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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One audio cassette. Blanton Owen introduces a ranching workshop on the use of dogs in cattle ranching. Workshop features Mike Wilder, Terry Myers, and Vic Blackstone and others. They discuss the pros and cons of cow dogs such as catching the dog and training the new dog with the old.
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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1984-05-27
Description: One audio cassette. Blanton Owen introduces Jim Hendricks, Ron Sylvester, Terry Meyers, Glen Nettles, and Junior Mills who discuss the pros and cons of cattle dogs: what to look for in a dog; how to train it; where dogs work best; relationship between cattle, dogs, and people; how to discipline a cow dog.
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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch

Date: 1984-03
Description: Ten proof sheets with 258 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of the Buck Island Ranch, including castrating and de-horning cattle; animal medicine practices; cow pens; cowboy tools and equipment; ranch hands; and cattle. Created as fieldwork for both the apprenticehsip program and the Florida Folk Festival. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year until 2003.
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Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch

The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1984-05
Description: Fifty-nine color slides. 1331: Children on a barrel bull; 1332-1334: Blacksmith Buddy Page; 1335-1341: Glen Nettles with cows in brush with dogs; 1342-1347: Rancher Sylvester on horse driving cattle; 1348-1356: Sylvester with cow dogs holding cattle in pens; 1357-1362: Sylvester branding cattle with paint; 1363-1370: Curly Dekle with his whip act; 1371-1383: demonstration of working cattle; 1384-1387: roping cattle; 1388-1889: children chasing a calf.
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The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

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a_s1576_12_c84-015	Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Ranchers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Workshops (Adult education) Occupational groups Occupational folklore Ranching Working dogs Cattle Forums (Discussion and debate) Working animals Animal training	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_12_c84-028	Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Ranchers Cowboys Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Workshops (Adult education) Occupational groups Occupational folklore Ranching Working dogs Cattle Forums (Discussion and debate) Working animals Animal training	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch	Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch	Still Image	Fieldwork Ranching Ranches Ranch life Cattle Cattle brands Medicine Animals Animal husbandry Castration Draft animals Occupational groups Workplace Barns Cowboys Ranchers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival	The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Cattle Demonstrations Occupational groups Occupational folklore Animals Draft animals Ranching Whips Whipcracking Children Blacksmithing Dogs Working dogs Blacksmiths Ranchers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch

Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch

The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch

Ranch life at Buck Island Ranch

The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival