriter Will McLean, held at the Thomas Center in Gainesville. Includes eulogies and memories by Florida Folk Festival director Thelma, Boltin,singer-songwriter Don Grooms, an emotional Seminole chairman and singer James (Jim) Billie, singer-protégé Gamble Rogers, Barbara Sheen Todd, singer-environmental activist Dale Crider, and Cherill Heaton. Plus performances McLean's songs by Jeanie Fitchen (on autoharp), Dougs Gauss, Wayne Martin, Frank Thomas, Don Grooms, Dennis Devine, Mary Ann Dinella, Sandra Jamieson, Ernie Williams, and Barbara Sheen Todd (who sings his first song). These are interspersed with scenes from a 1982 PBS special on McLean, and concludes with audio from McLean's last performance (St. Augustine, October 29, 1989). Many other folk artists are visible in the audience, including Bobby Hicks. Produced by Margaret Longhill and Philip Schwartz for the McLean Foundation. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, a nickname given for the hat he usually wore, authored hundreds of songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990 from cancer.
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| a_s1576_88_d01-020 | Sunday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Folk singers
Guitar music
String bands
Stringband music
Storytelling
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Singers
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| a_s1576_44_d95-036 | Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Bands (Music)
Guitar music
Folk singers
Cherokee Indians
Singers
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| a_s2042_sfm_17 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: School Tape | Sound | Composer
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Documentaries Radio
Radio
Radio programs
Radio programs, Public service
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Storytelling
Tall tales
Humor
Folklore and history
Education
Singers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: School Tape
- Date
- 1984-05-27
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (24:21 minutes). A collection of several radio stories that was sent to Florida schools. Includes Fred Beaver talking about the Suwannee River; Story of Oh! Suzanna; Mark Moore; Story of Tioga Waltz (Foster's first song); Music by the Amigo Male Singers; Story of Josie Billie; Tininkling by David and Estrella Larioza; and tall tales by Lem Griffis. 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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| a_s2042_sfm_22 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963) | Sound | Musicians
Judges
Composer
Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Contests
Beauty contests
Competitions
Singing
Composers
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Carillons
Music performance
Performing arts
Carillonneurs
Choruses
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963)
- Date
- 1963
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (28:10 minutes) A review of three events at the Memorial: the concert by the St. Petersburg Male Chorus in honor of Foster's death (January 13th), the Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair contest (February), and a week-long stay of internationally-known carillonneur June Albright. Holz was the Jeanie winner for 1963. Gerald Marks, a popular song writer, was a judge for the contest. 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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| a_s2042_sfm_23 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963) | Sound | Composer
Contests
Competitions
Talent shows
Beauty contests
Singing
Judges
Composers
Commercial songs
Songs
Advertising, Public service
Radio
Radio announcing
Radio programs
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963)
- Date
- 1963
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (14:20 minutes) Radio program about the 1963 Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition, featuring the winner Keitha Holz singing the Foster song, and remarks as well as an original composition by commercial songwriter and contest judge Gerald Marks. There were 21 contestants, and the event culminated in a Jeanie ball. Marks was the composer of "All of Me," and "The Night Shall Be Filled With Music." He also several Broadway shows and motion pictures. 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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| a_s2042_sfm_15 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four Short Features | Sound | Composer
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 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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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Listen: The Folk Program
