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Folklife Database: Interview with rancher Leon Moss
Item Type:
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Sound
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| Series Number/Title |
S1685 |
| Container |
6 |
| Folder |
Tape 15 |
| Item |
Audio recording |
| Item Title |
Interview with rancher Leon Moss |
| Program/Event |
Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
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| Date/Date Range |
07/29/1987 |
| Collector/Fieldworker |
Rosenberg, Jan
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| Tradition Bearer |
Moss, Leon, 1919-
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| Ethnicity/Nationality |
Anglo American
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| Genre/Occupation |
Ranchers
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| Subject |
Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Ranchers
Ranch life
Sound recordings
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| Place Name |
Loxahatchee (Fla.)
Palm Beach County (Fla.)
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| Corporate/Conference Name |
Florida Folklife Program
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| General Note/Comment Field |
One audio cassette.
Born in Texas, Moss first ran the Tom Thumb convenient store chain before moving into ranching. He came to Florida in 1957. In the interview, he discusses types of cattle; learning the trade; South Florida ranching; his mentor Ray Raulerson; other ranchers; effects on South Florida caused by sugar growing; rodeos; land prices; and steer raising. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
A selection from the interview with rancher Leon Moss is available
on the Occupational
Groups section of the Folklife audio page. |
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