a_s1576_14_c84-086 | A Cowboy's Prayer | Sound | Prayer Cowboy poetry Oral performance Whip maker Cowboys | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
A Cowboy's Prayer
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- Description
- One audio cassette. Dekle reads A Cowboy's Prayer. Location and date of recording unknown.
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a_s1576_11_c83-119 | Bartow Library Program: Ranching and Saddle Making | Sound | Ranchers Saddle maker Occupational folklore Workshops (Adult education) Occupational groups Libraries Oral education Ranching Cattle Folklorists Florida history Public speaking Saddles Saddlery Leather craft Work songs Working dogs Horses Equipment and supplies Clothing and dress Cowboys Leather workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Bartow Library Program: Ranching and Saddle Making
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- 1983-06-20
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Presentation at the Bartow Public Library, in connection with the Pursuits and Pastimes exhibit, on Florida ranching. Folklorist Dyen began with a history of Florida cattle ranching, including fence laws, cowboy music (including songs by Bob Tinsley), stories (including recording of Bone Mizell story by Frog Smith), brands, and tools used. Cauley, a saddle maker, talks about saddles and their construction. He discusses tools and materials used, types and uses of saddles, as well as the life of a cowman, the use of dogs, and the clothing and tools used in the profession.
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a_s1576_12_c84-028 | Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Ranchers Cowboys Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Workshops (Adult education) Occupational groups Occupational folklore Ranching Working dogs Cattle Forums (Discussion and debate) Working animals Animal training | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)
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- 1984-05-27
- Description
- One audio cassette. Blanton Owen introduces Jim Hendricks, Ron Sylvester, Terry Meyers, Glen Nettles, and Junior Mills who discuss the pros and cons of cattle dogs: what to look for in a dog; how to train it; where dogs work best; relationship between cattle, dogs, and people; how to discipline a cow dog.
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a_s1576_12_c84-010b | Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley | Sound | Cowboys Life histories Interviews Oral histories Country music Country dancing Clogging Demonstrations Music performance Ranching Libraries Clog dancing Musicians Singers Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley
- Date
- 1984-03-09
- Description
Two audio cassettes. C84-10: Interview with Jim Bob Tinsley and Dottie Tinsley as part of the Library Folklife Program; Jim Bob describes his early life and how he learned to play music and how he got into cowboy music; Woodmen of the World Band; joining the Navy playing in a band in Africa during World War II; tells stories about the songs he performs as well as about Gene Autry and Winston Churchill; Dottie describes clogging steps. C84-11: Continuation of interview and performance in C84-10; he continues discussing cowboy music and the songs he performs; vagabonds; WLS National Barndance; Dr. John R. Brinkley stations in Mexico and Texas; continuation of traditions in singing and writing cowboy songs; his book; Jim Reeves; his albums.
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a_s1576_39_tape29 | Demonstrations of ranching traditions | Sound | Storytellers Singers Guitarist Fieldwork Teaching of folklore Ranch life Storytelling Cowboys Guitar music Country music Tales Audiotape recordings Occupational folklore | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Demonstrations of ranching traditions
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- One audio cassette Recordings of storyteller Frog Smith and cowboy singer Jim Bob Tinsley demonstrating cowboy/ranching folklore. These were used as demonstration during library folklife programs.
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a_s1576_15_c84-117 | Favorite Cowboy Recitation -- copyrighted recording of the Cowboy Potery Gathering (Utah Folklife Center) | Sound | Composer Festivals Folk festivals Cowboy poetry Poetic language Oral poetry Cowboys Poets | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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 ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area | Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area | sound | Ranchers Cowboys Florida Folk Festival Folk festivals Oral narratives Occupational folklore Cattle ranching Seminole Indians Florida Crackers Cowboys -- Florida | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area
- Date
- 1984-05-27
- Description
- One audio cassettes. Side A Blanton Owen introduces Jim Bob Tinsely, Vic Blackstone, Sarah Childs, Stanloe Johns, and Junior Mills who discuss Florida ranching; they discuss settlements; alligators; encroachment on Seminole lands; synopsis of Seminole cattle industry. Side B Sarah Childs discusses the changed role of women in agriculture; the family ranch; Vic Blackstone discusses different breeds of cattle, minerals, and citrus and cattle; Junior Mills discusses a cattle drive; Jim Bob tells "Bone" Mizell story.
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Florida Yesterday: Superstitions; Cowboys & Cattle | Florida Yesterday: Superstitions; Cowboys & Cattle | Moving Image | Storytellers Television Family history Florida history Oral performance Oral narratives Tall tales Personal experience narratives Ghosts Supernatural legends Folklore and history Occupational folklore Occupational groups Cattle Cattle brands Animal tales Cowboys Cows Cowherding Ranch life Ranchers Ranching Barns Architecture Farm buildings Livestock Livestock industry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Superstitions; Cowboys & Cattle
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- 1977
- Description
- One video recording. (3/4" tape, 34 minutes) Superstitions: (13 minutes) The second half of the episode. Filmed in Smith's home office as he tells various ghost stories and explains local superstitions. Cattle and the Cowboys: (21 minutes) Filmed in front of a barn, Smith discusses cattle ranching in Florida. He talks primarily about early ranchers Bone Mizzell and Jacob Summerlin.
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a_s1576_t84-003 | Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1) | Sound | Musicians Singers Storytellers Guitarist Children Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Oratory Storytelling Tales Music performance Singing Sea songs Hand-clapping games Cowboys Country music Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1984-05-25
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Opening performances, including remarks by folklorist and Folklife Program director Loomis and festival director Boltin; jump rope and handclapping games by students, and sea songs by the Deep Water Family (from Jacksonville: Steve, Mike, and Cindy Nash). The Drifting Cowboys performed cowboy songs, and consisted of Bob & Dottie Tinsley, and Jim Robinson.
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a_s1576_t84-065 | Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4) | Sound | Singers Musicians Guitarist Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Old time music Country music Cowboys Clogging | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |