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Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs. Florida Folklife Archive
Title, Dates:
Sunday in the Park Concerts records, 1991-1994.
Amount:
0.50 cubic ft.
Medium Included:
audiotapes cassettes photo slides photographs
Organization/Arrangement:
Chronological by year, then alphabetical by subject.
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Biographical/Historical:
Legislation in 1979 (79-322, SB 1208) transferred the Florida Folk Arts component of the Stephen Foster Memorial to the Florida Department of State. Operating as the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs from ca. 1985 until 1995, the Bureau coordinated the annual Florida Folk Festival and directed such programs as Folk Arts Apprenticeships, Folk Arts in Education, Folk Heritage awards, annual research surveys, and numerous other projects and programs. From 1995 through June 30, 2021, the renamed and reorganized Florida Folklife Program continued the majority of these operations from within the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation in Tallahassee. During the 1995 reorganization, the State Archives of Florida acquired the Florida Folklife Collection from the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs’ previously maintained Florida Folklife Archives. Legislation in 2021 (2021-71, L. O. F., HB 909) transferred the Florida Folklife Program and its operations from the Division of Historical Resources to the newly renamed Division of Arts and Culture, previously the Division of Cultural Resources, effective July 1, 2021. The program is charged to "identify, research, interpret, and present Florida folk arts, artists, performers, folklore, traditions, customs, and cultural heritage and make folk cultural resources and folklife projects available throughout the state."
Among the projects of the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs was a series of Sunday afternoon concerts held at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center. The concerts were held throughout the fall and centered around themes such as gospel, bluegrass, Florida songs, and ethnic music.
Summary:
This series consists of records relating to the planning and hosting of the Sunday in the Park Concerts by the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs and Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center from 1991 to 1994. The series includes publicity records, photographs, and slides of concerts and performers, press releases, audio tapes of concerts, schedules, and correspondence with performers.
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Searchable index to images and sound recordings available online at http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/ Folder listing available.
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Subject Access Fields:
Folk music Florida Folk music groups Florida Concerts Florida Gospel music Florida
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