| a_s1714_03_tape14 | Interview with fern farm worker Marie Castillo | Sound | Farm workers
Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Farming
Ferns
Crops
Cookery, Mexican
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore
Mexican American cookery
Mexican Americans
Community culture
Community rites
Pinatas
Cooking and dining | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fern farm worker Marie Castillo
- Date
- 1985-01-20
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with fernery worker Marie Castillo, a Mexican migrant. Recorded in her kitchen, Castillo discussed Mexican migration patterns; fern farming; pinata making; religion; adjusting to Florida; family history; music; and community rites. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape54 | Viki Grimm discussing pinata making | Sound | Fieldwork
Collecting
Research methods
Pinatas
Material culture
Decoration and ornament
Decorative arts
Special events
Craft
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Arts, Mexican
Ethnicity, Mexico
Art
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Viki Grimm discussing pinata making
- Date
- 1985-02-24
- Description
- One audio cassette. Grimm demonstrating the step by step method for making a pinata -- in this case, a boat pinata. Interview recorded in her home. For images, see S 1577, v. 27, 1538-1579. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape56 | Recording of a rosary and mass service to the Virgin of Fatima | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Catholics
Church services
Religion
Religious rites
Christianity
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Children
Preachers
Sermons
Sermons, Spanish
Oral performance
Dwellings
Church work with mobile home dwellers
Mobile homes
Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of a rosary and mass service to the Virgin of Fatima
- Date
- 1985-02-25
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of a mass and rosary service in honor of the Virgin of Fatima in the trailer home of the Jose Albarran family. Presided over by Father Jose Narvaez, food and drinks were served to those that came. The service is in Spanish. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape63 | Interview with Prudenciana Gomez on Mexican American foodways | Sound | Cooks
Farm workers
Fieldwork
Research methods
Interviewing
Oral narratives
Latinos
Ethnicity, Mexico
Mexican Americans
Interviews
Sound recording
Cookery, Mexican
Mexican American cookery | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Prudenciana Gomez on Mexican American foodways
- Date
- 1985-03-07
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with Prudencia Gomez on Mexican American foodways and religion. She and her family work on fern farms (herba is Spanish for fern), which were used by Mexican families for food. The interview is in Spanish. Images of the interview can be found in S 1577, v. 27, images 1633-1641. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape65 | Maria Gomez interview | Sound | Farm workers
Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Oral narratives
Oral histories
Religion
Calendar rites
Marriage rites
Religious rites
Rites and ceremonies
Catholics
Food habits
Food
Holidays and festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Maria Gomez interview
- Date
- 1985-03-07
- Description
- Interview with Maria Gomez in her home. She discusses Mexican American culture, including religion, ceremonies, foodways, growing up in Mexico, Catholicism, dating, weddings, and life in Florida. The interview is in Spanish. Her children can be heard at times. For images of the interview, see S 1577, v. 27, slides 1516-1532. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape66 | Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Church membership
Church services
Churches
Religion
Religious rites
Protestants
Christianity
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Children
Sermons
Sermons, Spanish
Oral performance
Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a church services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church, a storefront church in Seville, Florida. Reverend Oscar Trevino presides. The tapes are in Spanish. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape68 | Recording of a Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Sound | Fieldwork
Christianity
Sound recording
Sermons
Church services
Community culture
Religion
Sermons, Spanish
Ethnicity, Mexico
Latinos
Churches
Children
Catholics
Musical instruments
Religious rites
Baptism
Baptismal sermons
Priests
Music performance
Infant baptism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of a Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a Catholic mass and baptismal service in Seville, Florida. The service was held in a Methodist Church that the Mexican American fern farmers used for Catholic services. For images, see S 1577, v. 27, slides 1742-1758. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_reel20 | Conjunto Azteca Tropical | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recording
Arts, Mexican
Mexican Americans
Latinos
Cumbia
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Conjunto Azteca Tropical
- Date
- 1985-02-08
- Description
- Three audio reels. Recording of Conjunto Azteca Tropical performing. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_reel37 | Mexican dance at the Quality Inn in Deland | Sound | Fieldwork
Collecting
Research methods
Dance music
Music performance
Accordions
Hotels
Special events
Community culture
Latinos
Musical instruments
Performing arts
Sound recordings
Arts, Mexican
Mexican Americans
Ethnicity, Mexico
Musical groups
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Mexican dance at the Quality Inn in Deland
- Date
- 1985-02-23
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Recording of the Latino dance band, Los Errantes de Chua Nuevo Leon, performing at a Mexican American dance in the Quality Inn. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s2029_01_c01 | The Florida Mexican American Music Survey sampler tape pre-production copy | Sound | Field recordings
Music--Performance
Mexican Americans
Folk music--Mexico
Ritual firsts
Quinceañera parties
Norteño music
Mother's Day
Marimbas
Tejano music
Button-key accordion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
The Florida Mexican American Music Survey sampler tape pre-production copy
- Date
- 1996
- Description
- One audiocassette tape. The music from the sampler tape is the result of the Mexican American Music Survey, an attempt to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican American communities in Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Among the styles and genres represented on the audiocassette are cumbia, conjunto, quinceañera ritual music, ranchera, mariachi, norteño, tejano, and pop.
On tracks 1 and 2, La Fuerza del Norte (Granado, Avalos, G. Rivera, Espinoza, Jr.) perform a corrido and a ranchera at Irene Gaure's quinceañera reception in Homestead on November 12, 1994.
On tracks 3 and 4, Grupo Cassanova perform cumbias in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 5 and 6, Los Halcones de Michoacán (Mondragon, Valdez, Abonce) perform a vals and a ranchera in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 7 and 8, Animación del Norte perform a vals and a huapango in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 9 and 10, La Fuerza del Norte perform a ranchera and a valsiada for a Mother's Day serenata in Homestead on May 14, 1995.
On track 11 through 13, Alviso, Rocha, and G. Rivera perform a valsiada, La Fuerza del Norte perform a ranchera, and Los Herrantes de Nuevo Leon (Espinoza,Sr., J. Rivera, Pedraza, Espinoza, Jr.) perform a chotis for a live Mother's Day broadcast on Radio Continental in Homestead on May 14, 1995.
On tracks 14 and 15, Los Fronterizos de Matamoros (the Cortez family) perform a polka and a cumbia norteña in Immokalle on April 13, 1995.
On tracks 16 and 17, Grupo Energía perform a banda medley and a pop song in Immokalee on April 13, 1995.
On tracks 18 through 20, Marimba Mayalandia, led by Rafael Rivera, perform a vals, son jalisciense, and a bolero in Orlando on May 18, 1996.
On tracks 21 and 22, Father Rojas conducts a mass and Robert Rivera, Castillo, Vargas, and Duque perform a canción for Xochitl Moreno's quinceañera at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Apopka on July 6, 1996.
On track 23, Grupo Elegancia performs a vals for Moreno's quinceañera reception at the John H. Bridges Community Center in Apopka on July 6, 1996.
On track 24, the Treviño family, the Gutierrez family, and Hernandez perform a traditional Mexican hymn at El Shaddai Pentecostal Church in Seville on April 14, 1996.
- Collection
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