| Artist E. A. (Frog) Smith at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Artist E. A. (Frog) Smith at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Artists
Folk festivals
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Storytelling
Florida history
Public speaking
Elderly, the
Local history
Oral performance
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_26_c89-029 | Interview with Greek musician Alex Platonias | Sound | Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Interviews
Local history
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
String instruments
Oral narratives
Sound recordings
Guitar
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Greek musician Alex Platonias
- Date
- 1989-06
- Description
- One audio cassette. Platonias discusses his life, including emigrating to New York from Greece, his family background, learning Greek music, folk dances, naming songs, sponge diving, payment customs in Greece, and education. Recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, which can be heard in the background. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
- Collection
| a_s1576_26_c89-028 | Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas | Sound | Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Interviews
Local history
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
String instruments
Oral narratives
Sound recordings
Guitar
Bands (Music)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas
- Date
- 1989-06-25
- Description
- One audio cassette. Greek immigrant and musician Katsanos first came to Tarpon Springs in 1919, at which time he already had his first professional record behind him. He recorded for Columbia, RCA, and Decca. He also performed around the world. He discusses playing, learning music, and life in Tarpon Springs. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
- Collection
| a_s1576_10_c83-107 | Interview with Gene Rawls | Sound | Auctioneers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Local history
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Auctioneering
Auctions
Selling
Oral performance
Agriculture
Livestock
Cattle | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Gene Rawls
- Date
- 1983-05-07
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Rawls, an auctioneer at a cattlemen's market in Lakeland and Tampa, talks about working in agriculture. He discusses attending auctioneering school in Iowa; learning agribusiness; having stage fright; working with and controlling crowds of people; how to begin an auction; controlling his voice; the longest sale (it started on a Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM and ended that Wednesday at 7:00 AM); learning how to talk fast; the use of "hot shots," improvements in the quality of cattle in Florida; and methods in taking care of his voice including taking a lot of vitamin A, putting salt water in one's nose, and drinking Gatorade; and dealing with hecklers and crooks.
- Collection
| History of Suwannee County and Its Black Settlers | History of Suwannee County and Its Black Settlers | Moving Image | Authors
Students
Public officer
African Americans
Education
Interviews
Documentary videos
Florida history
Local history
African Americans Segregation
Schools | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
History of Suwannee County and Its Black Settlers
- Date
- 1989-09-26
- Description
- One video recording (VHS; 2 hours) Created by Chestine Epps Curry for the Suwannee County Historical County for Black History month. Includes a re-enactment of emancipation, interview with Charles Shelton author of book on the county and the son of Jessie Reddick Shelton, who was the county's oldest resident (she died at 105), the local NAACP, remarks by the Suwannee County school superintendent and other local leaders, students at Douglas High School, and the local sewing club. Included with the video are handwritten notes by folklorist Beth Higgs. Suwannee County.
- Collection
| a_s1664_07_tape67 | Interview with storyteller Ed Winn | Sound | Authors
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral history
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Local history
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with storyteller Ed Winn
- Date
- 1994-01-03
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. An interview with storyteller and local author Winn. A lifelong Florida native, he discusses traditional Central Florida culture. He read most of his stories. For more information, see file in S 1664, box 5, folder 31.
- Collection
| Florida Heritage Award winner Myrtle Dudley | Florida Heritage Award winner Myrtle Dudley | Still Image | Awards
Storytellers
Local history
Folklore
Mason | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_t85-209 | Interview with Myakka City resident Peter Burkart | Sound | Beekeepers
Farmers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Family history
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Beekeeping
Community identity
Farm life
Local history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Peter Burkart
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Burkart was recent Myakka resident-- moved there c. 1977. He discusses the sense of community there, rural life, traditional practices, livestock raising, bee keeping, leisure, selling produce, and socializing. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1701_01_tape03b | Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3) | Sound | Concerts
Community concerts
Songs
Folk singers
Guitarists
Minorcans
Guitar music
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Florida history
Local history
Singers
Musicians
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)
- Date
- 1995-10-21
- Description
- One DAT tape. Grooms is continued on tape 4. There were two programs (morning and evening) for the 1995 Songs Along the Suwannee concert, recorded onto five DAT tapes. Tape 3 contains both the finale of the AM program (described in another entry) and the start of the evening program.
- Collection
| a_s1701_01_tape04 | Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4) | Sound | Concerts
Community concerts
Songs
Folk singers
Guitarists
Minorcans
Guitar music
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Florida history
Local history
Singers
Musicians
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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