Silver Springs tour boat driver Joe Klotz | Silver Springs tour boat driver Joe Klotz | Still Image | Boat driver Boat drivers Boat driving Ecotourism Boats and boating Tourism Occupational groups Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_12_c84-008 | Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell | Sound | African Americans Life histories Interviews Oral histories Occupational groups Occupational folklore Glass bottom boats Boat drivers Boat driving Libraries Springs Tourists Tourism Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell
- Date
- 1984-03-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. C84-8: Side A Interview/talk with Willie Marsh and William Crowell as part of the Library Folklife Program; they discuss their childhood at Silver Springs as well as their work as guides at Silver Springs; driving boats at Silver Springs; tipping problems; stories told on boat tours (Bridal Chamber, Mammoth Rock Ledge, Main Spring, Catfish Reception Hall, Ladies' Parlor; Devil's Kitchen, Geysers; Florida Snowstorm, Blue Grotto, Backbone of Prehistoric Remains, Christmas Tree Grove, Boat used by Ponce De Leon, Catfish Hotel); commercialization damaging vegetation at Springs; visitor damage to the ecosystem of Springs. Side B They discuss glass-bottom boats; visitors who rode the glass-bottom boats; stories told; tipping gimmicks; experiences with snakes, boat breakdown, alligators. C84-9: Continuation of interview -- they discuss a row boat in the river; drowning of visitors on an excursion; traveling to New York to be on "What's My Line?"; seniority on the job; Tarzan; family members that worked at Silver Springs; music they learned from their parents; age and retirement; big boats on the river; drinking story and hunting story; different owners of Silver Springs; trip to Daytona Beach by horse and wagon.
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Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz giving a tour | Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz giving a tour | Still Image | Boat driver Fieldwork Tourism Ecotourism Occupational groups Workplace Boat drivers Microphone Boat driving Boats and boating Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz | Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz | Still Image | Tour guides (Persons) Boat driver Fieldwork Boat drivers Boat driving Springs Occupational groups Ecotourism Tourism Tours Waterways Transportation Glass bottom boats Boats and boating | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_02_c79-070 | Recordings of old phonographic albums by Jim Coleman | Sound | Sound recordings Music performance Old time music Country music Audiotape recordings Bluegrass music Singing Singers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recordings of old phonographic albums by Jim Coleman
- Date
- 1979
- Description
- Recordings of Silver Springs resident and performer Coleman's 78 rpm albums, dating from the 1930s through the 1950s. Because these are copyrighted materials, copies of the recordings can not be made. Artists include Jimmy Wilson's Ranch Boys, Catfish String Band, Jesse Rogers, Lightcrust Doughboys, Lulu Belle, Burl Ives, Harry Jackson, Gene Autry, Girls of the Golden West, The Carter Family, and Tex Ritter.
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a_s1576_02_c79-044 | Radio programs by Jim Coleman | Sound | Singers Musicians Radio programs Radio stations Music performance Singing Old time music Country music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Radio programs by Jim Coleman
- Date
- 1978
- Description
- One audio cassette. Coleman of Silver Springs recorded several radio shows that he produced featuring his 78 rpm record collection, including performances by Faulkner, Kincaid, and Jimmy the Kid. Also includes several songs by Don Grooms.
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a_s1576_11_c83-130 | Joe Klotz glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat operators Excursion boats Boating Tour guides Tourism workers Jokes Occupational folklore Springs Field recordings Ecotourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Joe Klotz glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One audio cassette. Klotz discusses various animals on the tour, such as pea foul, giraffes, monkeys, turkeys, ostriches, meat-eating birds; zebras, camels, sheep, and spider monkeys. In addition, he talks about special diets for certain species in wildlife refuges.
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a_s1576_03_c79-079b | "Jimmie the Kid" Coleman radio performance | Sound | Country music Folk music -- United States Music -- Performance Radio programs | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
"Jimmie the Kid" Coleman radio performance
- Date
- 1970
- Description
- Side two of C79-79. Coleman performs American folk music, the first half of which is moon themed. The tape cuts off during "When It's Night Time in Nevada"
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Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Still Image | Boat driver Woodworkers Whip maker Basket maker Ecotourism Tourism Folk dance Clothing and dress Whips Whip making Fishing lures Dogs Vietnamese Basket making Boat driving Dancers Hunters Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- Ten 8x12 color images. Duplicates of earlier fieldwork photographs, these prints were created for the Library Folklife Program, Pursuits and Pastimes. Includes Wilbert Gavin and Hawk Jackson driving tour boats at Wakulla Springs, Joe Klotz driving a boat at Silver Springs, a woman in a quince dress, Edenfield with his hunting dogs, Jones making fishing lures, Phem making a rice basket, Sheppard making a whip, Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, and a worker making a citrus ladder. A traveling exhibit concerning the occupational groups in Florida relating to tourism and recreation. The exhibit used text and images from the Folklife Program's fieldwork files. There was also a booklet that accompanied the exhibit (found in S 1606, box 2, folder 5). More images of the exhibit can be found in S 1606, box 2, folder 1, and box 1, folder 9.
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Glass bottom boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowel | Glass bottom boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowel | Still Image | Occupational folklore Occupational groups Libraries African Americans Oral communication Oral narratives Oral histories Life histories Boat drivers Nature Springs Boats and boating Glass bottom boats Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Glass bottom boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowel
- Date
- 1984-03-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Images of two former Silver Springs boat drivers being interviewed by folklorist Nancy Nusz at the Marion County Public Library. Both in their 80s at the time, Marsh and Crowel had driven glass bottom boats at the theme park since its opening in the 1920s. Sound recordings of the interviews can be found in S 1576, box 12, C84-8 and C84-9.
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