291 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Collector or Fieldworker is exactly "Nusz, Nancy"
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Blind Willie James

Blind Willie James

Date
1984-05-27
Description
One color slide. Portrait of James.
Collection
Blues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Blues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Date
1984-05-27
Description
Eight color slides. Known as Diamond Teeth Mary for the jewels she placed in her teeth in the 1940s, Mary was born in West Virginia, and always claimed to be the half sister of fellow blues singer Bessie Smith. In 1918, she moved to Florida's Gulf Coast. During her later years, she lived in Bradenton, Florida. Although McClain was a popular performer in the 1920s and 1930s, she stopped performing the blues for many years. She was rediscovered by the Florida Folklife Program in the 1980s. In 1986, she won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1986. She died on 4 April 2000.
Collection
Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs

Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs

Date
1980
Description
Black and white 9.5 x 14 inch mounted photographic print. Images of Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist located just south of Tallahassee that offered boat tours and lodging. One of the features on the tours was Henry the Fish, a bass fish that would appear to jump over a pole when called. Hawk Jackson died in 2001.
Collection
Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Date
1987-05-23
Description
Six color slides. Junkanoos, from the Bahamas, playing in the Folklife area of the Florida Folk Festival.
Collection
Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell

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.
Collection
Writers' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival

Writers' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival

Date
1990-01-25
Description
One black and white proof sheet with forty-five images; thirty-five color slides. A panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston life and work. Panel included Alice Walker and Zora's relative Lucy Hurston. This was the festival's first year.
Collection
East Indian grape arbor

East Indian grape arbor

Date
Description
Eight color slides. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
Collection
Grist mill in Pinetta, Florida

Grist mill in Pinetta, Florida

Date
1983-03-28
Description
One color slides.
Collection
Interview with Pysanky egg decorator,  Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Date
1989-04-11
Description
Sixteen color slides. Gurley talks about egg decoration; learning the craft from her mother; symbolism of the craft; and immigration from the Ukraine in 1947 to the US. For images of her eggs, see S 1680, box 1, folder 5.
Collection
Pysanky eggs by Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Pysanky eggs by Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley

Date
1989-04-11
Description
Sixteen color slides.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Blind Willie JamesBlind Willie JamesStill ImageAfrican Americans
Pianists
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Blues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk FestivalBlues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageAfrican Americans
Folk festivals
Women
Folklore revival festivals
Blues singers
Singers
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Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla SpringsHawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla SpringsStill ImageAfrican Americans
Boats and boating
Narratives
Tall tales
Storytelling
Storytellers
Oral performance
Oral communication
Rivers
Springs
Tourism
Workplace
Workers
Labor
Glass bottom boats
Ecotourism
Wildlife watching industry
Boat driver
Tour guides (Persons)
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Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk FestivalJunkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageAfrican Americans
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Musical groups
Entertainers
Singers
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a_s1576_12_c84-008Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William CrowellSoundAfrican 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)
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Writers' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston FestivalWriters' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston FestivalStill ImageAfrican Americans
Oral communication
Writing
Authors
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East Indian grape arborEast Indian grape arborStill ImageAgriculture
Farm life
Crops
Farms
Arbors
Vertical gardening
Grapes
Viticulture
Vineyards
Farm workers
Migrant workers
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Grist mill in Pinetta, FloridaGrist mill in Pinetta, FloridaStill ImageArchitecture
Buildings
Gristmills
Mills
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a_s1680_02_tape05Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat GurleySoundArtisans
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Fieldwork
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian American art
Ukrainian Americans
Decorative arts
Pysanky
Egg decoration
Eggs
Painting
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
Oral communication
Family history
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Pysanky eggs by Lubow (Lu) Dochwat GurleyPysanky eggs by Lubow (Lu) Dochwat GurleyStill ImageArtisans
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Fieldwork
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian American art
Ukrainian Americans
Decorative arts
Pysanky
Egg decoration
Eggs
Painting
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