| a_s2029_01_tape06 | Alfredo Gallegos interview for the Mexican American Music Survey | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Occupational folkore
Radio employees
Radio
Mexican Americans
Hispanic Americans
Broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t82-022 | Interview with performer Wayne Murray | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Vaudeville
Burlesque (Theater)
Drama
Acting
Selling
Medicine shows
Carnivals
Performing arts
Carnival pitching
Jokes
Humor
Radio
Occupational folklore
Entertainers
Comedians
Actors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with performer Wayne Murray
- Date
- 1982-01-07
- Description
Three reel to reels. Murray, an actor, carnival pitchman, and comic, discusses his career. Topics include jokes; Yiddish theater; acting; medicine shows; traveling theaters; comedians; pitching at carnivals and fairs; performing on the radio; moving to Florida in 1969; the differences between vaudeville and burlesque; and learning the craft. Provides several examples of his material. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-13, C83-14, and C83-15; as well as tapes 16 and 17 in box 40 of series 1576.
Material used for a public radio on traveling entertainment, a copy of which can be found on audiocassette C95-43.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t77-216 | Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Fiddle music
Old time music
Bluegrass music
Folk singers
Stringband music
String bands
African Americans
Choirs (music)
Gospel (Black)
Radio
Advertisements
Singers
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers
Choruses
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)
- Date
- 1970-05
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Towards the end of the reel, radio commercials for the 1975 Florida Folk Festival were accidentally recorded onto the reel by the Stephen Foster Center staff. It is unknown what was recorded over. The Antioch Junior Choir sang gospel songs, and were from Manning, SC.
- Collection
| a_s1576_02_c78-038 | Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Radio programs
Radio
Interviews
Storytelling
Yodeling
Psaltery
Hammered dulcimer
Musical saw
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass musicians
A capella singers
Gospel (Black)
Musicians
Singers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)
- Date
- 1976
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. Recording of a story on the 1976 Florida Folk Festival by Jacksonville's public radio station, WJCT-FM 90. Includes an award given to Thelma Boltin, discussion of late festival performer Bob Beers, Scottish songs, explanation of Sacred Harp Singing, stories and songs by Gamble Rogers, interviews with Al Head, Rogers, and Boltin, and various performances from the festival.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_16 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: 15-Minute Christmas Program | Sound | Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Radio announcing
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Carillons
Bells
Bell towers
Christmas music
Holidays and festivals
Religious songs
Religious music
Christianity
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: 15-Minute Christmas Program
- Date
- 1961
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (14:50). A musical Christmas program featuring the Sterrett Family and the carillon tower at the Stephen Foster Memorial. The family consists of University of Florida professor Dr. Delbert Sterrett, his wife, and children. 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.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_33 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Christmas music (15-minute version) | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Choruses
Christmas music
Christmas
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Folk singers
Holidays
Carols
Carols, German
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Christmas music (15-minute version)
- Date
- 1963-12
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (14:05 minutes). Moore was a folk singer from Denver. The Sterrett Family, of Gainesville, consisted of Dr. Delbert Sterrett (music professor at University of Florida), his wife (also a music teacher), and children Jamie, Vickie, and Tyler. 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_71 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version) | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Norwegian Americans
Dutch Americans
Dance music
Music performance
Radio announcing
Advertising, Public service
Singers
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)
- Date
- 1963-11
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (13:50 minutes). Performances at the Florida Folk Festival by exchange students; taken from the 1955 (Fowley & students), 1957 (Kater & Wehlberg), and 1960 (Mudjito & Amirudin) festival recordings. 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_s1576_11_c84-004 | Walter Bowers interview | Sound | Field recordings
Gospel music
Interviews
Religious songs
A capella singing
Radio
Oral narratives | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Walter Bowers interview
- Date
- 1984-01-18
- Description
- One audio cassette. Bowers, a gospel singer, discusses his career as a Gospel quartet singer; the Gulf Coast Harmony 4; Silvertones Gospel Singers; wartime singing; gas rationing and church aid with gas; Bowers as songwriter; singing acapella; radio broadcasts on WDLP; singing with music in the late 50s and early 60s; continuation of group until 1975; reunions of four groups: Singing Angels, Gospel Sonlettes, Jubilees, Silvertones; travel; bookings of groups in the 60s: Soulstirs, Spirit of Memphis, Swan Silvertones, Dixie Hummingbirds; groups from Pensacola: The Gospel Four, Flying Clouds; groups from Mobile; parents involvement in the church; big quartets in the 40s: Sunset 4, Stars of Joy, Voices of the Clouds; femal groups: Gospel Echos; radio programs: WDLP (Panama City), WPCL; aspects of radio and managing a group; Ethel Davenport Bannister.
- Collection
| a_s1576_17_c85-035 | Copies of the 1985 radio program: Working Lives | Sound | Documentaries Radio
Radio
Radio programs
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore
Labor
Workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Copies of the 1985 radio program: Working Lives
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- Seven audio cassettes. NOTE: Because this is a copyrighted recording, no copies can be made of the tapes. Copies of a 1985 radio documentary on Alabama worker cultures that was created by the University of Alabama's Archives of American Minority Cultures. Created in 1979.
- Collection
| a_s1576_37_tape29 | Florida Home: Everyday Treasure | Sound | Fieldwork
Public radio
Radio
Radio programs
Interviews
Folklife
Folklore
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Florida Home: Everyday Treasure
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- One audio cassette (and one duplicate). Part six of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with folklife and the study of traditions.
- Collection
Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time Program
