| Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students | Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students | Still Image | Whip maker
Children
Fieldwork
Demonstrations
Education
Classrooms
Whip making
Whips
Leather craft
African Americans
Whipcracking
Leather workers
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alvin Goodvine demonstrating whip making for Melrose Elementary School students
- Date
- 1982-02-12
- Description
- One proof sheet with 18 black and white images (plus negatives). For more images, see S 1577, volume 11, slides S82-1190 through S82-1209. Goodvine was a former turpentine workers, and worked with mules all his life. He learned to make whips in 1914 from his cousin. He sold them from $15 to $30. 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
| Alvin Goodvine interviewed and filmed by WCTV-CBS (Tallahassee) | Alvin Goodvine interviewed and filmed by WCTV-CBS (Tallahassee) | Still Image | Turpentiners
Whip maker
Fieldwork
African Americans
Porches
Elderly, the
Interviewing
Older men
Whip making
Whip braiding
Leather craft
Leather goods
Whips
Television cameras
Recording equipment
Video recording
Television equipment and supplies
Houses
Leather workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alvin Goodvine interviewed and filmed by WCTV-CBS (Tallahassee)
- Date
- 1979-01-26
- Description
- One proof sheet with 20 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of a three-person television crew from WCTV-TV (CBS affiliate in Tallahassee) who filmed an interview with Goodvine, at his Lake City home: 1334 Texas Street. Goodvine was a former turpentine workers, and worked with mules all his life. He learned to make whips in 1914 from his cousin. He sold them from $15 to $30. 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
| Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School | Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School | Still Image | Whip maker
Leather workers
Education
Elementary schools
Teaching of folklore
Classrooms
Demonstrations
Whip making
African Americans
Whips
Leather craft
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alvin Goodvine making whips for students at Melrose Park Elementary School
- Date
- 1982-02-12
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Goodvine was a former turpentine workers, and worked with mules all his life. He learned to make whips in 1914 from his cousin. He sold them from $15 to $30. For more images, see S 1577, box 19, folder 25. 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
| Alvin Goodvine on his porch with his whips | Alvin Goodvine on his porch with his whips | Still Image | Whip maker
Fieldwork
African Americans
Whips
Material culture
Porches
Houses
Leather craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alvin Goodvine on his porch with his whips
- Date
- 1982-01-12
- Description
- Three color slides. Goodvine was a former turpentine workers, and worked with mules all his life. He learned to make whips in 1914 from his cousin. He sold them from $15 to $30. 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
| a_s1576_11_c83-119 | Bartow Library Program: Ranching and Saddle Making | Sound | Ranchers
Saddle maker
Occupational folklore
Workshops (Adult education)
Occupational groups
Libraries
Oral education
Ranching
Cattle
Folklorists
Florida history
Public speaking
Saddles
Saddlery
Leather craft
Work songs
Working dogs
Horses Equipment and supplies
Clothing and dress
Cowboys
Leather workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Bartow Library Program: Ranching and Saddle Making
- Date
- 1983-06-20
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Presentation at the Bartow Public Library, in connection with the Pursuits and Pastimes exhibit, on Florida ranching. Folklorist Dyen began with a history of Florida cattle ranching, including fence laws, cowboy music (including songs by Bob Tinsley), stories (including recording of Bone Mizell story by Frog Smith), brands, and tools used. Cauley, a saddle maker, talks about saddles and their construction. He discusses tools and materials used, types and uses of saddles, as well as the life of a cowman, the use of dogs, and the clothing and tools used in the profession.
- Collection
| Bob Dellis teaching apprentice Kitt Maynard about carving designs in leather boots | Bob Dellis teaching apprentice Kitt Maynard about carving designs in leather boots | Still Image | Artisans
Leather workers
Apprentices
Leather craft
Leather goods
Teaching of folklore
Workshops
Boots
Cowboy boots
Shoes
Clothing
Design
Decorative arts
Carvers (Decorative artists) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bob Dellis teaching apprentice Kitt Maynard about carving designs in leather boots
- Date
- 1992-01
- Description
- 79 color slides. Images of Dellis with apprentice Maynard in his workshop. Dellis was a long-time leather worker originally born and trained in leather carver in Texas. He made belts, boots, saddles, and other leather carvings. Maynard was funded to learn to carve leather including design, layout, cutting, beveling, dying, painting, lacing and preserving. To complete her training, she had to complete three pieces. More images of the two can be found in S1577, volume 68. For more information on Dellis and Maynard, see S 1644, box 11, folder 6. 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, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Claude Sheppard making cattle whips in his shop | Claude Sheppard making cattle whips in his shop | Still Image | Whip braider
Whip maker
Leather workers
Fieldwork
Leather
Leather craft
Leather goods
Whip braiding
Material culture
Craft
Whip making
Whips
Occupational groups
Workplace
Ranching | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Claude Sheppard making whips at the 1978 Florida Folk Festivals | Claude Sheppard making whips at the 1978 Florida Folk Festivals | Still Image | Whip braider
Whip maker
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Whips
Whip braiding
Craft
Whip making
Leather craft
Leather goods
Demonstrations
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Cow whip maker George (Junior) Mills with his apprentice J. Taylor Marcus | Cow whip maker George (Junior) Mills with his apprentice J. Taylor Marcus | Still Image | Whip maker
Leather workers
Whip braider
Fieldwork
Leather craft
Leather goods
Occupational folklore
Whip making
Whipcracking
Whips
Ranching
Whip braiding
Horses
Apprentices | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cow whip maker George (Junior) Mills with his apprentice J. Taylor Marcus
- Date
- 1994
- Description
- Four proof sheets with 129 black and white images (plus negatives); 52 color slides. Apprentice Marcus was funded to learn from cow whip maker Mills how make whips, including choosing hides, making strings, whip construction, and the historical/cultural background of whip making. For more information on Mills and Marcus, see S 1644, box 11, folder 30. 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 2004.
- Collection
| Craft demonstration area at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival | Craft demonstration area at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Whip maker
Chair-makers
Needleworkers
Folklore revival festivals
Whips
Folk festivals
Whip making
Craft
Cornhusk craft
Demonstrations
Leather craft
Decoys (Hunting)
Wildlife wood-carving
Bobbin lace
Chairs
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