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Cinder block church in Crestview

Date: 1982
Description: One black and white print. Images of a cinder-block church in Crestview, with two African American women standing in front. The church served as the home of the Seven Shape Note Singers. 1982.
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Cinder block church in Crestview

Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project

Date: 1978-05-10
Description: One audio cassette. Williams, Ella, and Lilly were recorded in Newberry on 27 May 1978; Brown was recorded in St. Petersburg on 10 May 1978; and the shape note singers were recorded in Crestview on 18 May 1980. (For the full recording of the shape note singers, see S 1576, reels T83-82 through T83-85.) These were field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida, an exploration of African American musical styles in Florida.
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Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project

Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention

Date: 1980-05-18
Description: Four proof sheets with 85 black and white images, plus negatives. The convention was founded in 1928, and performs four times a year. Shaped Note singing was an a capella style of church music that utilized shapes to represent notes (fa-so-la-mi) for untrained and even illiterate church members. Only four notes were used in the hymns. An old Anglican practice, English colonists first brought the tradition over to North American in the 1600s. See also S 1577, box 17, folder 114. For a recording, see reels in S1576: T83-82 through T83-85.
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Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention

Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets

Date: 1986-11-22
Description: Twelve color slides. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets

Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention

Date: 1980-05-18
Description: Six reel to reel recordings. The convention was founded in 1928, and performs four times a year. Shaped Note singing was an a capella style of church music that utilized shapes to represent notes (fa-so-la-mi) for untrained and even illiterate church members. Only four notes were used in the hymns. An old Anglican practice, English colonists first brought the tradition over to North American in the 1600s. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
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Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention

Sacred Harp singing

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Description: Three black andw hite prints. P82-21, 22 duplicated in S 1577, Box 17, folder 77; P82-23 duplicated in S 1577, Box 17, folder 114. 1980-1981.
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Sacred Harp singing

The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing

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Description: Three proof sheets with 63 black and white images, plus negatives. No index. Images of the Seven Shaped Note Singers performing at various conference and festivals. Shaped Note singing was an a capella style of church music that utilized shapes to represent notes (fa-so-la-mi) for untrained and even illiterate church members. Only four notes were used in the hymns. An old Anglican practice, English colonists first brought the tradition over to North American in the 1600s. January 1980 See also S 1577, box 17, folder 120
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The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing

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Cinder block church in Crestview	Cinder block church in Crestview	Still Image	Church architecture Religion Christianity Community African Americans Church buildings Churches	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_04_c80-021	Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project	Sound	Music -- Performance Field recordings African Americans Blues (Music) Shape note singing Gospel music Religious songs	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention	Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention	Still Image	Music Singers Shape note singing Performing arts Performers A capella singers A capella singing Religious music Shape note singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets	Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets	Still Image	Basket maker Fieldwork Basket work Basketry Material culture Decorative arts Baskets White oak	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t83-082	Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention	Sound	Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Shape note singing A capella singing Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Preachers Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers Shape note singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Sacred Harp singing	Sacred Harp singing	Still Image	Shape note singing Music Religious music A capella singers A capella singing Performers Performing arts Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing	The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing	Still Image	Shape note singing Performing arts Performers A capella singers A capella singing Religious music Music Musical groups Shape note singers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Cinder block church in Crestview

Cinder block church in Crestview

Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project

Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project

Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention

Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention

Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets

Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets

Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention

Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention

Sacred Harp singing

Sacred Harp singing

The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing

The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing

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Cinder block church in Crestview

Cinder block church in Crestview

Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project

Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record Project

Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention

Florida-Alabama Progressive Singing Convention

Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets

Harvey Davidson and his white oak baskets

Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention

Recording of the Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven Shape Note Singing Convention

Sacred Harp singing

Sacred Harp singing

The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing

The Seven Shaped Note Singers performing