263 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Field recordings"
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<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master
Date
1980-06
Description
One audio cassette. A duplicate copy can be found on C80-19. This is an unmixed, pre-master third-generation recording of field recordings conducted between 1978 and 1980 from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Folklife Project, resulted in Drop on Down in Florida, an exploration of African American musical traditions in Florida.  Tape is in very poor condition and cannot be reproduced.
Collection
<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master
Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Date
1988-01-27
Description
Two audiocassettes. Ballard was born in Myakka City, where his family dates back to 1860. His father was a beekepper, and when Al retired from the U.S. Army in 1978, he began beekeeping. In the interview, he discusses his family history with beekeeping; main prime product: honey; his business Ballard's Apiary; selling honey: methods, equipment, and buyers; handling swarms and queens; tools used; bee hive boxes; transportation; use of citrus, palmetto and mangrove for pollinating; bee bahvior and life cycle; disease control; myths about bees and honey; ideal bee weather; and Africanized bees.
Collection
Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Alan Jabbour at the Nick of Time Conference

Alan Jabbour at the Nick of Time Conference
Date
1989-02-04
Description
Dale Olsen serves as emcee. Jabbour plays music from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and discusses his background as a native Floridian from Miami. Sources for Florida folk materials are discussed and music is played, including "The Sloop John B." Jabbour continues discussing songs of various ethnic origins, such as Slovakian, Minorcan, and Greek.
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Alan Jabbour at the Nick of Time Conference

Alan Jabbour at the Nick of Time Conference
Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1989-08-16
Description
One audio cassette. Jacksonville native discusses his career playing blues piano. Topics include learning piano from his mother; gospel music; jazz; piano styles: gospel, blues, jazz; Jacksonville piano players; local clubs; bands he played with; playing in North Florida; and equipment used.
Collection
Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
Alex McBride performance for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Alex McBride performance for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1989-08-16
Description
One audio cassette. Recording of blues pianist McBride playing at his apartment.
Collection
Alex McBride performance for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Alex McBride performance for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
Alfredo Gallegos interview for the Mexican American Music Survey

Alfredo Gallegos interview for the Mexican American Music Survey
Date
1995-05-13
Description
One audio cassette recording. Interview by Stone with deejay Gallagos, who also owns with his brother Radio Continental (1490 AM).
Collection
Alfredo Gallegos interview for the Mexican American Music Survey

Alfredo Gallegos interview for the Mexican American Music Survey
Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1988-02-23
Description
One audio cassette. O'Neal first came to Florida in 1969 from Tennessee, where ran a grocery store. In the interview, he discusses running a commissary for US Sugar, including goods sold; why commissaries developed; the sugar industry; descriptions of the workers; the workers food habits; and how commissaries have changed.
Collection
Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1987-10-13
Description
Two audio casettes. Symonette, the son of pioneer Palm Beach fisher Winifred Symonette, was born in Rivera Beach, and fished until 1966. By the time of the interview, he was a carpenter. He discusses learning fishing from his father at 6; the fishing industry in the 1930s through 1960s; boating; seasonal fishing; types of fishes caught; gill netting; regulations; tackle involved; and moving to carpentry in the 1960s.
Collection
Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Date
1987-11-23
Description
One audiocassette. Curry was a farmer since the 1940s. He discusses getting started in farming: clearing fields; developing his process, and deciding on crops. He also discusses his crops: watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes; special needs for each; changes to the environment; main issue: water control; debt; financing; small farmers; plastic farming; and cattle raising (his other business).
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Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Amy Cox & apprentice Bob Murphy interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Amy Cox & apprentice Bob Murphy interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
Date
1991-06-16
Description
One audio cassette (DAT tape). Amy Cox began playing with her father Gerry and mother Regina in the Homegrown String Band in 1982 at the age of eight. They played the Florida Folk Festival from 1983 through the 1990s. A copy of their album, Little Streams of Whiskey, can be found in S 1640, box 21. Murphy was her apprentice in 1990-1991.&nbsp;
Collection
Amy Cox & apprentice Bob Murphy interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Amy Cox & apprentice Bob Murphy interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_03_c80-018<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-masterSoundMusic--Performance
Field recordings
African Americans
Guitar music
Blues (Music)
Religious music
Religious songs
Musical tradition, sacred
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Gospel (Black)
Blues singers
Spirituals (Songs)
Church services
Prayer
Sound recordings
Shape note singing
Churches
Diddly bow		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1622_04_tape08Al Ballard interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts ProjectSoundBeekeepers
Field recordings
Beekeeping
Beehives
Honey
Apiaries
Bees (insects)
Citrus fruits
Plants
Harvesting
Agriculture
Interviews
Oral histories		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_25_c89-002bAlan Jabbour at the Nick of Time ConferenceSoundWorks Progress Administration (WPA)
Folklore
Oral histories
Field recordings		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1618_04_tape17Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundField recordings
Interviews
Pianos
Blues (music)
African Americans
Blues musicians
Oral narratives
Gospel music
Jazz
Nightclubs		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1618_04_tape16Alex McBride performance for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundField recordings
Music--Performance
Blues (music)
African Americans
Blues musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s2029_01_tape06Alfredo Gallegos interview for the Mexican American Music SurveySoundField recordings
Interviews
Occupational folkore
Radio employees
Radio
Mexican Americans
Hispanic Americans
Broadcasters		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1685_06_tape21Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundAdministration
Businesspeople
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Company stores
Sugar
Retail stores
Selling
Food shopping
Agricultural workers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1685_07_tape17Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundCarpentry
Field recordings
Fishing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Fishing nets
Gillnets
Fishing equipment
Fishing boats
Seafaring life		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1622_04_tape11Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts ProjectSoundField recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Life histories
Occupational folklore
Agricultural implements
Family farms
Farm life
Farming
Sales
Watermelons
Vegetables
Plants		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1640_22_tape05Amy Cox & apprentice Bob Murphy interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship ProgramSoundApprentices
Fiddle tunes
Old time music
Interviews
Field recordings		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
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