| a_s2042_sfm_73 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie Auditions (1965) | Sound | Accordionists
Dancers
Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Competitions
Singing
Contests
Talent shows
Popular songs
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie Auditions (1965)
- Date
- 1965-03
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (13:30 minutes). Radio program about the 1965 Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition, featuring the winner Graham singing the Foster song. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music. One reel to reel recording. Starting in 1951, each February, the Stephen Foster Memorial and the Florida Federation of Music Clubs sponsored a competition aimed at young female vocalists. The winner was dubbed that year's "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair." A ball was also held in association with the contest. Starting in 1954, winners were awarded musical scholarships, and a spot on the Florida Folk Festival program.
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| a_s2042_sfm_61 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Hodges & Music (15-minute version) | Sound | Archivists
Curators
Authors
Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Choruses
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Hodges & Music (15-minute version)
- Date
- 1963-10
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (13:11 minutes). Story about Foster scholar Fletcher Hodges, Jr., who was the curator of Foster Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of a Foster biography. Hodges was a native of Indiana, where he was asked in 1932 to curate the Eli Lilly and Co.'s collection of Foster materials (20,000 items). He moved with the collection to the University of Pittsburgh in 1937. Also features performances of songs by Foster. There is also a 30-minute version. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_62 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Hodges & Music (30-minute version) | Sound | Archivists
Curators
Authors
Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Choruses
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Hodges & Music (30-minute version)
- Date
- 1963-10
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (28 minutes). Story about Foster scholar Fletcher Hodges, Jr., who was the curator of Foster Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of a Foster biography. Hodges was a native of Indiana, where he was asked in 1932 to curate the Eli Lilly and Co.'s collection of Foster materials (20,000 items). He moved with the collection to the University of Pittsburgh in 1937. Also features performances of songs by Foster. There is also a 15-minute version. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
- Collection
| a_s1576_25_c89-022 | Interview with John Gianaros | Sound | Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Interviews
Accordion music
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
Radio
Oral narratives
Sound recordings
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with John Gianaros
- Date
- 1989-06-25
- Description
- One audio cassette. A Greek accordion player, Gianaros discusses his life, from his birth at sea in 1905, to emigrating to the US to teaching accordion playing. He originally worked on ocean liners as a mechanic, exposing him to America. Once in the US, he worked as a chef, then music teacher. He later played on Greek language radio in the 1930s. recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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| a_s1627_05_tape01 | Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree | Sound | Bluegrass musicians
Music
Musicians
Bluegrass music
Performing arts
Singing
Stringband music
Country music
Dance music
Radio
Radio programs
Sound recording
Musical groups
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree
- Date
- 1985-09-14
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Two recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree homecoming held at the Stephen Foster State Cultural Center. These recordings were made to broadcast on radio programs. Between 1952 and 1959, the Suwannee River Jamboree radio show -- broadcast from Live Oak, Florida on WNER -- was Florida's largest and best known country music show. It was broadcast live three hours every Saturday night, with 30-minute versions syndicated across the Southeast. The show featured many North Florida and Southeast acts such as the Stanley Brothers. The concert in these recordings was held in 1985 as a homecoming for the original radio series, and included several local bluegrass bands. A similar jamboree was held the previous year (for images see S 1577, Volume 24, S85-1311 - S85-1330.)
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| a_s2042_sfm_64 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Folk Music (30 minute) | Sound | Choruses
Harpists
Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk singers
Spiritual music
Spirituals (Songs)
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Nepalese Americans
Arts, Asian
Asian Americans
African Americans
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Folk Music (30 minute)
- Date
- 1963-10
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (27:30 minutes). Excerpts from various folk festivals. There is also a 15 minute verision. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_68 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Memorial Preview (15-minute version) | Sound | Choruses
Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk festivals
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Fiddle music
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Fiddling
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Memorial Preview (15-minute version)
- Date
- 1963-11
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (28:30 minutes). Preview of upcoming events for the Stephen Foster Memorial. Events mentioned include Florida Folk Festival, the Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition, various concerts, and the American Hemerocallis Society (Mrs. Mederer). There is also a 30-minute version. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_67 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Memorial Preview (30-minute version) | Sound | Choruses
Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk festivals
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Fiddle music
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Fiddling
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Memorial Preview (30-minute version)
- Date
- 1963-11
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (28:30 minutes). Preview of upcoming events for the Stephen Foster Memorial. Events mentioned include Florida Folk Festival, the Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition, various concerts, and the American Hemerocallis Society (Mrs. Mederer). There is also a 15-minute version. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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| a_s2042_sfm_14 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute Features | Sound | Composer
Singers
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Radio
Radio programs
Radio programs, Public service
Documentaries Radio
Composers
Folklore and history
Life histories
Singing
Music performance
Performing arts
Animal tales
Storytelling
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four 5-Minute Features
- Date
- 1961
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. (20 minutes). Four short radio stories: 1. A Story and a Song of Yesterday (4:28) -- story on Foster's first composition, Tioga Waltz. 2. A Song of the South (4:30) -- Story about Foster's song, "I am Gonna Ride the Chariot", with the Amigo Male Singers performing it. 3. A Story of a Song and a Wagon (4:40) -- story behind Foster's "Oh! Suzanna". 4. Seminole Indian Josie Billie, Story and Song (4:45) -- Animal tale by Seminole storyteller Josie Billie. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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| a_s2042_sfm_15 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four Short Features | Sound | Composer
Curators
Archivists
Musicians
Radio
Radio programs
Radio announcing
Documentaries Radio
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Popular songs
Commercial songs
Composers
Folklore and history
Life histories
Accordion music
Arts, Czechoslovakia
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Tall tales
Humor
Jokes
Personal experience narratives
Oral education
Advertising, Public service
Accordionists
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Four Short Features
- Date
- 1961
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. (15 minutes). Four short radio stories: 1. Open Thy Lattice, Love (3:30) -- story behind Stephen Foster's first published song. 2. Fletcher Hodges, Jr. (3:46)-- story about the curator of Foster Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of a Foster biography. Hodges was a native of Indiana, where he was asked in 1932 to curate the Eli Lilly and Co.'s collection of Foster materials (20,000 items). He moved with the collection to the University of Pittsburgh in 1937. 3. Masaryktown (3:45) -- story of the Czechoslovakian community, with Jerry Psenka's music. 4. Lem Griffis (4:00) -- sampler of Griffis' humorous stories; who was from the Okeefenokee swamp in South Georgia (the headwaters of the Suwannee River). He was a regular performer at the Festival. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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