Meeting of the Florida Folklife Council, 4 November 1985

General Note/Comment

• One audio cassette. Council Members present: Patricia Waterman (Chairman), Mick Moloney, Catherine Sugrue, Ronald C. Foreman, Jr.; Council Members absent: Jeanette Cypress, William Green; Florida Folklife Programs Staff: Ormond H. Loomis (Director), Iris C. Greene (Secretary), Barbara Beauchamp (Folklife Programs Administrator), Peggy Bulger (Folklife Programs Administrator); Visitors: Randall Kelley (Director of the Division of Archives, History and Records Management), Ross Morrell (Assistant Directo of the Division of Archives, History and Records Management). For minutes and details of the meeting, see the S 1579, box 1, folder: Indexes for C85-1 through C80-51. And copies of tapes for this meeting (though not the minutes) can be found in S 1717, box 2. Two more tpaes from the meeting can be found in S 1576, box 21, tapes C86-155 through C86-157. 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.