| a_s1576_22_c86-168b | Interview with dog trainer Vernon Harris | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Animals
Working dogs
Animal training
Occupational groups
Community culture
Hunting
Turpentining
Timber
Turpentine industry and trade
Railroads
Leisure
Animal trainers
Dog trainers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with dog trainer Vernon Harris
- Date
- 1984-11-13
- Description
- One audio cassette. Harris discusses growing up in Baldwin, and the effects turpentining and railroads have had there; local culture; hunting; dog training; and glass 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 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, 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.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape47 | Interview with hunter Buddy Beck | Sound | Hunters
Fieldwork
Sound recording
Interviewing
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Dogs
Working dogs
Working animals
Deer
Hunting
Deer hunters
Mandolin music
Mandolins
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with hunter Buddy Beck
- Date
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with hunter and deer hunting dog breeder Buddy Beck. On the side, he also plays bluegrass music on the mandolin with the Trivette family. Born in Live Oak, he discusses family history; raising dogs; hunting; mandolins; the Trivette family; and bluegrass music. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_02_c78-055 | Interview with Maggie Melton | Sound | Artisans
Interviews
Fieldwork
Snakes
Belts (Clothing)
Animals
Alligators
Leather goods
Life histories
Hunting
Fauna
Food preparation
Jewelry making
Turtles
Domestic arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Maggie Melton
- Date
- 1978-05-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. C78-55: Margaret (Maggie) Melton discusses snake and alligator hunting, cooking, and skinning; making birdhouses from gourds; working with hides and bones; foods unique to the Plant City area; cooking hog organs and gophers; making turtle soup; cane grinding and syrup making; candy pulls; fishing nets made from burlap sacks; and teas used for home remedies. C78-56: Melton discusses making things from nature; fishing for and cooking scallops; gardening during a full moon; making jewelry from bones; preparing snake hides; and making belts.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- 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
| 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.
- Collection
| 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.
- Collection
| 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 |
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