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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1954-05
Description: Eight black and white prints. P82-36 Thelma Boltin telling a "Jack tale". P82-37 Esther Joralau, a UF graduate student, performing a Filipino dance. P82-38 Group photo of festival (including Creek Indian Fred Beaver in center). P82-39 square dancers and string band. P82-40 Jump rope demonstration. P82-41 Quilters. P82-42 Anglo UF students performing a Mexican folk dance. P82-43 Irish jigs. Mary Kennedy Kane, center. May 1954. See S 1576, reels T76-1 through T76-9, for recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival
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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1990 apprenticeship program master artists

Date: 1990
Description: Seven color slides. 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, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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1990 apprenticeship program master artists

Basket maker Myrtle McCoy

Date: 1987-07-21
Description: Two color slides. McCoy uses thread to make her pine needle baskets. She lived in Marianna since 1929.
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Basket maker Myrtle McCoy

Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home

Date: 1989-06
Description: Four color slides.
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Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Date: 1988-12
Description: 37 black and white photographic prints, with negatives. Bobby Johns in his workshop in Pensacola. Photos 32-37 are of a nearby sawmill.
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Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Date: 1989-01
Description: Seven color slides. Examples of Johns's work, including carved walking canes and wooden handled knives.
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Bobby Johns wood carvings

Canes by Bobby Johns

Date: 1991-04
Description: Four color slides. Johns won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1992.
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Canes by Bobby Johns

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Date: 1990
Description: Four color slides; 6 negatives. 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, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Date: 1994
Description: Two color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Date: 1994
Description: Nine color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs	1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs	Still Image	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Dance Quilting Storytelling Children Games String instruments Filipino Americans Asian American arts Asian Americans Native Americans Creek Indians Storytellers Dancers Students Quiltmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1990 apprenticeship program master artists	1990 apprenticeship program master artists	Still Image	Teaching of folklore Dancers Banjoists Drummers (Musicians) Fiddlers Musicians Tattoo artists Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Basket maker Myrtle McCoy	Basket maker Myrtle McCoy	Still Image	Basket maker Fieldwork Basket making Basket work Basketry Pine needle crafts Baskets Containers Material culture Decorative arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home	Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home	Still Image	Basket maker Fieldwork Basket making Basketry Children	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bobby Johns in his workshop	Bobby Johns in his workshop	Still Image	Wood carvers Carvers (Decorative artists) Material culture Woodwork Wood carving Artisans Tools Craft Sawmills Lumber trade	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bobby Johns wood carvings	Bobby Johns wood carvings	Still Image	Wood carvers Material culture Woodwork Wood craft Wood carving Wood Art Cypress	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Canes by Bobby Johns	Canes by Bobby Johns	Still Image	Woodworkers Canes Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) Wood carving Wood craft Woodwork Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart	Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart	Still Image	Apprentices Creek art Wood carving Wood craft Decorative arts Woodwork Woodworking tools Workshops Native Americans Creek Indians Teaching of folklore Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard	Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard	Still Image	Singers Creek Indians Billboards Signs (commercial) Signs and signboards Native Americans Country music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home	Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home	Still Image	Singers Creek Indians Hawaiian guitar String instruments Musical instruments Native Americans Offices Awards Country music Hats Steel guitars Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1990 apprenticeship program master artists

1990 apprenticeship program master artists

Basket maker Myrtle McCoy

Basket maker Myrtle McCoy

Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home

Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Canes by Bobby Johns

Canes by Bobby Johns

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1990 apprenticeship program master artists

1990 apprenticeship program master artists

Basket maker Myrtle McCoy

Basket maker Myrtle McCoy

Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home

Basketmaker Connie Palmer at her home

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns in his workshop

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Canes by Bobby Johns

Canes by Bobby Johns

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Carvers Bobby Johns and Randy Stewart

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home