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
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- 1987-11-22
- Description
- One proof with six black and white images. 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.
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a_s1576_t81-118 | Interview with Linda and Paul Bowers | Sound | Needleworkers Fieldwork Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Native Americans Interviews Oral histories Patchwork Festivals Sewing Indian reservations Food habits Mikasuki language Chickee Alligators Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Linda and Paul Bowers
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- 1981-10-24
- Description
- Two reel to reels. (Copied onto audio cassettes C81-89 and C81-90.) The Bowers discuss sewing machines; patchwork; how they learned to sew traditional Seminole patterns; designs; clothing; life in Big Cypress Seminole Indian reservation; sofke; fry bread; native languages; chickees; the Green Corn Dance; male initiation rites; and cooking/eating alligators. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
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a_s1576_39_tape32 | Bill Crowder interview | Sound | Hunters Fieldwork Interviews Occupational groups Occupational training Alligator hunting Alligators Hunting Hunting Equipment and supplies Hunting stories | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Bill Crowder interview
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- 1983-02-18
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with alligator hunter Crowder, who was licensed with the state to capture and kill nuisance alligators, including within the Suwannee River. Interview conducted at the Stephen Foster Center.
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Folklife area demonstrators and performers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival | Folklife area demonstrators and performers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Music performance Bands (Music) String bands Zheng Musical groups Performing arts Tourism Alligators African Americans Arts, Chinese Choirs (music) Occupational groups Demonstrations Citrus industry Singers Performers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Folklife area demonstrators and performers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1994-05-28
- Description
- Two proof sheets with sixty black and white images (plus negatives). Each year, the Florida Folklife Program invites demonstrators and folk arts to showcase Florida folklife. In 1994, these demonstrators included musicians such as sacred harp singer Albritton, Chinese zheng player Yao, choir from Mt. Pleasant, the Calloway Sister, and the Neighborhood Blues Band; occupational groups such as citrus workers (Trask) and tourism providers (Gatorland); and dancers (the Cracker Taps).
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a_s1576_30_c93-008a | Glen Simmons interview at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area | sound | Folk festivals Florida Folk Festival Oral narratives Boatbuilding Alligators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_75_c99-084 | Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 9) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Personal experience narratives Occupational folklore Occupational groups Alligator hunting Alligators American alligator Hunting Folklore Hunting stories Hunters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers | Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers | Still Image | Fieldwork Alligators American alligator Animal trainers Animals Working animals Native Americans Seminole Indians Tourism Performers Wrestlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork Boats Boats and boating Boat drivers Boat driving Glass bottom boats Fishes Rivers Springs Transportation Docks Waterways Tour guides (Persons) Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Hotels Alligators Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Wakulla Springs
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- 1980-10
- Description
- Seventy-seven color slides. Images of boat tours at Wakulla Springs, a tourist attraction dating back to the 1930s. Many of the tours and features (such as the pole vaulting fish, a bass fish which rubs its gills on a wooden pole in the spring) date back to the 1800s. Images include the river, fauna and flora, the springs, the boat drivers and their boats, and the attraction's 1938 lodge. (Today the area is a state park.) Most of these images are duplicated in S 1577, v. 7, S81-741 - S81-820.
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a_s1685_06_tape22 | Norman Padgett interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings Boats Tools Hunting equipment Frogs (amphibians) Hunting Clothing Hunting stories Florida history Interviews Oral narratives Alligators Nature Catfish Fishing nets Fishing equipment | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Norman Padgett interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
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- 1986-10-13
- Description
- Two audio tapes. Padgett discusses frog hunting, commercial fishing on Lake Okeechobee, and hunting alligators. In the interview, he also discusses the history of airboating in Florida; hunting equipment and process; haul seine fishing; conservation efforts; exotic species; hydrilla; and the outlawing of gator hunting.
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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.
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