| a_s1576_01_c77-015 | 10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording | Sound | Singing
Music performance
Storytelling
Musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Dance music
Yodeling
Performing arts
Orators
Dancers
Singers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival | Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Performing arts
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Performers
Square dancing
Country dancing
Dancers
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Choirs (music)
Square dance
Orators
Oratory | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School | Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School | Still Image | Orators
Education
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Classrooms
Children
Students
Demonstrations
Oral communication
African Americans
Storytelling
Oral performance | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School
- Date
- 1982-02-05
- Description
- Two color slides. For more images, see S 1577, box 19, folder 25 (proof sheet P83-71). For a recording of Brown, see S 1608, box 2, tape 4. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
| Auctioneer Bill Myers selling off antiques | Auctioneer Bill Myers selling off antiques | Still Image | Fieldwork
Auctioneering
Occupational groups
Workplace
Selling
Oratory
Auctions
Economic practices
Antiques
Dealers (Retail trade)
Oral performance
Oral communication
Auctioneers
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Auctioneer Bill Myers selling off antiques
- Date
- 1984-12
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Known as Colonel Bill Myers, images show him auctioning antiques at the Pioneer Auction Company on Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville. 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 curriculum. 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. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Auctioneers Gene and John Larison | Auctioneers Gene and John Larison | Still Image | Auctioneers
Fieldwork
Auctioneering
Auctions
Antiques
Furniture
Material culture
Selling
Occupational groups
Oral performance
Oral communication
Orators
Oratory
Economic practices
Workplace | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Auctioneers Gene and John Larison
- Date
- 1987-08-07
- Description
- 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.
- Collection
| Betty Mae Jumper performing at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival | Betty Mae Jumper performing at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Needleworkers
Orators
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Demonstrations
Public speaking
Needlework
Sewing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Betty Mae Jumper speaking at the Stephen Foster Center amphitheater | Betty Mae Jumper speaking at the Stephen Foster Center amphitheater | Still Image | Storytellers
Orators
Public speaking
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Betty Mae Jumper speaking at the Stephen Foster Center amphitheater
- Date
- 1990
- Description
- One color print. Jumper, of Hollywood Seminole Reservation, was the first female leader of the Seminole Tribal Council. She was also the first to receive a high school diploma, accomplished in Cherokee, North Carolina. She won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award posthumously.
- Collection
| Colonel Bill Myers giving an auctioneering presentation for students | Colonel Bill Myers giving an auctioneering presentation for students | Still Image | Education
Auctioneering
Occupational groups
Demonstrations
Students
Oratory
Auctions
Economic practices
Elementary schools
Classrooms
Oral performance
Oral communication
Teaching of folklore
Auctioneers
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Colonel Bill Myers giving an auctioneering presentation for students
- Date
- 1985-10-13
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Known as Colonel Bill Myers, he demonstrates auctioneering at Oceanway Elementary School. 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 curriculum. 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. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Colonel Bill Myers giving auctioneering demonstration for elementary students | Colonel Bill Myers giving auctioneering demonstration for elementary students | Still Image | Education
Auctioneering
Occupational groups
Demonstrations
Students
Oratory
Auctions
Economic practices
Elementary schools
Classrooms
Oral performance
Oral communication
Teaching of folklore
Auctioneers
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Colonel Bill Myers giving auctioneering demonstration for elementary students
- Date
- 1985-01-31
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Known as Colonel Bill Myers, he demonstrates auctioneering at Northshore Elementary School. 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 curriculum. 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. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver | Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver | Still Image | Orators
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Native Americans
Creek Indians
Photography
Clothing and dress
Costumes
Musical instruments
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Creek Indian artist Fred Beaver
- Date
- 1958-05
- Description
- Seven photographic prints. Image of Fred Beaver in traditional Oklahoma Creek dress posing for photographs at the Florida Folk Festival. Beaver was a well-known painter whose ancestors were related to the Florida Seminoles. Also visible in one the images is Florida photographer Robert Leahey. Beaver often spoke at the festivals, where he also usually displayed his paintings. Included with the photographs are several pieces of correspondence between Beaver and the Festival directors.
- Collection
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