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Soap stone carvings

Date: 1987-09
Description: Three 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 project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Soap stone carvings

Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter

Date: 1974
Description: Two black and white prints. Sarah Carter was a musical therapist in Tallahassee. She was also the leader of the old-time musical band, The Dirt-Kickers Band. One image is of the band, the other is of Carter singing at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival.
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Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter

Sakim

Date: 1977-07
Description: Black and white print with negative. Unidentified person.
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Sakim

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Date: 1987-03-03
Description: Four audio cassettes. Meeting between project participants and the project's advisory committee to review and revise the project's publication: Documenting Maritime Folklife: An Introductory Guide. In addition to a discussion of the Florida Maritime Project, the recordings provide insight into disciplinary debates over the validity of folklife. Includes discussion of amateur versus professional folklorists/researchers, the use of oral history, the project's aims and goals, the philosophy and politics behind folklife, and the conflicts between history, anthropology, and folklife. Participants include maritime historian, Fleetwood, historians Hickerson and Morris, archaeologist Miller, anthropologists Parades, Wickman, and Stewart, biologist Scott, folklorists Gilmore, Johnson, Taylor, Michael, and Loomis. An online copy of the publication can be found at: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/maritime/ 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. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). 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.
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Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Date: 1987-03-03
Description: Four audio cassettes. Meeting between project participants and the project's advisory committee to review and revise the project's publication, Documenting Maritime Folklife: An Introductory Guide. In addition to a discussion of the Florida Maritime Project, the recordings provide insight into disciplinary debates over the nature of folklife. Includes discussion of amateur versus professional folklorists/researchers, the use of oral history, the project's aims and goals, the philosophy and politics behind folklife, and the conflicts between history, anthropology, and folklife. Participants include maritime historian, Fleetwood, historians Hickerson and Morris, archaeologist Miller, anthropologists Parades, Wickman, and Stewart, biologist Scott, folklorists Gilmore, Johnson, Taylor, Michael, and Loomis. 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. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). 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.
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Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall

Date: 1967
Description: One reel to reel recording. Kilman was leader of the group, which also performed at the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (see S 1576, reel T77-177.) The undated recording may have been sent to Festvial director Thelma Boltin as a "demo" or audition tape.
Collection

Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall

Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)

Date: 1960
Description: One reel to reel. The date or purpose of the recording is not known.
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Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Date

1980-05-11

Description

Two reel to reel recordings. 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 a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Quilts by Nona Heinlein

Date: 1986-11
Description: Seventeen color slides.
Collection

Quilts by Nona Heinlein

Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo

Date: 1974
Description: Three black and white prints. Publicity image from the duo Seafood Combo (Tony Verderamo and Larry Abrams).
Collection

Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
Soap stone carvings	Soap stone carvings	Still Image	Singers Festivals Special events Museums Soapstone Soapstone art objects Soapstone carving Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Native Americans Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter	Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter	Still Image	Singers Music String instruments Guitarists Musical groups Singing Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Sakim	Sakim	Still Image		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1592_07_tape16	Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting	Sound	Meetings Forums (Discussion and debate) Folklife Teaching of folklore Historians Oral histories Local history Research methods Fieldwork Oral communication Academic disciplines Maritime folklore Review of research Historian Public officer Anthropologists Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1592_07_tape01	Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting	Sound	Meetings Forums (Discussion and debate) Folklife Folklore Teaching of folklore Public officials Historians Local history Oral histories Research methods Fishing Maritime folklore Maritime life Academic disciplines Fieldwork Review of research Historian Public officer Archaeologists Anthropologists Folklorists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-270	Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall	Sound	Performing arts Music performance Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-272	Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)	Sound	Singing Love songs Old time music Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-023	Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church	Sound	Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Preachers Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Quilts by Nona Heinlein	Quilts by Nona Heinlein	Still Image	Quiltmakers Fieldwork Quilting Quilts Textile arts Decorative arts Needlework Design Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo	Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Guitar String instruments Musical instruments Guitarists Publicity Music business Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Soap stone carvings

Soap stone carvings

Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter

Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter

Sakim

Sakim

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall

Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall

Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)

Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Quilts by Nona Heinlein

Quilts by Nona Heinlein

Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo

Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo

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Soap stone carvings

Soap stone carvings

Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter

Singer and musical therapist Sarah Carter

Sakim

Sakim

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Maritime Project Meeting

Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall

Recording of the Fourth Day Windfall

Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)

Recording of singer Betsy Stafford (date unknown)

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recording of a service at the Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Quilts by Nona Heinlein

Quilts by Nona Heinlein

Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo

Publicity photograph for Seafood Combo