628 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Oral narratives"
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (16 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (16 of 17)

Date
1986-05-24
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes. Thelma Boltin (storytelling), Landon Walker, Eugenia Fitchen (story - "The Mail Order Bride and the Alligator"), gourd crafts, creek and white oak basketry, folk toys.
Collection
Al Boza interview

Al Boza interview

Date
1977-01-26
Description
One audiocassette. Boza describes his personal history and the Comparsa carnivals in Key West. He helped train the dancers and musicians who participated in the carnivals.
Collection
Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date
1989-08-16
Description
One audio cassette. Jacksonville native discusses his career playing blues piano. Topics include learning piano from his mother; gospel music; jazz; piano styles: gospel, blues, jazz; Jacksonville piano players; local clubs; bands he played with; playing in North Florida; and equipment used.
Collection
Allen Jones interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Allen Jones interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Date
1993-05-29
Description
One audio cassette. Jones, a member of the Gandy Dancers, answers questions from audience members about railway work, equipment, and making iron. The interview represents the second portion of tape C93-9.
Collection
Allen Jones interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Allen Jones interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Date
1993-05-30
Description
One audio cassette. NKwanda Jah is the interviewer. Jones, a member of the Gandy Dancers from Birmingham, Ala., discusses his work on the railroads.
Collection
Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date
1988-02-23
Description
One audio cassette. O'Neal first came to Florida in 1969 from Tennessee, where ran a grocery store. In the interview, he discusses running a commissary for US Sugar, including goods sold; why commissaries developed; the sugar industry; descriptions of the workers; the workers food habits; and how commissaries have changed.
Collection
Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date
1987-10-13
Description
Two audio casettes. Symonette, the son of pioneer Palm Beach fisher Winifred Symonette, was born in Rivera Beach, and fished until 1966. By the time of the interview, he was a carpenter. He discusses learning fishing from his father at 6; the fishing industry in the 1930s through 1960s; boating; seasonal fishing; types of fishes caught; gill netting; regulations; tackle involved; and moving to carpentry in the 1960s.
Collection
Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Date
1987-11-23
Description
One audiocassette. Curry was a farmer since the 1940s. He discusses getting started in farming: clearing fields; developing his process, and deciding on crops. He also discusses his crops: watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes; special needs for each; changes to the environment; main issue: water control; debt; financing; small farmers; plastic farming; and cattle raising (his other business).
Collection
Ana Blanco interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Ana Blanco interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date
1988-07-21
Description
One audio cassette. Blanco disscuses living in Cuba until 1962; learning lace making; teaching others and doing festivals; process and items made in Cuba; bobbin lace; lace making techniques; patterns; bobbing; stitches; English and Spanish lace; machine-made lace; uses of her lace; and lace making in Jacksonville.
Collection
Annette Bruce & story swap at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Annette Bruce & story swap at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling Stage

Date
1993-05-28
Description
One audio cassette recording. Peggy Smith serves as emcee. This recording represents the second portion of tape C93-28. Bruce was from Eustis. She described her experiences telling stories growing up, as well as a story about the Florida Panther, Cracker culture, and other old Florida tales. She is accompanied by a guitarist, Jamie Green. Smith tells a ghost story from Cousin Thelma Boltin.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
1986 Florida Folk Festival (16 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (16 of 17)Moving ImageMusicians
Singers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Folk singers
Singing
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Baskets
Toys
Craft
Storytellers
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a_s1576_01_c77-012bAl Boza interviewSoundFolk dance
Interviews
Carnival
Oral narratives
Festivals
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a_s1618_04_tape17Alex McBride interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundField recordings
Interviews
Pianos
Blues (music)
African Americans
Blues musicians
Oral narratives
Gospel music
Jazz
Nightclubs
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a_s1576_30_c93-009bAllen Jones interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife AreasoundFolk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
African Americans
Oral narratives
Railroads
Railway workers
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a_s1576_30_c93-019Allen Jones interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife AreasoundRailroads Employees
Dancers
Folk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
Railroads
Interviews
Railway workers
Oral narratives
African Americans
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a_s1685_06_tape21Allen O'Neal interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundAdministration
Businesspeople
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Company stores
Sugar
Retail stores
Selling
Food shopping
Agricultural workers
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a_s1685_07_tape17Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundCarpentry
Field recordings
Fishing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Fishing nets
Gillnets
Fishing equipment
Fishing boats
Seafaring life
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a_s1622_04_tape11Alonzo Curry interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts ProjectSoundField recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Life histories
Occupational folklore
Agricultural implements
Family farms
Farm life
Farming
Sales
Watermelons
Vegetables
Plants
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a_s1618_04_tape02Ana Blanco interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundNeedlework
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Lace making
Cuban Americans
Bobbin lace
Emigration
Latinos
Textile art
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c93-28bAnnette Bruce & story swap at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Storytelling StagesoundFolk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Folktales
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