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Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers

Date: 1987-03-17
Description: One audio cassette. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, 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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Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers

Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking

Date: 1987-04-29
Description: Ten color slides. Originally from New York (Long Island, then Ithaca) where he learned to bake. In 1981 he moved to Florida. He demonstrated to students soun sugar. 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.
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Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking

Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant

Date: 1987-10
Description: Three 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.
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Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Date: 1997-05-23
Description: One audio cassette recordings. Nancy Morgan (quilter/pioneer woman) discusses quilting, quilting parties, cane farming and sugar-making.
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Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley

Date: 1987-03-16
Description: One audio cassette. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk arts project 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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Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1993-11-13
Description: 70 color slides. Images from the 1993 Rural folklife Days-- a festival held each November at the Stephen Foster Center to demonstrate rural traditions in Florida.
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Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1994-11
Description: Two proof sheets with 33 black and white images (plus negatives). Unidentified images from the 1994 Rural folklife Days-- a festival held each November at the Stephen Foster Center to demonstrate rural traditions in Florida.
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Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days

Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1993-11-13
Description: Thirty-six color slides. Images from the 1993 Rural folklife Days-- a festival held each November at the Stephen Foster Center to demonstrate rural traditions in Florida.
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Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

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a_s1708_05_tape09	Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers	Sound	Musical groups Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Cookery (Sugar) Sugarcane Bluegrass music Music performance Performing arts Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking	Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking	Still Image	Fieldwork Classrooms Students Elementary schools Schools Education Children Teaching of folklore Cookery (Sugar) Desserts Cooking and dining Cookware Pots Demonstrations Food preparation Occupational folklore Occupational groups Cooks	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant	Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant	Still Image	Fieldwork Restaurants Food Food industry and trade Cookery (Sugar) Advertisements Advertising	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_67_c97-062	Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)	Sound	Quiltmakers Needleworkers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Family history Quilting Needlework Storytelling Farm life Cookery (Sugar) Sugarcane grinding Sugar Manufacture and refining Domestic arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1708_05_tape08	Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Cookery (Sugar) Sugarcane Workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days	Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Farmers Cooks Quiltmakers Festivals Folk festivals Special events Demonstrations Cane syrup Soap Lye Quilting Quilts Cookery (Sugar)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days	Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Farmers Cooks Quiltmakers Festivals Folk festivals Special events Demonstrations Cane syrup Soap Lye Quilting Quilts Cookery (Sugar)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days	Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Farmers Festivals Folk festivals Special events Demonstrations Cane syrup Boiling (Cookery) Sugarcane products Outdoor cookery Cookery (Sugar) Cookery (syrups) Syrups Cooks	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers

Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers

Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking

Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking

Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant

Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley

Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days

Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

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Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers

Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers

Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking

Chef Paul McKean demonstrating dessert cooking

Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant

Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley

Interview with sugar cane worker Joe Mosley

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1994 Rural Folklife Days

Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Silas Dye making cane syrup at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days