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1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Date: 1984-07-23
Description: Nine audio cassettes. Liz Simmons, folklorist and teacher from California, leads discussion with teachers on folklore and the place of jokes, legends, and games in folklore. Topics include Zora Neale Hurston; African American folklore; writing folklore; memory and expressive writing; tooth fairy stories; reinforced roles and stereotypes; politics, race and gender in folklore; teaching folklore; children's games; naming traditions; children's folklore; Jack Tales; and family folklore and stories.
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1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)

Date: 1987-11
Description: Two video cassettes. 20 minutes. (Copy can be found on FV-10, S 1615.) Emmanuel Gombos (influential church lay leader and local high school Greek teacher) on the unique Greek heritage of Tarpon Springs; scenes of local Greek organizations. Created for the Every Island Has Its Own Song project. The finished product was a documentary about Nikitas Tsimouris, a Greek bagpipe player, and his family, and the Tarpon Springs Greek community he lived in. A co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael researched, wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer.
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Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)

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.
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Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School

Date: 1982-05-18
Description: One proof sheet with 21 black and white images (plus negatives, and six duplicate prints) Images of students participating in jump-rope and hand-clapping games at South Hamilton Elementary school. (These activities were recorded, and can be found in S 1576, box 40, tapes 14 & 15.) Also contains images of Edward Murphy (with teacher Jacqueline Mathis) discussing farm tools and his fiddle; and Ossie Maxwell and others from the Jennings Senior Citizens Center talking with students. 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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Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Date: 1984-06-20
Description: One reel to reel. Tucker talks about education in Myakka City, as well as her reaction to Florida, and the local community as a newly arrived resident (in the 1960s). The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
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Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Polly Billie

Date: 1988-12
Description: Two audio cassette recordings. Index to interview recording located in S 1595, Box 1. Interview with Seminole Polly Billie, daughter of Nancy Billie, and granddaughter of Lottie Shore. The interview was recorded at the Hollywood Reservation in Hollywood, Florida. The interview dealt mostly with family relations and growing up on a reservation. Also discussed Seminole culture, such as fishing and education. There is also a transcript of a second interview (no tape recording in collection) with Polly Billie located in S 1595, Box 1, folder 6. The recording was conducted in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Interview with Polly Billie

Lydia and the Pinkhams

Date: 1974
Description: Two black and white prints. A musical group of music teachers singing novelty folk songs. Images are of them at the 1974 and 1977 Florida Folk Festival.
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Lydia and the Pinkhams

Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Date: 1988-07-11
Description: Eight audio cassettes. Sylvia Grider (professor of folklife at Texas A&M) and Nancy Nusz gives presentations on children and folklife. Topics include: childhood games, storytelling, adult versus children culture; psychological development of children; collecting children folklife; legends; urban legends; paper folding; and riddles.
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Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Date: 1996-05-25
Description: One audio cassette tape. Lilian Arce and her daughter (introduced by Brent Tozzer and Laurie Sommers), who teach traditions and dance in West Palm Beach, discuss Chilean and Hispanic dance as well as holiday celebrations and the history of Chile.
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Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom

Date: 1983-07-18
Description: Twenty-seven color slides. A seminar to encourage and offer ideas to teachers for the use of folklore in the classroom. Held at the Stephen Foster Center.
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Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom

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a_s1576_14_c84-093	1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar	Sound	Teacher Conferences and seminars series Seminars Teaching of folklore Education Teachers Folklife Jack tales Marchen Storytelling Tales Children Family history Writing Naming practices Jokes Beliefs and cultures Educators Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)	Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)	Moving Image	Teacher Fieldwork Interviews Teachers Local history Emigration and immigration Greek Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.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
Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School	Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School	Still Image	Teacher Fiddlers Fieldwork Elementary schools Schools Elderly, the Demonstrations Games Jump rope rhymes Jump ropes Hand-clapping games Recreation Play areas Play Leisure Tools Fiddles Older people Children Farmers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t85-225	Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker	Sound	Teacher Fieldwork Interviews Personal experience narratives Oral histories Community culture Teachers Teaching Education Students Schools Churches Religion Railroads Family history Local history Church services Leisure Educators	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1595_02_tape05	Interview with Polly Billie	Sound	Teacher Seminole Indians Family history Oral histories Education Schools Native Americans Fishing Food habits	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Lydia and the Pinkhams	Lydia and the Pinkhams	Still Image	Teacher Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Guitarists Singing Performing arts Musical instruments Singers Musicians Teachers Musical groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_24_c88-001	Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar	Sound	Teacher Conferences and seminars series Seminars Teaching of folklore Education Teachers Folklife Children Collecting Storytelling Tales Games Riddles Educators Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_64_c96-073	Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)	Sound	Teacher Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Latinos Chilean Americans Teaching Folk dance Arts, Chilean Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom	Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom	Still Image	Teacher Teaching of folklore Conferences and seminars series Teaching Workshops (Adult education) Education Teachers Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)

Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School

Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Polly Billie

Interview with Polly Billie

Lydia and the Pinkhams

Lydia and the Pinkhams

Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom

Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom

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1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)

Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Emmanuel Gombos (Video 22-23)

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School

Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Polly Billie

Interview with Polly Billie

Lydia and the Pinkhams

Lydia and the Pinkhams

Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Recording of the 1988 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 13)

Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom

Teachers Seminar on the use of folklife in the classroom