a_s1576_t85-218 | Interview with Myakka City resident Larry Albritton | Sound | Farmers Beekeepers Fieldwork Interviews Personal experience narratives Oral histories Family history Alligators Distilling, Illicit Ranching Hunting Hunting Anecdotes Cookery (Alligator) Fences Education Local history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Myakka City resident Larry Albritton
- Date
- 1984-02-05
- Description
- One reel to reel. Albritton talks about growing up in Myakka, including hunting (alligators, frogs, and rabbits), ranching, going to school, moonshining, and fishing. The Myakka Community Profile Project was conducted between October 1983 and March 1984 through a partnership with the Crowley Museum and Nature Center, and the Florida Folklife Program, funded by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The fieldwork and resultant booklet/slideshow, created by museum employee Robert Cottrell and folklorist Pat Waterman, was to profile the lifestyles and values of the Myakka community, located in Southwest Florida in Manatee County. See S 1682 for more information on the project.
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a_s1714_04_tape44 | Interview with turpentiner Anders Woodard | Sound | Fieldwork Sound recording Interviewing Interviews Life histories Oral histories Oral narratives Occupational groups Turpentine Turpentine industry workers Turpentining Hunting Turpentiners Hunters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with turpentiner Anders Woodard
- Date
- 1985-02-18
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with raccoon trapper, farmer, and former tupentiner Anders Woodard. He discusses his history as a raccoon trapper; farmer; turpentiner; process of gathering the gum for turpentine; early life in Tallahassee, making syrup; use of turpentine spirits and rosin; trapping, skinning, cleaning and selling raccoon hides; training dogs for hunting; deer, alligator and bear hunting; and working during the depression. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted 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.
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a_s1576_23_c86-196 | Interview with wood worker John Cross | Sound | Carpenters Fieldwork Sound recordings Interviews Life histories Oral histories Woodwork Railroads Maritime life Wood craft Hunting Woodworking tools Wood carving Whip making Family history Ranching Community culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with wood worker John Cross
- Date
- 1984-12-04
- Description
- One audio cassette. Cross, a former railroader and sea merchant, discusses Bryceville, Florida; his father, a machinist, millwright, and Baldwin Chief of Police; work as a cattle rancher; hog hunting; working for the railroads; carpentry; traditional woodworking tools: drawing knife, planes, shaving horse, spoke shave; whip maker, and Curly Dekle. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. 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. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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a_s1685_06_tape22 | Norman Padgett interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings Boats Tools Hunting equipment Frogs (amphibians) Hunting Clothing Hunting stories Florida history Interviews Oral narratives Alligators Nature Catfish Fishing nets Fishing equipment | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Norman Padgett interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1986-10-13
- Description
- Two audio tapes. Padgett discusses frog hunting, commercial fishing on Lake Okeechobee, and hunting alligators. In the interview, he also discusses the history of airboating in Florida; hunting equipment and process; haul seine fishing; conservation efforts; exotic species; hydrilla; and the outlawing of gator hunting.
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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.
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a_s2034_04_cd03-105 | Saturday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 7) | Sound | Hunters Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Guitar music Hunting Hunting Folklore Hunting stories Minorcan Americans Storytelling Oral narratives Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s2034_05_cd06-085 | Saturday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9) | Sound | Trappers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Personal experience narratives Workshops (Adult education) Alligator hunting American alligator Alligators Hunting Hunting Equipment and supplies Hunting stories Occupational groups Trapping Hunters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Deer hunting club in Green Cove Springs | Deer hunting club in Green Cove Springs | Still Image | Hunting Deer Animals Food preparation Cooking and dining Cookery (Venison) Venison Deer hunters Hunters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Deer hunting club in Green Cove Springs
- Date
- 1985-02-22
- Description
- Twelve color slides. Images of deer hunters and their families at a hunting club preparing deer meat (venison) for dinner. 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 a great deal of 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.
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Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work | Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work | Still Image | Fieldwork Wood carving Woodwork Woodworking tools Material culture Workplace Workshops Occupational groups Labor Wood craft Decoys Hunting Artisans Decoys (Hunting) Wildlife wood-carving Decorative arts Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work
- Date
- 1988-07
- Description
- Forty-nine color slides. Originally from Indiana, Berg is a self-taught wood duck decoy carver. These decoys were used for hunters and at gun ranges. Slides includes images of Berg working on his decoys, as well as examples of his work. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curricula. 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, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Franklin Purvis and his hunting tack | Franklin Purvis and his hunting tack | Still Image | Fieldwork Tools Wagons Transportation Vehicles Hunting Hunters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |