| Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Still Image | Fieldwork
Dwellings
Fiddling
String instruments
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fred Perry playing his fiddle
- Date
- 1985-02
- Description
- Nine color slides. Images of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For the recording of the performance, see tape 38 in S 1714, Box 4. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Guadalupe Ramos discussing Mexican American foodways in her home | Guadalupe Ramos discussing Mexican American foodways in her home | Still Image | Fieldwork
Research methods
Interviewing
Food
Food habits
Tools
Catholics
Religious art
Christianity
Cooking and dining
Children
Mexican Americans
Ethnicity, Mexico
Mexican American cookery
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Guadalupe Ramos discussing Mexican American foodways in her home
- Date
- 1985-03-04
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Ramos with her children in her home discussing Mexican American foodways. Also includes images of religious objects in her house. The children in the slides were the offspring of fern farm workers in the area that Ramos watched. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape57 | Happy Cole Driggers interview for the St. Johns River Survey | Sound | Field recordings
Photography
Fishing
Shad
Tourism
Family history
Oral narratives
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Still Image | Fieldwork
Photography
Fishing
Shad
Tourism
Fishers
Recreation
Family history
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing
- Date
- 1920
- Description
- Slides. Images copied from the collection of family photographs of the Happy Driggers. The images are of shad fishers of the 1920s. For further description, see tape 57 in S 1714, box 4. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Still Image | Fieldwork
Photography
Fishing
Shad
Tourism
Recreation
Family history
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing
- Date
- 1920
- Description
- One proof sheet, with 21 images (plus negatives). Images copied from the collection of family photographs of the Happy Driggers. The images are of shad fishers of the 1920s. For further description, see tape 57 in S 1714, box 4. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Happy Cole Driggers with her quilts | Happy Cole Driggers with her quilts | Still Image | Fieldwork
Material culture
Quilted goods
Textile arts
Needlework
Quilting
Design
Crazy quilts
Quilts
Needleworkers
Quiltmakers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Happy Cole Driggers with her quilts
- Date
- 1985-02-26
- Description
- Thirty-eight color slides. Images of quilter Happy Driggers and her quilts. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Hoop netting in the St. Johns River | Hoop netting in the St. Johns River | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats and boating
Fishing nets
Fishing
Rivers
Waterways
Fishes
Occupational groups
Labor
Fisheries
Fishing tackle
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fish traps
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Hoop netting in the St. Johns River
- Date
- 1985-02-27
- Description
- 117 color slides. Images of fisher Jackie Bennett hoop netting in the St. Johns River, then sorting, weighing, and hauling his catch for market. A hoop net is a fish trap made of several wooden or metal hoops of decreasing diameter joined by cotton netting that was made for river use. It was tied to an underwater mooring, then allowed to sit for several days before they were raised. These images are of Bennett raising the nets after several days. The boat was built by Myron Warr. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Images of 1920s-era photographs of the St. Johns River | Images of 1920s-era photographs of the St. Johns River | Still Image | Fishers
Fieldwork
Photography
Banjoes
Tugboats
Steamboats
Advertisements
Schooners
Rivers
Boats and boating
Johnboats
Fish traps
Maritime life
String instruments
Children | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of 1920s-era photographs of the St. Johns River
- Date
- 1920
- Description
- One proof sheet, with 21 black and whites images (plus negatives). Four images from the collection of Joe Newman Mullis, including two of May Mullis playing a cigar-box banjo; and two of her father Will Mullis working on a tugboat. Twelve images of the St. Johns River from the Putnam County Archives. And the last five images are of fisher Eddie Oxendine's boat and crab traps. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Images of Marie Castillo's home | Images of Marie Castillo's home | Still Image | Fieldwork
Dwellings
Material culture
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Furniture
Hats
Religious art
Painting
Household items
Farm workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of Marie Castillo's home
- Date
- 1985-03-03
- Description
- Twelve color slides. Images of Marie Castillo's home, including clothing, furniture, religious objects, appliances, and decorations. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Images of the 1985 Crescent City Catfish Festival | Images of the 1985 Crescent City Catfish Festival | Still Image | Cooks
Fishers
Fieldwork
Festivals
Cookery (Seafood)
Seafood
Outdoor cookery
Crabs
Catfishes
Barbecue cookery
Recreation
Leisure
Food preparation
Cooking and dining | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1985 Crescent City Catfish Festival
- Date
- 1985-04
- Description
- One proof sheet, with 17 black and whites images (plus negatives). Images of the catfish festival in Crescent City, including Noles cooking crabs, and fisher Eddie Oxendine. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
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