| Coach maker-wheelwright John luther and his apprentice Walter Richardson | Coach maker-wheelwright John luther and his apprentice Walter Richardson | Still Image | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Transportation
Material culture
Wheels
Coaching (Transportation)
Workplace
Workshops
Apprentices
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Coach maker-wheelwright John luther and his apprentice Walter Richardson
- Date
- 1992
- Description
- Six proof sheets with 190 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of Luther and Richardson making a coach (wagon) -- a reproduction of a 1903 Studebaker, once common in the Live Oak area. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. Richardson was a farmer, lived in Live Oak, and often used mules and wagons. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 6. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Coach maker-wheelwright John Luther and his apprentice Walter Richardson | Coach maker-wheelwright John Luther and his apprentice Walter Richardson | Still Image | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Transportation
Material culture
Wheels
Coaching (Transportation)
Workplace
Workshops
Apprentices
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Coach maker-wheelwright John Luther and his apprentice Walter Richardson
- Date
- 1992
- Description
- 107 color slides. Images of Luther and Richardson making a coach (wagon) -- a reproduction of a 1903 Studebaker, once common in the Live Oak area. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. Richardson was a farmer, lived in Live Oak, and often used mules and wagons. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 6. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Coaches made by John Luther | Coaches made by John Luther | Still Image | Woodworkers
Apprentices
Fieldwork
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Transportation
Material culture
Wheels
Coaching (Transportation)
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Coaches made by John Luther
- Date
- 1991
- Description
- Four color prints, nd one black and white print. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1640_23_tape21 | Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther | Sound | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Transportation
Personal experience narratives
Wheels
Coaching (Transportation)
Oral histories
Life histories
Occupational groups
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther
- Date
- 1991-12-15
- Description
- One audio cassette. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. Richardson was a farmer, lived in Live Oak, and often used mules and wagons. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 6. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1640_23_tape20 | Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther | Sound | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Transportation
Personal experience narratives
Wheels
Coaching (Transportation)
Oral histories
Life histories
Occupational groups
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther
- Date
- 1992-04-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. Richardson was a farmer, lived in Live Oak, and often used mules and wagons. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 6. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1640_23_tape22 | Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther | Sound | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Carriages and carts
Wagons
Transportation
Personal experience narratives
Wheels
Coaching (Transportation)
Oral histories
Life histories
Occupational groups
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther
- Date
- 1992-07-26
- Description
- One audio cassette. An electric fan can be heard throughout. Luther discusses wagon making, his early life in Pennsylvania, and other jobs he held. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. Richardson was a farmer, lived in Live Oak, and often used mules and wagons. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 6. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Rugs by Jane Burns | Rugs by Jane Burns | Still Image | Weavers
Rug makers
Fieldwork
Rugs
Weaving
Textiles
Material culture
Decorative arts
Floor coverings | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rugs by Jane Burns
- Date
- 1986-08-07
- Description
- Five color slides. Burns learned to weave rugs from a teacher in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She was born in Iowa. 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
| Saddle maker Carl Shantzer in his shop | Saddle maker Carl Shantzer in his shop | Still Image | Saddle maker
Fieldwork
Saddlery
Saddles
Leather craft
Leather goods
Horses Equipment and supplies
Workshops
Occupational groups
Leather workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Saddle maker Carl Shantzer in his shop
- Date
- 1992-03-09
- Description
- 12 color slides. A former soybean farmer from Iowa, Shantzer has also always made horse saddles and harnesses. He moved to Moore Haven in 1981 where he supplied the local cowboys. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
- Collection
| Quilts by Mable Wolford | Quilts by Mable Wolford | Still Image | Quiltmakers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Quilts
Quilted goods
Decorative arts
Needlework
Material culture
Textile arts
Textiles
Design | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Quilts by Mable Wolford
- Date
- 1987-09-16
- Description
- Twenty-eight color slides. Wolford learned quilt making from her mother and grandmother as a teenager. 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 project 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.
- Collection
| a_s1640_22_tape17 | Sampler tape of autoharp player Charley Groth | Sound | Old time music
Music performance
Zither
Autoharp
String instruments
Musical instruments
German Americans
Harpists
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Sampler tape of autoharp player Charley Groth
- Date
- 1990
- Description
- One audio tape. 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 2004.
- Collection
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