a_s1576_12_c84-008 | Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell | Sound | African Americans Life histories Interviews Oral histories Occupational groups Occupational folklore Glass bottom boats Boat drivers Boat driving Libraries Springs Tourists Tourism Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell
- Date
- 1984-03-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. C84-8: Side A Interview/talk with Willie Marsh and William Crowell as part of the Library Folklife Program; they discuss their childhood at Silver Springs as well as their work as guides at Silver Springs; driving boats at Silver Springs; tipping problems; stories told on boat tours (Bridal Chamber, Mammoth Rock Ledge, Main Spring, Catfish Reception Hall, Ladies' Parlor; Devil's Kitchen, Geysers; Florida Snowstorm, Blue Grotto, Backbone of Prehistoric Remains, Christmas Tree Grove, Boat used by Ponce De Leon, Catfish Hotel); commercialization damaging vegetation at Springs; visitor damage to the ecosystem of Springs. Side B They discuss glass-bottom boats; visitors who rode the glass-bottom boats; stories told; tipping gimmicks; experiences with snakes, boat breakdown, alligators. C84-9: Continuation of interview -- they discuss a row boat in the river; drowning of visitors on an excursion; traveling to New York to be on "What's My Line?"; seniority on the job; Tarzan; family members that worked at Silver Springs; music they learned from their parents; age and retirement; big boats on the river; drinking story and hunting story; different owners of Silver Springs; trip to Daytona Beach by horse and wagon.
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The Spiritual Harmonizers | The Spiritual Harmonizers | Still Image | African Americans Singing Music performance Musical tradition, sacred Musical tradition, African diaspora Gospel (Black) Gospel musicians Religious music Christianity Performing arts Libraries Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Spiritual Harmonizers
- Date
- 1984-05-05
- Description
- Eight color slides. Images of the six-person group the Spiritual Harmonizers performing at a Miami public library. The event was part of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded folklife program and was presented at various libraries across the state using local talent.
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Walter Richardson performing at a Miami public library | Walter Richardson performing at a Miami public library | Still Image | African Americans Singing Music performance Pianos Gospel (Black) Gospel musicians Religious music Christianity Performing arts Libraries Musicians Pianists Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Walter Richardson performing at a Miami public library
- Date
- 1984-05-05
- Description
- Five color slides. Images of Richardson and his musical group from the Second Baptist Church of Miami performing at a Miami public library. The event was part of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded folklife program presented at various libraries across the state using local talent.
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Alice Edgell making mosquito brushes | Alice Edgell making mosquito brushes | Moving Image | Artisans Fieldwork Brooms and brushes Craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Alice Edgell making mosquito brushes
- Date
- 1984-02
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 25 minutes. The quality of the video suffers in spots. Alice Edgell demonstrates and answers questions on mosquito brush making.
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a_s1576_10_c83-107 | Interview with Gene Rawls | Sound | Auctioneers Fieldwork Interviews Local history Oral histories Life histories Personal experience narratives Auctioneering Auctions Selling Oral performance Agriculture Livestock Cattle | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Gene Rawls
- Date
- 1983-05-07
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Rawls, an auctioneer at a cattlemen's market in Lakeland and Tampa, talks about working in agriculture. He discusses attending auctioneering school in Iowa; learning agribusiness; having stage fright; working with and controlling crowds of people; how to begin an auction; controlling his voice; the longest sale (it started on a Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM and ended that Wednesday at 7:00 AM); learning how to talk fast; the use of "hot shots," improvements in the quality of cattle in Florida; and methods in taking care of his voice including taking a lot of vitamin A, putting salt water in one's nose, and drinking Gatorade; and dealing with hecklers and crooks.
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a_s1576_14_c84-090 | Buddy Maddox program | Sound | Blacksmiths Turpentiners Net maker Libraries Life histories Oral histories Occupational folklore Occupational groups Turpentine industry workers Turpentining Blacksmithing Net makers Fishing nets Maritime life Florida history Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Buddy Maddox program
- Date
- 1984-03-31
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Public program for NEH Library Grant: Turpentining, Blacksmithing, Castnet Making Buddy Maddox talks of growing up in the turpentining business with his father; his schooling; his marriage; working the ferry with his father; turpentine forests; blacksmithing career; cast net making; fishing.
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Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Still Image | Boat driver Woodworkers Whip maker Basket maker Ecotourism Tourism Folk dance Clothing and dress Whips Whip making Fishing lures Dogs Vietnamese Basket making Boat driving Dancers Hunters Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- Ten 8x12 color images. Duplicates of earlier fieldwork photographs, these prints were created for the Library Folklife Program, Pursuits and Pastimes. Includes Wilbert Gavin and Hawk Jackson driving tour boats at Wakulla Springs, Joe Klotz driving a boat at Silver Springs, a woman in a quince dress, Edenfield with his hunting dogs, Jones making fishing lures, Phem making a rice basket, Sheppard making a whip, Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, and a worker making a citrus ladder. A traveling exhibit concerning the occupational groups in Florida relating to tourism and recreation. The exhibit used text and images from the Folklife Program's fieldwork files. There was also a booklet that accompanied the exhibit (found in S 1606, box 2, folder 5). More images of the exhibit can be found in S 1606, box 2, folder 1, and box 1, folder 9.
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Fred Williams demonstrating broom making | Fred Williams demonstrating broom making | Still Image | Brooms Broom making Brooms and brushes Demonstrations Libraries Cornhusk craft Material culture Workshops (Adult education) Broom makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Buddy Maddox demonstrating cast nets and oyster tongs | Buddy Maddox demonstrating cast nets and oyster tongs | Still Image | Casting (Fishing) Material culture Occupational groups Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishing nets Nets Oyster tongs Demonstrations Oyster fisheries Libraries Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the Library Folklife Program in Tallahassee | Images of the Library Folklife Program in Tallahassee | Still Image | Cooks Workshops (Adult education) African Americans Libraries Cake Cooking and dining Desserts Demonstrations Food preparation Food Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the Library Folklife Program in Tallahassee
- Date
- 1983-04-30
- Description
- One proof sheet with 36 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of folklorist Belland and cook Hunter giving a public program on cooking at the Leon County Public Library in Tallahassee.
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