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Florida Folklife Program director David Closson with "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival.

Florida Folklife Program director David Closson with "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival.
Date
1982
Collection
Florida Folklife Program director David Closson with "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival.

Florida Folklife Program director David Closson with "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival.
Florida Folks: 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folks: 1984 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1984-05
Description
One video cassette (3/4" tape). 60 minutes. Produced by WUFT-TV; highlights from the 1984 Florida Folk Festival.
Collection
Florida Folks: 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folks: 1984 Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folks: 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folks: 1985 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1985-05
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 60 minutes.
Collection
Florida Folks: 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folks: 1985 Florida Folk Festival
Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)
Date
1981
Description
One audio cassette. A documentary program for a radio program entitled "Humorists and Health Evangelists" for the radio series "Florida Home." Includes interviews with and performances by ventriloquists, pitchmen, and performers for medicine shows and other travelling shows, including Bob and Mae Noell, Bunny Bartok, Mary McClain, Ward Hall, and Wayne Murray. Also features commentary and historical background and analysis by a narrator.
Collection
Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)
Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)
Date
1981
Description
Four audio cassettes. AA "pre-master copy" recorded for the radio show documentary series. Includes excerpts of interviews with travelling show performers including Joe McKennon, Ward Hall, Bill Rogers, Mary McClain, and Eric Addams.
Collection
Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)
Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues
Date
1985
Description
One audio cassette. (Duplicates located in S 1576, box 37, tapes 24 & 25.) Part three of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with minstrel shows and the blues.
Collection
Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues
Florida State Prison Register: M, 1875-1959

Florida State Prison Register: M, 1875-1959
Date
1959 (circa)
Description
Typewritten list of inmates incarcerated at the Florida State Prison with surnames beginning with the letter M. Inmates are generally listed chronologically.
Collection
Florida State Prison Register: M, 1875-1959

Florida State Prison Register: M, 1875-1959
Folklife People: Mary McClain

Folklife People: Mary McClain
Date
Description
Mary Smith McClain was an African-American vocalist known for her blues and gospel music. She sang on stage for over 70 years, going by the stage names "Walking Mary" and later "Diamond Teeth" Mary. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, Smith was the half-sister of blues legend Bessie Smith. She left home at 13 and, disguised as a boy, performed in the circus as a singer and acrobat. Through the 1920s and 1930s she continued to perform in medicine and minstrel shows, then later performed in nightclubs, the USO, Apollo Theater and the Cotton Club. During the 1940s, Smith earned her nickname by having diamonds set into her front teeth. In the 1980s, folklorist Steven Zeitlin tracked her down and brought her renewed national exposure. McClain performed at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife in Washington, DC, throughout the United States and Europe. She became popular with audiences across Florida and appeared regularly at the Florida Folk Festival. McClain received the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1986
Collection
Folklife People: Mary McClain

Folklife People: Mary McClain
Folklorist Ormond Loomis taking photos of "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain concert at the Stuffed Pepper.

Folklorist Ormond Loomis taking photos of "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain concert at the Stuffed Pepper.
Date
1982
Collection
Folklorist Ormond Loomis taking photos of "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain concert at the Stuffed Pepper.

Folklorist Ormond Loomis taking photos of "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain concert at the Stuffed Pepper.
Folklorist Peggy Bulger interviewing "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the Stuffed Pepper in St. Petersburg.

Folklorist Peggy Bulger interviewing "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the Stuffed Pepper in St. Petersburg.
Date
1982
Collection
Folklorist Peggy Bulger interviewing "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the Stuffed Pepper in St. Petersburg.

Folklorist Peggy Bulger interviewing "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the Stuffed Pepper in St. Petersburg.
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
FP8244407Florida Folklife Program director David Closson with "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival.Directors (Administrators)
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Manners and customs
Entertainment events--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
African American entertainers
Blues musicians
African American musicians
African American singers
Gospel musicians		/fpc/folklife/FP8244407.gif
Florida Folks: 1984 Florida Folk FestivalFlorida Folks: 1984 Florida Folk FestivalMoving ImageMusicians
Singers
Guitarist
Storytellers
Folklorists
Bands (Music)
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Storytelling
Folk singers
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Florida Folks: 1985 Florida Folk FestivalFlorida Folks: 1985 Florida Folk FestivalMoving ImageMusicians
Blues singers
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Blues (Music)
Folk singers
Old time music
Piano music (Blues)
Clog dancing		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1576_10_c83-085Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)SoundPerformers
Entertainers
Singers
Ventriloquists
Music performance
Ventriloquism
Humor
Jokes
Medicine shows
Comedians
Performing arts
Radio programs
Documentaries Radio		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_10_c83-086Florida Home radio series: Showtown USA (Pre-master copy)SoundPerformers
Entertainers
Singers
Music performance
Traveling shows
Humor
Jokes
Medicine shows
Traveling theater
Performing arts
Radio programs
Documentaries Radio		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-016Florida Home: I Started With the BluesSoundPianists
Public radio
Radio
Radio programs
Interviews
Blues (Music)
Performing arts
Piano music (Blues)
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
s500_mFlorida State Prison Register: M, 1875-1959TextPrisoners
Criminal records
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Capital punishment
Probation
Prison sentences
Crime
Criminals
Florida--Crimes and criminals		/fmp/prison-registers/thumbnails/s500_book-m_001.jpg
flp_mcclainFolklife People: Mary McClainInteractive ResourceBlues/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_people.png
FP8250301Folklorist Ormond Loomis taking photos of "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain concert at the Stuffed Pepper.Folklorists
Concerts--Florida--Pinellas County--Saint Petersburg
Restaurants--Florida--Pinellas County--Saint Petersburg
Photographers		/fpc/folklife/FP8250301.gif
FP8250302Folklorist Peggy Bulger interviewing "Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain at the Stuffed Pepper in St. Petersburg.Restaurants--Florida--Pinellas County--Saint Petersburg
Concerts--Florida--Pinellas County--Saint Petersburg
Interviews
Interviewing
Women folklorists
African American entertainers--Florida--Pinellas County--Saint Petersburg
African American musicians--Florida--Pinellas County--Saint Petersburg
African American women singers
Blues musicians		/fpc/folklife/FP8250302.gif