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Folklife Database: Interview with rancher Harris W. Fussell
Item Type:
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Sound
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| Series Number/Title |
S1576 |
| Container |
11 |
| Item |
Audio recording |
| Item ID Number |
C83-111 - C83-112 |
| Item Title |
Interview with rancher Harris W. Fussell |
| Program/Event |
Library Folklife Program
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| Date/Date Range |
05/07/1983 |
| Collector/Fieldworker |
Dyen, Doris
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| Tradition Bearer |
Fussell, Harris
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| Ethnicity/Nationality |
Anglo American
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| Genre/Occupation |
Ranchers
Performers
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| Subject |
Fieldwork
Interviews
Local history
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Ranch life
Ranchers
Ranches
Animals
Livestock
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Fences
Cattle
Cattle brands
Livestock brands
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| Place Name |
Polk City (Fla.)
Polk County (Fla.)
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| Corporate/Conference Name |
Florida Folklife Program
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| General Note/Comment Field |
Two audio cassettes.
Fussell, a rancher, was born three miles north of Polk City in a log cabin. In the interview, he discusses his family’s background in ranching and hunting; people in his community working doing roadwork for one week a year in order to pay their taxes; raising cattle and hogs; no fence laws; branding and ear marks; the introduction of new types of cattle; differences in dress between “cowboys” from the west and those in Florida; tools used in Florida ranching; cattle dogs and horses; selling and marketing cattle; and transporting cattle to market. In addition, he also talks about the foods they ate while traveling such as smoked bacon and sweet potatoes; ways in which they entertained themselves including music, frolics, and square dancing; and his views on hunting and conservation.
Two selections from the interview with rancher Harris Fussell are available
on the Occupational
Groups section of the Folklife audio page. |
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