| Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 2 of 15) | Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 2 of 15) | Moving Image | Cowboys
Cooks
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Food
Ranch life
Food preparation
Ranching
Cattle brands
Cattle
Animals
Dogs
Working dogs
Cookery (Chicken)
Desserts
Cookery (Jelly)
Ranchers
Rodeo performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 2 of 15)
- Date
- 1984-05-25
- Description
- One video cassette (3/4" tape). Video includes the Food Pavilion (Spanish bean soup, Mayhaw jelly, collards and chicken, pine nut cakes, oriental food) and the Ranch Life Folklife Area (Curly Dekle announces, dogs and cattle, cattle round-up, cattle driving, calf pinning, cattle branding and roping).
- Collection
| Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 3 of 15) | Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 3 of 15) | Moving Image | Cowboys
Blacksmiths
Storytellers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Blacksmithing
Ranch life
Metalwork
Ranching
Storytelling
Cattle
Animals
Oral narratives
Cattle brands
Ranchers
Rodeo performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 3 of 15)
- Date
- 1984-05-25
- Description
- One video cassette (3/4" tape). Video of the Ranch Folklife Area, including branding, an 1876 Cow Camp (with explanations of the cracker whip sounds and cow hunting), a Calf Scramble with Gurney Geiger and Curly Dekle, blacksmithing, and "Frog" Smith describing table salt remedy for cleaning out a fire.
- 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
| a_s1576_22_c86-168b | Interview with dog trainer Vernon Harris | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Animals
Working dogs
Animal training
Occupational groups
Community culture
Hunting
Turpentining
Timber
Turpentine industry and trade
Railroads
Leisure
Animal trainers
Dog trainers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with dog trainer Vernon Harris
- Date
- 1984-11-13
- Description
- One audio cassette. Harris discusses growing up in Baldwin, and the effects turpentining and railroads have had there; local culture; hunting; dog training; and glass work. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. 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, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t80-105 | Interview with farmers Sam and Jessie Perry | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
African Americans
Family farming
Sugarcane grinding
Agriculture
Farm life
Animals
Domestic animals
Stoves, Wood
Equipment, domestic arts
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Farmers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with farmers Sam and Jessie Perry
- Date
- 1980-10-29
- Description
- One reel to reel. Interview with farmers who were neighbors of Lucreaty Clark (she also talks on the recording). Topics include farming, farm animals, marriage, wood stoves, cane grinding, chores, railroad work, and mules. For images of Perry's farm, see S 1577, box 17, box 83.
- Collection
| a_s1656_02_tape06 | Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall | Sound | Horse trainers
Horse owners
Fieldwork
Horses
Horses Equipment and supplies
Wagons
Transportation
Animals
Draft animals
Working animals
Bridles
Percheron horse | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall
- Date
- 1993-09-29
- Description
- One audio cassette. Duvall, who owned Percheron horse (improted from France), was trained by Amish farmers in Ohio (who also use Percheron horses) on traditional horse training and farmwork techniques. In the interview, Duvall discusses the horses (traits, uses of, and qualities), harnessing techniques, training, driving, and wagons. The interview was created as fieldwork for the 1993 Rural Folklfie Days, in which Duvall participated as a demonstrator.
- Collection
| a_s1576_02_c78-055 | Interview with Maggie Melton | Sound | Artisans
Interviews
Fieldwork
Snakes
Belts (Clothing)
Animals
Alligators
Leather goods
Life histories
Hunting
Fauna
Food preparation
Jewelry making
Turtles
Domestic arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Maggie Melton
- Date
- 1978-05-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. C78-55: Margaret (Maggie) Melton discusses snake and alligator hunting, cooking, and skinning; making birdhouses from gourds; working with hides and bones; foods unique to the Plant City area; cooking hog organs and gophers; making turtle soup; cane grinding and syrup making; candy pulls; fishing nets made from burlap sacks; and teas used for home remedies. C78-56: Melton discusses making things from nature; fishing for and cooking scallops; gardening during a full moon; making jewelry from bones; preparing snake hides; and making belts.
- Collection
| a_s1576_08_c83-039 | Interview with Minorcan ranchers Willis Solano and Albert Triay | Sound | Folklore revival festivals
Interviews
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives
Minorcan Americans
Cattle brands
Livestock brands
Cattle
Cattle breeding
Cows
Animals
Ranching
Livestock industry
Ranchers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Minorcan ranchers Willis Solano and Albert Triay
- Date
- 1983-05-23
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recorded at the Minorcan Folklife Area at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival. Solano and Triay discuss Minorcan ranching traditions. They talk about the different types of cows they have worked with; the reasons behind branding cows and marking their ears; and other ranching-related topics.
- 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_t85-198 | Interview with Myakka City residents Joe and Libby Warner | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Cattle
Cattle diseases
Horses
Ranch life
Family history
Ranching
Animals
Environment
Local history
Dams
Forest fires Prevention and control
Burning of land
Prescribed burning
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City residents Joe and Libby Warner
- Date
- 1984-08-14
- Description
- One reel to reel. The Warners discuss cattle ranching, the horse industry, treating various animal diseases, controlled burning of area, fire seasons, Bee Island, and the local reaction to the construction of a dam. 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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