| a_s1576_t81-027 | Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair | Sound | Festivals
Fairs
Demonstrations
Craft
Folklife
Boat drivers
Occupational folklore
African Americans
Public speaking
Polka music
Oral narratives
Polka
Performing arts
Music performance
Boat driver
Folklorists
Bands (Music)
Musical groups
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair
- Date
- 1981-02-13
- Description
- Seven reel to reels. Recordings of the folklife demonstration booths at the Florida State Fair. Informants at the Big Bend Folklife Area include Wakulla Springs boat drivers (Jackson/Gavin) and the Polka Sweethearts.
- Collection
| a_s1576_01_c77-025 | Interview with Ada Mickler, Interview with Jean and Libby Waldron | Sound | Interviews
Craft
Minorcans
Fishing nets
Netmaking
Hats
Local history
Palmetto weaving
Palm frond weaving
Florida history
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Ada Mickler, Interview with Jean and Libby Waldron
- Date
- 1977-05-24
- Description
- One audio cassette. Difficult to hear. On side one, interview of Ada Mickler of St. Augustine, Florida, in the laundromat where she works. Mickler talks about cast nets, palmetto hats, Spanish drawnwork. Followed by interview of Jean Waldron (with her sister Libby) on palmetto and palm fans, quilts and White Springs history. Tape recorder malfunctions at the end of side one. Interview continues on side two.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-143 | Interview with hammock maker Mingly Caminero-Beheit | Sound | Weavers
Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Hammocks
Venezuelan Americans
Craft
Textile arts
Games | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with hammock maker Mingly Caminero-Beheit
- Date
- 1985-08-13
- Description
- One reel to reel. Interview with Caminero-Beheit about hammock making. She discusses learning to make hammocks; the processes used; state of the art in Venezuela; time needed; use of hammocks; and Venezuelan children's games. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she lived as a housewife and made hammocks on the side. For a sample textile that she made in the images can be found in S 1628, box 1, folder 10. Images of her making the sample can be found in S 1577, v. 43 S87-918 - S87-930. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t78-325 | Interview with pineneedle artisan Mebelen Holloway | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Pine needle crafts
Craft
Decorative arts
Basket work
Basketry
Sewing
Weaving
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with pineneedle artisan Mebelen Holloway
- Date
- 1978-04-28
- Description
- One reel to reel. Holloway, born in Miami, discusses learning pine needle crafts; tools and materials she used; types of crafts including baskets, lamps, and trays.
- Collection
| a_s1576_13_c84-055 | Interview with singer Louise Sanders | Sound | Musicians
Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Family history
Singing
Poetry
Old time music
Craft
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with singer Louise Sanders
- Date
- 1983-03-17
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. C84-55: Side A Ms. Sanders discusses her family history - especially tragic episodes like the death of her mother by starvation and the disappearance of her son; tells jokes; sings songs and talks about the songs she sings: "It's Pretty and White" (racy birthday song); "Dying Cowgirl" (talks about but does not sing) "I Come Home the Other Night as Drunk as I can be"; "The Blind Child"; "My Father Is a Drunkard" (A Lonely Orphan Child); "The Drinking House Over the Way"; "Engineer's Child"; "The Miner's Child"; unidentified song about a mother's death; "Letter Etched in Black". Side B "My Blue Heaven"; yodeling; tongue twister "Hello Betsy; three riddles; joke about two Irishmen on the ocean; poem/rhyme about a black man being baptized; Pat and Mike joke; preacher story; joke about a rooster; joke about a bull/steer; more jokes; tells story about her early married life; tells cemetery story; sings "Skin a Flea for its Tallow"; story about falling off a wagon; story about a wild cat coming in the house. C85-56: Side A Ms. Sanders quotes a letter/poem her son wrote her husband; son's religious comments; recites several rhymes and poems; sings: "I Took My Girl to a Restaurant"; "Tree in the Hole and Hole in the Ground"; "Dying Cowgirl"; talks about her youth; sings: "The Brave Engineers"; "Put My Little Shoes Away"; "Kiss and Make It Well"; "Dear Lord Forgive"; "Dear Ole Faded Picture on the Wall"; "Sweet Lullabye"; talks about putting on plays for the school; sings: "Curtin Rize"; "It's Tough to be a Boy"; talks about her daughter reciting a book of the Bible. Side B Ms. Sanders recites the rhyme, "I'm Momma's Little Curly Head"; sings: "Whoa, Mule, Whoa" (sung by Louise's husband); recites more rhymes; tells joke about three preachers; sings: "Single Young Soldier"; "My Little Darling"; "Kiss Those Lips That You Betrayed"; "Oh, Darling You Can't Love But One"; "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down" (about the Titanic); part of "Ole '97"; explains how to make snuff box baskets; bathroom tile gift; egg carton ice-box decoration/magnet; how to make poodles [?].
- Collection
| a_s1576_08_c83-042 | Interviews of Hon Versaggi, Pam Solano, Theresa Griffin, and Thelma Pacetti on Minorcan crafts | Sound | Folklore revival festivals
Interviews
Oral histories
Personal experience narratives
Craft
Palm frond weaving
Minorcan Americans
Palmetto weaving
Hats
Lace and lace making
Lacemaking
Tatting
Artisans
Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interviews of Hon Versaggi, Pam Solano, Theresa Griffin, and Thelma Pacetti on Minorcan crafts
- Date
- 1983-05-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recorded at the Minorcan Folklife Area at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival. Versaggi (palmetto braiding), Solano, Griffin, and Pacetti (tatting) discuss Minorcan crafts. Wickman conducts a discussion on St. Augustine Minorcan handcrafts they practice. Versaggi discusses learning and practicing palmetto braiding; Griffin discusses learning and practices of and varieties of Spanish embroidery work. Pacetti discusses learning to tat (lace making) and Solano talks about palmetto hat making.
- Collection
| a_s1576_23_c86-194 | Interview with basket maker Margaret Garrison | Sound | Basket maker
Fieldwork
Interviews
Sound recordings
African Americans
Domestic arts
Basket work
Baskets
Basket making
Basketry
Craft
Oral histories
Sweetgrass baskets
Pine needle crafts
Palmetto weaving | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with basket maker Margaret Garrison
- Date
- 1985-02-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. Garrison discusses growing up in South Carolina; moving to Jacksonville in 1964; learning basketry at three years old; the basket making process; use of materials: sweet grass, pine needles, palmetto; weaving; uses of baskets in home; selling baskets; types of baskets; basket making in Mt. Pleasant, SC; basket handles; and decline of the tradition. For images of Garrison, see S 1577, v. 37. 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
| a_s1640_20_tape08 | Interview with Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito | Sound | Artisans
Paper art
Paper work
Fieldwork
Apprentices
Arts, Japanese
Arts, Asian
Temari
Origami
Japanese Americans
Needlework
Craft
Interviews
Decorative arts
Life histories
Family history
Emigration and immigration
Dollmaking | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Kazuko Law and apprentice Chieri Espasito
- Date
- 1985-02-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with master folk artist Kasuko Law and her daughter (and apprentice) Chieri. They discuss family history and life in Japan and China (Law's father supplied the Japanse Army during the second world war); immigration to the United States in 1952; the uses of, designs for, and processes in temari making; origami; doll making; and learning and teaching temari and origami. Temari is the traditional Japanese art of decorating spheres by winding and lacing colored threads in intricate patterns around a core ball. For a transcript of the interview, see S 1640, Box 2, folder 13. 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
| a_s1640_20_tape13 | Interview with pinata maker Viki Grimm | Sound | Artisans
Apprentices
Pinatas
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Interviews
Decorative arts
Craft
Life histories
Arts, Mexican
Ethnicity, Mexico
Mexican Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with pinata maker Viki Grimm
- Date
- 1986-04-22
- Description
- One audio casette. 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
| a_s1664_07_tape62 | Interview with rug hooker Eileen Quinn | Sound | Rug makers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral history
Rug making
Rugs
Rugs, Hooked
Needlework
Craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with rug hooker Eileen Quinn
- Date
- 1993-12-03
- Description
- One audio cassette. An interview with rug hooker Quinn. She made hand-made colonial style rugs from scraps of wool and burlap. She discusses a rug hooking guild that served as a social venue for her and other women; the history of rug hooking; primitive vs. realistic rug hooking; materials used; and dyeing wool. For more information, see file in S 1664, box 5, folder 31.
- Collection
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