a_s1576_14_c84-093 | 1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar | Sound | Teacher Conferences and seminars series Seminars Teaching of folklore Education Teachers Folklife Jack tales Marchen Storytelling Tales Children Family history Writing Naming practices Jokes Beliefs and cultures Educators Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar
- Date
- 1984-07-23
- Description
- Nine audio cassettes. Liz Simmons, folklorist and teacher from California, leads discussion with teachers on folklore and the place of jokes, legends, and games in folklore. Topics include Zora Neale Hurston; African American folklore; writing folklore; memory and expressive writing; tooth fairy stories; reinforced roles and stereotypes; politics, race and gender in folklore; teaching folklore; children's games; naming traditions; children's folklore; Jack Tales; and family folklore and stories.
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a_s1576_09_c83-079 | Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation | Sound | Singers Storytellers Music performance Senior Girl Scouts Scouts and scouting Girls Jump rope rhymes Singing Games Hand-clapping games Storytelling Leisure Play Jokes Children Girl Scouts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- One audio cassette. (Also on C84-116) Created by the Florida State Museum (today, the Florida Museum of Natural History) at the University of Florida, this is a copyrighted recording of children folklore, including hand clap games, jokes, stories, jump rope rhymes, sayings, and counting games. Rogers tells a story of girl campers.
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a_s1576_11_c83-131 | David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boating Excursion boats Tour guides Oral performance Jokes Occupational folklore Springs (bodies of water) Field recordings Ecotourism Storytelling Interviews | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_11_c83-129 | Don Utz glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat operators Excursion boats Boating Tour guides Tourism workers Jokes Occupational folklore Springs Field recordings Ecotourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_10_c83-085 | Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy) | Sound | Performers Entertainers Singers Ventriloquists Music performance Ventriloquism Humor Jokes Medicine shows Comedians Performing arts Radio programs Documentaries Radio | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- One audio cassette. A documentary program for a radio program entitled "Humorists and Health Evangelists" for the radio series "Florida Home." Includes interviews with and performances by ventriloquists, pitchmen, and performers for medicine shows and other travelling shows, including Bob and Mae Noell, Bunny Bartok, Mary McClain, Ward Hall, and Wayne Murray. Also features commentary and historical background and analysis by a narrator.
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a_s1576_10_c83-086 | Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy) | Sound | Performers Entertainers Singers Music performance Traveling shows Humor Jokes Medicine shows Traveling theater Performing arts Radio programs Documentaries Radio | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. AA "pre-master copy" recorded for the radio show documentary series. Includes excerpts of interviews with travelling show performers including Joe McKennon, Ward Hall, Bill Rogers, Mary McClain, and Eric Addams.
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Florida Yesterday: Folklore & Superstition (master tape) | Florida Yesterday: Folklore & Superstition (master tape) | Moving Image | Storytelling Television Personal experience narratives Oral performance Railroads Trains Jokes Humor Oral narratives Stores, retail Family history Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Folklore & Superstition (master tape)
- Date
- 1977-02-15
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape, 56 minutes) Frog Smith sitting in Mercer's Country Store telling stories of his family and childhood for store patrons. For more footage, see V86-30 and V86-29.
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Florida Yesterday: Folklore; Superstitions | Florida Yesterday: Folklore; Superstitions | Moving Image | Television Storytelling Family history Personal experience narratives Trains Stores, retail Jokes Humor Oral narratives Oral communication Tall tales Ghosts Supernatural legends Sawmills Sawmilling Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Folklore; Superstitions
- Date
- 1977-02-15
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 56 minutes) Folklore: Frog Smith sitting in Mercer's Country Store telling stories of his family and childhood for store patrons. Superstitions: the first half of the Superstitions episode, with Smith in his home office. He tells several ghost stories and explains local superstitions. The second half of the episode can be found on FV-24.
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Florida Yesterday: Ford and Edison (raw footage) | Florida Yesterday: Ford and Edison (raw footage) | Moving Image | Storytellers Television Florida history Storytelling Houses Automobiles Oral narratives Oral performance Humor Jokes Personal experience narratives Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Ford and Edison (raw footage)
- Date
- 1977
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 45 minutes) Smith tells stories about Henry Ford and Thomas Edison while sitting at the Ford residence. Among the corwd listening to Smith were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis (owners of the Ford home at the time), stories about Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, description of their homes, and stories about Fort Myers.
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Florida Yesterday: Music (unedited) & Sawmill (raw footage) | Florida Yesterday: Music (unedited) & Sawmill (raw footage) | Moving Image | Fiddlers Musicians Sawmill workers Television Musical instruments Fiddles Violin Storytelling Tall tales Jokes String instruments Dulcimer Oral narratives Oral performance Sawmills Material culture Machinery Saws Lumber trade Occupational folklore Occupational groups Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Music (unedited) & Sawmill (raw footage)
- Date
- 1977-04-14
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 44 minutes) "Music" episode footage. Filmed at JV Parkers' horse barn. Footage of Frog Smith talking with son George about various musical instruments and country music. Also cutaway shots of Frog reacting to music. See FV-26 for full episode. "Sawmill" episode footage. Scenes of Frog talking with Hendry about sawmills and a saw he invented. Filmed at Jerome Lumber Company. Florida Yesterdays was a Fort Myers-based television program filmed in 1977 that featured storyteller and folk artist Frog Smith discussing "old" Florida. Each episode was about a different topic. Produced by Channel 11 (WINK-TV).
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