Title

Recording folklore in Key West

Creator

Stetson Kennedy
Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. Federal Writers' Project. Florida.

Files

Publisher

Federal Writers' Project of Florida

Publication Date

1-1-1939

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

Florida; Key West;

Time Period

1939-1940

Language

English

Type

Text

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). Tampa WPA Office Papers. 17.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tampa_wpa/17