| William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park | William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park | Still Image | Entertainers
Singers
Musicians
Fieldwork
Classrooms
Education
Teaching of folklore
Elementary schools
Schools
Students
Children
Street vendors
Local history
Demonstrations
African Americans
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park
- Date
- 1988-02-04
- Description
- Four color slides. Cooke, born July 4 1905 near St. Augustine, spent much of his life performing: in jook joints, on the street, on trains, and later in some of the top clubs of South Florida. In these images, he talks with elementary students about his career and music. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1685_05_tape25 | Washboard Bill Cooke interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Singers
Storytellers
Fieldwork
Interviews
African Americans
Sound recordings
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Juke joints
Music business
Storytelling
Music performance
Sawmills
Trains
Musical instruments
Washboards
Local history
Florida history
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Washboard Bill Cooke interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1987-08-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recorded at his home. Born in Dupont, just south of St. Augustine, on 4 July. His mother ran a jook joint, where he was first exposed to music and dance. He hoboed, played street music, worked for railways, and played at nightclubs in South Florida. In the interviews, he discusses jook joints; growing in East Florida; segregation; popular dances; building of the Dixie Highway; moving to New York; returning as a musician (washboard player) to West Palm Beach in 1947; his collection of black historical memorabilia; and his stories. In 1956, he made a recording with Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry called Washboard Country Band. In 1992, he won the Florida Folk Heritage Award. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1622_04_tape06 | Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Fishers
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Family history
Local history
Crabbing
Crabs
Crab traps
Fish traps
Seafood
Fish markets
Fishing equipment
Fishes
Mullet (fishes)
Food preparation
Drug smuggling | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
- Date
- 1987-11-18
- Description
- Two audiocassettes. Brown, a lifelong resident and retired stone crabber, wrote a book of his life in 1993 called Totch: A Life in the Everglades. He discusses trapping, selling, storing, cleaning, and cooking stone crabs, including when, where, and how to catch; making the wooden traps; financing his ventures; and other crabbers in the area. He also discusses fishing industry; cooking mullet; drug smuggling in the Everglades (marijuana); use of baits; family history; and local history.
- Collection
| a_s1618_04_tape08 | Tom Watson interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Oral narratives
Interviews
Railroads
African Americans
Racism
Local history
Railway workers
Labor unions
Transportation
Labor movements
Strikes
Civil rights movements
Racial segregation
Racial discrimination
Railroad trains | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Tom Watson interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-08-23
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Tom Watson, a railroad worker for over 30 years, worked for the Jacksonville terminal between 1950 and 1974. He then worked for Amtrak until 1988. In the interview, he discusses growing up in Jacksonville; the history of Florida rail lines and the railroad business; his career with Amtrak and the Jax Terminal; the various rail lines operating in Florida; labor strikes; a typical work day as a ticket taker; education at Bethune Cookman; a description of the old terminal; civil rights and rail integration; various jobs available to rail workers; the different opportunities for whites and blacks; pranks on the job; baggage sent on trains; mail on the rails; changes in the industry; mail; women employees; socializing with employees; and unions.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t91-092 | The Georgia Sea Island Singers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Dancers
Musicians
Orators
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Local history
Musical tradition, African diaspora
African Americans
Singing
Music performance
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Suwannee River | Suwannee River | Moving Image | Singers
Musicians
Documentary videos
Video recording
Florida history
Folklore and history
Rivers
Local history
Environment
Folk festivals
Occupational folklore
Springs
Wetlands
Flora
Fauna
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
Phosphate mines and mining
Steamboats
Performing arts
Autoharp music
Singing
Alligators
Birds
Snakes
Fishes
Historical reenactments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Suwannee River
- Date
- 1989
- Description
- One video recording (VHS; 40 minutes) Created by the Northeast Florida Institute for Science, Mathematics and Computers of University of North Florida, and the Florida Community College of Jacksonville, the documentary traces the natural and cultural history of the Suwannee River from its source in the Okeefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico. Funded through a grant by the Florida Dept. of Education, topics include the relationship between the river, local springs, and the aquifer, as well as human activities along its banks including the Florida Folk Festival, the Battle of Olustee, Stephen Foster, and phosphate mining. Includes footage of Fitchen, Makley, and Slavin performing at the Florida Folk Festival. Also includes much discussion of the natural features and wildlife of the river. It was narrated by Bill Massie, with music by Landon Walker. The video was produced, directed, and co-written by Dr. Ray Bowman.
- Collection
| a_s1576_64_c96-082 | Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Quiltmakers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Personal experience narratives
Quilted goods
Quilting
Needlework
Community culture
Local history
Slavery
African Americans
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Statue commemorating the 1928 hurricane | Statue commemorating the 1928 hurricane | Still Image | Fieldwork
Sculpture
Statues
Figurines
Stone carving
Stone structures
Memorials
Memorialization
Monuments
Florida history
Local history
Hurricanes
Community culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Statue commemorating the 1928 hurricane
- Date
- 1987-10
- Description
- Four color slides. In 1928, a hurricane struck South Florida, and kiled thousands. Hardest hit were areas such as Moore Haven and Belle Glade. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1685_06_tape30 | Spencer Pompey presentation for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Local history
Field recordings
Education
Elementary schools
Students
Children
Florida history
African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1685_06_tape33 | Spencer Pompey presentation for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Local history
Field recordings
Education
Elementary schools
Students
Children
Florida history
African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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