| a_s1576_11_c84-001 | Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville | Sound | Musicians
Singers
Fieldwork
Minorcan Americans
Interviews
Music performance
Performing arts
Minorcans
Tours
Transportation
Singing
Spanish language | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Capella Davison Minorcan Choir Tour on Bus to Gainesville
- Date
- 1982-10-10
- Description
- One audio cassette. Side A Mostly Spanish discussion of Minorcan foods (pigs, blood sausage, fish, milk and cheese), special songs for hog killing and other songs Side B Songs in Spanish: Old Black Joe Hallelujah
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape14 | Interview with boatbuilder Bobby Shiver | Sound | Fieldwork
Boatbuilding
Boats and boating
Carpentry
Sound recording
Wood craft
Woodwork
Oral histories
Transportation
Fishers
Interviews
Fishing
Maritime life
Interviewing
Occupational groups
Family history
Boating industry
Maritime folklore
Carpenters
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with boatbuilder Bobby Shiver
- Date
- 1986-11-03
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with the boat builder at his boat shop. Shiver discusses early life in Franklin County; family fishing; hunting; learning to build boats; types of boats; boatbuilding techniques and materials; timber; uses of boats; religion; and the economics of boat building. Copy of the interview can also be found at the Library of Congress' American Folklife Archive (AFS 26,806A18-42, B). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1618_04_tape08 | Tom Watson interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Oral narratives
Interviews
Railroads
African Americans
Racism
Local history
Railway workers
Labor unions
Transportation
Labor movements
Strikes
Civil rights movements
Racial segregation
Racial discrimination
Railroad trains | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Tom Watson interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-08-23
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Tom Watson, a railroad worker for over 30 years, worked for the Jacksonville terminal between 1950 and 1974. He then worked for Amtrak until 1988. In the interview, he discusses growing up in Jacksonville; the history of Florida rail lines and the railroad business; his career with Amtrak and the Jax Terminal; the various rail lines operating in Florida; labor strikes; a typical work day as a ticket taker; education at Bethune Cookman; a description of the old terminal; civil rights and rail integration; various jobs available to rail workers; the different opportunities for whites and blacks; pranks on the job; baggage sent on trains; mail on the rails; changes in the industry; mail; women employees; socializing with employees; and unions.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t81-008 | Wakulla Springs glass bottom boat tours (and interview) by Tommy (Hawk) Jackson | Sound | Boat driver
Orators
Fieldwork
Boats and boating
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Transportation
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
Waterways
Fauna
Flora
Occupational folklore
Occupational training
Glass bottom boats
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Wakulla Springs glass bottom boat tours (and interview) by Tommy (Hawk) Jackson
- Date
- 1980-11-09
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Recordings of two glass-bottom boat tour spiels conducted by Jackson. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, Henry the pole vaulting fish, and other natural features. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Images of some of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t81-007 | Wakulla Springs jungle cruise boat tours by Wilbert Gavin | Sound | Boat driver
Orators
Fieldwork
Boats and boating
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Transportation
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
Waterways
Fauna
Flora
Occupational folklore
Occupational training
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Wakulla Springs jungle cruise boat tours by Wilbert Gavin
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Recordings of two jungle cruise tours conducted by Gavin. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, and other natural features. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Images of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7.
- Collection
| a_s1576_30_c93-003 | "Washboard" Bill Cooke interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area | sound | Musicians
Storytellers
Railway Workers
Folk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
African Americans
Railyway workers
Occupational folklore
Washboards (musical instruments)
Transportation
Hoboes | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
"Washboard" Bill Cooke interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area
- Date
- 1993-05-28
- Description
- Two audio cassette recordings. NKwanda Jah is the interviewer. On C93-3, Cooke tells stories about traveling the railroads as a hobo during the 1930s; beginning his career as a washboard musician after World War II in 1946; problems with living in Palm Beach; and working for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and the Florida East Coast Railroad. He tells a story about working in St. Lucie County for Reid and Lowe Railroad Contractors on the Florida East Coast Railroad, lasting only three days due to the mosquitoes. Some of what Cooke says it difficult to hear due to background noise. Wright and Brown of the Gandy Dancers join the conversation and discuss the differences between the railway workers and the machines used to replace them. Cooke reminisces about the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, his favorite line.
On C93-4, Cooke, the Gandy Dancers, and Jah discuss blues musicians including B.B. King, Elvis Presley, and Mississippi John Hurt. They talk about the African American background of many of Elvis's songs. They also discuss integration in Birmingham and the Apollo Theater; treatment of children in the company "quarters" in the 1940s; pay; foods and their cost of living at that time. The theme for the 1993 Florida Folklife Area was transportation.
- Collection
| a_s1576_83_c00-072 | Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 10) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Personal experience narratives
Races
Transportation
Vehicles
Recreation
Leisure | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1640_23_tape23 | Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons | Sound | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Boatbuilding
Skiffs
Transportation
Waterways
Boats and boating
Personal experience narratives
Woodwork
Oral history
Oral narratives
Wood craft
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons
- Date
- 1991-11-25
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Simmons discusses boatbuilding and his lfie. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 11. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1640_23_tape25 | Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons | Sound | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Boatbuilding
Skiffs
Transportation
Waterways
Boats and boating
Personal experience narratives
Woodwork
Oral history
Oral narratives
Wood craft
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons
- Date
- 1992-06-29
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1640_23_tape27 | Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons | Sound | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Boatbuilding
Skiffs
Transportation
Waterways
Boats and boating
Personal experience narratives
Woodwork
Oral history
Oral narratives
Wood craft
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with boat builder Glen Simmons
- Date
- 1992-04-01
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
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