| Wicker chair demonstration for Lake City Junior High School students | Wicker chair demonstration for Lake City Junior High School students | Still Image | Furniture maker
Children
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Wicker furniture
Chairs
Material culture
Wood craft
Demonstrations
Teenagers
Trucks
Schools
Furniture making
Furniture makers
Woodworking tools
Woodwork
Chair-makers
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Wicker chair demonstration for Lake City Junior High School students
- Date
- 1982-02-22
- Description
- One proof sheet with 19 black and white images (plus negatives). Whisnant demonstrating wicker furniture making from the back of his truck at Lake City Junior High School. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
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| a_s1576_68_c97-075 | Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
Chairs
Furniture makers
Furniture making
Cypress
Mangrove plants
Trees
Wood craft
Woodwork
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Rufus and Anne Adams at their home | Rufus and Anne Adams at their home | Still Image | Furniture maker
Fieldwork
African Americans
Chair caning
Chairs
Furniture
Tobacco
Furniture makers
Material culture
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus and Anne Adams at their home
- Date
- 1987-03
- Description
- One proof sheet with 22 black and white images (plus negatives). The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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| Rufus Adams with his caned-seat chairs | Rufus Adams with his caned-seat chairs | Still Image | Furniture maker
Fieldwork
African Americans
Chair caning
Chairs
Porches
Material culture
Furniture makers
Furniture
Houses
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams with his caned-seat chairs
- Date
- 1979-08
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Adams and his wife on his porch with a chair witt a cane bottom. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, he and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. His wife taught him to make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
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| Rufus Adams teaching apprentice Annie Sellers how to make corn shuck bottom chairs | Rufus Adams teaching apprentice Annie Sellers how to make corn shuck bottom chairs | Still Image | Furniture maker
African Americans
Chair caning
Chairs
Furniture
Apprentices
Material culture
Furniture making
Furniture makers
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams teaching apprentice Annie Sellers how to make corn shuck bottom chairs
- Date
- 1988-03
- Description
- Thirty-one color slides. 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 to make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.' Sellers was his stepdaughter. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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| Rufus Adams making corn shuck bottom chairs | Rufus Adams making corn shuck bottom chairs | Still Image | Furniture
Material culture
Chairs
Craft
Cornhusk craft
African Americans
Corn
Demonstrations
Chair caning
Chair-makers
Furniture making
Furniture maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams making corn shuck bottom chairs
- Date
- 1979-06-15
- Description
- Eight black and white prints. Images of Rufus Adams with his wife, both from Mayo, demonstrating how to make corn shuck bottom 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.'
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| Rufus Adams demonstrating his corn shuck bottom chairs | Rufus Adams demonstrating his corn shuck bottom chairs | Still Image | Chairs
Material culture
Furniture
Cornhusk craft
African Americans
Folk festivals
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Demonstrations
Chair caning
Chair-makers
Furniture makers
Furniture making
Furniture maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams demonstrating his corn shuck bottom chairs
- Date
- 1978-05
- Description
- One black and white print. Rufus Adams from Mayo making cornshuck bottom 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.'
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| Rufus Adams at his home making corn shuck chair bottoms | Rufus Adams at his home making corn shuck chair bottoms | Still Image | Furniture maker
Fieldwork
African Americans
Chairs
Furniture makers
Furniture
Chair caning
Cornhusk craft
Material culture
Houses
Porches
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams at his home making corn shuck chair bottoms
- Date
- 1978-04
- Description
- Six color slides. Slide S78-805 is missing. 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.'
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| Rufus Adams apprentice Annie Sellers with a corn shuck bottom chair | Rufus Adams apprentice Annie Sellers with a corn shuck bottom chair | Still Image | Furniture maker
African Americans
Chair caning
Chairs
Furniture
Apprentices
Material culture
Furniture making
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams apprentice Annie Sellers with a corn shuck bottom chair
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Three black and white prints, and one color print. 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.' Sellers was his stepdaughter. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| 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 |
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.
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