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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Brandenburg, Mary, 1949-"
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Baskets by Mary Brandenburg

Baskets by Mary Brandenburg
Date
1987-08-28
Description
Nine color slides. Brandenburg was originally from Pennsylvania. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
Collection
Baskets by Mary Brandenburg

Baskets by Mary Brandenburg
Mary Brandenburg demonstrating basket making to students

Mary Brandenburg demonstrating basket making to students
Date
1988-01-08
Description
Fourteen color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
Collection
Mary Brandenburg demonstrating basket making to students

Mary Brandenburg demonstrating basket making to students
Mary Brandenburg interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Mary Brandenburg interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1987-08-28
Description
One audio cassette. Brandenburg was originally from Pennsylvania; her family was part of the Gaudy Dutch, famous for their hex paintings. She discusses basket making; types of baskets (pine needle, willow); designs; lids and handles; her family history; learning the art from her mother; moving to Florida; and uses of her baskets.
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Mary Brandenburg interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Mary Brandenburg interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Mary Brandenburg with her baskets and dolls

Mary Brandenburg with her baskets and dolls
Date
1987-09
Description
Twenty-three color slides. The hamper in S92-173-176 was made by her grandfather; and the pineneedle baskets in S92-183-186 were made by her mother. Brandenburg was orignally from Pennsylvania. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Mary Brandenburg with her baskets and dolls

Mary Brandenburg with her baskets and dolls
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Baskets by Mary BrandenburgBaskets by Mary BrandenburgStill ImageBasket maker
Fieldwork
German Americans
Material culture
Basket work
Baskets
Basketry
Pine needle crafts
Containers
Domestic arts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Mary Brandenburg demonstrating basket making to studentsMary Brandenburg demonstrating basket making to studentsStill ImageFarmers
Fieldwork
Classrooms
Education
Teaching of folklore
Elementary schools
Schools
Students
Children
Basket making
Demonstrations
Basket work
Baskets
Basketry
Material culture		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1685_04_tape05Mary Brandenburg interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundBasket making
Field recordings
German Americans
Interviews
Baskets
Pine straw
Family history
Oral narratives		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Mary Brandenburg with her baskets and dollsMary Brandenburg with her baskets and dollsStill ImageBasket maker
Fieldwork
Baskets
Basketry
Containers
Material culture
Basket work
Domestic arts
Dolls
Cornhusk craft
Pine needle crafts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
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