| a_s1576_t86-245a | WPA field recordings in Jacksonville and Ybor City (1939 recording expedition: Herbert Halpert) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
African Americans
Folklorists
A capella singers
Performing arts
A capella singing
Music performance
Singing
Preachers
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Drum music
Dance music
Work songs
Arts, Cuban
Drum performance
Musicians
Drummers (Musicians)
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings in Jacksonville and Ybor City (1939 recording expedition: Herbert Halpert)
- Date
- 1939-06-18
- Description
- One reel to reel. (These recordings appear at the start of the reel. The rest of the reel is another WPA expedition.) All of Zora Neale Hurston's Florida recordings can be found on C87-24, including those on this reel. These recordings were created by folklorist Halpert -- originally of New York City, and later a pioneer in the field, in June 1939. This was part of a larger nine-state fieldwork tour of the South between 12 March and 30 June 1939. He created a total of twelve 12-inch acetate records in Florida. On this recording, Halpert was assisted by Stetson Kennedy in Jacksonville. In Ybor City, he recorded Cuban drummer Bermudez. For more detailed information on the recordings, see S 1579, box 3, for copies of the original LOC indexes. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) - after 1939, the Works Projects Administration - was a work-relief program created in 1935 by the Roosevelt Administration that employed over 8.5 million people between 1935 and 1943. One of its programs was the Federal Writers Project (FWP), which included the Folklore Section. This section conducted fieldwork, recording songs, traditions, and stories across the nation. Originally created to gather material for the American Guide Series, but later emphasis was placed upon fieldwork for preservation of folk traditions for future use. In Florida, the FWP was based out of Jacksonville, and directed by historian Carita Doggett Corse. Folklorist Stetson Kennedy directed the Florida Folklife section. Seven recording expeditions were conducted in Florida. Two were conducted between 1935 and 1937, before the creation of the Florida Folklore Section: one by Alan Lomax and Zora Neale Hurston, and the other by John and Ruby Lomax. After 1939, five more were conducted by Florida's FWP staff: Kennedy, Hurston, Robert Cook, Alton Morris, Corse, Robert Cornwell, John Filareton, and Herbert Halpert (of the Joint Committee on Folk Art's Southern Recording Expedition.) Recording equipment was loaned to Florida's WPA program by the Library of Congress' Archive of the American Folk Song (later the American Folk Center). The field recordings were made on acetate disks, usually recorded at 78 rpm (although occasionally at 33 rpm). Because these disks were shipped from Washington DC to Florida, then to the recording site, and then back to Washington, these disks often were not of the highest sonic quality. Several had surface scratches and many had various recording speeds. In 1986, the FFP staff made copies of many of these recordings onto reel to reels for inclusion to the Florida Folklife Archive. The originals are still housed with the Library of Congress.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-256 | WPA field recordings in Calhoun County and Raiford (the 1935, and the 1936-1937 recording expeditions) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Folklorists
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
African Americans
Singers
Blues (Music)
Performing arts
Guitar music
Music performance
Singing
Harmonica music
Prisons
Drum music
Drum performance
Musical saws
Arts in prisons
Prisoners
Women prisoners
Male prisoners
Jails
Musicians
Guitarist
Drummers (Musicians)
Blues singers
Harmonica players | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings in Calhoun County and Raiford (the 1935, and the 1936-1937 recording expeditions)
- Date
- 1935
- Description
- One reel to reel. (Copied onto audio cassette C87-23; and an unnumbered tape in Box 41, in S 1576) These recordings were from the 1935 expedition by Lomax, Hurston, and Barnicle in Calhoun County, and John Lomax's 1936 expedition at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. These were the first of several WPA recording expeditions in Florida. For more detailed information on the recordings, see S 1579, box 3, for copies of the original LOC indexes. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) - after 1939, the Works Projects Administration - was a work-relief program created in 1935 by the Roosevelt Administration that employed over 8.5 million people between 1935 and 1943. One of its programs was the Federal Writers Project (FWP), which included the Folklore Section. This section conducted fieldwork, recording songs, traditions, and stories across the nation. Originally created to gather material for the American Guide Series, but later emphasis was placed upon fieldwork for preservation of folk traditions for future use. In Florida, the FWP was based out of Jacksonville, and directed by historian Carita Doggett Corse. Folklorist Stetson Kennedy directed the Florida Folklife section. Seven recording expeditions were conducted in Florida. Two were conducted between 1935 and 1937, before the creation of the Florida Folklore Section: one by Alan Lomax and Zora Neale Hurston, and the other by John and Ruby Lomax. After 1939, five more were conducted by Florida's FWP staff: Kennedy, Hurston, Robert Cook, Alton Morris, Corse, Robert Cornwell, John Filareton, and Herbert Halpert (of the Joint Committee on Folk Arts Southern Recording Expedition.) Recording equipment was loaned to Florida's WPA program by the Library of Congress' Archive of the American Folk Song (later the American Folk Center). The field recordings were made on acetate disks, usually recorded at 78 rpm (although occasionally at 33 rpm). Because these disks were shipped from Washington DC to Florida, then to the recording site, and then back to Washington, these disks often were not of the highest sonic quality. Several had surface scratches and many had various recording speeds. In 1986, the FFP staff made copies of many of these recordings onto reel to reels for inclusion to the Florida Folklife Archive. The originals are still housed with the Library of Congress.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-237 | WPA field recordings in Calhoun County (1935 recording expedition) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Folklorists
