| a_s1576_t85-223 | Interview with Myakka City resident Lois Payne | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Community culture
Turpentine industry workers
African Americans
African Americans Segregation
Timber
Turpentining
Marriage rites
Churches
Religion
Railroads
Family history
Local history
Church services
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Interview with Myakka City resident Lois Payne
- Date
- 1984-06-19
- Description
- One reel to reel. Payne talks about life in Myakka, including turpenting, segregation, marriage practices, timber industry, leisure activities, the Ku Klux Klan, games, churches, and trains. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
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| a_s1576_t85-199 | Interview with Myakka City residents Fleta Carlton, Myrtle Mae, and Anna Carlton | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Community culture
Domestic arts
Cooking and dining
Cows
Musical tradition, sacred
Family history
Soap
Food habits
Food preparation
Local history
Farm life
Sugarcane grinding
Laundry
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Interview with Myakka City residents Fleta Carlton, Myrtle Mae, and Anna Carlton
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Fleta Carlton (along with Anna Carlton and Myrtle Mae) discusses life in early 20th Century Myakka. Included are discussions of holiday celebrations, making cane syrup, local traditions, the first bathroom in the area, hunting, food procurement, the arrival of paved roads and telephones, sacred music, churches, domestic arts like butter making and washing clothes, milking cows, and cooking. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
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| Jump-rope and hand-clapping demonstrations at Melrose Elementary School | Jump-rope and hand-clapping demonstrations at Melrose Elementary School | Still Image | Fieldwork
Elementary schools
Jump ropes
Jump rope rhymes
Hand-clapping games
Demonstrations
Leisure
Recreation areas
Play
Schools
Children
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Jump-rope and hand-clapping demonstrations at Melrose Elementary School
- Date
- 1982-02-08
- Description
- Two proof sheets with 33 black and white images (plus negatives). For recordings, see S 1608, box 2, tape 7. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
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| Merle Rodgers teaching Jamaican child games | Merle Rodgers teaching Jamaican child games | Still Image | Fieldwork
Games
Classrooms
Schools
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Education
Students
Children
Demonstrations
Recreation
Jamaican Americans
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Merle Rodgers teaching Jamaican child games
- Date
- 1986-11-14
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Rodgers demonstrating children's games at Boynton Beach Elementary School. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
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| Skateboarding traditions in Jacksonville | Skateboarding traditions in Jacksonville | Still Image | Fieldwork
Athletics
Games
Leisure
Skateboarding
Skateboarding parks
Inclined planes
Sports areas
Recreation areas
Skating rinks
Recreation
Skateboards
Play areas
Body movement
Teenagers
Teenage boys
Skateboarders
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Skateboarding traditions in Jacksonville
- Date
- 1988-06
- Description
- Forty-eight color slides. Images of Roden and French performing skateboarding tricks at a Jacksonville skate park (Kona Skate Park). For an interview with Roden and French,see S 1618, box 4, tape 20. 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, and 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.
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| a_s1576_75_c99-067 | Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Personal experience narratives
Folklorists
Japanese Americans
Games Japan
Games
Recreation
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Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)
- Date
- 1999-05-28
- Description
- One audio cassette tape. Folklorist Stuemple interviews Law about the traditional games of Japan including playing with an air-filled paper ball, juggling and tossing bean bags called otedama and baseball. She also talks about hagoita, or paddles used in a game for girls played on New Years called hanetsuki and a card game (no specific name given for the card game).
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| a_s1576_83_c00-072 | Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Personal experience narratives
Races
Transportation
Vehicles
Recreation
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| a_s1576_75_c99-081 | Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Marbles (Game)
Marbles (Game objects)
Games
Games China
Mah jong
Recreation
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Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)
- Date
- 1999-05-29
- Description
- One audio cassette tape. Gordon Scott, champion marble player, gives a short personal history and discusses marbles in Kentucky and the rules of marbles. He engages the audience by answering their questions. He explains "pig eye" and "knucks" (marble moves) ane enlists audience participation in playing a game of marbles. The Chinese Association discusses Chinese games and gives a demonstration of "Mah Jong", or Chinese Dominoes.
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| a_s1576_75_c99-089 | Sunday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 3) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Games
Games Cuba
Bolita (game)
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| a_s1576_75_c99-092 | Sunday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Demonstrations
Games
Checkers
Dominoes
Recreation
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