Tampa WPA Office Papers
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Publisher
Federal Writers' Project of Florida
Publication Date
4-1-1940
Time Period
1939-1940
Abstract
Material on an expedition to record and film folklore of Key West. The first item is a memorandum dated April 20, 1939 that was sent from the headquarters of the Federal Writers' Project in Florida to the National Folklore Director of the Federal Writers' Project. In it, Stetson Kennedy discusses the need to capture on sound recording and film the distinctive language and culture of Key West. The second item is a list compiled by Kennedy of the recordings he and Robert Cook made In January 1940 of Key West folk songs.
Keywords
Folk songs, Folklore
Extent
18 pages
Geographic Location
Monroe County (Fla.); Key West (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Works Progress Administration Tampa office records, 1917-1943
Box
14
Folder
3
Language
English
Media Type
Reports
Identifier
W27-00289
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Stetson and Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida, "Recording Folklore in Key West, 1939-1940" (1940). Tampa WPA Office Papers. 17.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tampa_wpa/17
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