| Auctioneer Bill Myers selling off antiques | Auctioneer Bill Myers selling off antiques | Still Image | Fieldwork
Auctioneering
Occupational groups
Workplace
Selling
Oratory
Auctions
Economic practices
Antiques
Dealers (Retail trade)
Oral performance
Oral communication
Auctioneers
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Auctioneer Bill Myers selling off antiques
- Date
- 1984-12
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Known as Colonel Bill Myers, images show him auctioning antiques at the Pioneer Auction Company on Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville. 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, 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
| Auctioneers Gene and John Larison | Auctioneers Gene and John Larison | Still Image | Auctioneers
Fieldwork
Auctioneering
Auctions
Antiques
Furniture
Material culture
Selling
Occupational groups
Oral performance
Oral communication
Orators
Oratory
Economic practices
Workplace | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Auctioneers Gene and John Larison
- Date
- 1987-08-07
- Description
- Nine color slides. 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
| a_s1576_t77-060g | Bill Selph demonstration at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival Main Stage | sound | Florida Folk Festival
Folk festivals
Auction chants
Auctioneers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Colonel Bill Myers giving an auctioneering presentation for students | Colonel Bill Myers giving an auctioneering presentation for students | Still Image | Education
Auctioneering
Occupational groups
Demonstrations
Students
Oratory
Auctions
Economic practices
Elementary schools
Classrooms
Oral performance
Oral communication
Teaching of folklore
Auctioneers
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Colonel Bill Myers giving an auctioneering presentation for students
- Date
- 1985-10-13
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Known as Colonel Bill Myers, he demonstrates auctioneering at Oceanway Elementary School. 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, 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
| Colonel Bill Myers giving auctioneering demonstration for elementary students | Colonel Bill Myers giving auctioneering demonstration for elementary students | Still Image | Education
Auctioneering
Occupational groups
Demonstrations
Students
Oratory
Auctions
Economic practices
Elementary schools
Classrooms
Oral performance
Oral communication
Teaching of folklore
Auctioneers
Orators | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Colonel Bill Myers giving auctioneering demonstration for elementary students
- Date
- 1985-01-31
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Known as Colonel Bill Myers, he demonstrates auctioneering at Northshore Elementary School. 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, 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
| Folk demonstrations at Garden City Elementary School | Folk demonstrations at Garden City Elementary School | Moving Image | Needleworkers
Auctioneers
Video recording
Bobbin lace
Oral communication
Auctioneering
Lacemaking
Lace and lace making
Lace bobbins
Elementary schools
Classrooms
Students
Needlework
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Folk demonstrations at Garden City Elementary School
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- One video recording. (VHS) 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
| Furniture auction in Jacksonville | Furniture auction in Jacksonville | Still Image | Fieldwork
Auctions
Auctioneering
Selling
Furniture
Dealers (Retail trade)
Stores, retail
Material culture
Oral performance
Speech play
Auctioneers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Furniture auction in Jacksonville
- Date
- 1988-07
- Description
- Thirty-six color slides. Images of an auction led by auctioneer Kerr at a furniture store in Jacksonville. Images are also of store personnel, products sold, and buyers. For an interview with Kerr, see S 1618, box 4, tape 18. 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_s1685_06_tape05 | Gene & John Larison demonstration for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Auction chants
Auctions
Auction house
Speech play
Selling
Oratory
Auctioneers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1685_06_tape04 | Gene Larison interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Auction chants
Auctions
Interviews
Oral narratives
Selling
Oratory
Auctioneers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Gene Larison interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1987-08-21
- Description
- One audio cassette. Larison discusses the rhythm of auctioning; its use in selling and livening the crowds; learning the skill; apprenticeships; the lack of women auctioneers; the bidding process; the social nature of auctions; his influences; and his sons involvement in auctions. He also gives an example of an auctioneer calling.
- Collection
| a_s1576_10_c83-107 | Interview with Gene Rawls | Sound | Auctioneers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Local history
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Auctioneering
Auctions
Selling
Oral performance
Agriculture
Livestock
Cattle | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Gene Rawls
- Date
- 1983-05-07
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Rawls, an auctioneer at a cattlemen's market in Lakeland and Tampa, talks about working in agriculture. He discusses attending auctioneering school in Iowa; learning agribusiness; having stage fright; working with and controlling crowds of people; how to begin an auction; controlling his voice; the longest sale (it started on a Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM and ended that Wednesday at 7:00 AM); learning how to talk fast; the use of "hot shots," improvements in the quality of cattle in Florida; and methods in taking care of his voice including taking a lot of vitamin A, putting salt water in one's nose, and drinking Gatorade; and dealing with hecklers and crooks.
- Collection
Listen: The Folk Program
