| Apalachicola Seafood Festival | Apalachicola Seafood Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Special events
Festivals
Seafood
Oyster shucking
Maritime life
Oysters
Shrimps
Fishing
Boats and boating
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apalachicola Seafood Festival
- Date
- 1986-11-01
- Description
- Fifty color slides. Images of the Apalachicola Seafood Festival. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the 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.
- Collection
| Apalachicola Seafood Festival | Apalachicola Seafood Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Special events
Festivals
Seafood
Oyster shucking
Maritime life
Oysters
Shrimps
Fishing
Boats and boating
Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apalachicola Seafood Festival
- Date
- 1986-11-01
- Description
- Four contact sheets with 139 black and white images. Images of the Apalachicola Seafood Festival. 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.
- Collection
| Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman | Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman | Still Image | Fishers
Fieldwork
Minorcan Americans
Oyster fisheries
Oysters
Clam fisheries
Clams
Fisheries
Fishes
Seafood industry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| fls_oystering | Folklife Subject: Oystering | Interactive Resource | Oyster culture
Oysters
Oyster industry
Cooking (Oysters) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/folklife_subjects.png |
Folklife Subject: Oystering
- Date
- Description
- Oysters are a Florida delicacy. Each year, Florida’s oyster fishers pull millions of dollars’ worth of these mollusks out of the water. Oystering is often a family affair, with skills and practices being passed down from generation to generation. Harvesting and processing the oysters calls for special tools and the ability to efficiently open the shells without damaging the delicate meat inside. Most oyster fishers develop their own distinctive techniques for tonging and shucking over time, and sometimes create new tools to aid their work.
- Collection
| a_s1592_08_reel07 | Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Interviewing
Oral narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Biologists
Fishing
Food habits
Seafood gathering
Maritime life
Maritime folklore
Nature
Fishes
Oysters
Community culture
Biologist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle
- Date
- 1986-10-09
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Interview with Florida marine biologist Dr. Ingle. Ingle worked for years with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. He discusses the history of Apalachicola; the history of fishing in the area; immigration to the town; the marine biology of Apalachicola Bay; oystering; local political culture; food habits of area; his career as a marine biologist; types of boats; and changes to the local ecosystems. A partial copy of the interview can be found at the Library of Congress' American Folk Center Archive (AFS 26,782A12). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the 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 can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1592_08_reel01 | Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins | Sound | Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Fisheries processing
Fishery processing plants
Selling seafood
Oyster fisheries
Oyster industries
Oyster shucking
Oysters
Fishing
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral narratives
Oyster tongs
Fishers
Merchants
Dealers (retail trade) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins
- Date
- 1986-10-16
- Description
- Two reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassette). Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins. He discusses his early life in Pensacola; learning the oyster fishing trade; local oystermen; opening his own seafood business; the oystering process; boats; the seafood industry; harvesting clams; Florida Seafood Festival; and ecological changes to Bay. Also available on reel to reels (reels 6-7). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the 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. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1576_23_c86-197 | Interview with oyster fisher Mike Hilchey | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Oysters
Oyster fisheries
Oyster industries
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Cooking and dining
Cookery (Seafood)
Cookery (Oysters)
Fisheries
Dealers (Retail trade)
Fishing
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with oyster fisher Mike Hilchey
- Date
- 1985-08-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Discusses Hilchey's family involvement in oyster fishing (going back to his great-grandfather); boat making; oyster regulation; learning oystering; descriptions of local oyster areas such as Simpson's Creek; vernacular names for oysters; names of oyster beds; oyster seasons; local oyster men; kinship ties in the business; his customers; cooking and serving oysters; and change in the business. 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
| Oyster boat and catfish traps | Oyster boat and catfish traps | Still Image | Boats and boating
Fish traps
Catfishes
Oysters
Fisheries
Fishing
Seafood
Maritime folklore
Maritime life
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Oyster boat and catfish traps
- Date
- Description
- Black and white 9.5 x 14 inch photographic print. Image of George Calvert's yard with oyster boat and catfish traps.
- Collection
| Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making | Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Material culture
Oyster industries
Oyster tongs
Seafood gathering
Occupational groups
Demonstrations
Fishing
Oysters
Metal craft
Tools
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making
- Date
- 1985-05-24
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. Apprentice Rodney Richards and master Corky Richards, both of Apalachicola, demonstrate how to make oyster tongs at the Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson | Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson | Still Image | Fieldwork
Oysters
Oyster fisheries
Oyster tongs
Boats and boating
Fishing
Maritime life
Occupational groups
Seafood gathering
Work
Workplace
Labor
Fishers
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson
- Date
- 1986-11-06
- Description
- Thirty-six color slides. Images of oysters Folsom and Anderson fishing for oyster from their oyster skiffs in Apalachicola Bay. Includes a couple of images of folklorist Nancy Nusz. For her images of Folsom and Anderson, see S 1577, v. 46. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the 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 can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
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