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George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1980-05
Description: Three color slides.
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George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

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Description: Four color slides.
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George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Date: 1993
Description: Three color prints For more information on Dooley and Reis, see S 1644, box 11, folder 7. 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.
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Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival

Date: 1983-05
Description: One proof sheet with 36 black and white images (plus negatives). Includes images of the Minorcan Folklife Area, the Food Pavilion, various festival signs, and puppets of the Shoestring Puppeteers; as well as Boltin with Beers-Burstine, the Suwannee River Cloggers, the Back Porch Cloggers, Tom Walton, and Lamey with his wooden toys.
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Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival

Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Date: 1993
Description: Seven color prints, 46 black and white prints. Duplicate prints from the fieldwork files used for the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship booklet. 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.
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Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Date: 1992-12-15
Description: Two audio cassettes. Originally born in Georgia, Dooley was a long-time Florida fisher and net. Dooley discusses his early life, learning net making, types of nets, tools, and techniques, and methods of throwing the net. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 7. 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.
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Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Date: 1993-03-26
Description: One audio cassette. In the interview, they discuss the different types of cast nets, supplies and materials used, and the progress of the apprenticeship. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 7. 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.
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Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Interview with netmaker Buford Golden

Date: 1986-11-12
Description: Four audio cassette. Interview with net maker Buford. He discusses types of nets, how entered the fishing industry, his early childhood in Alabama, and various uses of nets. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project may be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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Interview with netmaker Buford Golden

Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank

Date: 1984-07-21
Description: One audio cassette. Billy Burbank discusses the family net-making industry including the differences in net types; Burbank family innovations in net making; problems with modern shrimp industry; differences between his nets and his father's and grandfather's; difference in cost between his nets and the older ones; the learning process involved in traditional net-making (how he learned); process of "sewing" the net; net patterns and what they are intended to catch; materials used in net-making. Interviews conducted during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV). A transcript of the interview can be found in S 1579, box 1, folder: C86-99 through C86-149. An earlier interview with Burbank can be found in S 1576, reel T80-82.
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Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank

Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets

Date: 1983-12-02
Description: Nine color slides.
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Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets

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George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival	George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Net maker Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Nets Fishing nets Net makers Demonstrations Netmaking Weaving Fishing Equipment and supplies	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis	Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis	Still Image	Net maker Apprentices Fieldwork Occupational groups Fishing nets Net makers Netmaking Nets Occupational folklore Oral histories Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival	Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival	Still Image	Singers Musicians Street vendors Artists Painters Weavers Net maker Toymakers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Clog dancing Clogging Net makers Netmaking Minorcan Americans Signs and signboards Public speaking Dinners and dining Puppets Toys Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program	Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program	Still Image	Fieldwork Whip making Basket making Basket work Pysanky Egg decoration Net makers Netmaking Fiddling Mask maker Basket maker Dancers Artisans Musicians Whip maker Net maker Fiddlers Apprentices Leather workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1640_24_tape06	Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley	Sound	Net maker Fieldwork Interviews Fishing nets Net makers Netmaking Nets Occupational folklore Oral histories Personal experience narratives Fishing Equipment and supplies Occupational groups Fishers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1640_24_tape07	Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis	Sound	Net maker Apprentices Fieldwork Interviews Fishing nets Net makers Netmaking Nets Occupational folklore Oral histories Personal experience narratives Fishing Equipment and supplies Occupational groups Fishers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_40_tape01	Interview with netmaker Buford Golden	Sound	Net maker Fishers Fieldwork Interviews Occupational groups Oral histories Oral narratives Life histories Occupational folklore Family history Maritime folklore Maritime life Fishing nets Netmaking Netmending Net makers Fishing Equipment and supplies Textile arts Weaving	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_21_c86-150	Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank	Sound	Net maker Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Personal experience narratives Life histories Net makers Netmaking Occupational folklore Occupational groups Fishing nets Seafood industry Fishing Equipment and supplies	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets	Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets	Still Image	Net maker Fieldwork Fishing nets Net makers Casting (Fishing) Demonstrations Fishing Equipment and supplies	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival

Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival

Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Interview with netmaker Buford Golden

Interview with netmaker Buford Golden

Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank

Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank

Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets

Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets

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George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

George Saunders making a net at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Images of cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival

Images of the 1983 Florida Folklife Festival

Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Images of the 1993-1994 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley and his apprentice Reginald Reis

Interview with netmaker Buford Golden

Interview with netmaker Buford Golden

Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank

Interview with netmaker William (Billy) Burbank

Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets

Maria Birchfield demonstrating the use of her cast nets