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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1954-05
Description: Eight black and white prints. P82-36 Thelma Boltin telling a "Jack tale". P82-37 Esther Joralau, a UF graduate student, performing a Filipino dance. P82-38 Group photo of festival (including Creek Indian Fred Beaver in center). P82-39 square dancers and string band. P82-40 Jump rope demonstration. P82-41 Quilters. P82-42 Anglo UF students performing a Mexican folk dance. P82-43 Irish jigs. Mary Kennedy Kane, center. May 1954. See S 1576, reels T76-1 through T76-9, for recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival
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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Date: 1990
Description: Four color slides; 6 negatives. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Date: 1994
Description: Two color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Date: 1994
Description: Nine color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Creek basket maker Letha McGee

Date: 1980
Description: One color prints (plus one black and white print and negatives.) Duplicate of slide S82-1891.
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Creek basket maker Letha McGee

Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Date: 1981-01-19
Description: Eighteen color slides. Images are of a Creek Indian dance demonstration, with traditional Creek Indian dress.
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Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver

Date: 1958-05
Description: Seven photographic prints. Image of Fred Beaver in traditional Oklahoma Creek dress posing for photographs at the Florida Folk Festival. Beaver was a well-known painter whose ancestors were related to the Florida Seminoles. Also visible in one the images is Florida photographer Robert Leahey. Beaver often spoke at the festivals, where he also usually displayed his paintings. Included with the photographs are several pieces of correspondence between Beaver and the Festival directors.
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Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver

Creek sashes and pine needle crafts

Date: 1980
Description: Seven color slides.
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Creek sashes and pine needle crafts

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Date: 1994
Description: One audio cassette. Created for nomination for a Florida Folk Heritage Award. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1988-05
Description: Seven black and white prints. Grooms, born in Waynesville, North Caroline to a Applachian/Cherokee family, was an associate professor of telecommunications at the University of Florida (1962-1993). He was also news director for WUFT-TV. He was better known, however, for his songwriting and folk festival performances. A part of the Florida Folk scene of the 1960s and 1970s, he regularly performed with McLean, Gamble Rogers, Paul Champion, and Jim Ballew. He died 30 January 1998.
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Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

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Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart	Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart	Still Image	Apprentices Creek art Wood carving Wood craft Decorative arts Woodwork Woodworking tools Workshops Native Americans Creek Indians Teaching of folklore Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard	Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard	Still Image	Singers Creek Indians Billboards Signs (commercial) Signs and signboards Native Americans Country music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home	Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home	Still Image	Singers Creek Indians Hawaiian guitar String instruments Musical instruments Native Americans Offices Awards Country music Hats Steel guitars Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Creek basket maker Letha McGee	Creek basket maker Letha McGee	Still Image	Basket maker Creek Indians Native Americans Porches	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival	Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Special events Clothing and dress Demonstrations Native Americans Creek Indians Indian dance Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver	Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver	Still Image	Orators Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Native Americans Creek Indians Photography Clothing and dress Costumes Musical instruments Artists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Creek sashes and pine needle crafts	Creek sashes and pine needle crafts	Still Image	Fieldwork Basket making Basket work Basketry Baskets Pine needle crafts Decorative arts Material culture Craft Sashes (Clothing) Creek Indians Needleworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
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Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival	Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Folk singers Composers Creek Indians Native Americans Musicians Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Creek basket maker Letha McGee

Creek basket maker Letha McGee

Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver

Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver

Creek sashes and pine needle crafts

Creek sashes and pine needle crafts

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Creek basket maker Letha McGee

Creek basket maker Letha McGee

Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Creek dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver

Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver

Creek sashes and pine needle crafts

Creek sashes and pine needle crafts

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival