35 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Crabbing"
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Workers at the Gulf Stream Crab Company

Workers at the Gulf Stream Crab Company
Date
1984-11
Description
Nineteen color slides. Workers unloading and steaming stone crabs. 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
Collection
Workers at the Gulf Stream Crab Company

Workers at the Gulf Stream Crab Company
Willie McCain harvesting stone crabs with traps

Willie McCain harvesting stone crabs with traps
Date
1982-11
Description
Sixty-one color slides.
Collection
Willie McCain harvesting stone crabs with traps

Willie McCain harvesting stone crabs with traps
Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps

Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps
Date
1982-10
Description
One proof sheet with eight black and white images of Crain demonstrating to students in Hillsborough County how to make wooden crab traps. These images were created as part of the Florida Folk Arts in the Schools program.
Collection
Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps

Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab traps
Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1989-02-16
Description
One audio cassette. Smith builds traps for Clark's Fish Camp in Jacksonville. At the time of the interview, she had just learned the crabbing trade. She discusses making traps; types of traps; crab seasons; commercial fishers; Clark's Fish Camp; and other fish camps.
Collection
Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Date
1987-11-18
Description
Two audiocassettes. Brown, a lifelong resident and retired stone crabber, wrote a book of his life in 1993 called Totch: A Life in the Everglades. He discusses trapping, selling, storing, cleaning, and cooking stone crabs, including when, where, and how to catch; making the wooden traps; financing his ventures; and other crabbers in the area. He also discusses fishing industry; cooking mullet; drug smuggling in the Everglades (marijuana); use of baits; family history; and local history.
Collection
Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Tommy Noles and his crab traps at the Florida Folk Festival

Tommy Noles and his crab traps at the Florida Folk Festival
Date
Description
Five color slides. Noles builds wire crab traps. Photos show Noles displaying traps at the Florida Folk Festival.
Collection
Tommy Noles and his crab traps at the Florida Folk Festival

Tommy Noles and his crab traps at the Florida Folk Festival
Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Date
1987-11-18
Description
One audiocassette. Hollister, who manages a stone crab house (where stone crabs are processed and sold), discusses the in detail the crabbing industry. Incldues discussion on numbers of crabbers in area; types of equipment used; the process of catching crabs; types of floats and traps used; bait used; how crabbers demarcate their traps from others; mullet fisheries; and problems with legal regulations by the state.
Collection
Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 8)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 8)
Date
1985-05-26
Description
One reel to reel recording. McDonald served as emcee. Stemming from the research on the St. Johns River Survey, this workshop focused on commerical fishing. Bennet (of Welaka) discussed cypress boats; Oxendine discussed hoop nets; Knowles (of Crescent City) talked about crab traps; and the Schmidts discussed net making and shad fishing. They all also discussed the pros and cons of commerical fishing. Shotgun Bluegrass consisted of Ronnie Kierce (bass), Gary Wilkins (banjo), Ricki King (mandolin), Platt Drew (guitar), and Nile Hord (fiddle).
Collection
Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 8)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 8)
Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)
Date
1985-05-26
Description
One reel to reel recording. Folklorists Owen and McDonald served as emcees. McDonald served as emcee. Stemming from the research on the St. Johns River Survey, this workshop focused on commerical fishing. Bennet (of Welaka) discussed cypress boats; Oxendine discussed hoop nets; Knowles (of Crescent City) talked about crab traps; and the Schmidts discussed net making and shad fishing. They all also discussed the pros and cons of commerical fishing. The workshop continues on T85-133.
Collection
Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)
Stone crab traps at the Gulf Stream Crab Company

Stone crab traps at the Gulf Stream Crab Company
Date
1984-10-30
Description
Nineteen color slides. Created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. 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
Stone crab traps at the Gulf Stream Crab Company

Stone crab traps at the Gulf Stream Crab Company
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Workers at the Gulf Stream Crab CompanyWorkers at the Gulf Stream Crab CompanyStill ImageFieldwork
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Crabbing
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Crabs
Workers
Labor
Crabbers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Willie McCain harvesting stone crabs with trapsWillie McCain harvesting stone crabs with trapsStill ImageFishers
Fieldwork
Crabbing
Waterways
Seafood industry
Seafood gathering
Fish traps
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Crabs
Boats and boating
Occupational groups
Work
Labor
Transportation
Rivers
Boat drivers
Maritime life
Crabbers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Willie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab trapsWillie Crain demonstrating how to make wooden crab trapsStill ImageCrabbing
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Education
Pedagogy
Teaching of folklore
Students
Schools
Classrooms
Woodwork
Fish traps
Seafood gathering
Material culture
Fishers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1618_05_tape10Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundRestaurant workers
Crabbing
Field recordings
Oral narratives
Interviews
Seafood
Fish markets
Fish traps
Restaurants
Crab traps		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1622_04_tape06Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts ProjectSoundFishers
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Family history
Local history
Crabbing
Crabs
Crab traps
Fish traps
Seafood
Fish markets
Fishing equipment
Fishes
Mullet (fishes)
Food preparation
Drug smuggling		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Tommy Noles and his crab traps at the Florida Folk FestivalTommy Noles and his crab traps at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageMaritime folklore
Crabs
Material culture
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Fish traps
Crabbing
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Fishers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1622_04_tape10Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts ProjectSoundFishers
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Occupational folklore
Crab traps
Crabbing
Crabs
Fish trapping
Fish traps
Fish markets
Seafood		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-133Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 8)SoundSingers
Bluegrass musicians
Bands (Music)
Shrimpers (persons)
Folklorists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Seafood industry
Seafood gathering
Crabbing
Workshops (Adult education)
Fishing
Crabbers
Fishers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-132Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)SoundSingers
Musicians
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Corridos
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Mexican Americans
Guitar music
Ballads
Workshops (Adult education)
Fishing
Occupational folklore
Seafood industry
Occupational groups
Fish traps
Fish trapping
Netmaking
Crabbing
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Crabbers
Fishers
Shrimpers (persons)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Stone crab traps at the Gulf Stream Crab CompanyStone crab traps at the Gulf Stream Crab CompanyStill ImageFishers
Fieldwork
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fish traps
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Saltwater fishing
Seafood industry
Crabbing
Material culture
Crabbers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg