| a_s1714_04_tape35 | Interview with Maybelle (Stokes) Parker | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recording
Labor
Occupational groups
Fisheries
Selling
Specialty stores
Maritime life
Stores, retail
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Rivers
Water hyacinth
Timber
Cypress
Seining
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Maybelle (Stokes) Parker
- Date
- 1985-02-12
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with Mrs. Maybelle Stokes Parker, a former fish house owner on the St. Johns River. She discusses the effects of sport fishing on the commercial fish trade; fishing regulations; water hyacinths; Depression-era life; her husband's early work in timber; seining; catfishing; and running a fishhouse. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1708_04_tape12 | Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum | Sound | Fieldwork
Museum collection
Museums
Cypress
Woodwork
Trees
Decorative arts
Exhibits
Material culture
Tourism
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Interviews
Sound recordings
Woodworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum
- Date
- 1987-01-15
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. 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.
- Collection
| Seminole canoe makers Bobby Henry and apprentice Danny Wilcox | Seminole canoe makers Bobby Henry and apprentice Danny Wilcox | Still Image | Fieldwork
Apprentices
Canoes
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Cypress
Boatbuilding
Woodwork
Material culture
Indian reservations
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Seminole canoe makers Bobby Henry and apprentice Danny Wilcox
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- Three black and white prints, and two color prints. Wilcox served as apprentice to Henry in 1988. Henry grew up on the Tamiami Trail, and learned canoe making from his father. For more on Wilcox and Henry, see S 1644, box 3, folder 9. 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
| Wood carver Tom Gaskins | Wood carver Tom Gaskins | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cypress
Workshops
Woodwork
Material culture
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carver Tom Gaskins
- Date
- 1992-03-06
- Description
- One proof sheet with 24 black and white images (plus negatives). Gaskins ran a Cypress Knee Mseum, and was a 1988 Florida Heirtage Award winner. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
- Collection
| Wood carvings by Bill Cooey | Wood carvings by Bill Cooey | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Wood craft
Figurines
Decorative arts
Woodwork
Material culture
Flutes
Wind instruments
Cypress
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carvings by Bill Cooey
- Date
- 1987-09
- Description
- Twelve color slides. Bill Cooey, who has a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle where he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey started learning the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. 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.
- Collection
| Wood carvings by Susan Yohn | Wood carvings by Susan Yohn | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Wood craft
Artists
Artisans
Art
Material culture
Figurines
Cypress
Sculpture
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wood carvings by Susan Yohn
- Date
- 1985-02-09
- Description
- Nineteen color slides. Images of carvings by Susan Yohn, a self-taught wood carver and artist. Her carvings painted figurines and busts made from cypress knees. There are also three images of Yohn in her workshop (1874-1876). In winter 1985, the Bureau joined 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.
- Collection
| Nell Brodus making cypress furniture at the Florida Folk Festival | Nell Brodus making cypress furniture at the Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Furniture
Material culture
Woodwork
Carpentry
Demonstrations
Cypress
Household items
Furniture maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Cypress fuirniture maker Robert James Rudd looking for cypress trees | Cypress fuirniture maker Robert James Rudd looking for cypress trees | Still Image | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Cypress
Swamps
Wetlands
Environment
Trees
Nature | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress fuirniture maker Robert James Rudd looking for cypress trees
- Date
- Description
- Six color slides. A former construction worker, Rudd built wicker furniture from cypress. Originally the cypress was local, but as development increased, he began acquiring the wood areas north of him. More of the images can be found in S 1685, volume 2. 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.
- Collection
| Cypress fuirniture maker Robert James Rudd looking for cypress trees | Cypress fuirniture maker Robert James Rudd looking for cypress trees | Still Image | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Cypress
Swamps
Wetlands
Environment
Trees
Nature | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress fuirniture maker Robert James Rudd looking for cypress trees
- Date
- 1987-01-31
- Description
- Twenty color slides. A former construction worker, Rudd built wicker furniture from cypress. Originally the cypress was local, but as development increased, he began acquiring the wood areas north of him. 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.
- Collection
| Cypress furniture by Robert James Rudd and Neil Brooks | Cypress furniture by Robert James Rudd and Neil Brooks | Still Image | Furniture maker
Furniture
Furniture makers
Wicker furniture
Cypress
Woodwork
Chairs
Wood craft
Tables
Apprentices
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress furniture by Robert James Rudd and Neil Brooks
- Date
- 1986-11
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. 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
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