Florida Memory is administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, Bureau of Archives and Records Management. The digitized records on Florida Memory come from the collections of the State Archives of Florida and the special collections of the State Library of Florida.

State Archives of Florida

ArchivesFlorida.com
State Archives Online Catalog
ArchivesFlorida.com
ArchivesFlorida.com

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Listen: The World Program

18 items found

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1978-05
Description: Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
Collection

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Date: 1988-03
Description: Seven black and white negatives. Rufus Adams and apprentice(stepdaughter) Annie Sellers making corn shuck bottomed chairs. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
Collection

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Date: 1979-05-27
Description: Twenty-four black and whites prints (all 8x10, and mounted) These images were used for an exhibit. From folder 33: 83-99 Thelma Boltin in White Springs 83-100 Delafean making a doll in Live Oak. 83-101 Evelyn Johnson with a sewing basket, Lake City 83-102 Unknown person making a melon basket in White Springs 83-103 Grace Langdale, with square dance dolls in White Springs 83-104 Unknown quilter working at the Crafts Guild in White Springs 83-105 Linda Thomas at a loom in White Springs From folder 34: 83-106 Linda Waldron with gourd head dolls in White Springs 83-107 Madge Taylor, with cross-stitch quilt, in White Springs 83-108 Mary Boorman in White Springs 83-109 Mildred Bowman, dollmaker, in Jasper 83-110 Barbara Ceryak and her basket, White Springs 83-111 Bertha Burnham with a basket of dolls in White Springs From folder 35: 83-112 Midge Boorman and her dog, Jackpot, in White Springs 83-113 Mary Boorman making dolls in White Springs 83-114 Nancy Morgan teaching patchwork sewing, White Springs 83-115 Dolls made by Bertha Burnham in White Springs 83-116 Quilt Show in White Springs 83-117 Grace Langdale and Bertha Burnham caning a chair in White Springs From folder 36: 83-118 Quilters at the Suwannee River Crafts Guild in White Springs 83-119 Louise Lord with Quilt in Live Oak 83-120 Elizabeth Maltby making a basket in White Springs 83-121 Basket maker Clara Harris in White Springs 83-122 Chair caner Agnes Henry in White Springs 83-123 Nancy Morgan with quilt in White Springs
Collection

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Caned chair

Date: 1980
Description: One color prints (plus one black and white print and negatives.) Duplicate of slide S82-1802.
Collection

Caned chair

Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1986-05
Description: Four color slides. Adding cane and corn husk bottoms to chairs in the Crafts Demonstration area.
Collection

Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Chair caning

Date: 1980
Description: Thirteen color slides.
Collection

Chair caning

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Date: 1978-12
Description: One black and white print.
Collection

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1977-05
Description: One black and white print. Image of Rufus Adams, of Mayo, demonstrating how to make cornhusk bottom chairs at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
Collection

Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1991-05-24
Description: One proof sheets with 36 black and white images (plus negatives).
Collection

Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs

Date: 1978-05
Description: Sixteen black and white images. Rufus Adams, with his wife, on his porch with chair he made. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.' See also S 1577, box 11, folder 10.
Collection

Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs	1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs	Still Image	African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Demonstrations Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Restaurants Cabinetwork Carpentry Woodwork Quilting Quilts Textile arts Chair caning Quiltmakers Carpenters Cabinetmakers Furniture maker Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams	Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams	Still Image	Material culture Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Domestic arts Woodwork Apprentices Women apprentices Fieldwork (educational method) Craft African Americans Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida	Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida	Still Image	Basket maker Dollmakers Needleworkers Chair-makers Fieldwork Dolls Toys Basket making Basket work Baskets Dogs Teaching Sewing Patchwork Chair caning Quilts Quilt patterns Chairs Domestic arts Decorative arts Material culture Equipment, domestic arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Caned chair	Caned chair	Still Image	Chair-makers Furniture Chair caning Chairs Material culture Domestic arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival	Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Artisans Chair-makers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Craft Chair caning Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chair caning	Chair caning	Still Image	Fieldwork Furniture makers Material culture Chairs Chair caning Furniture Household items Elderly, the Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chair maker Rufus Adams	Chair maker Rufus Adams	Still Image	African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Household items Craft Woodwork Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival	Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Furniture maker Demonstrations Furniture Chairs Cornhusk craft African Americans Craft Material culture Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Chair caning Furniture making Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Weavers Chair-makers Basket maker Dollmakers Storytellers Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Weaving Basket making Basket work Blacksmithing Chair caning Material culture Demonstrations Flutes Musical instrument maker Decoys Craft Storytelling	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs	Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs	Still Image	Material culture Chairs Cornhusk craft Furniture Porches Houses Household items Domestic arts Chair caning Chair-makers Furniture makers Furniture maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

Additional Links

Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2022-23, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $646,422. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Change Background Color

Change Font-Size

Change Font

Cursor

Highlight Links

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Caned chair

Caned chair

Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Chair caning

Chair caning

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs

Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

Related Sites

Reconstruction era voting records

Florida's first automobile registrations

Milestones in Florida's political framework

Letters, ephemera and other historical records

Documenting Florida's chief executive officers

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Caned chair

Caned chair

Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Chair caning

Chair caning

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Children's Day at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs

Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs