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Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Date: 1997-05-25
Description: One audio cassette recording. Mary Johns continues from C97-91 discussing Seminole crafts.
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Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Viki Grimm discussing pinata making

Date: 1985-02-24
Description: One audio cassette. Grimm demonstrating the step by step method for making a pinata -- in this case, a boat pinata. Interview recorded in her home. For images, see S 1577, v. 27, 1538-1579. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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Viki Grimm discussing pinata making

1981 July Fourth Celebration

Date: 1981-07-04
Description: Eighty-four color slides. Images of the annual July Fourth celebration in 1981. Includes images of games (652-653, 656-667, 615-617, 673-675), crafts (632-648), food (618-627), performers like Frank and Ann Thomas (676-680, 684-687), Gamble Rogers (672), and gospel singers (649-651).
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1981 July Fourth Celebration

Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Date: 1981-01-19
Description: Forty color slides. Images are of crafts booths and demonstrations.
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Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats

Date: 1988-10
Description: Twenty color slides. Images created as fieldwork for the Folk Arts 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.
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Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats

Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch

Date: 1986-03
Description: Seven color slides. Created as research for the Craft Demonstration Area of the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. 1186: Quilt hanging on front porch; 1220 - 1225: Alma with her quilts.
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Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Date: 1985-04-03
Description: Twenty color slides. Duffy, an East European, demonstrates traditional methods for decorating Easter eggs to San Pablo Elementary students. 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.
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Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets

Date: 1989-01
Description: Eleven color slides. Images of Prescott and her split white oak baskets.
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Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets

Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1986-05
Description: Two color slides. Spinning cotton at the Crafts Demonstration area.
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Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

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.'
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Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

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a_s1576_68_c97-092	Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)	Sound	Storytellers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Oral performance Life histories Interviewing Craft Decorative arts Seminole Indians Native Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1714_04_tape54	Viki Grimm discussing pinata making	Sound	Fieldwork Collecting Research methods Pinatas Material culture Decoration and ornament Decorative arts Special events Craft Latinos Mexican Americans Arts, Mexican Ethnicity, Mexico Art Interviewing Interviews Oral narratives Artisans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
1981 July Fourth Celebration	1981 July Fourth Celebration	Still Image	Festivals Holidays Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Special events Food Craft Demonstrations Games Music performance Performing arts Gospel (Black) Children	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival	Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Special events Needlework Demonstrations Craft Netmaking Nets	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats	Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats	Still Image	Artisans Fieldwork Palm frond weaving Palmetto weaving Hats Plants Flora Minorcans Craft Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch	Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch	Still Image	Quiltmakers Material culture Textiles Craft Quilts Textile arts Domestic arts Quilting Decorative arts Design Porches	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating	Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating	Still Image	Education Schools Classrooms Elementary schools Students Teaching of folklore Egg decoration Eggs Easter eggs Craft Demonstrations Painting Holidays and festivals Artisans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets	Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets	Still Image	Basket maker Material culture Baskets Basket making Craft Containers Wood Domestic arts Woven goods White oak	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival	Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Spinner Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Craft Cotton Spinning wheels Spinning	/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

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Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Viki Grimm discussing pinata making

Viki Grimm discussing pinata making

1981 July Fourth Celebration

1981 July Fourth Celebration

Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats

Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats

Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch

Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets

Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets

Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

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Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Viki Grimm discussing pinata making

Viki Grimm discussing pinata making

1981 July Fourth Celebration

1981 July Fourth Celebration

Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Activities at the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival

Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats

Ada Mickler and her palmetto hats

Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch

Alma Bailey quilting on her front porch

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Duffy demonstrating Easter egg decorating

Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets

Ann Prescott's spilt white oak baskets

Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Anne Lunestad spinning cotton at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams