| 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
- Date
- Description
- One audio cassette. Dekle reads A Cowboy's Prayer. Location and date of recording unknown.
- Collection
| 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
- Date
- 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.
- Collection
| 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)
- Date
- 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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
- Date
- 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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 |
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