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Beers family performs at the Florida Folklife Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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FA3677A

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Collection

Folklife collection

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 3 x 3 in.

General Note

Popular on the folk circuit in the 1960s, the Beers were sent in 1968 by the U.S. Dept. of State on a tour of India, and once played for the White House in 1969. In 1966, they also began the popular Fox Hollow Festival in upstate New York.

Beers family performs at the Florida Folklife Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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Beers family performs at the Florida Folklife Festival - White Springs, Florida.

Subject

Musical traditions, Anglo-American

Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Practices

Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Belief and custom

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Musical traditions, European

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Songs

Folk songs

Musical instruments

Music

Folk music

Instrumentalists

Singers

Music--Performance

Folk musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Manners and customs

Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Folk Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Date

1962 (circa)

Identifier

FA3677A

Image URL

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Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 3 x 3 in.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SN0527

General Note

Subject - Person

Beers, Martha

Beers-Burnstine, Evelyne

Beers, Bob, 1920-1972.

Subject - Corporate

Florida Folklife Program.

Beers Family Singers (Musical group)

Florida Folk Festival.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Beers family performs at the Florida Folklife Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1962 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/109617>, accessed 13 June 2026.

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Beers family performs at the Florida Folklife Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1962 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/109617>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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Beers family performs at the Florida Folklife Festival - White Springs, Florida.