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Sunday performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
African Americans
Slavery
Storytelling
Elderly, the
Singers
Students
Description
One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded. Dawson was a former slave, and talks about her early life briefly before singing. According to the 1930 census, she was born in 1856 and lived in Genoa in Hamilton County.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1955-05-01
Contributor
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t76-011
Series
S1576
Item ID
T76-11
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1955)