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Cypress Knee Museum

Date: 1987-01-15
Description: Sixteen proof sheets, with 538 black and white images (plus negatives). 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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Cypress Knee Museum

Date: 1987-01-15
Description: 189 color slides. Images are dark and difficult to see. 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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Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show

Date: 1987-10-27
Description: One video recording (VHS) Recorded off of television. Because of copyright concerns, no duplicates will be made.
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Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Date: 1977
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 32 minutes) A completed episode of Florida Yesterday, hosted by Frog Smith. Called Pioneer Homes, it involved Frog and Cypress Knee Museum owner Tom Gaskins making cypress shingles and discussing carpentry, jokes, hunting stores, and local lore. Also includes ten minutes of cutaways and inserts of the museum, including the workshop, signs, and exhibits. For more images of Gaskins, see S 1577, volume 58, S 1708, volume 1, and S 1624, box 2, folder 13. For an interview, see S 1708, box 4, tapes 12-15.
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Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Date: 1987-11-22
Description: Twenty-five color slides. Gaskins owned a cypress craft museum. Images of him in his work shop, and a sign at the museum. 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 project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Date: 1989-01
Description: Seven color slides. Examples of Johns's work, including carved walking canes and wooden handled knives.
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Bobby Johns wood carvings

Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)

Date: 1977
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 84 minutes). Music: 3-15-1977. Consists of several music performances, with stories by Frog. He also discusses the history of several musical instruments with son George Smith. For more footage of this episode, see V86-55, FV-26 & FV-25. Filmed in J.V. Parker's horse barn. Sawmill: Raw footage of Frog talking with sawmill worker Joe Hendry, at Jerome Lumber Company. They discuss sawmilling in Florida in the early 1900s, including pine and cypress timber, logging, accidents and dangers of sawmills, child labor, and tools involved. Discuss working in Wassau, Kenansville, Okeechobee, Hopkins, Lake City, Levy County, and along the Suwannee River. For more footage, see FV-26, V86-29, and V86-25.
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Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)

Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida

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Description: Proof sheet with 37 black and white images (located in envelope 1). Index included.
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Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Date: 1977
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 61 minutes) Music: 21 minutes. Consists of several music performances, with stories by Frog. He also discusses the history of several musical instruments with son George Smith. For more footage of this episode, see FV-25, V86-55 & FV-27. Filmed in J.V. Parker's horse barn. Pioneer Homes: 23 minutes. Frog and Cypress Knee Museum owner Tom Gaskins making cypress shingles and discussing carpentry, jokes, hunting stores, and local lore. For more, see FV-32. Sawmills: 17 minutes. Frog Smith talking with sawmill worker Joe Hendry at Jerome Lumber Company. They discuss sawmilling, timber, and lumber trade. For more footage, see V86-25 and V86-29.
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Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida

Date: 32513
Description: One photographic print with 37 black and white images (located in enevelope 3). Includes negatives and an index. Images of Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching operations. Supervisor Barbara Dye is pictured in images 30-31.
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Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
Cypress Knee Museum	Cypress Knee Museum	Still Image	Woodworkers Fieldwork Museum collection Museums Cypress Woodwork Trees Decorative arts Exhibits Material culture Tourism	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Cypress Knee Museum	Cypress Knee Museum	Still Image	Woodworkers Fieldwork Museum collection Museums Cypress Woodwork Trees Decorative arts Exhibits Material culture Tourism	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show	Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show	Moving Image	Woodworkers Wood carvers Television Interviewing on television Interviews Cypress	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)	Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)	Moving Image	Woodworkers Documentary videos Shingles Cypress Wood craft Woodworking tools Tools Carpentry tools Material culture Storytelling Humor Tall tales Personal experience narratives Oral narratives Signs and signboards Museums Tourism Workshops Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum	Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum	Still Image	Woodworkers Woodwork Cypress Museums Wood Wood craft Workshops Workplace Material culture Signs and signboards	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bobby Johns wood carvings	Bobby Johns wood carvings	Still Image	Wood carvers Material culture Woodwork Wood craft Wood carving Wood Art Cypress	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)	Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)	Moving Image	Singers Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Folk singers Storytelling Television Country music Old time music String bands Stringband music Musical instruments String instruments Timber Sawmills Sawmilling Lumber trade Occupational folklore Occupational groups Tools Tree felling Longleaf pine Cypress Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida	Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida	Still Image	Sawmills Wood Sawmilling Cypress Trees Work Timber Occupational groups Milling Logging	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill	Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill	Moving Image	Musicians Sawmill workers Woodworkers Storytelling Television Personal experience narratives Oral performance Music performance Cypress Jokes Humor Oral narratives Country music Family history Sawmilling Sawmills Timber Lumber trade Shingles Saws Stringband music Musical instruments Carpentry tools Woodworking tools Singing Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida	Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida	Still Image	Loggers Cypress Trees Mulching Machinery Mills Milling Material culture Work Wood	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show

Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)

Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)

Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida

Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida

Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida

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Cypress Knee Museum

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Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show

Cypress sculptor Tom Gaskins on The Tonight Show

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Bobby Johns wood carvings

Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)

Florida Yesterday: Music (master version) & Sawmill (raw footage)

Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida

Corbitt Cypress Company sawmill in Jasper, Florida

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida

Corbitt Cypress Company's mulching mill in Jasper, Florida