| a_s1576_83_c00-074 | Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 12) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Personal experience narratives
Scottish Americans
Highland games
Games
Games Scotland
Recreation
Competitions | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_87_c01-075 | Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 8) | Sound | Surfers
Windsurfers (Persons)
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Surfing
Leisure
Recreation
Windsurfing
Maritime life | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School | Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School | Still Image | Teacher
Fiddlers
Fieldwork
Elementary schools
Schools
Elderly, the
Demonstrations
Games
Jump rope rhymes
Jump ropes
Hand-clapping games
Recreation
Play areas
Play
Leisure
Tools
Fiddles
Older people
Children
Farmers
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Games and folklife demonstrations at South Hamilton Elementary School
- Date
- 1982-05-18
- Description
- One proof sheet with 21 black and white images (plus negatives, and six duplicate prints) Images of students participating in jump-rope and hand-clapping games at South Hamilton Elementary school. (These activities were recorded, and can be found in S 1576, box 40, tapes 14 & 15.) Also contains images of Edward Murphy (with teacher Jacqueline Mathis) discussing farm tools and his fiddle; and Ossie Maxwell and others from the Jennings Senior Citizens Center talking with students. 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
| Hand clapping games at North Hamilton County Elementary School | Hand clapping games at North Hamilton County Elementary School | Still Image | Elementary schools
Education
Oral communication
Recreation
Demonstrations
Play
Hand-clapping games
Games
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Hand clapping games at North Hamilton County Elementary School
- Date
- 1982-05-18
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. Jacqueline Mathis's fourth grade class. A recording of the games can be found in S1608, box 2, tape 2. 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
| Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Still Image | Fieldwork
Photography
Fishing
Shad
Tourism
Fishers
Recreation
Family history
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing
- Date
- 1920
- Description
- Slides. Images copied from the collection of family photographs of the Happy Driggers. The images are of shad fishers of the 1920s. For further description, see tape 57 in S 1714, box 4. 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
| Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing | Still Image | Fieldwork
Photography
Fishing
Shad
Tourism
Recreation
Family history
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Happy Cole Driggers old family photographs of 1920s shad fishing
- Date
- 1920
- Description
- One proof sheet, with 21 images (plus negatives). Images copied from the collection of family photographs of the Happy Driggers. The images are of shad fishers of the 1920s. For further description, see tape 57 in S 1714, box 4. 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
| Images of the 1982 Fourth of July celebration | Images of the 1982 Fourth of July celebration | Still Image | Singers
Guitarist
Storytellers
Festivals
Holidays and festivals
Fourth of July
Special events
Calendar rites
Watermelons
Contests
Games
Children
Leisure
Recreation
Saws
Races
Food | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1982 Fourth of July celebration
- Date
- 1982-07-04
- Description
- Two proofs with 70 black and white images (plus negatives). Includes games such as races, saw contests, greased poles, watermelon-eating contests, and bubble-gum blowing contests.
- Collection
| Images of the 1985 Crescent City Catfish Festival | Images of the 1985 Crescent City Catfish Festival | Still Image | Cooks
Fishers
Fieldwork
Festivals
Cookery (Seafood)
Seafood
Outdoor cookery
Crabs
Catfishes
Barbecue cookery
Recreation
Leisure
Food preparation
Cooking and dining | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1985 Crescent City Catfish Festival
- Date
- 1985-04
- Description
- One proof sheet, with 17 black and whites images (plus negatives). Images of the catfish festival in Crescent City, including Noles cooking crabs, and fisher Eddie Oxendine. 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_s1592_07_fmp86-adt007 | Interview with Camilla (Mickey) McRae | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Fishing
Recreation
Rivers
Flora
Local history
Boats and boating | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Camilla (Mickey) McRae
- Date
- 1986-07-30
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with long-time St. Johns River resident McRae. Originally contacted as having possible information on commercial fishing in Mayport (which she did not), she discussed life upon the St. Johns River; river fishing and boating; gardening; and local history. 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_s1592_07_fmp86-adt012 | Interview with fisher Albert Gufford | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Fishing
Recreation
Rivers
Boats and boating
Local history
Tourism
Tourists
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishing tackle
Fishing weights
Charter boat fishing
Boats and boating Chartering
Smuggling
Charter boat captains
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fisher Albert Gufford
- Date
- 1986-08-08
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with retired fisher and charter boat captain Gufford in his home in Mayport. He discusses fishing; making fishing tackle (lead fishing weights); boating; tourism; sports fishers; rum running during Prohibition; drug smuggling; and local history. Throughout the recording, a loud electric fan can be heard blowing. 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
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