So Long, and Thanks for the Memories

The Materialists are….

Nigel Rudolph (FPAN Central Region)

Mandy Wagner-Pelkey (FPAN Central Region)

For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/

We would like to thank….

The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology. For more info on USF Anthropology Department, please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/

For questions or concerns about the podcast, please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com

The Materialists Podcast – Season 4, Ep. 7:

A huge thank you to Erica Mollen from the University of Florida Historic Preservation Department.

All the Music, All the Guests…in order of appearance:

• Cousin Thelma Boltin
  • Florida Memory Legend of the Devil’s Millhopper, 1981
  • https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/238058
• Andrew Persons, Chief Operating Officer, City of Gainesville, Board of City Commissioners.
• Erica Mollen, PhD Candidate and Doctoral Research Assistant at the University of Florida
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmollon/
• Melanie Barr, Historic Preservation advocate, City of Gainesville, 2025 Preservation Champion Award.
• Richard Williams, “Old Forty”, Recorded May 27, 1978, by Dwight DeVane, Brenda McCallum & Stephen McCallum in Jonesville. https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/audio/playlists/playlist6.php
• Florida: Moonport USA. 1963 (circa)
  • State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/232391
• William Cooke, "Washboard Bill", 1905-2003, “Sunshine, Florida”, Where the White Feathers Grow. 1995-05-27.
  • State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/239662.
• Betsy Waite, Wild Spaces & Public Spaces, Engineer IV.
  • https://www.gainesvillefl.gov/Government-Pages/Government/Departments/Wild-Spaces-Public-Places/WSPP-Team.
• Vive y Vacila – Adalberto Santiago & Salsa Express. Recorded August 14, 1981, by Peggy Bulger & Doris Dyen in Miami.
  • https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/audio/playlists/alma_corazon_vida.php#tracks
• Thelma Boltin, Tom Walton, “Butter Beans” Florida Folk Festival, 1985.
  • https://www.floridamemory.com/learn/exhibits/florida-folklife/people/?id=boltin

If you are interested in listening and viewing the exciting City of Gainesville BOCC meeting where they discuss the fate of the Thelma Boltin Center, follow this link: https://pub-cityofgainesville.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?Id=1dfd350d-dc6b-4ce0-98a2-ab282f285b57.