| a_s1576_21_c86-150 | Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank | Sound | Net maker
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Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank
- Date
- 1984-07-21
- Description
- One audio cassette. Billy Burbank discusses the family net-making industry including the differences in net types; Burbank family innovations in net making; problems with modern shrimp industry; differences between his nets and his father's and grandfather's; difference in cost between his nets and the older ones; the learning process involved in traditional net-making (how he learned); process of "sewing" the net; net patterns and what they are intended to catch; materials used in net-making. Interviews conducted during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV). A transcript of the interview can be found in S 1579, box 1, folder: C86-99 through C86-149. An earlier interview with Burbank can be found in S 1576, reel T80-82.
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| a_s1576_t80-082 | Billy Burbank interview | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Netmaking
Seafood industry
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Billy Burbank interview
- Date
- 1980-07-11
- Description
- One reel-to-reel tape. Burbank discusses the history and practices of the net making trade. The interview begins with Burbank describing how his grandfather began the family business, Burbank Trawlmakers Inc., in 1915. Since then, Burbank nets had been used by people in the US from North Carolina down to Florida and up the Gulf Coast through the Texas Panhandle area. In addition, their nets were exported to Central and South America as well as Africa. At the time of the interview, Burbank Trawlmakers was the largest producer of fishing nets in the United States. Stories about the family business include nets made for President Nixon and a fishing boat that accidentally caught a submarine in its trawl nets. In addition, Burbank also describes the different net types and uses – including flat nets, four seam balloon nets, two seam balloon nets, and a modification that Burbank developed called the Mongoose, which is actually two nets in one. He also describes the net making process, and the various tools and skills involved.
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| Filming a documentary on shrimping at Billy Burbanks net shop | Filming a documentary on shrimping at Billy Burbanks net shop | Still Image | Net maker
Fishing nets
Net makers
Netmending
Nets
Weaving
Workshops
Workplace
Documentary videos
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Filming a documentary on shrimping at Billy Burbanks net shop
- Date
- 1986-08-08
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Folklorist Bulger can be seen in a few slides, as well as WUFT-TV crew. Photos taken during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV).
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| Filming documentary at the Burbank netmaking shop | Filming documentary at the Burbank netmaking shop | Still Image | Merchants
Net maker
Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Fishing nets
Workshops
Material culture
Workplace
Occupational groups
Net makers
Netmaking
Weaving
Textile arts
Television cameras
Television equipment and supplies
Video recording
Documentary videos
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Filming documentary at the Burbank netmaking shop
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Folklorist Bulger can be seen in a few slides, as well as WUFT-TV crew. Photos taken during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV).
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| Filming of the shrimping video documentary, Fishing All My Days | Filming of the shrimping video documentary, Fishing All My Days | Still Image | Fishers
Seafood gathering
Food industry and trade
Documentary videos
Fieldwork
Workplace
Workers
Nets
Netmaking
Fishing nets
Material culture
Textiles
Occupational groups
Woven goods
Folklorists
Net maker
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Filming of the shrimping video documentary, Fishing All My Days
- Date
- 1986-08-08
- Description
- One proof sheet with twenty-three black and white images. Photos taken during the filming of a video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV). 1: Burbank Net Shop; 2: William Burbank, Jr, and William Burbank III; 3-4: Folklorist Peggy Bulger, Eric Larson, and Al Saperstein; 5: Al Saperstein and Billy Burbank, III; 6-7: Burbank family making nets; 8-9 Billy Higginbotham, Glen Burbank, and William Burbank III; 10: Billy Higginbotham; 11,13: Al Saperstein: 12: Unidentified 13, 15-17: WUFT personnel filming; 14, 18-20: Billy Higginbotham; 21-23: Burbanks and media.
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| Filming the shrimping documentary with the Herrin Brothers building a boat | Filming the shrimping documentary with the Herrin Brothers building a boat | Still Image | Boatbuilding
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Woodworking tools
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Carpenters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Fishing All My Days: Florida Shrimping Tradition | Fishing All My Days: Florida Shrimping Tradition | Moving Image | Fishers
Net maker
Documentary videos
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Fisheries
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fisheries processing
Fishing nets
Netmaking
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Seafood industry
Boatbuilding
Boatbuilders
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Fishing All My Days: Florida Shrimping Tradition
- Date
- 1986-03
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 29 minutes. Documentary on Fernandina's shrimping industry, produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WUFT-TV 5 of Gainesville (the local PBS station, affiliated with the University of Florida.) The video can be viewed online through the Folkstreams web page at http://www.folkstreams.net/pub/FilmPage.php?title=137
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| Net maker Billy Burbank and crew in Fernandina | Net maker Billy Burbank and crew in Fernandina | Still Image | Net maker
Fieldwork
Occupational groups
Fishing nets
Net makers
Netmaking
Netmending
Nets
Weaving
African Americans
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Seafood industry
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| Shrimping Documentary - Burbank's Net Shop | Shrimping Documentary - Burbank's Net Shop | Moving Image | Net maker
Documentary videos
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Net makers
Netmaking
Fishing nets
Religious rites
Rites and ceremonies
Interviews
Family history
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Shrimping Documentary - Burbank's Net Shop
- Date
- 1985-06
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) Shots of Burbank Net Shop and nets, Billy Burbank talks about net making, his family's innovations, and how it has developed over the years, superstition, Billy Corkum, the Fernandina shrimp business, D.A. Cook, Blessing of the Fleet. Raw footage for the documentary, Fishing All My Days, on Fernandina's shrimping industry, produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WUFT-TV 5 of Gainesville (the local PBS station, affiliated with the University of Florida.)
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| Shrimping Documentary - Burbank's Net Shop | Shrimping Documentary - Burbank's Net Shop | Moving Image | Net maker
Documentary videos
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Net makers
Netmaking
Fishing nets
Religious rites
Rites and ceremonies
Interviews
Family history
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Shrimping Documentary - Burbank's Net Shop
- Date
- 1986
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) Various shots of Burbank netmaking business and actual netmaking, some interview material with Burbank. Raw footage for the documentary, Fishing All My Days, on Fernandina's shrimping industry, produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WUFT-TV 5 of Gainesville (the local PBS station, affiliated with the University of Florida.)
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