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Sugar farm worker Horace Harris

Sugar farm worker Horace Harris
Date
1987-10
Description
Two color slides. Harris came to Florida in 1935 as a farmer with his father. Began working for Wedgeworth Farms in 1959, which grew leafy vegetables. In 1961, the farm began growing sugar. Harris managed the farm for them. 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.
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Sugar farm worker Horace Harris

Sugar farm worker Horace Harris
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