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
African Americans
Singers
Blues (Music)
Performing arts
Guitar music
Music performance
Singing
Harmonica music
Old time music
Drum music
Drum performance
Musical saws
Musicians
Guitarist
Drummers (Musicians)
Blues singers
Harmonica players | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings in Calhoun County (1935 recording expedition)
- Date
- 1935
- Description
- One reel to reel. (A audio cassette of Zora Neale Hurston's performances can be found on S 1576, C87-24; and an unnumbered tape in box 41.) These recordings were from the 1935 expedition by Lomax, Hurston, and Barnicle in Calhoun County. This was the first of several WPA recording expeditions in Florida. For more detailed information on the recordings, see S 1579, box 3, for copies of the original LOC indexes. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) — after 1939, the Works Projects Administration — was a work-relief program created in 1935 by the Roosevelt Administration that employed over 8.5 million people between 1935 and 1943. One of its programs was the Federal Writers Project (FWP), which included the Folklore Section. This section conducted fieldwork, recording songs, traditions, and stories across the nation. Originally created to gather material for the American Guide Series, but later emphasis was placed upon fieldwork for preservation of folk traditions for future use. In Florida, the FWP was based out of Jacksonville, and directed by historian Carita Doggett Corse. Folklorist Stetson Kennedy directed the Florida Folklife section. Seven recording expeditions were conducted in Florida. Two were conducted between 1935 and 1937, before the creation of the Florida Folklore Section: one by Alan Lomax and Zora Neale Hurston, and the other by John and Ruby Lomax. After 1939, five more were conducted by Florida's FWP staff: Kennedy, Hurston, Robert Cook, Alton Morris, Corse, Robert Conrwell, John Filareton, and Herbert Halpert (of the Joint Committee on Folk Art's Southern Recording Expedition.) Recording equipment was loaned to Florida's WPA program by the Library of Congress' Archive of the American Folk Song (later the American Folk Center). The field recordings were made on acetate disks, usually recorded at 78 rpm (although occasionally at 33 rpm). Because these disks were shipped from Washington DC to Florida, then to the recording site, and then back to Washington, these disks often were not of the highest sonic quality. Several had surface scratches and many had various recording speeds. In 1986, the FFP staff made copies of many of these recordings onto reel to reels for inclusion to the Florida Folklife Archive. The originals are still housed with the Library of Congress.
- Collection
| Voices of the Ancestors at Highlands Elementary School | Voices of the Ancestors at Highlands Elementary School | Still Image | Singers
Musicians
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Education
Schools
Children
Students
Classrooms
Elementary schools
African Americans
Flutes
Singing
Music performance
Clothing and dress
Performing arts
Drums
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Voices of the Ancestors at Highlands Elementary School
- Date
- 1988-02
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t90-070 | Trinidadian Carnival Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Orators
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Music performance
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Carnivals
Trinidadians
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t90-077 | Trinidadian Carnival Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Artisans
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Trinidadians
Masks
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Holidays and festivals
Carnivals
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Trinidadian Carnival Traditions Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area)
- Date
- 1990-05-26
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Reyes discussed music, and Roberts discussed making masks for Trinidadian carnival celebrations. Each year at the Florida Folk Festival, the Florida Folklife Program emphasized a particular culture, tradtions, or geographic area. In 1990, they emphasized celebrations of various Florida groups. including Haitians, Trinidadians, Greeks, and Jewish peoples.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t90-076 | Trinidadian Carnival Music Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Musical groups
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Trinidadians
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Music performance
Performing arts
Bands (Music)
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Trinidadian Carnival Music Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area)
- Date
- 1990-05-26
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. They performed five songs including Yellow Bird and Never on Sunday. Each year at the Florida Folk Festival, the Florida Folklife Program emphasized a particular culture, tradtions, or geographic area. In 1990, they emphasized celebrations of various Florida groups. including Haitians, Trinidadians, Greeks, and Jewish peoples.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t90-069 | Trinidadian Carnival Music Workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Music performance
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Trinidadians
Bands (Music)
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| The Voices of the Ancestors performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | The Voices of the Ancestors performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Musical groups
African Americans
Drums
Performing arts
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_t90-127a | The Trinidadian Steel Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) | Sound | Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Trinidadians
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Drum music
Drum performance
Bands (Music)
Drummers (Musicians) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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