| a_s1576_13_c84-053 | Interview with furniture maker George Wilson | Sound | Furniture maker
Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Furniture makers
Furniture making
Cypress
Woodwork
Furniture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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).
- Collection
| a_s1685_07_tape08 | Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Furniture makers
Woodcarvers
Field recordings
Furniture
Wicker furniture
Interviews
Woodworking shops
Carpentry
Chairs
Cypress trees
Oral narratives
Great Depression
Hunting
Local history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1986-09-14
- Description
- Three audio cassettes. A former construction worker who was born in Boynton Beach, Rudd built wicker furniture from cypress. Originally the cypress was local, but as development increased, he began acquiring the wood areas north of him. Few power tools were used to make the furniture. In the interview he discusses his father's furniture making career; types of furniture made; tools used; selling furniture; growing during the Depression in South Florida; Cedar Key; the loss of timber sources; the Florida East Coast railway; his career in the US Navy; frog and alligator hunting; snakes; and furniture made from grapevine.
- Collection
| a_s1576_68_c97-075 | Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
Chairs
Furniture makers
Furniture making
Cypress
Mangrove plants
Trees
Wood craft
Woodwork
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Still Image | Apprentices
Furniture
Furniture makers
Exhibits
Education
Woodwork
Teaching of folklore
Chair-makers
Wood craft
Photography
Baskets
Basket work
Oyster tongs | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center
- Date
- 1987-11
- Description
- Eight color slides. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| 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 caning
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- Thirteen color slides.
- Collection
| Cypress Furniture | Cypress Furniture | Still Image | Furniture maker
Fieldwork
Furniture
Furniture makers
Material culture
Craft
Wicker furniture
Chairs
Tables
Wood craft
Woodwork | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress Furniture
- Date
- 1981-08-26
- Description
- Five color slides. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
| Cypress furniture by Robert James Rudd and Neil Brooks | Cypress furniture by Robert James Rudd and Neil Brooks | Still Image | Furniture maker
Furniture
Furniture makers
Wicker furniture
Cypress
Woodwork
Chairs
Wood craft
Tables
Apprentices
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress furniture by Robert James Rudd and Neil Brooks
- Date
- 1986-11
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| Cypress furniture maker Robert James Rudd | Cypress furniture maker Robert James Rudd | Still Image | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Furniture makers
Wicker furniture
Furniture
Material culture
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Carpentry
Chair-makers
Chairs
Cypress | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress furniture maker Robert James Rudd
- Date
- 1986-09-14
- Description
- Thirty-one color slides. A former construction worker, Rudd built wicker furniture from cypress. Originally the cypress was local, but as development increased, he began acquiring the wood areas north of him. Few powertools was used to make the furniture. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Cypress furniture making demonstration | Cypress furniture making demonstration | Still Image | Furniture maker
Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Furniture makers
Wicker furniture
Cypress
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Education
Demonstrations
School field trips
Woodwork
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cypress furniture making demonstration
- Date
- 1987-01-26
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| Duplicate images from the Folk Arts in the Schools project (Columbia County) | Duplicate images from the Folk Arts in the Schools project (Columbia County) | Still Image | Quiltmakers
Needleworkers
Furniture maker
Chair-makers
Fieldwork
Quilting
Quilts
Material culture
Decorative arts
Needlework
Furniture
Furniture makers
Demonstrations
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Duplicate images from the Folk Arts in the Schools project (Columbia County)
- Date
- 1982
- Description
- Five black and white negatives. These are duplicates of slides from the Folk Arts in the Schools project for Columbia County. (S82-1215 -- chair maker Whisnant; S82-1155 & S82-1156 -- quilter Mebelen Holloway; S82-1186 -- storyteller Cooper; S82-1282 -- Suwannee River Crafts Guild.) The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
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