Workers at Lewis and Sons Fish Market | Workers at Lewis and Sons Fish Market | Still Image | Fieldwork Workers Blue collar workers Fisheries processing Fishery processing plants Fishes Food preparation Workplace Labor Seafood Seafood industry Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Workers at Lewis and Sons Fish Market
- Date
- 1988-06
- Description
- Twenty-two color slides. Workers at a fish market in New Berlin, a subsection in North Jacksonville. Includes an interview with one of the workers/fishers, William Christopher, in S 1618, box 4, tape 24. 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.
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a_s1618_04_tape24 | William Christopher interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives African Americans Fishing nets Seafood Fish markets Fishing equipment Belief systems Occupational folklore Commercial fishing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
William Christopher interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-06-26
- Description
- One audio cassette. A lifelong Jacksonville resident, Christopher discusses commercial fishing. Topics include his job at Lewis and Sons Fish Market; fish catching methods; gill nets; drag nets; hoop nets; fishing seasons; local boatbuilding; fish cooking; fishing superstitions; and the future of fishing.
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a_s1618_05_tape10 | Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Restaurant workers Crabbing Field recordings Oral narratives Interviews Seafood Fish markets Fish traps Restaurants Crab traps | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Vicki Smith interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1989-02-16
- Description
- One audio cassette. Smith builds traps for Clark's Fish Camp in Jacksonville. At the time of the interview, she had just learned the crabbing trade. She discusses making traps; types of traps; crab seasons; commercial fishers; Clark's Fish Camp; and other fish camps.
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a_s1622_04_tape06 | Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Fishers Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives Family history Local history Crabbing Crabs Crab traps Fish traps Seafood Fish markets Fishing equipment Fishes Mullet (fishes) Food preparation Drug smuggling | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Totch Brown interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
- Date
- 1987-11-18
- Description
- Two audiocassettes. Brown, a lifelong resident and retired stone crabber, wrote a book of his life in 1993 called Totch: A Life in the Everglades. He discusses trapping, selling, storing, cleaning, and cooking stone crabs, including when, where, and how to catch; making the wooden traps; financing his ventures; and other crabbers in the area. He also discusses fishing industry; cooking mullet; drug smuggling in the Everglades (marijuana); use of baits; family history; and local history.
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a_s1622_04_tape10 | Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Fishers Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives Occupational folklore Crab traps Crabbing Crabs Fish trapping Fish traps Fish markets Seafood | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Thorne Hollister interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project
- Date
- 1987-11-18
- Description
- One audiocassette. Hollister, who manages a stone crab house (where stone crabs are processed and sold), discusses the in detail the crabbing industry. Incldues discussion on numbers of crabbers in area; types of equipment used; the process of catching crabs; types of floats and traps used; bait used; how crabbers demarcate their traps from others; mullet fisheries; and problems with legal regulations by the state.
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Smoking mullet at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival | Smoking mullet at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Food habits Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Cooking and dining Food Food preparation Fishes Cookery (Mullet) Curing (food) Fish smoking Seafood Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival | Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Fishers Seafood Oysters Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Food Food preparation Demonstrations Occupational groups Food industry and trade Oysters shucking | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Preparing kalamaria (squid) at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival | Preparing kalamaria (squid) at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Cooks Seafood Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Food Food preparation Cooking and dining Food habits Demonstrations Greek Americans Squids Cookery (Squid) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Pinder's Fish Market | Pinder's Fish Market | Still Image | Fishers Merchants Fieldwork Community enterprise Specialty stores Stores, retail Occupational groups Seafood Selling seafood Fishes Lobsters Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Pinder's Fish Market
- Date
- 1987-09-01
- Description
- Six color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
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a_s1622_03_tape15 | Phillip Johnson interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives Crab traps Crabbing Crabs Fish traps Fishing equipment Seafood Fish markets Fishing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |