Box 6
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Folk Festivals - Miscellaneous promotional ephemera for various folk festivals including the Old-Timey Folk and Bluegrass Festival (Largo, Florida - No date), the Lakefront Legacy Folklife Festival (Belle Glade, Florida - 1992), the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival (St. Augustine, Florida - 1993, 1998 and 2000), Ravinfest (Palatka, Florida - 2013), the Merle Watson Memorial Festival (Wilkesboro, NC - 1993), the St. Augustine Folk Festival (St. Augustine, Florida - 1991), Wings and Strings (Polk City, Florida - 1998 and 1999), the Pinellas Folk Festival, etc.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
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
Friends of Florida Folk Newsletter - Miscellaneous Issues (1989-90) published by the non-profit Friends of Florida Folk, Inc. in Sarasota, Florida
File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
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
Sing On Brother (Songbooks - 1965) - Miscellaneous issues (July - December 1965) of the publication "conceived to publish and preserve songs of Southern Writers" edited and published by Dash Moore in Avon Park, Florida. The issues, in the folder, include songs by Will McLean, Bud Foote, Jennie Lee, Philip Schneider, Dash Moore, Kayle Payne, etc.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 13
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
Florida State Song (1994-97) - Miscellaneous newspaper articles detailing the efforts to replace "Old Folks at Home" by Stephen Foster as the Florida State song (due to negative racial stereotypes and terms in the lyrics) with the proposed alternative "Florida Sand" by Will McLean
File — Box: 6, Folder: 14
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
Will McLean Florida Song Contest (1992-94) - Promotional ephemera and submissions for the Will McLean Song Contest ("Imagine it's your chance to sing out about Florida. Then, using words and a tune, create your own song telling about Florida, just like Florida's Troubadour, Will McLean.."). Song titles include "The Voice of Will McLean" by Rima Olson, "Banks of the Ocklawaha" by Val Ryals, "Florida Crossroads" by Boomslang, "(Won't You Tell) A Florida Story" by Robin Plitt, "Hurricane" by Rob Lombardo, "Our Florida Home" by Michael Cantanzaro, "Where the Mountains Meet the Sand" by Mark Smith, "Kristin" by Sherri Dickman, "One More Florida Song" by Stan Geberer, "Florida Yankee" by Rebecca Nichals, "Rosewood" by Chuck Hardwicke, "Florida Lament" by Lee Paulet, "Suwannee Symphony" by Eddie Parshall, "The Eyes of Osceola" by Ken Swanson, "My Dunnellon" by Mem Semmes, "The Manatee Song" by Tom Ellis, "The Florida Fiddler" by J. Robert Houghtaling, "Osceola" by Steve Backwell, "Florida Home" by Janet Rucker, "Florida Flatwoods Magic" by Lance Lazonby, "Treasure Coast Gold" by Archie Wilson, "Clay Island's Lullabye" by Edgar F. Lowe, "Florida Summer Night" by Donna Klein, "The Bridge of Lions" by David Counts, etc.
File — Box: 6, Folder: 15
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
Will McLean Florida Song Contest (1995-97) - Promotional ephemera and submissions for the Will McLean Song Contest ("Imagine it's your chance to sing out about Florida. Then, using words and a tune, create your own song telling about Florida, just like Florida's Troubadour, Will McLean.."). Song titles include "La Florida" by Craig E. Carlisle, "Castillo De San Marcos" by Brian E. Wallin, 'Sun-Kissed Siesta Sky" by Rich Burnett, "Gamble Was a Friend of Mine" by Bob Patterson, "Plastic Flamingos" by Al Scortino, "Cracker Cowboy" by Doug Spears, "Ain't Florida Neat" by Mindy Simmons, "The Wilderness of Florida" by Okefenokee Joe, "Withlacoochee Lullabye" by John Luiz, "Andrew Did It" by Pamela K. Chang, "Florida Pines" by Paul Garfinkel, "My Florida Moon" by JoAnn Hooper Reck, "Rescue Florida" by Bob Stone, "Christmas in Jacksonville" by Bettina Makley
File — Box: 6, Folder: 16
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