FP78485 | Example of wrought iron work by Francis Williams in Gainesville, Florida. | | Blacksmithing Metal craft Architectural elements Craft Domestic arts Material culture--Florida--Alachua County--Gainesville Decorative arts Handicraft Decoration and ornament Art metal-work Architectural metal-work Ironwork Wrought-iron Architectural ironwork Gates Metal-work | /fpc/folklife/FP78485.gif |
Falling Waters State Park postcard | Falling Waters State Park postcard | Still Image | Parks Park facilities Landscape Waterfalls | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Falling Waters State Park postcard
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- Description
- Black and white photographic postcard of Falling Wtares State Park in Bay County, sent by Thelma Boltin to E.A. Frog Smith.
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Festival host Thelma Boltin making announcements at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival | Festival host Thelma Boltin making announcements at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Oral communication Oral performance Public speaking Speeches, addresses, etc. Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_t86-227b | Field recording compilation for the National Federation of Music Clubs | sound | Track-lining songs Tall tales Field recordings Music--Performance African Americans Czech Americans Yugoslav Americans Folk music--United States | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Field recording compilation for the National Federation of Music Clubs
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- 1962
- Description
- Second part of one reel-to-reel tape. Psenka performs traditional Czech music accompaniment for a beseda, the Czech national folk dance. Psenka and the dancers were from Masaryktown. Tomazin (concertina), from Samsula, is accompanied by a young Yugoslavian student on steel guitar. Griffis, from Fargo, Ga., tells a tall tale. Swails (fiddle), from Branford, Whitehead, from Sarasota, and Fowler, from Live Oak, demonstrate straw-beating by hitting straws against the fiddle strings. Weldon (vocals), from Gainesville, is accompanied by Moore, from Denver, Col., on autoharp. Moon (Celtic harp, vocals) was from Gainesville. Paul Woodard (musical saw) and his wife, Elsie (piano), were from Bushnell. McDaniel, from Live Oak, performs with two harmonica, playing one with his nose. Pavitt, from Sarasota, performs an original composition about Hurricane Donna (1960). The Southern Railway Extra Gang No. 4 is led by foreman Simpson, and consists of railway workers Clark, Roberts, Goodwin, Jackson and Oliver; this field recording was made in 1958 near the rail station in White Springs.
These recordings, originally made by Boltin and sent to archivist Annabel Morris Buchanan of the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) in 1962, were copied by the Florida Folklife Program from a 7-inch reel-to-reel in the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, numbered AFS 14,006.
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Finding Family on Florida Memory | Finding Family on Florida Memory | | | /fmp/learn/floridiana/thumbnails/13044.jpg |
Florida Folk Arts Conference 1978 | Florida Folk Arts Conference 1978 | Moving Image | Folk art Folk music Folklore Promotional films Square dancing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/folkartsconference.jpg |
Florida Folk Arts Conference 1978
- Date
- 1978
- Description
- This film has footage of the 1978 Florida Folk Arts Conference held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida. Folklorist Alan Jabbour, director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, defines folk art and folklife for an off-camera interviewer. Folklorists Peggy Bulger and Ralph Rinzler, dulcimer player Jean Ritchie, shakuhachi player and ethnomusicologist Dale Olsen, and Florida Folk Festival director Thelma Boltin are also shown. The film contains additional footage of a square dance and musical performances. Produced by WJCT-TV. Photographs from the conference can be found in S 1577, Box 16, folder 33.
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FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL | FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL | | Folk art Folk dancing Folk music Folklore Promotional films | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL
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- 1971
- Description
- This film has scenes from the 1971 Florida Folk Festival filmed at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida. It includes square dancers, Boy Scouts dressed as American Indians and bluegrass musicians. Festival director "Cousin" Thelma Boltin comments on the process of selecting festival participants. Anne Lunestad can be seen spinning cotton and Roy Lee Wallace performs a shoeshine rag. Florida Rep. Lawton Chiles can be seen among the spectators.
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C036387 | Florida Folk Festival parade - White Springs, Florida | | Festivals, Events and Conferences Belief and custom Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Practices Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Parades--Florida--White Springs Drum and bugle corps Manners and customs Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs | /fpc/commerce/c036387.gif |
Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s | Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Singing Square dancing Folk dance Children Games Musical groups Performers Singers Entertainers Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s
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- Description
- 33 black and white prints. Photographs from the Florida Folk Festival donated by Festival director Thelma Boltin. 79-565, 581 Boy Scout Troop #4, Tampa 79-546, 570 University of Florida International Students 79-547 Eugenia Sissini Fitcher 79-548, 549 Folk Festival images 79-550, 551,552,559,564 Parris Island Promenaders 79-553-555 Beseda Club Dancers, Marsaryktown, Florida 79-556,557,560,561 Florida Folk Festival 79-558,575 Thelma Boltin 79-562,563 New Stanton High School 79-565 Carver Negro School 79-566 Jump rope games 79-567,568 Diane Weldon 79-569,571,573 unidentified 79-572 Debra Waldon 79-574 Thelma Boltin, Lydia Ann Boltin 79-576 Florida Town Precision Cloggers 79-577 Boltin greets legislators to Florida Folk Festival 79-578,579 Jesse Law 79-580 Richard Chase 79-582 Ray Harris 79-583 34th Street Laundromat String Band, from Fernandina c. 1950s
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s1612_b002_f03_01 | Florida Folk Festival Poem by Thelma Boltin, ca. 1958 | Text | Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Poetry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1612_b002_f03_01.jpg |