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Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen

Date: 1978-05-19
Description: One audio cassette. Side 1: Mildred Bowen, who started sewing and making dolls when she was ten years old, discusses the types of dolls she makes (straight, flip, bodyline), the materials she uses (usually cotton), and detailing and decorating the dolls. Side 2: Bowen talks about the advantages of machine sewing over hand sewing, the time it takes to complete a doll, painting with liquid embroidery, and discusses the benefits of homemade dolls over store-bought dolls.
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Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen

Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago

Date: 1981-11-18
Description: Two reel to reels. Santiago discusses basket making including when and how she learned the craft; patterns and designs; the choice of colors and materials (usually pine needles and/or palmetto fronds); teaching the young; selling baskets; and the process. She also discusses doll making, patchwork, and Seminole clothing. Finally, she tells a folk tale about rabbits. The recordings 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. Copied onto audiocassette C83-35 and C83-36. 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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Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Date: 1989-03-22
Description: One audio cassette. Interview with Johns about Seminole dollmaking. But she also talks about growing up on the Tamiami Trail, living in a chickee, the foodways of her family, patchwork, education, basketmaking, and her family history. For images of Johns, and the interview, see S 1680 box 1, fodlers 1 and 2.
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Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette (3/4" tape). 20 minutes. Nikitas and Toni Tsimouris: Nikitas performs on and Toni explains the tsabouna (Greek bagpipe); Seminole Family Camp - palm frond roofing, making ash, patchwork, dolls, sweetgrass basketry.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Date: 1979-05-27
Description: Twenty-four black and whites prints (all 8x10, and mounted) These images were used for an exhibit. From folder 33: 83-99 Thelma Boltin in White Springs 83-100 Delafean making a doll in Live Oak. 83-101 Evelyn Johnson with a sewing basket, Lake City 83-102 Unknown person making a melon basket in White Springs 83-103 Grace Langdale, with square dance dolls in White Springs 83-104 Unknown quilter working at the Crafts Guild in White Springs 83-105 Linda Thomas at a loom in White Springs From folder 34: 83-106 Linda Waldron with gourd head dolls in White Springs 83-107 Madge Taylor, with cross-stitch quilt, in White Springs 83-108 Mary Boorman in White Springs 83-109 Mildred Bowman, dollmaker, in Jasper 83-110 Barbara Ceryak and her basket, White Springs 83-111 Bertha Burnham with a basket of dolls in White Springs From folder 35: 83-112 Midge Boorman and her dog, Jackpot, in White Springs 83-113 Mary Boorman making dolls in White Springs 83-114 Nancy Morgan teaching patchwork sewing, White Springs 83-115 Dolls made by Bertha Burnham in White Springs 83-116 Quilt Show in White Springs 83-117 Grace Langdale and Bertha Burnham caning a chair in White Springs From folder 36: 83-118 Quilters at the Suwannee River Crafts Guild in White Springs 83-119 Louise Lord with Quilt in Live Oak 83-120 Elizabeth Maltby making a basket in White Springs 83-121 Basket maker Clara Harris in White Springs 83-122 Chair caner Agnes Henry in White Springs 83-123 Nancy Morgan with quilt in White Springs
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Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center

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Description: Thirty-five black and white negatives. 1-7: Pat Chase, pine needle crafts; 8-11: Carolee Jandrean, dolls; 12-14: Christine Schreier, dolls; 15-21: Margaret Horvath, Hungarian embroidery; 22-24: Greg Gage, wood craft; 25-31: Don Marshal, wood carvings; 32-35: Greg Gage.
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Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1987-06-08
Description: Two proof with 72 black and white images (plus negatives).
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Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center

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Description: Five black and white prints. May 1978.
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Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center

Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel

Date: 1993-12-08
Description: Six color slides.
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Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel

Doll maker Grace Langdale

Date: 1982
Description: One black and white print. The folder contains biographical information on Ms. Langdale.
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Doll maker Grace Langdale

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a_s1576_02_c78-059a	Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen	Sound	Dollmakers Interviews Fieldwork Dollmaking Dolls Toy making Toys Decorative arts Life histories Material culture Textile arts Sewing Sewing machines	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-050	Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago	Sound	Fieldwork Native Americans Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Basket making Interviewing Interviews Sound recordings Sweetgrass baskets Oral histories Life histories Family history Palmetto weaving Plants Toys Dolls Clothing and dress Storytelling Tales Basket maker Needleworkers Dollmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1680_02_tape08	Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls	Sound	Dollmakers Fieldwork Seminole Indians Ethnicity, Seminole Interviews Dollmaking Dolls Oral histories Native Americans Life histories Toys Decorative arts Oral narratives Interviewing Food preparation Cooking and dining Chickee	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Artisans Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Bagpipe music Tsabouna Arts, Greek Greek Americans Palm frond weaving Seminole Indians Native Americans Patchwork Dolls Sweetgrass baskets Basket making Bagpipers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida	Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida	Still Image	Basket maker Dollmakers Needleworkers Chair-makers Fieldwork Dolls Toys Basket making Basket work Baskets Dogs Teaching Sewing Patchwork Chair caning Quilts Quilt patterns Chairs Domestic arts Decorative arts Material culture Equipment, domestic arts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center	Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Demonstrations Craft Wood carving Toys Dollmaking Dolls Material culture Embroidery Textile arts Dollmakers Artisans Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival	Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Demonstrations Baskets Seminole Indians Dolls Selling	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center	Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Quilting Quilts Material culture Textile arts Domestic arts Decorative arts Woven goods Palmetto weaving Dollmaking Dolls Toys Craft Quiltmakers Dollmakers Weavers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel	Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel	Still Image	Dollmakers Needleworkers Fieldwork Material culture Craft Dolls Decorative arts Dollmaking Needlework Toys Crocheting	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Doll maker Grace Langdale	Doll maker Grace Langdale	Still Image	Dolls Material culture Toys Craft Decorative arts Dollmakers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen

Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen

Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago

Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center

Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center

Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel

Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel

Doll maker Grace Langdale

Doll maker Grace Langdale

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Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen

Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen

Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago

Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida

Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Craft demonstrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Craft sales area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center

Crafts at the Stephen Foster Center

Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel

Crochet dolls by Pauline Leitzel

Doll maker Grace Langdale

Doll maker Grace Langdale