| a_s1576_t86-225 | WPA field recordings at Jacksonville, Tarpon Springs, St. Augustine, and Slavia (1939-1940 recording expedition: Alton Morris) | Sound | Fieldwork
New Deal, 1933-1939
Interviews
Public service employment
Folklorists
Public welfare
United States. Work Projects Administration
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
A capella singers
Performing arts
A capella singing
Music performance
Singing
Arts, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakian Americans
Songs, Greek
Songs, Slavic
Minorcans
Minorcan Americans
Love songs
Christmas music
Carols
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
WPA field recordings at Jacksonville, Tarpon Springs, St. Augustine, and Slavia (1939-1940 recording expedition: Alton Morris)
- Date
- 1939-08-26
- Description
- One reel to reel. These recordings were created by Morris of the University of Florida, assisted by workers of the Florida Writers Project (including photographer Robert Cook), in 1939 and 1940. He created 14 12-inch acetate records in total. On this recording, Morris recorded Greek singers in Tarpon Springs and Jacksonville, Minorcans in St. Augustine, and unidentified singers from the Czechoslovakian community of Slavia, founded in 1911. 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
| Tolomato cemetery | Tolomato cemetery | Still Image | Fishers
Fieldwork
Architecture
Tabby (concrete)
Stone structures
Stone walls
Minorcans
Grave markers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Tolomato cemetery
- Date
- 1983-10
- Description
- Ten color slides. Tolomato marks the last place the Tolomato peoples lived in Florida. The walls around the cemetery made of tabby (a concrete made from oyster shells, lime, and sand.)
- Collection
| Theresa Griffin performing Spanish drawnwork | Theresa Griffin performing Spanish drawnwork | Still Image | Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Needlework
Sewing
Decorative arts
Domestic arts
Minorcans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Thelma Pacetti doing crochet work | Thelma Pacetti doing crochet work | Still Image | Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Needlework
Sewing
Decorative arts
Domestic arts
Minorcans
Crocheting | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT | The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT | Still Image | Special events
Rites and ceremonies
Tourists
Tourism
Amusement parks
Performing arts
Music performance
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Dancers
Minorcans
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT
- Date
- 1983-10-06
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Images of the Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing for tourists at EPCOT at Walt Disney World. The Minorcan Cultural Exchange Tour, which ran from 10/6-13/1983, was created through an agreement between Florida Dept. of State and Minorca to celebrate Florida's two hundred year Minorcan heritage. First brought over as workers for a British plantation in the 1770s, most soon escaped the harsh working conditions and settled in St. Augustine. The tour was organized by Secretary of State George Firestone, the Bureau of Florida Folklife (Bulger, Belland, Loomis), Division of Historical Resources (Jean Lee and Paul Weaver) and the Florida Museum of History (Pat Wickman). With 140 performers and delegates from Minorca,the tour consisted of a series of public performances and emerged out of the smaller program, the Minorcan Heritage Week held in May 1983. The tour traveled from St. Augustine, to the University of Florida, to EPCOT, to Cypress Gardens, then finally to Miami for departure back to Spain. Some records for the tour can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 81.
- Collection
| a_s2034_05_cd06-102 | Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Minorcan Americans
Minorcans
Cookery (Peppers)
Cooking and dining
Florida history
Food preparation
Food habits
Cooks
Gardeners | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t92-024 | Sam Pacetti performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) | Sound | Guitarist
Singers
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Performances
Music performance
Guitar music
Guitarists
Folk singers
Singing
Minorcans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Reception for the Minorcan Cultural Exchange Program at the University of Florida | Reception for the Minorcan Cultural Exchange Program at the University of Florida | Still Image | Special events
Universities and colleges
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Dancers
Minorcans
Performing arts
Folk dance
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Reception for the Minorcan Cultural Exchange Program at the University of Florida
- Date
- 1983-10-06
- Description
- Fifty-one color slides. The Minorcan Cultural Exchange Tour, which ran from 10/6-13/1983, was created through an agreement between Florida Dept. of State and Minorca to celebrate Florida's two hundred year Minorcan heritage. First brought over as workers for a British plantation in the 1770s, most soon escaped the harsh working conditions and settled in St. Augustine. The tour was organized by Secretary of State George Firestone, the Bureau of Florida Folklife (Bulger, Belland, Loomis), Division of Historical Resources (Jean Lee and Paul Weaver) and the Florida Museum of History (Pat Wickman). With 140 performers and delegates from Minorca, the tour consisted of a series of public performances and emerged out of the smaller program, the Minorcan Heritage Week held in May 1983. The tour traveled from St. Augustine, to the University of Florida, to EPCOT, to Cypress Gardens, then finally to Miami for departure back to Spain. Some records for the tour can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 81.
- Collection
| Ranchers Albert Triay at his ranch | Ranchers Albert Triay at his ranch | Still Image | Fieldwork
Ranching
Ranch life
Ranches
Horses
Occupational groups
Workplace
Minorcans
Animal husbandry
Animals
Livestock
Livestock industry
Ranchers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Ranchers Albert and Margaret Triay in their kitchen | Ranchers Albert and Margaret Triay in their kitchen | Still Image | Fieldwork
Kitchens
Cooking and dining
Cookery (Sausages)
Sewing
Material culture
Sausages
Minorcans
Needlework
Decorative arts
Folklorists
Ranchers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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