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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Date: 1976-10-01
Description: One audio cassette. Recorded at the Neighborly Center in St. Petersburg. Brown talks about his life and music in between playing religious and blues songs. For additional recordings, see tapes C77-7, C77-8, T78-316 and T78-317.
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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Date: 1977-01-18
Description: Two audio cassettes. Recorded at the Neighborly Center in St. Petersburg. Brown talks about his life and music in between playing religious and blues songs. A previous interview and performance was recorded on tape C77-9. For an interview conducted a year later, see reels T78-316 and T78-317.
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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Date: 1978-05-10
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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Date: 1978-04-22
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Williams was born 15 February 1919 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After traveling with several acts in the 1930s/1940s, he moved to Florida to work the citrus groves. He always played the diddly bow, a one-string instrument played throughout that south that functioned as a primitive guitar. Moses talked about his songs; professional nicknames; the music business; working for the Silas Green Traveling Show as a clown; how he wrote his songs; performing on Beale Street in Memphis; and the history of blues music. In addition, Williams plays several of his songs. (The reels T81-16 and T81-17 may be a duplicate recording of this interview.)
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Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Date: 1977-11-27
Description: One reel to reel recording. Williams was born 15 February 1919 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After traveling with several acts in the 1930s/1940s, he moved to Florida to work the citrus groves. He always played the diddly bow, a one-string instrument played throughout that south that functioned as a primitive guitar. Moses talked about playing the diddly (for this recording, he hung a broom wire from the wall); performing with Sonny Boy Williams; and his life history. He played several songs. NOTE: According to the depositor's agreement, any commercial use of this recording must be cleared by Moses Williams or Dwight Devane.
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Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Date: 1978-04-22
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Blackwelder began fiddling at 18, a self-taught musician. Born in 1910 in Bradford County, he was in the citrus business. His influences included Chubby Wise and Broward Green. In the recordings, Blackwelder discusses his life and fiddling styles. He plays several fiddle tunes.
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Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band

Date: 1977-01-25
Description: One audio cassette. Recorded at Butler's Key West home. Butler discusses the woman who formed the band; the instruments he plays; the kind of music the band plays; playing for funerals and parades; nicknames for people in the band; the origins of the band's name; and discusses his brother and father.
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Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band

Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright

Date: 1985-08-04
Description: Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-108/109) Interview with Wainwright. He discusses dancing and singing in Haiti; forming in a dance troupe; his career in Miami; writing songs; and singers in Haiti. Also includes Wainwright performing ten songs. NOTE: According to the depositor agreement, Wainwright's performances can not be used for commercial purposes. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright

Interview with Anthony Toranto

Date: 1986-11-08
Description: Two audio cassettes. Toranto discusses family history, types of boat building, the seafood industry, historic buildings, and cooking for events. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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Interview with Anthony Toranto

Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle

Date: 1986-10-09
Description: Three reel to reels. Interview with Florida marine biologist Dr. Ingle. Ingle worked for years with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. He discusses the history of Apalachicola; the history of fishing in the area; immigration to the town; the marine biology of Apalachicola Bay; oystering; local political culture; food habits of area; his career as a marine biologist; types of boats; and changes to the local ecosystems. A partial copy of the interview can be found at the Library of Congress' American Folk Center Archive (AFS 26,782A12). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle

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a_s1576_t78-320	Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Music performance Blues (Music) African Americans Diddly bow String instruments Life histories Oral histories Personal experience narratives Minstrel shows Clowns Traveling shows Guitarist Blues singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-300	Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Music performance Blues (Music) African Americans Diddly bow String instruments Life histories Oral histories Personal experience narratives Guitarist Blues singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t78-322	Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Old time music Fieldwork Fiddle music Fiddling String instruments Life histories Oral histories Personal experience narratives Reels Dance music Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-011	Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Performers Performing arts Oral narratives Life histories Jamaican Americans Parades African Americans Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-066	Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright	Sound	Fieldwork Haitian Americans Composers African Americans Music Performing arts Calypso music Music business Interviewing Interviews Oral histories Music performance Musicians Social workers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1592_06_tape10	Interview with Anthony Toranto	Sound	Fieldwork Interviewing Interviews Oral histories Oral narratives Life histories Fishing Seafood gathering Seafood industry Stores, retail Boats and boating Dealers (Retail trade) Local history Family history	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1592_08_reel07	Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Interviewing Oral narratives Oral histories Life histories Biologists Fishing Food habits Seafood gathering Maritime life Maritime folklore Nature Fishes Oysters Community culture Biologist	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band

Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band

Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright

Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright

Interview with Anthony Toranto

Interview with Anthony Toranto

Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle

Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle

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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with blues singer Moses Williams

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band

Interview of Bill Butler with the Key West Junkanoos Band

Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright

Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright

Interview with Anthony Toranto

Interview with Anthony Toranto

Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle

Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle

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