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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1954-05
Description: Eight black and white prints. P82-36 Thelma Boltin telling a "Jack tale". P82-37 Esther Joralau, a UF graduate student, performing a Filipino dance. P82-38 Group photo of festival (including Creek Indian Fred Beaver in center). P82-39 square dancers and string band. P82-40 Jump rope demonstration. P82-41 Quilters. P82-42 Anglo UF students performing a Mexican folk dance. P82-43 Irish jigs. Mary Kennedy Kane, center. May 1954. See S 1576, reels T76-1 through T76-9, for recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival
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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1957-05
Description: Nineteen black and white prints. Images of various African American church and school choral groups performing at the Florida Folk Festival.
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African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

Alberta Williams making lye soap

Date: 1985-01
Description: Twenty-five color slides. Demonstrating lye soap making at Mami Agnes Elementary School. Slides 4019-4028 are in volume 38. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Alberta Williams making lye soap

Alfonso W. Levy

Date: 1961
Description: Six black and white prints. Levy was a popular Lake City musician (playing with the Salt and Pepper Trio)as well as music director at Trinity Methodist Church and principal of Niblack School. Images are of Levy leading several choirs at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Alfonso W. Levy

Date: 1961
Description: Six black and white prints. Levy was a popular Lake City musician (playing with the Salt and Pepper Trio) as well as music director at Trinity Methodist Church and principal of Niblack School. Images are of Levy leading several choirs at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Alfonso W. Levy

Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students

Date: 1982-02-12
Description: One proof sheet with 18 black and white images (plus negatives). For more images, see S 1577, volume 11, slides S82-1190 through S82-1209. Goodvine was a former turpentine workers, and worked with mules all his life. He learned to make whips in 1914 from his cousin. He sold them from $15 to $30. 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.
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Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students

Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School

Date: 1982-02-12
Description: Twenty color slides. Goodvine was a former turpentine workers, and worked with mules all his life. He learned to make whips in 1914 from his cousin. He sold them from $15 to $30. For more images, see S 1577, box 19, folder 25. 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.
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Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Date: 1985-04-03
Description: Twenty color slides. Duffy, an East European, demonstrates traditional methods for decorating Easter eggs to San Pablo Elementary students. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School

Date: 1982-02-05
Description: Two color slides. For more images, see S 1577, box 19, folder 25 (proof sheet P83-71). For a recording of Brown, see S 1608, box 2, tape 4. 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.
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Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School

Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School

Date: 1982-02-05
Description: One audio cassette. For images, see S 1577, volume 11, slides S82-1188 & S82-1189, and box 19, folder 25. 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.
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Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs	1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs	Still Image	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Dance Quilting Storytelling Children Games String instruments Filipino Americans Asian American arts Asian Americans Native Americans Creek Indians Storytellers Dancers Students Quiltmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival	African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	African Americans Children A capella singing Costumes Students Performing arts Dancers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alberta Williams making lye soap	Alberta Williams making lye soap	Still Image	Education Schools African Americans Demonstrations Students Teaching of folklore Classrooms Domestic arts Soap Lye	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alfonso W. Levy	Alfonso W. Levy	Still Image	Musicians Music director Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Children African Americans Performing arts Choir singing Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alfonso W. Levy	Alfonso W. Levy	Still Image	Musicians Music director Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Children African Americans Performing arts Choir singing Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students	Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students	Still Image	Whip maker Children Fieldwork Demonstrations Education Classrooms Whip making Whips Leather craft African Americans Whipcracking Leather workers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School	Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School	Still Image	Whip maker Leather workers Education Elementary schools Teaching of folklore Classrooms Demonstrations Whip making African Americans Whips Leather craft Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating	Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating	Still Image	Education Schools Classrooms Elementary schools Students Teaching of folklore Egg decoration Eggs Easter eggs Craft Demonstrations Painting Holidays and festivals Artisans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School	Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School	Still Image	Orators Education Elementary schools Teaching of folklore Classrooms Children Students Demonstrations Oral communication African Americans Storytelling Oral performance	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1608_02_tape04	Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School	Sound	Schools Students Classrooms Oratory Speeches, addresses, etc. Oral performance Oral communication Teaching of folklore Demonstrations Fieldwork African Americans Orators	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

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African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

Alberta Williams making lye soap

Alberta Williams making lye soap

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students

Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students

Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School

Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School

Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School

Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School

Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

Alberta Williams making lye soap

Alberta Williams making lye soap

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students

Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students

Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School

Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School

Anthony Brown demonstrating traditional monologues at Melrose Park Elementary School

Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School

Anthony Brown performing recitations at the Melrose Junior High School

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