| a_s1712_01_tape14 | The Versiteers performance at the Folk Culture in the South: Women's Contributions seminar | Sound | Conference presentations
African Americans
A capella singing
Music--Perfromance
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Religion
Spirituals (Songs) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
The Versiteers performance at the Folk Culture in the South: Women's Contributions seminar
- Date
- 1989-07-28
- Description
- Folklorist Gregory Hansen introduces the Versiteers, a gospel group from Jacksonville. The group performs traditional African American gospel and spiritual songs. They also discuss the meaning of the songs, types of gospel music, how they learned their craft, and African American worshiping. Recorded at the Jacksonville Museum of Science and History.
- Collection
| a_s1714_03_tape26 | The Sapp Family Gospel Singers performing at the San Mateo Church of God | Sound | Fieldwork
Religion
Religious music
Singing
Church services
Churches
Performing arts
Music performance
Piano music
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
The Sapp Family Gospel Singers performing at the San Mateo Church of God
- Date
- 1985-02-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of a rehearsal by the Sapp Family Gospel Singers at the San Mateo Church of God, with an accompanying piano. Starts with introductions, and several sound checks. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1624_03_tape11 | The Jamesette Anniversary concert in Belle Glade | Sound | Fieldwork
Concerts
Religious music
Religion
Gospel music
Music performance
Gospel songs
Performing arts
Musical groups
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
The Jamesette Anniversary concert in Belle Glade
- Date
- 1992-03-08
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Held at the Lake Shore Civic Center. For as detailed decsription of the concert, see S 1624, box 1, folder 14. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
- Collection
| The Abundant Life Singers at the Florida Folk Festival | The Abundant Life Singers at the Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals
Gospel music
Religion
Gospel songs
Folklore revival festivals
Performers
Performing arts
Religious music
Women
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Testerina Primitive Baptist Church | Testerina Primitive Baptist Church | Still Image | Architecture
Church architecture
Churches
Church buildings
Protestant church buildings
Material culture
Religion
Primitive Baptists
Baptist church buildings | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration (1990) | Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration (1990) | Still Image | Fieldwork
Greek Americans
Epiphany
Religious rites
Religion
Christianity
Catholics
Community culture
Community rites
Holidays and festivals
Special events
Parades
Priests
Calendar rites | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration (1990)
- Date
- 1990-01-06
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ,thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community. Recordings of the celebration can be found in S 1664, box 6, tapes 32-33.
- Collection
| a_s1664_07_tape35 | Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations | Sound | Singers
Musicians
Storytellers
Fieldwork
Greek Americans
Epiphany
Religious rites
Religion
Christianity
Catholics
Community culture
Community rites
Holidays and festivals
Special events
Purim
Play
Calendar rites
Arts, Haitian
Haitian Americans
Carnivals
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Judaism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations
- Date
- 1989-11
- Description
- One audio cassette. Research conducted through the NEA to create the 1990 Florida Folklife Area, the theme of which was Ethnic Celebrations. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ, thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community. Images of the celebration can be found in S 1664, box 2, folder 1. Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrating the victory of the Jewish people over its enemies, as told in the Book of Esther. Literally a Celebration of Lots, it is a joyous time celebrating fun and happiness.
- Collection
| Sunday services at the Mt. Zion Holiness Temple | Sunday services at the Mt. Zion Holiness Temple | Still Image | Fieldwork
Church buildings
African Americans
Church services
Protestant church buildings
Religion
Protestants
Christianity
Church architecture
Church attendance
Church membership
Religious rites
Singing
Choir singing
Preachers
Sermons
Children
Architecture
Structures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Sunday services at the Mt. Zion Holiness Temple
- Date
- 1978-04-16
- Description
- Thirty color slides. Images of a Sunday church service at the Mt. Zion Holiness Temple, including church members, choir singing, the preacher, and children gathered outside. The church was located in the Blackbay area of White Springs. Missing are slides S78-689, 690, 697, 706, 710, 718.
- Collection
| a_s1714_reel09 | Sunday service at the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recording
Singers
Singing
Choirs (music)
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel music
Religion
Church membership
Church services
Churches
Sermons
Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Sunday service at the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church
- Date
- 1985-01-27
- Description
- Three audio reels. Recording of a Sunday service at the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Sunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church | Sunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church | Still Image | Fieldwork
Musical tradition, sacred
Shape note singing
A capella singers
A capella singing
Choir singing
Churches
Baptist church buildings
Baptists
Primitive Baptists
Cemeteries
Grave markers
Gravestones
Children
Church membership
Church services
Church attendance
Religion
Christianity
Shape note singers
Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Sunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
- Date
- 1978-10-29
- Description
- Sixty-one color slides. Images of a church service, with sacred harp (shaped note) singing, an adjacent cemetery, church members, and a lunch afterwards. Several slides are missing: S78-1206, 1207, 1214, 1216, 1218-1220, 1227, 1236-1238, 1247-1249, 1260-1261, 1264-1265, 1273, and 1277.
- Collection
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