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Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview

Date: 1977-05-24
Description: One audio cassette. Difficult to hear. On side one, interview of Ada Mickler of St. Augustine, Florida, in the laundromat where she works. Mickler talks about cast nets, palmetto hats, Spanish drawnwork. Followed by interview of Jean Waldron (with her sister Libby) on palmetto and palm fans, quilts and White Springs history. Tape recorder malfunctions at the end of side one. Interview continues on side two.
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Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview

Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville

Date: 1982-10-10
Description: One audio cassette. Side A Mostly Spanish discussion of Minorcan foods (pigs, blood sausage, fish, milk and cheese), special songs for hog killing and other songs Side B Songs in Spanish: Old Black Joe Hallelujah
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Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville

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.
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Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4)

Date: 1989-10-21
Description: One DAT tape. There were two programs (morning and evening) for the 1995 Songs Along the Suwannee concert, recorded onto five DAT tapes.
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Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)

Date: 1995-10-21
Description: One DAT tape. There were two programs (morning and evening) for the 1995 Songs Along the Suwannee concert, recorded onto five DAT tapes.
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Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)

Interview with Donnie Gader

Date: 1984-10-24
Description: Four audio cassettes. C84-118: Audio is quiet on interviewer at the start. Donnie Gader recollects songs from her childhood and how she learned them, including: "Rosewood Casket"; "Lilac Trees"; "I'm a Little Curly Head" (rhyme); lullabyes; "The Shoemakers"; "Good Morning, Merry Sunshine"; songs about Jessie James; "Pollywollydoodle"; "Southern Lullabye"; discusses racial words in songs; songs learned from black community: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"; hymns: "Amazing Grace"; "Rock of Ages"; song about a circus bear; learning songs from school teachers; "The Raggedy Man" (poem); and others. C84-119: Donnie Gader talks about home butchering; home remedies such as cornmeal gruel, pot liquor, fevergrass, Jerusalem oat root, dog fennels, and others; the local doctor; planting by the signs; farm living and crafts; games; talks about her journal; Christmas songs such as "Up on the Housetop"; "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"; Christmas tree traditions; making kites with flour and water for glue; her father and working with him at the gristmill; changes in fashion when she was young; life during the Great Depression and afterwards; various jobs she held in a sewing factory and packaging/locker plant. C84-120: Donnie Gader begins by discussing her family history; talks about the cotton gin, gristmill, and shingle mill her family ran; milking cows and making butter; butchering and the community aspect of it; peanut boiling and the community aspect of it; learning music by ear; discusses her second husband's French/Minorcan heritage; datil peppers. C84-121: Donnie Gader discusses and sings songs such as "Frankie and Johnnie"; "After the Ball"; "Down at the Old Garden Gate"; "The Old Rusty Mill" [?]; singing in the cottonfields; racism in cotton picking; song about a bole weevil; talks about her father and family history [sounds as if she reads from her journal at times]; father's talents as a musician; sings songs he sang: "Love Lifted Me"; "What A Friend We Have in Jesus"; community "sings"; foods.
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Interview with Donnie Gader

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)

Date: 1995-10-21
Description: One DAT tape. Pacetti sang a tribute to Gamble Rogers. Moore was a street musician from St. Augustine. There were two programs for the 1995 Songs Along the Suwannee concert, recorded onto five DAT tapes.
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Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)

Date: 1995-10-21
Description: One DAT tape. There were two programs (morning and evening) for the 1995 Songs Along the Suwannee concert, recorded onto five DAT tapes.
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Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Date: 1995-10-21
Description: One DAT tape. There were two programs (morning and evening) for the 1995 Songs Along the Suwannee concert, recorded onto five DAT tapes.
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Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Date: 2006-05-28
Description: One compact disc. Fromm served as emcee. The Pacettis discuss the history of Minorcans in Florida, of datil peppers, and the preparation and cooking of the peppers.
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Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

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a_s1576_01_c77-025	Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview	Sound	Interviews Crafts industry Minorcans Fishing nets Netmaking Hat making Local history Palmetto Weaving Florida history	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c84-001	Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville	Sound	Musicians Singers Fieldwork Minorcan Americans Interviews Music performance Performing arts Minorcans Tours Transportation Singing Spanish language	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
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
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
a_s1701_01_tape05	Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)	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
a_s1576_15_c84-118	Interview with Donnie Gader	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Life histories Oral histories Minorcan Americans Minorcans Family history Songs Healers Holidays Christmas Gristmills Cooking and dining Singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1701_01_tape01	Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)	Sound	Concerts Community concerts Songs Folk singers Guitarists Minorcans Guitar music Performing arts Music performance Singing Florida history Local history Tributes Singers Musicians Performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1701_01_tape02	Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)	Sound	Concerts Community concerts Songs Folk singers Guitarists Minorcans Guitar music Performing arts Music performance Singing Florida history Local history Tributes Singers Musicians Performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1701_01_tape03a	Morning 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
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

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Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview

Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview

Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville

Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)

Interview with Donnie Gader

Interview with Donnie Gader

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

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Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview

Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview

Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville

Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 4)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)

Evening Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 5)

Interview with Donnie Gader

Interview with Donnie Gader

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 1)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 2)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Morning Program at the Old Marble Stage (Tape 3)

Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)