| a_s1576_02_c78-053 | Interview with basket maker Pearlie Gates | Sound | Basket maker
Artisans
Interviews
Fieldwork
Palm frond weaving
Basket making
Basket work
Basketry
Palmetto weaving
Life histories
Weaving
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with basket maker Pearlie Gates
- Date
- 1978-05-08
- Description
- One audio cassette. Gates explains her palmetto basket weaving technique; discusses the different fronds she uses; how she finds the right fronds; talks about the patterns she uses, etc. She also discusses her life and her family's background.
- Collection
| a_s1576_02_c80-004 | Pearlie Gates interview | Sound | Interviews
Field recordings
Weaving
Basket making
Palmetto
Oral narratives
Weaving
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Pearlie Gates interview
- Date
- 1979
- Description
- One audio cassette. Gates, born in Geneva, Florida, discusses her craft making using palmetto leaves and egg cartons. She also describes her life growing up in rural Florida.
- Collection
| a_s1576_09_c83-078 | Mary McClain and Willie James performing in Tampa | Sound | Singers
Pianists
Music performance
Concerts
Blues (Music)
Piano music (Blues)
African Americans
Singing
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_09_c83-079 | Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation | Sound | Singers
Storytellers
Music performance
Senior Girl Scouts
Scouts and scouting
Girls
Jump rope rhymes
Singing
Games
Hand-clapping games
Storytelling
Leisure
Play
Jokes
Children
Girl Scouts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Copy of the recording: Children's Folklore: Kid to Kid From Generation to Generation
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- One audio cassette. (Also on C84-116) Created by the Florida State Museum (today, the Florida Museum of Natural History) at the University of Florida, this is a copyrighted recording of children folklore, including hand clap games, jokes, stories, jump rope rhymes, sayings, and counting games. Rogers tells a story of girl campers.
- Collection
| a_s1576_21_c86-206 | Meeting of the Florida Folklife Council, 10 June 1986 | Sound | Public officer
Meetings
Folklife
Folklore
Arts administrators
Oral communication
Public officers
Public officials
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Meeting of the Florida Folklife Council, 10 June 1986
- Date
- 1986-06-10
- Description
- Five audio cassettes. Held at the Social Science building on the University of South Florida campus. Council Members present: Patricia Waterman (Chair), Ronald C. Foreman, Jr., Jeanette Cypress, Mick Moloney, Catherine Sugrue, William Green; Council Members absent: Beverly Carter; Florida Folklife Programs Staff: Ormond H. Loomis (Director), Iris Greene (Secretary), Barbara Beauchamp (Folklife Programs Administrator), Peggy Bulger (Folklife Programs Administrator), Merri Belland (Folklife Specialist); Visitors: Thelma Boltin (Consultant), Randall Kelley (Director, Division of Archives, History and Records Management), Ross Morrell (Assistant Director, Division of Archives, History and Records Management), Bill Dudley (WMNF Radio, Tampa), LeeEllen Friedland. For minutes and details of the meeting, see the S 1579, box 1, folder: Indexes for C86-150 through C86-210. And copies of tapes (but not the minutes)for this meeting can also be found in S 1717, box 2. The Florida Folklife Council (FFC) was created by legislation in 1979 (79-322, SB 1203) within the Department of State to advise the Secretary of State on issues relating to folk arts and folk life as well as stimulate and encourage statewide public interest and participation in folk arts and folklore, sponsor conferences and workshops throughout the state, and make recommendations for the development of a statewide Florida Folk Arts program. The Florida Folklife Council consists of seven members appointed by the Secretary of State for four-year terms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_22_c86-166 | Captain Henry Black interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey | Sound | Fishers
Boat driver
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
World War, 1939-1945
Cowboys
Boat driving
Boats and boating
Weather
Netmaking | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Captain Henry Black interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1983-06-03
- Description
- One audio cassette. Black discusses his early life; cowboying; working on tugboats, including the "Neptune" which was built for the Spanish-American War; navigation during WWII; adventures in sailing; socialization between tugboat crews; superstition; sea stories; weather knowledge; making castnets.
- Collection
| a_s1576_23_c87-001 | Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk | Sound | Artisans
Fieldwork
Interviews
Emigration and immigration
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Oral histories
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian Americans
Ukrainian American art
Egg decoration
Eggs
Pysanky
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Ukrainian egg decorator Sophia Moskaluk
- Date
- 1985-03-22
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Sophia Moskaluk, Ukrainian egg decorator and embroiderer, describes her family background; mistreatment of her father and stepfather in the Ukraine and Europe; migrating to the United States; developing Ukrainian community in Tampa; coming to terms with her cultural heritage; the art of pysanky (Ukrainian egg decorating); preserving Ukrainian culture in the United States; St. Petersburg International Folk Fair events; describes political views among Ukrainian immigrants; compares egg decorating and regionalism in the Ukraine and the United States; discusses the use of the article "the" before "Ukraine"; the art of embroidery.
- Collection
| a_s1576_38_tape30 | Public workshop on Florida Folk Festival policy (Tampa) | Sound | Public officer
Meetings
Forums (Discussion and debate)
Public officers
Public officials
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Public service employment
Folklore
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Public workshop on Florida Folk Festival policy (Tampa)
- Date
- 1982-11-07
- Description
- Three audio cassettes. Recording of a public meeting held at the Florida International University to discuss the new Florida Folk Festival policies. In April 1982, the Department of State (DOS) and its Florida Folklife Program (FFP) sent out notice that the policies were changing. The result was a highly charged meeting between the FFP, the Florida Folklife Council, and the many folk artists. (See C83-90 and C83-91 in S 1576, box 10.) That fall, once the policy was completed, the FFP and the DOS offered several public meetings across the state. Includes discussion of the policy as well as input from various attendees as to the future of the festival. In addition to Tampa, meetings were held in Miami and White Springs.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t77-265 | Recording of a professional wrestling match in Tampa | Sound | Wrestlers
Athletes
Performers
Sportscasters
Entertainers
Performing arts
Wrestling
Wrestling matches
Entertainment
Sports | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t81-027 | Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair | Sound | Festivals
Fairs
Demonstrations
Craft
Folklife
Boat drivers
Occupational folklore
African Americans
Public speaking
Polka music
Oral narratives
Polka
Performing arts
Music performance
Boat driver
Folklorists
Bands (Music)
Musical groups
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair
- Date
- 1981-02-13
- Description
- Seven reel to reels. Recordings of the folklife demonstration booths at the Florida State Fair. Informants at the Big Bend Folklife Area include Wakulla Springs boat drivers (Jackson/Gavin) and the Polka Sweethearts.
- Collection
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