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Folklife Database: Interview with turpentiner Harry Cooper
Item Type:
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Sound
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| Series Number/Title |
S1576 |
| Container |
1 |
| Item |
Audio recording |
| Item ID Number |
C77-27 - C77-28 |
| Item Title |
Interview with turpentiner Harry Cooper |
| Date/Date Range |
07/11/1977 |
| Collector/Fieldworker |
Bulger, Peggy A.
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| Tradition Bearer |
Cooper, Harry
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| Ethnicity/Nationality |
African American
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| Genre/Occupation |
Turpentiners
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| Subject |
Interviews
Turpentine
Turpentining
Turpentine industry workers
Turpentine industry and trade
Pine
Occupational groups
Labor
African Americans
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| Place Name |
White Springs (Fla.)
Hamilton County (Fla.)
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| Corporate/Conference Name |
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
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| General Note/Comment Field |
Two audio cassettes.
Cooper discusses his turpentining methods past and present and discusses turpentining terms. Recorded at the Stephen Foster Center.
A selection from the interview with turpentiner Harry Cooper is available on
the Occupational
Groups section of the Folklife audio page. |
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