19 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Geographic Term is exactly "Silver Springs (Fla.)"
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Silver Springs tour boat driver Joe Klotz

Silver Springs tour boat driver Joe Klotz

Date
1980
Description
One color print (plus a balck and white print and negatives.) Duplicate of slide S81-831.
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Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell

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

Date
1980-10
Description
One color print (12 x 8).
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Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz

Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz

Date
1982
Description
One proof sheet with ten black and white images (plus negatives).
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Recordings of old phonographic albums by Jim Coleman

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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Radio programs by Jim Coleman

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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Joe Klotz glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey

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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"Jimmie the Kid" Coleman radio performance

"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

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

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.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Silver Springs tour boat driver Joe KlotzSilver Springs tour boat driver Joe KlotzStill ImageBoat driver
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Ecotourism
Boats and boating
Tourism
Occupational groups
Tour guides (Persons)
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a_s1576_12_c84-008Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William CrowellSoundAfrican 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)
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Silver Springs boat driver Don Utz giving a tourSilver Springs boat driver Don Utz giving a tourStill ImageBoat driver
Fieldwork
Tourism
Ecotourism
Occupational groups
Workplace
Boat drivers
Microphone
Boat driving
Boats and boating
Tour guides (Persons)
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Silver Springs boat driver Don UtzSilver Springs boat driver Don UtzStill ImageTour guides (Persons)
Boat driver
Fieldwork
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Springs
Occupational groups
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Waterways
Transportation
Glass bottom boats
Boats and boating
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a_s1576_02_c79-070Recordings of old phonographic albums by Jim ColemanSoundSound recordings
Music performance
Old time music
Country music
Audiotape recordings
Bluegrass music
Singing
Singers
Musicians
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a_s1576_02_c79-044Radio programs by Jim ColemanSoundSingers
Musicians
Radio programs
Radio stations
Music performance
Singing
Old time music
Country music
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a_s1576_11_c83-130Joe Klotz glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs for the Big Bend Folklife SurveySoundBoat operators
Excursion boats
Boating
Tour guides
Tourism workers
Jokes
Occupational folklore
Springs
Field recordings
Ecotourism
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a_s1576_03_c79-079b"Jimmie the Kid" Coleman radio performanceSoundCountry music
Folk music -- United States
Music -- Performance
Radio programs
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Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and PursuitsImages for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and PursuitsStill ImageBoat 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)
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Glass bottom boat drivers Willie Marsh and William CrowelGlass bottom boat drivers Willie Marsh and William CrowelStill ImageOccupational 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
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