| a_s1576_01_c77-025 | Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview | Sound | Interviews
Crafts industry
Minorcans
Fishing nets
Netmaking
Hat making
Local history
Palmetto
Weaving
Florida history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Ada Mickler, Jean, and Libby Waldron interview
- Date
- 1977-05-24
- Description
- One audio cassette. Difficult to hear. On side one, interview of Ada Mickler of St. Augustine, Florida, in the laundromat where she works. Mickler talks about cast nets, palmetto hats, Spanish drawnwork. Followed by interview of Jean Waldron (with her sister Libby) on palmetto and palm fans, quilts and White Springs history. Tape recorder malfunctions at the end of side one. Interview continues on side two.
- Collection
| a_s1685_07_tape17 | Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Carpentry
Field recordings
Fishing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Fishing nets
Gillnets
Fishing equipment
Fishing boats
Seafaring life | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Allen R. Symonette interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1987-10-13
- Description
- Two audio casettes. Symonette, the son of pioneer Palm Beach fisher Winifred Symonette, was born in Rivera Beach, and fished until 1966. By the time of the interview, he was a carpenter. He discusses learning fishing from his father at 6; the fishing industry in the 1930s through 1960s; boating; seasonal fishing; types of fishes caught; gill netting; regulations; tackle involved; and moving to carpentry in the 1960s.
- Collection
| An abandoned fish house on the St. Johns River | An abandoned fish house on the St. Johns River | Still Image | Fieldwork
Structures
Fishing nets
Fishing
Buildings
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishes
Occupational groups
Fishing tackle
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
An abandoned fish house on the St. Johns River
- Date
- 1985-02-27
- Description
- Nine color slides. Images of fisher Jackie Bennett at his father Doc Bennett's old fish house. Images of hoop nets, tar pots, a table for fish cleaning, and an old building. 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
| a_s1685_05_tape06 | Ben Hartig & David Snyder interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Fishing tackle
Fishing nets
Fish traps
Netting (textiles)
Fishing rods
Fishing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Boat builder Herman Wells in his shop | Boat builder Herman Wells in his shop | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Maritime life
Boatbuilding
Occupational groups
Material culture
Woodwork
Carpentry
Wood craft
Workshops
Fishing nets
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat builder Herman Wells in his shop
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- Nine color slides. Images of Wells building a boat and displaying fishing nets. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| Boats in front of Miller's Fish Camp | Boats in front of Miller's Fish Camp | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Boats and boating
Fishers
Fisheries
Mullet fisheries
Mullet fishing
Shrimpers (persons)
Fishing nets
Trawlers (Vessels)
Docks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Buddy Maddox demonstrating cast nets and oyster tongs | Buddy Maddox demonstrating cast nets and oyster tongs | Still Image | Casting (Fishing)
Material culture
Occupational groups
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishing nets
Nets
Oyster tongs
Demonstrations
Oyster fisheries
Libraries
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_14_c84-090 | Buddy Maddox program | Sound | Blacksmiths
Turpentiners
Net maker
Libraries
Life histories
Oral histories
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Turpentine industry workers
Turpentining
Blacksmithing
Net makers
Fishing nets
Maritime life
Florida history
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Buddy Maddox program
- Date
- 1984-03-31
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Public program for NEH Library Grant: Turpentining, Blacksmithing, Castnet Making Buddy Maddox talks of growing up in the turpentining business with his father; his schooling; his marriage; working the ferry with his father; turpentine forests; blacksmithing career; cast net making; fishing.
- Collection
| Burbank family netmaking shop | Burbank family netmaking shop | Still Image | Netmaking
Shrimpers (persons)
Fishing nets
Implements, utensils, etc.
Woven goods
Weaving
Textiles
Material culture
Work
Stores, retail
Net maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Burbank family netmaking shop
- Date
- 1980-07-22
- Description
- Five black and white prints P80-325: Standard hardware store; P80-326-328: Burbank trawl net makers; P80-329: Trawl nets hung up to dry
- Collection
| a_s1576_21_c86-141 | Captain Jake Stone interview for Fishing All My Days | Sound | Net maker
Field recordings
Interviews
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Interviewing
Fishing nets
Netmaking
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Selling seafood
Oral history
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishing
Fishers
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Captain Jake Stone interview for Fishing All My Days
- Date
- 1984-08-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Audio does not start immediately. C86-143: Capt. Jake Stone discusses his early years in shrimping, 1947-1948; his first shrimp boat was the "Jim Dozier"; tells fishing story; discusses shrimping in the present day - differences; family background; shrimp boats he's run; New Smyrna, Florida as "shrimping Mecca"; modern shrimping ports; communication; "heading" shrimp stories; shrimping as a family business; superstitions among fishermen; "oil drip" story; shrimp captain, "Gator Pierce"; fisherman, Ralph Weatherly; fishing territories; electric reels; net-making; old-time net-maker, Anchor Damgard; fisherman, Johnny McDonald; tells fishing and shrimping stories throughout tape. C86-141: Captain Stone discusses various aspects of shrimping and netmaking such as the types of nets he made ("Jubilee" nets, "Joe Lucas" nets, and "Brownie" nets); innovations in his net-making; intricacies of net-making and how they work; seasonal runs of shrimp; decreasing catches of shrimp and rising prices; legends of shark feeding; younger generation's lack of interest in net making; modern shrimping vs. shrimping when Capt. Stone was younger. Interview conducted during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV). A transcript of the interview can be found in S 1579, box 1, folder: "C86-99 through C86-149."
- Collection
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