Box 1
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Miscellaneous Biographical Information: Including the official Will McLean biography press release, "Fact Sheet On Will McLean - Florida's Most Important Artist" press release, newspaper obituaries (1990), memorial brochures (1990), miscellaneous newspaper clippings, "The Eulogy for Will McLean" by fellow folk artist Gamble Rogers, lyrics to "The Ballad of Will McLean," cover art for THE WILL McLEAN SONG BOOK, various addresses (homes of Will McLean), May 28, 1955 marriage (to Alice E. Rossing - 2nd wife) certificates, transcripts of Donna Green-Townsend WUFT - FM Gainesville interviews (with folk performers Will McLean, Don Grooms, Thelma Boltin, Dale Crider, etc. ), letters and documents pertaining to legal and medical matters, WILL McLEAN FOUNDATION PURPOSE AND GOALS, list and description of songs composed by Will McLean, a thumb drive containing a collection of photographs from the WILL McLEAN FOUNDATION archives, etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Family Genealogy: McLean Family Bible information, Richmond (North Carolina) County Historical Collection information pertaining to the McLean family, family newspaper obituaries, copy of the 1915 marriage license of D.S. McLean and Edna Hays (parents of Will McLean), miscellaneous letters (sent to Margaret Longhill - President of the Will McLean Foundation - from Lena Chestnut) pertaining to Will "Mutt" McLean and McLean family genealogy, a Chipley, Florida (birthplace of Will McLean) tourist brochure, etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Chronology: A listing of life and career events pertaining to Will McLean (1919 - 90)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Miscellaneous Newspaper and Magazine Articles Pertaining to Will McLean (1960s): Including WILL McLEAN - FLORIDA BALLADEER (July 11, 1965) by Greg Kannel in the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), CHIPLEY NATIVE PROTESTS 'PROTEST SONGS' (December 21, 1965) by E.W. Carswell in the Florida News-Journal (Daytona Beach), WILL McLEAN IS FLORIDA'S FRIEND (June 4, 1967) in the Tallahassee Democrat, COLORFUL LEGEND OF FLORIDA SWAMP LED TO BALLAD BY TALLAHASSEE MAN (1969) by Addie Middlebrooks in the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Miscellaneous Newspaper and Magazine Articles Pertaining to Will McLean (1970s): Including WILL McLEAN TO APPEAR AT FLAGLER MUSEUM (March 15, 1970) in the Palm Beach Post Times, HE'S HAVING A LOVE AFFAIR WITH FLORIDA (April 11, 1976) by Al Burt in the Miami Herald, THE SAGA OF THE BLACK HAT TROUBADOUR (November 18, 1977) by Larry Shriner in the Tampa Tribune, WILL McLEAN IS GIVING THE GIFT OF A LIFETIME (January 13, 1978) by Ken Fish in the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), WILL McLEAN WILL BE DUBBED A LIVING LEGEND (April 21, 1978) in the St. Petersburg Independent, THE BLACK HAT TROUBADOUR (June 4, 1978) by Al Burt in the Miami Herald, NATIVE SON SINGS, LIVES IN TUNE WITH HIS FLORIDA (December 17, 1978) by Grace Allen in the Bradenton Herald, etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Miscellaneous Newspaper and Magazine Articles Pertaining to Will McLean (1980s): Including WILL McLEAN APPEARS IN THOMAS CENTER CONCERT TONIGHT (October 17, 1980) by Lemuel B. Moore III in the Gainesville Sun, FLORIDA'S BLACK HAT TROUBADOUR'S PASSION IS MUSIC by Charla Wasel in the St. Petersburg Independent, FLORIDA FOLK LEGEND WILL McLEAN TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE (February 17, 1984) by Sid Holloway in Applause Magazine, WILL McLEAN: THE SECRET IS IN HIS VOICE (February 5, 1984) by Mary T. Schmich in the Orlando Sentinel, SOUL OF THE HAWK MAKES FLORIDA TROUBADOUR SOAR (October 7, 1984) by Bob Morris in the Fort Myers News-Press, HE MEASURES HIS WEALTH BY HIS MUSIC, WHICH HE SHARES WITH FLORIDA (March 22, 1987) by BiFlorida Today Magazine, FOLKSINGER IS IN TUNE WITH FLORIDA HISTORY (April 5, 1987) by William Sabo in the Fort Myers News-Press, A FLORIDA BOARD NAMES BILL: FOLK HISTORIAN RACES HIS OWN FAILING HEALTH by John Carter in the Daytona Beach Sunday News, TROUBADOUR IN A BLACK HAT MAKES LEGENDS (December 6, 1987) by Cynthia Parks in the Florida Times Union (Jacksonville), etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Miscellaneous Newspaper and Magazine Articles Pertaining to Will McLean (2000s): Including BALL ROLLING ON MUSEUM FOR FOLKLORIST (March 25, 2002) by Theresa Blackwell in the St. Petersburg Times, FOLK FANS STRUM TO HONOR SINGER (No date available) by Robert King in the St. Petersburg Times, etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Miscellaneous Newspaper and Magazine Articles Pertaining to Will McLean (No dates available): McLEAN FESTIVAL HONORS FLORIDA ORIGINAL by Bill DeYoung In the Gainesville Sun, FLORIDA SHOULD BE PROUD OF McLEAN AND ROGERS by Bill De Young in the Gainesville Sun, THE SAGA OF THE BLACK HAT TROUBADOUR by Larry Shriner in the Gainesville Sun, etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Programs, Posters and Miscellaneous Ephemera featuring Will McLean: Including two AN EVENING WITH WILL McLEAN AND DON GROOMS AT THE BEEF AND BOTTLE (location and date unknown) mini posters, a 1965 Florida Folk Festival program, miscellaneous handbills for Florida folk festivals and performances, etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Recordings (Will McLean Discographies and Purchase Information): Including THE PREMIERE WORKS OF WILL McLEAN: SONGS FROM THE FLORIDA SAND, WILL McLEAN AND FRIENDS: BALLAD OF WILL McLEAN, a catalogue listing of Will McLean video tapes, a listing of the Will McLean Song catalog, a 1995 proposal and other notes for a "Will McLean CD Project " for Mirror Image Recording Studios (Gainesville), etc.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000