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Interview with furniture maker George Wilson

Date: 1983-03-28
Description: One audio cassette. Mr. Wilson discusses family history; how he learned to build furniture from his father; where his father learned; how his family became involved in building cypress furniture; moving from Tampa to Lee, Florida; how he makes his furniture; why he stays in the business; time it takes to build a chair; alteration in furniture design; other family involved in the business; experiences in the woods while cutting trees for furniture; names of furniture pieces (Nusz notes that Mr. Wilson worked as he was interviewed).
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Interview with furniture maker George Wilson

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Date: 1997-05-24
Description: One audio cassette recordings. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rudd, interviewed by Dr. Jan Rosenberg, discuss Mr. Rudd's background in chair-making beginning with mangrove and then switching to cypress. They (primarily Mr. Rudd) discuss the method of building a chair and how to care for one.
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Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Date: 1997-05-24
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT). Mortham was Secretary of State. She presented the 1997 Florida Folk heritage Awards to Rudd (cypress furniture maker), Epstein Brothers (Klezmer musicians), Scott (herbal healer), and McBride (blues pianist).
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Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Reed Leonard's furniture

Date: 1988-01
Description: Seventeen color slides. Examples of Reed Leonard's furniture. He is pictured in one image.
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Reed Leonard's furniture

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1978-05
Description: Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
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1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Date: 1988-03
Description: Seven black and white negatives. Rufus Adams and apprentice(stepdaughter) Annie Sellers making corn shuck bottomed chairs. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
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Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Billy Bryan's wood furniture

Date: 1989-01
Description: Thirteen color slides. Images of Billy Bryan and examples of his wooden furniture.
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Billy Bryan's wood furniture

Chair caning

Date: 1980
Description: Thirteen color slides.
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Chair caning

Chair maker Agnes Henry

Date: 1982
Description: One black and white print.
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Chair maker Agnes Henry

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Date: 1978-12
Description: One black and white print.
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Chair maker Rufus Adams

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a_s1576_77_d97-017	Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Bluegrass music Stringband music Florida. Dept. of State (1995-1999 : Mortham) String bands Old time music Secretaries of State (State governments) Public officers Awards Singers Musicians Public officer Secretary of State Furniture maker Pianists Herbalists Bands (Music)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Reed Leonard's furniture	Reed Leonard's furniture	Still Image	Furniture maker Woodwork Furniture Material culture Wood craft Household items	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs	1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs	Still Image	African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Demonstrations Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Restaurants Cabinetwork Carpentry Woodwork Quilting Quilts Textile arts Chair caning Quiltmakers Carpenters Cabinetmakers Furniture maker Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams	Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams	Still Image	Material culture Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Domestic arts Woodwork Apprentices Women apprentices Fieldwork (educational method) Craft African Americans Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Billy Bryan's wood furniture	Billy Bryan's wood furniture	Still Image	Furniture maker Loggers Woodwork Wood carving Wood Furniture Household items Material culture Whittling Wood craft	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chair caning	Chair caning	Still Image	Fieldwork Furniture makers Material culture Chairs Chair caning Furniture Household items Elderly, the Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chair maker Agnes Henry	Chair maker Agnes Henry	Still Image	Material culture Chairs Furniture Household items Furniture maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chair maker Rufus Adams	Chair maker Rufus Adams	Still Image	African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Household items Craft Woodwork Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Interview with furniture maker George Wilson

Interview with furniture maker George Wilson

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Reed Leonard's furniture

Reed Leonard's furniture

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Billy Bryan's wood furniture

Billy Bryan's wood furniture

Chair caning

Chair caning

Chair maker Agnes Henry

Chair maker Agnes Henry

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chair maker Rufus Adams

State Archives of Florida

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Interview with furniture maker George Wilson

Interview with furniture maker George Wilson

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)

Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Saturday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Reed Leonard's furniture

Reed Leonard's furniture

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams

Billy Bryan's wood furniture

Billy Bryan's wood furniture

Chair caning

Chair caning

Chair maker Agnes Henry

Chair maker Agnes Henry

Chair maker Rufus Adams

Chair maker Rufus Adams