| Alligator wrestling at Gatorland | Alligator wrestling at Gatorland | Still Image | Wrestlers
Fieldwork
Alligators
Animals
Attractions
Tourism
Performing arts
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alligator wrestling at Gatorland
- Date
- 1994-02-22
- Description
- Two proof sheets and 24 black and white images (plus negatives). Images taken at the Gatorland tourist attraction.
- Collection
| a_s1576_10_c83-109 | Interview with Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers | Sound | Wrestlers
Performers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Local history
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Alligators
Animals
Performing arts
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers
- Date
- 1983-05-04
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Bowers, an alligator wrestler at Native Village near Hollywood Reservation, was born in Fort Lauderdale in 1955. In the interview, he discusses growing up in a rural family and learning to alligator wrestle after a 4-H agent suggested he try it. He learned the practice from Johnny Buck, an old alligator wrestler. He explains how he received his first job from Chairman Billie and says never had any serious injuries. In addition, he discusses the relationship that grew between the Seminoles and alligators; how the Seminoles view alligator wrestling; how the capture the alligators; codes and regulations; the biggest alligator he wrestled (one that was 10 feet long); alligators' differing personalities and their aggressiveness; praying to thank the alligator after a wrestling match; wrestling techniques and other issues.
- Collection
| Images of the 8th Annual American Indian Days festival | Images of the 8th Annual American Indian Days festival | Still Image | Tree farmers
Fieldwork
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Festivals
Music performance
Bands (Music)
Dancers
Dance
Native Americans
Dolls
Demonstrations
Alligators
Wrestlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 8th Annual American Indian Days festival
- Date
- 1987-11-22
- Description
- Forty-eight color slides. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant, the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s2034_05_cd06-085 | Saturday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9) | Sound | Trappers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Personal experience narratives
Workshops (Adult education)
Alligator hunting
American alligator
Alligators
Hunting
Hunting Equipment and supplies
Hunting stories
Occupational groups
Trapping
Hunters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Florida Yesterday: Fish Stories Pt.1; Fish Stories Pt.2; Pirates & Indians; Music | Florida Yesterday: Fish Stories Pt.1; Fish Stories Pt.2; Pirates & Indians; Music | Moving Image | Television
Storytelling
Fishing
Personal experience narratives
Tales
Tall tales
Cookery (Seafood)
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Fishing nets
Pirates
Catfishes
Fishes
Saltwater fishing
Sturgeon fishing
Sharks
Alligators
Alligator hunting
Oral narratives
Oral performance
Family history
Florida history
Local history
Fishers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Fish Stories Pt.1; Fish Stories Pt.2; Pirates & Indians; Music
- Date
- 1977
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 59 minutes) Fish Stories, Pt. 1: (12 minutes.) The second half of the episode. Smith talks with Lehr at Hagan Seafood Dock about fishing in Florida. Fish Stories, Pt. 2: (23 minutes) Continuation of Smith's and Leghr's conversation about fishing in Florida. Pirates & Indians: (22 minutes) Lehr and Smith, filmed at the same time as the above two shows, discussing pirates and Florida native peoples. Music: (2 minutes) the opening credits of episode.
- Collection
| Florida Yesterday: Seafood (rough cut version) | Florida Yesterday: Seafood (rough cut version) | Moving Image | Television
Storytelling
Fishing
Personal experience narratives
Tales
Docks
Alligator hunting
Alligators
Fishing stories
Shrimpers (persons)
Boats and boating
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Fishing nets
Rivers
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Interviewing on television
Fishers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Seafood (rough cut version)
- Date
- 1977-03-08
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) See V86-27 for the master version. Filmed at Hagan Seafood Dock, the video consists of Frog Smith talking with Lehr (on the dock, and on a couple of the shrimp boats) about alligator hunting, pirtaes, Calusa Indians, shrimping, fishing, excavating lcoal mounds, and how the Caloosahatchee River has developed. Also inlcudes B-roll footage of several shrimp boats.
- Collection
| Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms | Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms | Still Image | Special events
Cultural exchanges
Exchange of persons programs
Rites and ceremonies
Dancers
Public speaking
Choir singing
A capella singing
Tourism
Alligators
Amusement parks
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms
- Date
- 1983-10-06
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. 77-78: Images of the ceremony; 79-86: Park employee with Paul Wagner and Loomis; 87-88: Wagner and Father Coll; 89: Bulger; 90: Belland; 91-93: Reception with Jean Lee. The Minorcan Cultural Exchange Tour, which ran from 10/6-13/1983, was created through an agreement between the Florida Dept. of State and Minorca to celebrate Florida's two hundred year Minorcan heritage. First brought over as workers for a British plantation in the 1770s, most soon escaped the harsh working conditions and settled in St. Augustine. The tour was organized by Secretary of State George Firestone, the Bureau of Florida Folklife (Bulger, Belland, Loomis), Division of Historical Resources (Jean Lee and Paul Weaver) and the Florida Museum of History (Pat Wickman). The tour, with 140 performers and delegates from Minorca, consisted of a series of public performances and emerged out of the smaller program, the Minorcan Heritage Week held in May 1983. The tour traveled from St. Augustine, to the University of Florida, to EPCOT, to Cypress Gardens, then finally to Miami for departure back to Spain. Some records for the tour can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 81.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t88-006 | Ernie Williams and the Djangos performing at the festival at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) | Sound | Singers
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Musicians
Singing
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Storytelling
Alligators
Tales | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Suwannee River | Suwannee River | Moving Image | Singers
Musicians
Documentary videos
Video recording
Florida history
Folklore and history
Rivers
Local history
Environment
Folk festivals
Occupational folklore
Springs
Wetlands
Flora
Fauna
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
Phosphate mines and mining
Steamboats
Performing arts
Autoharp music
Singing
Alligators
Birds
Snakes
Fishes
Historical reenactments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Suwannee River
- Date
- 1989
- Description
- One video recording (VHS; 40 minutes) Created by the Northeast Florida Institute for Science, Mathematics and Computers of University of North Florida, and the Florida Community College of Jacksonville, the documentary traces the natural and cultural history of the Suwannee River from its source in the Okeefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico. Funded through a grant by the Florida Dept. of Education, topics include the relationship between the river, local springs, and the aquifer, as well as human activities along its banks including the Florida Folk Festival, the Battle of Olustee, Stephen Foster, and phosphate mining. Includes footage of Fitchen, Makley, and Slavin performing at the Florida Folk Festival. Also includes much discussion of the natural features and wildlife of the river. It was narrated by Bill Massie, with music by Landon Walker. The video was produced, directed, and co-written by Dr. Ray Bowman.
- Collection
| Bill Osceola Jr. wrestling alligator at 8th Annual American Indian Days festival | Bill Osceola Jr. wrestling alligator at 8th Annual American Indian Days festival | Still Image | Performers
Wrestlers
Fieldwork
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Alligators
Performing arts
Entertainers
Animals
Festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bill Osceola Jr. wrestling alligator at 8th Annual American Indian Days festival
- Date
- 1987-11-22
- Description
- Four color slides. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant, the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
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