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Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Date: 1963-03-31
Description: One reel to reel. McKinney, who retired from teaching in 1936, talked about growing up in Florida, sang, and recited poetry.
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Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Date: 2003-05-23
Description: One compact disc. McNeil served as emcee. This was a demonstration of the School of Arts and Science after-school. Teacher Taluga played the dulcimer.
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Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

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

Recordings of the 1987 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Date: 1987-07-13
Description: Ten audio cassettes. (The final tape appears to be blank.) The theme for this year was Seminole Indian folklore. The main speaker was Dr. Rayna Green, director of the American Indian Program with the Smithsonian Institute. A graduate from the Indian university folklife program, she researched and wrote on Native American culture and images. She also taught at several universities, and published several books. Other speakers included traditional healer Jeanette Cypress and Seminole Tribe of Florida president James Billie.
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Recordings of the 1987 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

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

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

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

Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Date: 1986-05-14
Description: Five audio cassettes. Recordings of a seminar regarding teaching folklore in the class room (in the previous years, the seminars were called Folklife in the Classroom Teachers Seminar.) The theme dealt with field research and publishing. The keynote speaker was George Reynolds, author/editor of the Foxfire books. He spoke, along with some of his students, on research, interviewing, editing, and publishing as an educational tool.
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Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

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)

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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
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_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_s1576_18_c86-042	Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar	Sound	Educators Teacher Conferences and seminars series Seminars Workshops (Adult education) Teaching of folklore Interviewing Teachers Fieldwork (educational method) Education Folklife Publishers and publishing Oral history Oral tradition Editing Writing Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.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

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Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Interview with Polly Billie

Interview with Polly Billie

Recordings of the 1987 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Recordings of the 1987 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

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)

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Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Interview with Polly Billie

Interview with Polly Billie

Recordings of the 1987 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Recordings of the 1987 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

1984 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Ft. White Fourth Grade Class

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Interview with Myakka City teacher Charlotte Tucker

Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

Recording of the 1985 Summer Folk Culture Seminar

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)