Michael M. Taqee interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2012-12-20.
Michael Taqee (nee Taylor), a longtime iron worker in Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, Chicago, and now a member of the Chicago Fire Department, discusses his personal background, his career as an iron worker, architecture, the iron worker's union, and his passion for buildings. Taqee also discusses his time as an independent contractor in iron work, his career as a member of the…
Contributor:
Taqee, Michael M. - Occupational Folklife Project - Halker, Bucky
Date:2012-01-01
Audio Recording
Gilbert B. Martinez interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-09-26
Gilbert Martinez talks to Harold Dodd about his work as a Houston pilot. He graduated from Tongue Point Maritime Training School in Astoria, Oregon as an able bodied seaman, and then worked on tankers and barges and qualified for 2nd Mates License. He became tugboat captain at Galveston & Houston Towing. He was rated for all classes of tugboats, and accepted into the Pilot's…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Dodd, Harold L. - Martinez, Gilbert B.
Jerry Delhomme interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-23
An interview with Jerry Delhomme, who has had over 55 years of experience with horse racing in Louisiana, and who is currently serving as a trainer for his grown son, Jake. They stable their horses at the Evangeline Training Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. This interviews touches on race relations, gender roles, and horses in Cajun Louisiana. He also speaks about bloodlines for horses and…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Delhomme, Jerry - McHale, Ellen
American fiddle tunes
"From the Archive of Folk Song." Various performers. Field recordings made from 1934-1942 by various collectors including Robert V. Draves, Helene Stratman-Thomas, Ivan Walton, Alan Lomax, Elizabeth Lomax, Josephine Schwartz, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Helen Hartness Flanders, Herbert Halpert, John A. Lomax, Vance Randolph, Margot Mayo, Stuart Jamieson, Robert Simon, Jerome Wiesner, and Joseph Liss. Notes about the recordings on slipcase; with liner notes (41…
Contributor:
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Jabbour, Alan - Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory
Date:2012
Audio Recording
Helen Burns
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Helen Burns is a six song EP by Flea, bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was initially released July 19, 2012 in a very limited run exclusively through the Silverlake Conservatory of Music website. The EP marks the first solo release by Flea who has previously only released solo work on soundtracks. The EP is almost all instrumental except for an appearance by…
Doug Mims interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-09-13
Doug Mims was born in 1960, in Vicenza, Italy. He travelled extensively in Europe while his father served in the military. After the Vietnam War, his family moved to Hitchcock, Texas, where he attended school. The interviewee describes how growing up near the water influenced his decision to work in the maritime industry, and, ultimately, at the Port of Houston. He became a pilot…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Mims, Doug - Potoczniak, Anthony
Date:2012
Audio Recording
But not forgotten : music by African-American composers for clarinet & piano
Music by African-American composers for clarinet and piano
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Past and present come together in this vibrant release from Sono Luminus, music by African-American composers for clarinet & piano, as clarinetist Marcus Eley, and pianist Lucerne DeSa display the timeless class and musical stylings of composers whose music runs rich with the knowledge and desire of gifts to be returned through the notes on a page, and the instrument in one?s hand.
Contributor:
Moore, Dorothy Rudd - White, Clarence Cameron - Moore, Undine S. - Akpabot, Samuel Ekpe - Still, William Grant - Cochran, Todd - Desa, Lucerne - Batiste, Alvin - Hilliard, Quincy C. - Joplin, Scott - Eley, Marcus
Electric Hawaii
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
"...an overt attempt to add some of his personal Polynesian background to his blend of beatnik psychedelica made from out of context genres, surf rock to the Velvet Underground, modern and ancient electronica and jazz. " --Fire Records website.
William S. Hennessey interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-08-07
William Hennessey talks to Pat Jasper about his career starting from the New York port to working at Exxon in Bayport. He also discusses the main responsibilities of a marine superintendent and how automation has changed the industry.
Jeff Kinney: 2012 National Book Festival
Sheryl Cannady from the Library of Congress speaks with author Jeff Kinney, who will appear at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 22-23, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.BiographyJeff Kinney is the author of the bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which has more than 75 million copies in print worldwide. The seventh book in the…
Audio RecordingMichael M. Taqee interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2012-12-20. Michael Taqee (nee Taylor), a longtime iron worker in Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, Chicago, and now a member of the Chicago Fire Department, discusses his personal background, his career as an iron worker, architecture, the iron worker's union, and his passion for buildings. Taqee also discusses his time as an independent contractor in iron work, his career as a member of the…
Audio RecordingGilbert B. Martinez interview conducted by Harold L. Dodd, 2012-09-26 Gilbert Martinez talks to Harold Dodd about his work as a Houston pilot. He graduated from Tongue Point Maritime Training School in Astoria, Oregon as an able bodied seaman, and then worked on tankers and barges and qualified for 2nd Mates License. He became tugboat captain at Galveston & Houston Towing. He was rated for all classes of tugboats, and accepted into the Pilot's…
personal narrativeGary Anoushian Collection
Audio RecordingJerry Delhomme interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2012-10-23 An interview with Jerry Delhomme, who has had over 55 years of experience with horse racing in Louisiana, and who is currently serving as a trainer for his grown son, Jake. They stable their horses at the Evangeline Training Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. This interviews touches on race relations, gender roles, and horses in Cajun Louisiana. He also speaks about bloodlines for horses and…
personal narrativeAndrew Franklin Wood Collection
personal narrativeCory Ray McCormack Collection
Audio RecordingAmerican fiddle tunes "From the Archive of Folk Song." Various performers. Field recordings made from 1934-1942 by various collectors including Robert V. Draves, Helene Stratman-Thomas, Ivan Walton, Alan Lomax, Elizabeth Lomax, Josephine Schwartz, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Helen Hartness Flanders, Herbert Halpert, John A. Lomax, Vance Randolph, Margot Mayo, Stuart Jamieson, Robert Simon, Jerome Wiesner, and Joseph Liss. Notes about the recordings on slipcase; with liner notes (41…
Audio RecordingHelen Burns Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Helen Burns is a six song EP by Flea, bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was initially released July 19, 2012 in a very limited run exclusively through the Silverlake Conservatory of Music website. The EP marks the first solo release by Flea who has previously only released solo work on soundtracks. The EP is almost all instrumental except for an appearance by…
Audio RecordingDoug Mims interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-09-13 Doug Mims was born in 1960, in Vicenza, Italy. He travelled extensively in Europe while his father served in the military. After the Vietnam War, his family moved to Hitchcock, Texas, where he attended school. The interviewee describes how growing up near the water influenced his decision to work in the maritime industry, and, ultimately, at the Port of Houston. He became a pilot…
personal narrativeRobert Noonan Collection
Audio RecordingWilliam S. Hennessey interview conducted by Pat Jasper, 2012-08-07 William Hennessey talks to Pat Jasper about his career starting from the New York port to working at Exxon in Bayport. He also discusses the main responsibilities of a marine superintendent and how automation has changed the industry.
personal narrativeDarrell L. Smith Collection
Audio RecordingJeff Kinney: 2012 National Book Festival Sheryl Cannady from the Library of Congress speaks with author Jeff Kinney, who will appear at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 22-23, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.BiographyJeff Kinney is the author of the bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which has more than 75 million copies in print worldwide. The seventh book in the…