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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Geographic Term is exactly "St. Petersburg (Fla.)"
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Video of gospel musician Willie Eason winning the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage Award

Video of gospel musician Willie Eason winning the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage Award
Date
1995-10-07
Description
One video cassette. A popular gospel musician in the St. Petersburg area. He influenced most gospel steel guitarists. He won the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage Award. Video is of that ceremony.
Collection
Video of gospel musician Willie Eason winning the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage Award

Video of gospel musician Willie Eason winning the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage Award
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
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.
Collection
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
David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
Date
1985-02-21
Description
One audio cassette. Bennett was a fiddler and folklorist. He wrote his Master's thesis at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) in 1940: A Study in Fiddle Tunes From Western North Carolina. In the interview, Bennett discusses his research, fellow bluegrass and old-time musicians, and recording various musicians.
Collection
David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
Easter service at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Church

Easter service at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Church
Date
1985-03-10
Description
One audio cassette. Ukrainian Church hymns recorded inside the Church; hymns are not interpreted.
Collection
Easter service at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Church

Easter service at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Church
Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean
Date
1970
Description
Two audio cassettes. McLean performs several of his songs, and explains the stories behind them. Many of his compositions dealt with Florida history and culture.
Collection
Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean

Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLean
Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown
Date
1976-10-01
Description
One audio cassette. Recorded at the Neighborly Center in St. Petersburg. Brown talks about his life and music in between playing religious and blues songs. For additional recordings, see tapes C77-7, C77-8, T78-316 and T78-317.
Collection
Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown
Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown
Date
1977-01-18
Description
Two audio cassettes. Recorded at the Neighborly Center in St. Petersburg. Brown talks about his life and music in between playing religious and blues songs. A previous interview and performance was recorded on tape C77-9. For an interview conducted a year later, see reels T78-316 and T78-317.
Collection
Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown
Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown
Date
1978-05-10
Collection
Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown
Interview with Ukrainian embroiderers

Interview with Ukrainian embroiderers
Date
1985-04-02
Description
One audio cassette. (The first part of the interview was on C87-5, which is missing.) Alla Barabolak and Stephanie Cehelska discuss Ukrainian embroidery and differences/variety within the art; manner in which each of them learned to embroider; post-WWII changes in embroidery; pysanky [egg] decoration; trypylian designs; lack of interest in Ukrainian culture on the part of later generations; woodcarving; wedding traditions and wedding bread.
Collection
Interview with Ukrainian embroiderers

Interview with Ukrainian embroiderers
Interview with Ukrainian historians John Kohut and Professor Tahasky

Interview with Ukrainian historians John Kohut and Professor Tahasky
Date
1985-03-18
Description
Two audio cassettes. C87-3: John Kohut discusses the history of Ukraine and the division of modern Ukraine; differences between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches; Soviet effect on traditional cultures; Ukrainian immigration to the United States and Canada; Taras Shevchenko, national hero; Ukrainian traditions; his family history and their immigration to the U.S. in the 1800s; differences between Russians and Ukrainians; differences between American and Ukrainian eggs. Mr. Tahaksy joins Mr. Kohut for a discussion on religious history; Soviet deportation of priests and oppression of Catholics; hierarchy of Ukrainian Catholic Church; Ukrainian organizations and means of communication. C87-4: John Kohut discusses other Ukrainian organizations in North America; church hall as community meeting place; writings of Ukrainian dissidents; Ukrainian immigration to the U.S. in the 1920s; national hero Shevchenko writing songs that the church performs; national holidays and customs; location of Ukrainians throughout United States.
Collection
Interview with Ukrainian historians John Kohut and Professor Tahasky

Interview with Ukrainian historians John Kohut and Professor Tahasky
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Video of gospel musician Willie Eason winning the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage AwardVideo of gospel musician Willie Eason winning the 1995 Florida Folk Heritage AwardMoving ImageSingers
African Americans
Gospel (Black)
Gospel musicians
Awards
Public speaking
Rites and ceremonies
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1576_04_c80-021Compilation of recordings by the Williams Family & Johnny Brown from the Florida Record ProjectSoundMusic -- Performance
Field recordings
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Shape note singing
Gospel music
Religious songs		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1640_20_tape06David Parker Bennett interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship ProgramSoundField recordings
Interviews
Folklore
Research, theory, and methodology
Fiddles
String instruments
Folk musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_23_c87-008Easter service at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian ChurchSoundFieldwork
Easter
Music
Hymns
Easter service
Religion
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian Americans
Church services
Christianity
Choruses
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Religious songs
Oral performance		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_03_c79-085Florida Sands: Stories and songs by Will McLeanSoundMusic performance
Folk singers
Singing
Guitar music
Tales
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Composers
Florida history
Local history
Singers
Guitarist
Composer
Storytellers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-009Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny BrownSoundInterviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Guitar
Guitar music
Guitarists
Life histories
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Music performance
Guitarist
Blues singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-007Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny BrownSoundInterviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Guitar
Guitar music
Guitarists
Life histories
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Music performance
Guitarist
Blues singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t78-316Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny BrownSoundInterviewing
Interviews
Music performance
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Guitar
Guitar music
Guitarists
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Fieldwork
Guitarist
Blues singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_23_c87-006Interview with Ukrainian embroiderersSoundEmbroiderers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Embroidery
Pysanky
Egg decoration
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian Americans
Ukrainian American art
Textile arts
Family history		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_23_c87-003Interview with Ukrainian historians John Kohut and Professor TahaskySoundHistorian
Fieldwork
Interviews
Emigration and immigration
Ukraine
Ukraine History
Folklore and history
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian Americans
Ukrainian American art		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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