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Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One video cassette (3/4" tape). Video includes Mary McClain and Willie James performing; Seminole dollmaking; and the Shoestring Puppet Theater.
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Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)

Seminole women making baskets and dolls

Date: 1982
Description: Twenty-one color slides. Images of Seminole women making baskets and dolls at the Immokalee Arts and Craft Center. One of the women is identified as Chicken Roberts. The images were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other with traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
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Seminole women making baskets and dolls

Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)

Date: 1982
Description: One audio cassette (plus three duplicate copies.) An educational audio and slide program about Seminole designs. The program was created from earlier fieldwork images and audio recordings. In the late 1970s, the FFP under the direction of Bulger created six audio and slide programs about Florida folklife for use by schools, libraries, and other organizations.
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Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)

Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Date: 1982
Description: Fifteen color slides. 850-851: Wooden spoon made by Robert Osceola; 852-856: Woman displaying basket and dolls; 859-861: three coil grass baskets; 862-864: The Hollywood Arts and Crafts Center. The images were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other with traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
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Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project

Date: 1982-01-27
Description: One audio cassette. Billie, through her interpreter Jumper, discusses making and selling dolls; the younger generation's interest in the Green Corn Dance; music and attendance at the Green Corn Dance; Seminole burial traditions for adults and children; inventing airboats (which were made from Model Ts); women's hairstyles; teaching children traditional crafts, traditions, and values; sewing patchwork design; and winning a prize for a doll she made.
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Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project

Quilter Lila Creel

Date: 1978-12
Description: Two color slides.
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Quilter Lila Creel

Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham

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Description: One black and white print. Portrait of Burnham, a doll maker. 1979.
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Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham

Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation

Date: 1982
Description: Fourteen color slides. Images of a Mukasuki woman sewing patchwork and making dolls. The images were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
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Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation

Needlework by Linda Waldron

Date: 1983
Description: Eleven color slides. Spring 1983.
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Needlework by Linda Waldron

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Date: 1989-03-23
Description: Twenty-five color slides. Images of Johns making her dolls (chickees visible in the background). There are also several images of her dolls. Finally, there are couple of images of folkorist Nusz interviewing Johns. For a recording of that interview, see S 1680 box 2, tape 8.
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Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

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Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)	Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)	Moving Image	Pianists Dollmakers Artisans Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Special events Seminole Indians Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Singing Gospel music Puppets Puppet theater Beadwork Dolls Dollmaking Blues singers Puppeteers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Seminole women making baskets and dolls	Seminole women making baskets and dolls	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Indian reservations Demonstrations Basket making Basket work Sweetgrass baskets Craft Dolls Material culture Basket maker Dollmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_39_tape18	Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)	Sound	Dollmakers Needleworkers Education Interviews Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Folklife Native Americans Fieldwork (educational method) Dollmaking Decorative arts Teaching of folklore Demonstrations Patchwork Design Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation	Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Indian reservations Wood carving Woodwork Basketry Baskets Wood craft Material culture Sweetgrass baskets Architecture Buildings Basket maker Wood carvers Dollmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project	Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project	sound	Dollmakers Field recordings Interviews Oral histories Oral narratives Native Americans Seminole Indians Dollmaking Textiles Patchwork Mikasuki language Folk dance Holidays and festivals	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Quilter Lila Creel	Quilter Lila Creel	Still Image	Dollmakers Fieldwork Quilting Quilts Quilted goods Material culture Domestic arts Decorative arts Design Textile arts Textiles	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham	Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham	Still Image	Dollmaking Women Artisans Domestic arts Dollmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation	Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation	Still Image	Fieldwork Mikasuki Indians Native Americans Sewing Chickee Buildings Architecture Cooking and dining Patchwork Dolls Indian reservations Needleworkers Dollmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Needlework by Linda Waldron	Needlework by Linda Waldron	Still Image	Needleworkers Artisans Dollmakers Fieldwork Material culture Craft Decorative arts Needlework Dolls Toys Pillows	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls	Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls	Still Image	Dollmakers Fieldwork Seminole Indians Ethnicity, Seminole Indian reservations Dollmaking Dolls Figurines Native Americans Material culture Toys Decorative arts Folklorists Interviewing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)

Seminole women making baskets and dolls

Seminole women making baskets and dolls

Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)

Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)

Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project

Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project

Quilter Lila Creel

Quilter Lila Creel

Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham

Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham

Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation

Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation

Needlework by Linda Waldron

Needlework by Linda Waldron

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

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Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 6 of 15)

Seminole women making baskets and dolls

Seminole women making baskets and dolls

Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)

Seminole Designs (slide and tape program)

Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Seminole crafts at Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation

Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project

Ruby Billie interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project

Quilter Lila Creel

Quilter Lila Creel

Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham

Portrait of doll maker Bertha Burnham

Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation

Patchwork sewing at Miccosukee Reservation

Needlework by Linda Waldron

Needlework by Linda Waldron

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls