Year

1979

Video Details

11:02; color; sound; V-186 BA227; S. 828

Description

This film shows Secretary of State Bruce Smathers speaking at the dedication and ribbon-cutting of the Stephen Foster Memorial Center in White Springs, Florida at the opening of the 23rd Annual Florida Folk Festival. "Cousin" Thelma Boltin, the Florida Folk Festival director, presents Secretary Smathers with a traditional Florida Seminole jacket. Smathers thanks a Seminole family for the jacket. There is additional footage of folk musicians performing music.

Corporate Subject

Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Memorial Park (White Springs, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

White Springs

Personal Subject

Boltin, "Cousin Thelma" (Thelma Ann), 1904-1992
Smathers, Bruce, 1943-

Subject

Ceremonies
Dedications
Folk music
Politicians
Promotional films
Seminole Indians