| a_s1576_03_c80-018 | <em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master | Sound | Music--Performance Field recordings African Americans Guitar music Blues (Music) Religious music Religious songs Musical tradition, sacred Gospel music Gospel songs Gospel (Black) Blues singers Spirituals (Songs) Church services Prayer Sound recordings Shape note singing Churches Diddly bow | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Drop on Down in Florida pre-master
- Date
- 1980-06
- Description
- One audio cassette. A duplicate copy can be found on C80-19. This is an unmixed, pre-master third-generation recording of field recordings conducted between 1978 and 1980 from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Folklife Project, resulted in Drop on Down in Florida, an exploration of African American musical traditions in Florida. Tape is in very poor condition and cannot be reproduced.
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| s1619_b001_f10_1962_01 | 10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962 | Text | Folk Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Festivals, Events and Conferences Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1619_b001_f10_1962_01.jpg |
| slf_wpachurch_4189 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | Text | Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg |
African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Date
- 1910
- Description
- WPA Church Record for African Methodist Episcopal Church in Mulberry, Polk County, established in 1910. This African Methodist Episcopal Church church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by W.M. Douglas.
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| slf_wpachurch_4125 | Bethel Baptist Church | Text | Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg |
Bethel Baptist Church
- Date
- 1897
- Description
- WPA Church Record for Bethel Baptist Church in Mulberry, Polk County, established in 1897. This National Baptist Convention of the United States of America Inc. church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Rev. Tolen.
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| slf_wpachurch_4130 | Burket Chapel Primitive Baptist Church | Text | Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg |
Burket Chapel Primitive Baptist Church
- Date
- 1894
- Description
- WPA Church Record for Burket Chapel Primitive Baptist Church in Bartow, Polk County, established in 1894. This Primitive Baptist Convention of the United States of America, Inc. church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Ennis Bullard.
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| slf_wpachurch_4205 | Church of God | Text | Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg |
Church of God
- Date
- 1932
- Description
- WPA Church Record for Church of God in Homeland, Polk County, established in 1932. This Church of God church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Rosa Davis.
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| a_s1576_03_c80-001 | Compilation of recordings from the North Florida Folklife Project | Sound | Music -- Performance Field recordings African Americans Blues (Music) Rural blues Diddley bows Gospel music Religious songs Shape note singing A capella singing Sacred Harp, Cooper Revision | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Compilation of recordings from the North Florida Folklife Project
- Date
- 1978
- Description
- This audiocassette tape was composed of selections from field recordings for the North Florida Folklife Project and the Florida Record Project. Tracks 1-4 were featured on the Florida Folklife Program's compilation of African American musical traditions throughout Florida, Drop on Down in Florida. The tracks by Moses Williams are copied from T78-321, recorded April 22, 1978; tracks by Richard Williams and family are copied from T78-328 & T78-329, recorded May 27, 1978; tracks by Brown & N. L. Williams are copied from T78-326, recorded May 28, 1978; "Trot Along, My Honey" copied from T78-322, recorded April 22, 1978; "Angel Band" copied from T78-350, recorded October 29, 1978; "Wade in the Water" copied from T78-318, recorded April 16, 1978.
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| s1048_b001_01 | Constitution of the State of Florida, 1868 | Text | Constitutional history -- Florida Constitutional law -- Florida Public law Constitutions Florida -- Politics and government Florida -- Constitutional Convention -- (1868) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Florida Constitutional Convention (Tallahassee, Fla. : 1868) | /fmp/constitutions/thumbnails/s1048_b001_01.jpg |
Constitution of the State of Florida, 1868
- Date
- 1868-02-25
- Description
- The Constitution of 1868 returning civilian control of the state following the American Civil War (1861-1865). It enfranchised black males and required each voter to take an oath of loyalty to the state of Florida and the United States government.
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| s539_b001_01 | Constitution of the State of Florida, 1885 | Text | Constitutional history -- Florida Constitutional law -- Florida Public law Constitutions Florida--Politics and government Florida -- Constitutional Convention -- (1885) Constitutional Convention (Tallahassee, Fla. : 1885) | /fmp/constitutions/thumbnails/s539_b001_01.jpg |
Constitution of the State of Florida, 1885
- Date
- 1885-08-03
- Description
- The Constitution of 1885 reversing some of the aspects of the 1868 Florida Constitution. This constitution established the makeup of the state government that continued until 1968.
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| a_s1576_t81-025 | Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordings | Sound | Musicians Singers Guitarist Choruses Music performance Fieldwork African Americans Blues (Music) Blues singers Guitar music Diddly bow Choir singing Choirs (music) Gospel (Black) Gospel songs Religious music Musical tradition, sacred Shape note singing Audiotape recordings | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Copy of the Drop On Down in Florida album master recordings
- Date
- 1980-12-03
- Description
- Three reel to reels. These were copies of the master tapes (see T80-123 and T8-124) for the Florida Folklife Program album, Drop on Down in Florida, a double album comprised of field recordings from the North Florida Folklife Project and those made specifically for this album. The album featured African American musical traditions throughout Florida. For more selections by these artists, see the original field recordings.
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