222 research outputs found
Stetson Kennedy lecture 'Building Democracy in America' in conversation with Peggy Bulger
No full textThis interview is included in the American Folklore Society Oral History Project held at the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. This item includes a digital video and analog sound recording of the Stetson Kennedy and Peggy Bulger lecture and discussion; one black-and-white photograph of Stetson Kennedy seated at the base of a tree taken by Ivy Bigbee; and a program flyer for the event. Kennedy begins by discussing his memories of Benjamin Botkin, and collecting 'folksay' and folklore idioms for the WPA folklore project. Kennedy discusses the WPA Federal Writers' Project in Florida where he worked with Zora Neale Hurston, and others in the 1930s; his infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during World War II; and his books on the Ku Klux Klan and race relations in the South. He also discusses his relationships and friendships with folklorists, writers, and others, including Richard Wright, Alan Lomax, and Woody Guthrie. The discussion concludes with a question and answer session, where Kennedy discusses the WPA former slave interviews. This collection consists of 1 folder, 1 black and white 8 x 10 in. photographic print, 1 analog sound cassette (60 min.), and 1 video file (57 min.). 'Stetson Kennedy, folklorist, social activist, and author, in conversation with Peggy Bulger, Director of the American Folklife Center.' Webcast of this event is available on the Library of Congress website, accessed June 21, 2007. Recorded in Room 119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 24, 2005 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m
Oral history interview transcript with Stetson Kennedy, June 19, 2006
No full text1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 0 audio file(s) (wav, mp3) 0 bytes. 00:00:00. 6 PDF documents (9 scans, jp2). 3 digital photographs. Bag approx. 121 MB (127,888,066 bytes).No audio file available, includes partial transcript.
Oral history interview with Stetson Kennedy, June 19, 2006. St. Johns County (Fla.). Fieldworker: Laurie Sommers. No audio cassette or file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Partial detailed index of interview with Stetson Kennedy at his home in Florida about the background to his turpentine interviews during the WPA and in the early 1950's for the UN regarding forced labo
Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 10 - Stetson Kennedy
No full textStetson Kennedy was an American author, civil rights activist, and pioneering oral historian and folklorist
Stetson Kennedy
No full textA photo of Stetson Kennedy outside the door to his house. A plaque to Woody Guthrie sits on the left.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pub-hist-authors/1003/thumbnail.jp
Home of Stetson Kennedy
No full textA photo of the side of Stetson Kennedy\u27s house, largely blocked by foliage.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pub-hist-authors/1002/thumbnail.jp
Stetson Kennedy in Key West
No full textIn this 2008 interview, legendary Florida writer and activist Stetson Kennedy vividly remembers his visits to Key West, which began back in 1935
Stetson Kennedy and Woody Guthrie
No full textWriter and folklorist, Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), is profiled in this 2003 report. Two of his best known books are Palmetto Country and The Klan Unmasked. During this interview he talks about the visits of folksinger and songwriter Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) to Kennedy\u27s Florida home during the 1940s and 1950s
Employees of WPA Florida Writers Project; What the W.P.A. Did for Me, 1939-1968
No full textThe first work is a compilation of names by Stetson Kennedy, who was director of folklore, life history, and social-ethnic studies for the Federal Writers\u27 Project in Florida. It is 11 pages. The first page is typed, the others are handwritten. The second work is Euline Jordon\u27s account of her employment by the WPA in Pensacola, Fla. She learned to operate a loom and taught weaving classes. it consists of 5 pages. Employees of WPA Florida Writers Project / compiled by Stetson Kennedy -- What the W.P.A. did for me / by Euline Jordon.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tampa_wpa/1005/thumbnail.jp
Stetson Kennedy: Applied folklore and cultural advocacy
No full textFolklore as an academic discipline has always possessed a complementary popular movement that has shaped the nature of the field and the role of the folklorist. However, until very recently, the history of the discipline has concentrated upon those folklorists who are based within the academy. As we enter the 1990s, many folklorists now work in the public sector and a few are venturing into the politically-charged arena of applied folkloristics. The historical record of our discipline is in need of revision and amplification to include our antecedents who have pioneered careers in applied and public folklore. This study traces the life and work of Stetson Kennedy, a folklorist who used his folklore skills and knowledge of traditional culture to effect political and social reform in America, especially the American South. Through interviews, extensive archival investigations, analysis of Kennedy\u27s writings, and historical research, the life of Stetson Kennedy is shown to be integral to an understanding of folklore as a potent political tool. Kennedy\u27s work provides a case study on how folklore materials have been used within the public documentation projects of the New Deal, in muckraking journalism, for labor organizing, in political campaigns, and in fighting fascist and racist organizations in our country. Although folklorists have been justifiably apprehensive concerning the danger that is inherent in cultural intervention and the application of folkloristics within a larger political arena, this reservation has at times impeded our discipline. By investigating the life of Stetson Kennedy, this study explores how one man has applied scholarship to political, economic, and social reform movements. The study concludes that American folklorists have yet to use the enormous power that they obtain as students of culture in matters beyond scholarship. As folklorists, we are infinitely qualified to sponsor legislation and lead policy committees within government that effect the cultural health of our nation and this study provides an historical precedent for such applied folklore in America
Stetson posing next to the Beluthahatchee marker
No full textA photo of author Stetson Kennedy posing next to the Beluthahatchee historical marker which bares his achievements.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pub-hist-authors/1004/thumbnail.jp
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