| a_s1576_t86-251b | WPA field recordings in Ybor City (August 1939 recording expedition) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Folklorists
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
Latinos
Work songs
A capella singers
Performing arts
A capella singing
Music performance
Singing
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Narratives
Jokes
Riddles
Storytelling
Tales
Italian Americans
Prayer
Storytellers
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings in Ybor City (August 1939 recording expedition)
- Date
- 1939-08-26
- Description
- One reel to reel. These recordings were created by Florida folklorist Kennedy and photographer Cook in August 1939. They created a total of sixteen 12-inch acetate records that month. On this recording, Cuban American and Italian American residents of Ybor City were recorded telling stories and singing traditional songs. 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, they 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_t86-250 | WPA field recordings in Ybor City (August 1939 recording expedition) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Folklorists
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
Latinos
Work songs
A capella singers
Performing arts
A capella singing
Music performance
Singing
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Narratives
Jokes
Rites and ceremonies
Storytelling
Tales
Supernatural legends
Storytellers
Children
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings in Ybor City (August 1939 recording expedition)
- Date
- 1939-08-23
- Description
- One reel to reel. These recordings were created by Florida folklorist Kennedy and photographer Cook in August 1939. They created a total of sixteen 12-inch acetate records that month. On this recording, Cuban American residents of Ybor City were recorded telling stories and singing traditional songs. The material recorded during a birthday party at the Andux household is also on S86-2490. 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_t86-257 | WPA field recordings in Cross City (August 1939 recording expedition) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Folklorists
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
African Americans
Work songs
A capella singers
Performing arts
A capella singing
Music performance
Singing
Turpentine industry workers
Narratives
Personal experience narratives
Jokes
Riddles
Storytelling
Tales
Storytellers
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings in Cross City (August 1939 recording expedition)
- Date
- 1939-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. These recordings were created by Florida folklorist Kennedy and photographer Cook in August 1939. They created a total of sixteen 12-inch acetate records that month. On this recording, turpentine workers in Cross City told stories/jokes and sang work songs. 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
| Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 8 of 15) | Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 8 of 15) | Moving Image | Performers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Puppet drama
Puppets
Puppet theater
Performing arts
Medicine shows
Traveling shows
Comedy
Jokes
Puppeteers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
| Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 7 of 15) | Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 7 of 15) | Moving Image | Performers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Puppet drama
Puppets
Puppet theater
Performing arts
Medicine shows
Traveling shows
Comedy
Jokes
Puppeteers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
| a_s1685_07_tape07 | Verbal traditions by students at Rolling Green Point Elementary School for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Children
Field recordings
Tales
Oral narratives
Jokes
Speech play
Elementary schools
Storytelling
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t86-148 | Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15) | Sound | Musicians
Pianists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Klezmer music
Clarinet music
Russian Americans
Vaudeville
Jokes
Singing
Comedy
Humor
Piano music
Comedians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t86-047 | Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 3) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Russian Americans
Vaudeville
Music performance
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jokes
Piano music
Comedy
Music Latin America
Latinos
Arts, Venezuelan
Venezuelan Americans
Harp music
Maracas
Performers
Comedians
Musicians
Harpists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t86-046 | Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Singers
Dancers
Storytellers
Musicians
Comedians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Arts, Jamaican
Jamaican Americans
Music performance
Storytelling
Dance
Demonstrations
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Russian Americans
Vaudeville
Piano music
Comedy
Jokes | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1986-05-25
- Description
- One reel to reel recordings. (Copied onto C86-89.) Ranger-Brown sings, tells Jamaican, and demonstrates traditional dances to recorded music. The rest of the Kalikow's vaudeville performance can be found on T86-47). The folklife area in 1986 focused on Miami-Dade, which stemmed from fieldwork work on the 1986 Miami-Dade Folklife Survey, conducted by Lauri Sommers, Tina Bucuvalas, and Nancy Nusz.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t83-059 | Sunday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reels 6-8) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Ventriloquism
Blues (Music)
Puppets
African Americans
Medicine shows
Humor
Punch and Judy
Puppet theater
Ropework
Jokes
Singers
Guitarist
Clowns
Ventriloquists
Comedians
Performers
Blues singers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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