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|| About the Collection ||
This multiformat ethnographic field collection documents African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida. Recorded by Robert Cook, Herbert Halpert, Zora Neale Hurston, Stetson Kennedy, Alton Morris, and others in conjunction with the Florida Federal Writers' Project, the Florida Music Project, and the Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Work Projects Administration, it features folksongs and folktales in many languages, including blues and work songs from menhaden fishing boats, railroad gangs, and turpentine camps; children's songs, dance music, and religious music of many cultures; and interviews, also known as "life histories."
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General
- Span Dates
- 1937-1942
- Bulk Dates
- 1937-1942
- Major Language(s)
- English, Spanish, Czech, Greek, Italian, Catalan, Muskogee, Slovak, Arabic
- Repository
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 482
- Contents
- Manuscripts (376); Recording logs, transcriptions, correspondence (106)
Access/Copyright
- Copyright Info
- //memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/ffres.html
- Preferred Citation
- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, Library of Congress, American Folklife Center
