Florida Memory is administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, Bureau of Archives and Records Management. The digitized records on Florida Memory come from the collections of the State Archives of Florida and the special collections of the State Library of Florida.

State Archives of Florida

ArchivesFlorida.com
State Archives Online Catalog
ArchivesFlorida.com
ArchivesFlorida.com

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Listen: The Folk Program

595 items found

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Date: 1976-11-20
Description: One audio cassette. Recording of a folk festival including Greek dancers, yodeling, singers, storytellers, and annoucnements.
Collection

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Date: 1977-02-14
Description: Two audio cassettes.
Collection

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Date: 1977-02
Description: One audio cassette. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
Collection

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Gamble Rogers

Date: 1977-07-04
Description: One audio cassette. Audio is very low.
Collection

Performance by Gamble Rogers

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

Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Date: 1970
Description: Two audio cassettes. McLean performs several of his songs, and explains the stories behind them. Many of his compositions dealt with Florida history and culture.
Collection

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Date: 1981
Description: One audio cassette. Boltin tells "The Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper." She recorded the story for the students at Mary E. Taylor School in Camden, Maine. The recording ends in the middle of the story.
Collection

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation

Date: 1981
Description: One audio cassette. (Also on C84-116) Created by the Florida State Museum (today, the Florida Museum of Natural History) at the University of Florida, this is a copyrighted recording of children folklore, including hand clap games, jokes, stories, jump rope rhymes, sayings, and counting games. Rogers tells a story of girl campers.
Collection

Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Date: 1983-10
Description: One audio cassette. Students and teachers discuss family photographs brought in by students; scary stories; games and rhymes; jump rope rhymes.
Collection

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Date: 1983-10-06
Description: One audio cassette. Side A Students tell their name stories. Side B Students demonstrate hand clapping games; jump rope rhymes and other rhymes; do tricks; tell jokes and scary stories.
Collection

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
a_s1576_01_c77-015	10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording	Sound	Singing Music performance Storytelling Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Dance music Yodeling Performing arts Orators Dancers Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-016	Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College	Sound	Singing Music performance Storytelling Musicians Guitarists Guitar music Concerts Tales Tall tales Performing arts Guitarist Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-018	Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Music performance Bouzouki Musical instruments Musicians Performing arts Dance music Singers Storytellers Guitarist	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-031	Performance by Gamble Rogers	Sound	Musicians Holidays Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Music performance Storytelling Tales Singing Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
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
a_s1576_03_c79-085	Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean	Sound	Music performance Folk singers Singing Guitar music Tales Oral narratives Storytelling Composers Florida history Local history Singers Guitarist Composer Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_05_c81-027	Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper	Sound	Legends Oral performance Storytellers Tall tales Storytelling Oral narratives	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_09_c83-079	Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation	Sound	Singers Storytellers Music performance Senior Girl Scouts Scouts and scouting Girls Jump rope rhymes Singing Games Hand-clapping games Storytelling Leisure Play Jokes Children Girl Scouts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-050	Ft. White Fourth Grade Class	Sound	Teacher Storytellers Fieldwork Elementary schools Storytelling Teachers Teaching of folklore Ghosts Jump rope rhymes Games Supernatural legends Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-061	Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)	Sound	Storytellers Fieldwork Elementary schools Classrooms Demonstrations Storytelling Supernatural legends Jokes Hand-clapping games Jump rope rhymes Naming practices Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

Additional Links

Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Change Background Color

Change Font-Size

Change Font

Cursor

Highlight Links

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Gamble Rogers

Performance by Gamble Rogers

Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)

Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation

Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Reconstruction era voting records

Florida's first automobile registrations

Milestones in Florida's political framework

Letters, ephemera and other historical records

Documenting Florida's chief executive officers

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Gamble Rogers

Performance by Gamble Rogers

Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)

Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation

Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)