Silverlake, B. K., 1946-2013 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 2011-07-01 eng

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1 sound file (WAV) (2:12:57) : digital, sound. 2 manuscripts : PDF, text files. 56 photographs : digital, JPEG, TIFF, PDF, color. B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explained her jobs from performing to billposting to running the cookhouse to managing the front office. She described life on the road, life between circuses, and the challenges of owning and managing Fisher Brothers Circus. 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. A second interview was conducted with B.K. Silverlake on January 18, 2012 (See interview: afc2012003_00276) Recorded at a cabin in Hugo Lake State Park, Hugo, Oklahoma, July 1, 2011. The "Big Top" Show Goes On : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2011-2012 (AFC 2012/003: 00275) 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 Silverlake, B. K., 1946-2013 Interviews Age and employment Amusements Children of working parents Children Circus performers Oklahoma Interviews Circus workers Social life and customs Circus workers Oklahoma Interviews Circus Folklore Circus Oklahoma Clothing and dress Contests Employees Families Family-owned business enterprises Hours of labor Jargon (Terminology) Job vacancies Wages Work and family Work environment Working mothers Hugo (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_00275_sr01 (DLC) 2013655247 AFC 2012/003: 00275 2017655378 hdl:loc.afc/afc2012003.afc2012003_00275_sr01 dacs DLC 171227 20250607091204.5 20646792 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng