Sink, Thomas E., 1940-2012 interviewee Finchum, Tanya, interviewer Nykolaiszyn, Juliana, interviewer Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor sound recording-nonmusical spoken word still image Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020. Interviews (Sound recordings) Interviews. Oral histories. oku 2011 monographic 2011-07-02 eng

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1 photograph : digital, JPEG, color. 1 sound file (WAV) (0:53:37) : digital, sound. 2 manuscripts : PDF, text files. Popcorn the Circus Comic was born "somewhere in the east" and he talked about his early interest in magic and how that led to his career as a circus clown. Popcorn described the life of a circus clown, how he developed a few of his routines, and why he decided it was time to retire from the road after thirty-some years in the business. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Interviewee prefers to be called Popcorn rather than by his legal name. Recorded at Popcorn the Circus Comic's home, Mead, Oklahoma, July 2, 2011. The "Big Top" Show Goes On : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2011-2012 (AFC 2012/003: 00272) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. In English. n-us-ok Sink, Thomas E., 1940-2012 Interviews Accidents Age and employment Amusements Circus performers Oklahoma Interviews Circus workers Oklahoma Interviews Circus Oklahoma Clothing and dress Employees Training of Hours of labor Jargon (Terminology) Job security Joking Mentoring Music Part-time employment Retirement Seasonal unemployment Wages Bryan County (Okla.) Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2012003.afc2012003_00272_sr01 (DLC) 2013655247 AFC 2012/003: 00272 2017655376 hdl:loc.afc/afc2012003.afc2012003_00272_sr01 dacs DLC 171227 20250607091204.3 20646796 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng