| a_s1576_t81-013 | Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville) | Sound | Guitarist
Musicians
Folklorists
Blues (Music)
Interviews
Radio programs
African Americans
Radio public speaking
Radio announcing
Singing
Guitar music
Diddly bow
String instruments
Performing arts
Music performance
Florida history
Public radio
Radio programs, Public service
Blues singers
Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Florida Blues Radio Show on WJCT (Jacksonville)
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- One reel to reel. (Copied onto audio cassette C81-11; reel T81-13B) A radio show -- jointly produced by WJCT and the FFP -- tracing the origins and evolution of blues music centering on Florida musicians. Created by using earlier FFP recordings. Includes recordings of prisoners singing the blues together while laboring and performances of "Baby Please Don't Go" and "I'm a Stranger Here" by Blind Johnny Brown of St. Petersburg, Florida. Includes commentary by Florida folklorists and Florida blues musicians.
- Collection
| a_s2043_00263 | Master Control radio show | Sound | Interviewing on radio
Radio announcing
Radio programs
Radio broadcasters
Performing arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Master Control radio show
- Date
- 1960
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Radio show Master Control which featured a story on the Stephen Foster Memorial.
- Collection
| a_s2043_00053 | WTNT-CBS radio report (Capital Report) on the 1958 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Interviewing on radio
Radio
Radio announcing
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Journalists
Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| National Public Radio (NPR) recording Florida folklife | National Public Radio (NPR) recording Florida folklife | Still Image | Journalists
Broom makers
Fieldwork
Interviewing
Sound recording
Microphone
Recording equipment
Documentaries Radio
Public radio
African Americans
Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
National Public Radio (NPR) recording Florida folklife
- Date
- 1982-03-16
- Description
- Three black and white prints (plus negatives). Images of NPR journalists Berger and Epstein (seen with recording equipment). Berger worked for NPR for over twenty years. She had a BA from Bryn Mawr, and journalism masters for the University of Missouri. In 1999, she joined the American Jewish Committee. A former blues performer, Sadie Cooper stopped singing blues songs in the 1920s, and performed only religious songs from then on. She participated in the Folklife program by demonstrating to students how to make brooms and herbal cures. 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
| a_s1576_22_c86-165 | Recording of Fiesta Guajira on WQBA radio station | Sound | Musicians
Music performance
Spanish language
Fieldwork
Singing
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Radio programs
Radio stations
Decimas
Decimas, Cuban American (Spanish)
Latinos
Music Latin America
Bands (Music)
Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of Fiesta Guajira on WQBA radio station
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Description
- One audio cassette. (NOTE--the tape may not play. Has some damage.) The Cuban-American musical group Fiesta Guajira performs traditional punto cubano on a Miami radio show, "La Cubanisma"; with various features including sung décimas, greetings to relatives in Cuba read over the air, call-in sections and décima contests. The group consists of: Ricardo Capote (vocal), Martica (vocal), Agapito Gonzalez (vocal), Miguel Ramirez (vocal), Berto Acebedo (laud), Teodoro Moya (guitar). For images, see S 1667, box 1, folder 12. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_48 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (15-minute version) | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk singers
Radio announcing
Music performance
Radio broadcasters
Advertising, Public service
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Talent shows
Competitions
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (15-minute version)
- Date
- 1964-02
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (13:30 minutes). Radio program about the writing of Stephen Foster's song, Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair. Also discusses the history of the annual talent competition held each year at the Foster Memorial in honor of the song. 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. 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.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_49 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (30-minute version) | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk singers
Radio announcing
Music performance
Radio broadcasters
Advertising, Public service
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Talent shows
Competitions
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (30-minute version)
- Date
- 1964-02
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (approx. 30 minutes). Radio program about the writing of Stephen Foster's song, Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair. Also discusses the history of the annual talent competition held each year at the Foster Memorial in honor of the song. 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. 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.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_51 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair Winners | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Competitions
Radio announcing
Music performance
Radio broadcasters
Advertising, Public service
Talent shows
Beauty contests
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair Winners
- Date
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (15 minutes) 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.
- Collection
| a_s2042_sfm_53 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Mark Moore | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk singers
Radio announcing
Music performance
Radio broadcasters
Advertising, Public service
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Mark Moore
- Date
- 1964-03
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (13:30 minutes). Concert by Denver-based folk singer Moore. 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_50 | Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: McCormick Family | Sound | Radio
Documentaries Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Performing arts
Singing
Folk singers
Radio announcing
Music performance
Radio broadcasters
Advertising, Public service
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: McCormick Family
- Date
- 1964-02
- Description
- One reel to reel recording (13:30 minutes). Radio program of a performances McCormick Family of Miami. The family consisted of mother Marie, sons John, Francis, & Michael and daughters Veronica (the 1959 Jeanie With Light Brown Hair, then known professionally as Veronica Fuchs), Cecilia, Louise, and Alice. 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
Listen: The Folk Program