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Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service

Date: 1978-04-16
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service

Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival

Date: 1979-08-01
Description: Two reel to reels. Recording of a revival meeting between several churches, and held at the Freewill Baptist Church in White Springs. A complete service, including prayer, choir singing, a sermon, and offerings.
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Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival

Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez

Date: 1980-04-02
Description: Four reel to reels. Santeria is a New World version of the African-based Yoruba religion that was combined with elements of Catholicism. Bulger interviews an unnamed Santero, a priest within the Santeria religion. They discuss the origins of the religions, various rituals and beliefs, botanicas, healing, and the roles of men and women in the religion. The interview is in Spanish, with Hernandez translating. There is also a short interview with Hernandez about emigrating to the United States from Cuba. Interview conducted for a slide/tape program on Cuban-Americans, a copy of which can be found on T80-95.
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Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez

Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido

Date: 1980
Description: One reel to reel. Interveiw with a Cuban immigrant about the Cuban American community in Miami. Topics include: Reasons for immigration; life in Cuba; Communism; Fidel Castro (and jokes/anti-Castro movements), bolita; Santeria; quince; acculturation of Cuban Americans; the Mariel boat lift on 1980. Interview conducted for a slide/tape program on Cuban-Americans, a copy of which can be found on T80-95.
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Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido

Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services

Date: 1980-04-27
Description: Four reel to reels. (Copied partly onto C90-58). For images see S 1577, box 17, folder 57.
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Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Date

1980-05-11

Description

Two reel to reel recordings. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.

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Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy

Date: 1980-05-11
Description: One reel to reel recording. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
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Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Date: 1981-11-03
Description: Four reel to reels. Interview with singer and pianist Ida Goodson. Born and raised in Pensacola, she toured and recorded with various blues and jazz bands in the late 1920s and 1930s, and later worked for a lumber company for 35 years, while still playing the nightclubs. She converted to Christianity in 1960 and began playing gospel music. In the interview, she discusses her family; her sisters experiences in the music business; learning to play piano; her first song; blues, Dixieland, and jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s; touring Alabama and Georgia in the 1930s; Florida nightclubs; her marriage in 1927; her children's involvement in music; growing up in the Baptist Church and her religious reawakening in the 1960s; recording in New Orleans; games she played as a child; and May Day and Mardi Gras celebrations in Pensacola. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-1, C83-2, C83-3, and C83-4.
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Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer Mary McClain

Date: 1982-08-05
Description: Two reel to reels. Known as Diamond Teeth Mary for the jewels she placed in her teeth in the 1940s, Mary was born in West Virginia, and always claimed to be the half sister of fellow blues singer Bessie Smith. In 1918, she moved to Florida's Gulf Coast. During her later years, she lived in Bradenton, Florida. Although McClain was a popular performer in the 1920s and 1930s, she stopped performing the blues for many years. She was rediscovered by the Florida Folklife Program in the 1980s. In 1986, she won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1986. She died on 4 April 2000. In the interview, she discusses the start of her career; blues music; various groups she performed with; performing with George Burns, Bessie Smith, and Sarah Vaughan; minstrel shows; her family history; her conversion to Christianity in 1962; and her work in churches. Copied on audiocassettes C83-24 and C83-25. Material used for the public radio program, Florida Home: I Started With the Blues. Copies of the programs can be found on C85-16.
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Interview with blues singer Mary McClain

Singing by the Church of God in Christ

Date: 1980-05-04
Description: Three reel to reel recordings. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
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Singing by the Church of God in Christ

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a_s1576_t78-318	Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service	Sound	African Americans Choir singing Choirs (music) Church attendance Church services Churches Fieldwork Sermons Prayers Prayer Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel songs Performing arts Religious music Religious songs Religious rites Religion Protestants Christianity Singers Bands (Music) Preachers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t79-021	Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival	Sound	Singers Fieldwork Church services African Americans Churches Church membership Church attendance Choir singing Choirs (music) Religion Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious music Religious songs Sermons Beliefs and cultures Christianity Protestants Baptists Singing Music performance Prayers Preachers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-038	Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez	Sound	Santeros Healers Fieldwork Oral histories Interviews Personal experience narratives Santeria Religion Cuban Americans Latinos Religious rites Emigration and immigration Catholics Saints Santerios Purity, Ritual Specialty stores Beliefs and cultures Spanish language Health	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-046	Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Interviews Personal experience narratives Santeria Jokes Cuban Americans Latinos Cuba Emigration and immigration Religion Politics and culture Political movements Communism Castro, Fidel, 1926-	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-050	Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services	Sound	Religion Churches Community rites African Americans Christianity Preachers Church attendance Church membership Protestants Baptists Church services Fieldwork Prayer Gospel (Black) Gospel music Choir singing Choirs (music) Sermons	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-023	Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church	Sound	Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Preachers Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-024	Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy	Sound	Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers Preachers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-001	Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories African Americans Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Personal experience narratives Jazz music Family history Churches Religious music Vaudeville Baptists Nightclubs Holidays and festivals Mardi Gras Calendar rites Music business May Day Racial segregation African Americans Segregation Great Depression Medicine shows Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Christianity Singers Pianists Women jazz musicians Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-033	Interview with blues singer Mary McClain	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories Personal experience narratives African Americans Music business Blues (Music) Performing arts Singing Religion Christianity Gospel (Black) Gospel music Traveling theater Minstrel shows Family history Performers Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-079	Singing by the Church of God in Christ	Sound	Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Preachers Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service

Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service

Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival

Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival

Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez

Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez

Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido

Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido

Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services

Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy

Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer Mary McClain

Interview with blues singer Mary McClain

Singing by the Church of God in Christ

Singing by the Church of God in Christ

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Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service

Recording of Mt. Zion Holiness Temple Church service

Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival

Recording of the Freewill Baptist Church Revival

Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez

Interview with an unidentified santero and Cuban immigrant Cookqui Hernandez

Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido

Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido

Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services

Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy

Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer/pianist Ida Goodson

Interview with blues singer Mary McClain

Interview with blues singer Mary McClain

Singing by the Church of God in Christ

Singing by the Church of God in Christ