| a_s1576_t85-219 | Interview with Myakka City assitant fire chief Paul Phillips | Sound | Fire fighters
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Community culture
Fire
Occupational folklore
Occupational training
Women fire fighters
Volunteer fire fighters
Fire extinction | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City assitant fire chief Paul Phillips
- Date
- 1984-11-13
- Description
- One reel to reel. Phillips talks about fire fighting in Myakka, including volunteer and women fire fighters, local fires, being on call, the fire department organization, and equipment used. He also discusses the influx of new residents and local development. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-226 | Interview with Myakka City resident Ellen Richardson | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Community culture
Environment
Pollution
Water pollution
Farming
Ecology
Agricultural ecology
Waterways | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Ellen Richardson
- Date
- 1984-06-12
- Description
- One reel to reel. Richardson talks about environmental concerns of Myakka City. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-218 | Interview with Myakka City resident Larry Albritton | Sound | Farmers
Beekeepers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Family history
Alligators
Distilling, Illicit
Ranching
Hunting
Hunting Anecdotes
Cookery (Alligator)
Fences
Education
Local history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Larry Albritton
- Date
- 1984-02-05
- Description
- One reel to reel. Albritton talks about growing up in Myakka, including hunting (alligators, frogs, and rabbits), ranching, going to school, moonshining, and fishing. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-223 | Interview with Myakka City resident Lois Payne | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Community culture
Turpentine industry workers
African Americans
African Americans Segregation
Timber
Turpentining
Marriage rites
Churches
Religion
Railroads
Family history
Local history
Church services
Leisure | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Lois Payne
- Date
- 1984-06-19
- Description
- One reel to reel. Payne talks about life in Myakka, including turpenting, segregation, marriage practices, timber industry, leisure activities, the Ku Klux Klan, games, churches, and trains. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-209 | Interview with Myakka City resident Peter Burkart | Sound | Beekeepers
Farmers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Family history
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Beekeeping
Community identity
Farm life
Local history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Peter Burkart
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Burkart was recent Myakka resident-- moved there c. 1977. He discusses the sense of community there, rural life, traditional practices, livestock raising, bee keeping, leisure, selling produce, and socializing. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-202 | Interview with Myakka City resident T. Mabry Carlton | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Ranching
Cattle dip
Cattle diseases
Environment
Community identity
Family history
Local history
Community culture
Railroads
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident T. Mabry Carlton
- Date
- 1984-04-12
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Carlton discusses railroads, land holdings, dipping vats, old rural communities, the Old Myakka Trail, environmental laws, and water conservation. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-203 | Interview with Myakka City resident Tom Boser | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Horse industry
Horse shows
Horses
Environment
Community identity
Animals
Local history
Pigs | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Tom Boser
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- One reel to reel. Recorded in Boser's home. He discusses horse shows, hog farming, and making a living off the land. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-199 | Interview with Myakka City residents Fleta Carlton, Myrtle Mae, and Anna Carlton | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Community culture
Domestic arts
Cooking and dining
Cows
Musical tradition, sacred
Family history
Soap
Food habits
Food preparation
Local history
Farm life
Sugarcane grinding
Laundry
Leisure | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City residents Fleta Carlton, Myrtle Mae, and Anna Carlton
- Date
- 1984
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Fleta Carlton (along with Anna Carlton and Myrtle Mae) discusses life in early 20th Century Myakka. Included are discussions of holiday celebrations, making cane syrup, local traditions, the first bathroom in the area, hunting, food procurement, the arrival of paved roads and telephones, sacred music, churches, domestic arts like butter making and washing clothes, milking cows, and cooking. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-222 | Interview with Myakka City residents Irene and Brian Carlton | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Community culture
Gardening
Gardens
Plants
Vegetable gardening
Kitchen gardens
Churches
Religion
Pigs
Cookery (Pork)
Cooking and dining
Corn bread
Okra
Cookery (Okra)
Gardeners | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City residents Irene and Brian Carlton
- Date
- 1984-06-18
- Description
- Two reel to reel. The Carltons talk about gardening and cooking in Myakka. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-211 | Interview with Myakka City residents Joe and Libby Warner | Sound | Ranchers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Family history
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Ranch life
Ranching
Farm life
Local history
Cattle diseases
Screwworm
Fences
Agriculture
Turpentining
Meat | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City residents Joe and Libby Warner
- Date
- 1984-04-14
- Description
- Three reel to reels. The Warners, longtime Myakka ranchers, talk about cattle ranching, rodeos, raising horses and cattle, cattle diseases, butchering and canning meat, coprorate versus family ranching, fencing land, turpentining, timber, rounding up cattle, rural development, and the history of cows in Manatee county. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
- Collection
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