Zeke Stephens at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival | Zeke Stephens at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Fiddling Fiddle music Violin Performing arts Musical instruments Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Zeke Stephens | Zeke Stephens | Still Image | Musical instruments Violin music Violin Musicians Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Zeke Stephens
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- Three black and white prints. All three pritns were assigned one catalogue number: 1. Zeke And Thelma boltin, 1969 Florida Folk Festival 2. Photograph by Zeke Stephens of a St. Andrews Bay fishing boat from 1912. 3. Zeke Stephens with his fiddles in 1977
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Wedding reception at the Ramallah-American Club | Wedding reception at the Ramallah-American Club | Still Image | Fieldwork Wedding ceremonies Weddings Palestinian Americans Arab Americans Musical instruments Dance Rites and ceremonies Special events Ethnicity, Arabic Dancers Bands (Music) Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wedding reception at the Ramallah-American Club
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- 1985-05-19
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- Ten color slides. 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 curricula. 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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Washboard Bill Cooke promotional photograph | Washboard Bill Cooke promotional photograph | Still Image | Publicity African Americans Musical instruments Performers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Washboard Bill Cooke promotional photograph
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- 1960
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- One black and white print. A promotional photograph for Cooke. 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; writing songs; working in New York; playing the washboard and the ukulele; and plays various songs, some wellknown, others his own compositions. He won the 1992 Florida Folk Heritage award.
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Washboard Bill Cooke | Washboard Bill Cooke | Still Image | Fieldwork African Americans Musical instruments Percussion instruments Blues singers Storytellers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Washboard Bill Cooke
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- 1987-08-10
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- Nine color slides. 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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W.B. McKinney at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | W.B. McKinney at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals String instruments Violin Fiddles Musical instruments Music performance Fiddlers Musicians Violinists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Violins made by Otinus Busness | Violins made by Otinus Busness | Still Image | Woodworkers Fieldwork Musical instruments String instruments Violin Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Violin maker Gino Cavaceppi | Violin maker Gino Cavaceppi | Still Image | Material culture Violin Woodwork Musical instruments String instruments Occupational groups Violin makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Vince Modie playing the Hungarian zither | Vince Modie playing the Hungarian zither | Moving Image | Video recording Music performance Arts, Hungarian Hungarians Americans String instruments Cetera Musical instruments Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Vince Modie playing the Hungarian zither
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- One video recording (VHS) Modi played the cetera, an instrument similar to the dulcimer. Creator Horvath was the curator for the Hungarian Folk Art Museum.
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Videos of still photographs for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary | Videos of still photographs for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary | Moving Image | Musicians Documentary videos Photography Bagpipes Tsabouna Material culture Instrument manufacture Musical instruments Arts, Greek Greek Americans Family history Epiphany Religious rites Religious symbolism Religious art Catholics Religion Stained glass Church buildings Church decoration and ornament Bagpipers Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Videos of still photographs for the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary
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- 1987
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- One video recording (3/4 tape; 16 minutes) Video of Tsimouris family photographs for use in the Every Island Has Its Own Song documentary. Images include life in Greece and Florida, the Tsimouris family (swimming, vacationing, weddings, and family gatherings), the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, and scenes of Greece. The finished product was a co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer.
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