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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."
The Florida Folklore Society was founded in 1981 to advance the appreciation, research and study of folklore in all its aspects.
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This series documents the operations and activities of the Florida Folklore Society and its interactions with the Florida Folklife Program. The series includes agendas, constitution and by-laws, correspondence, membership rosters, minutes, newsletters, press releases, questionnaires, surveys, and background materials regarding the Society and its organization and activities. Of particular note in the series is information regarding renowned American author, human rights activist and folklorist Stetson Kennedy, including interviews with him and newsletter articles by and about him. Other topics covered by articles in the Society's newsletters include apprenticeship opportunities, cattle, cattle branding, ranches, ethnic folklore, native american crafts and culture, wildlife conservation, women artists, and other areas of folklife study.
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Apprentices Florida Arts Florida Cattle Florida. Cattle brands. Craft festivals Florida Craftsmen Ethnic folklore Florida Fiddlers Florida Folk artists Florida Folk dancing Florida Folk music Florida Folklife. Folklore Florida Folklore Performance Florida Folklorists Florida Greek Americans Florida Handicraft Florida Miccosukee Indians. Minorcan Americans Florida Quiltmakers. Ranches Florida. Seminole Indians. Sponge fisheries Storytelling Weaving Florida Whips Florida Wildlife conservation Florida Women artists Florida
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