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1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes. Po lambi was used in rural Haitian villages to signal social gatherings, as work songs, and harvesting. It is usuaslly played with drums, and is of African origin. For Haitians, it is a symbol of their culture. For an interveiw with Joseph, see S 1576, T86-58 (C86-101).
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival

Date: 1983-05
Description: Five color slides. Coquina is a type of rock that naturally develops from discarded coquina shells. Found mostly on Anastasia Island near St. Augustine, Florida.
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Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival

Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets

Date: 1987-06
Description: Fourteen color slides. Images of Bill's wood carving, and Doris' baskets. He was from Chunn's Cove, North Carolina, and she from Alabama. For more information on them, see S 1704, box 1, folder 1. They both dabbled in many crafts. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets

Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs

Date: 1978-04
Description: Thirty-four color slides. Images of White Springs architecture, focusing on natural elements such as rocks, stones, and shells. Missing are slides S78-765, 779, 782.
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Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs

Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures

Date: 1978-05
Description: Ten color slides. Images of various colonial structures in St. Augustine focusing on coquina (a shellrock found in the area). Slides S78-86 and S78-869 are missing.
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Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures

Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi

Date: 1985-08
Description: Two color slides. The Po lambi was a Haitian musical instrument. The skill was used in rural Haitian villages to signal social gatherings, as work songs, and harvetsing. It is usuaslly played with drums, and is of African origins. For Haitians, it is a symbol of their culture. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi

Maggie Melton with her native materials craft

Date: 1979-11
Description: Seventeen color slides. Melton with her native material crafts, including gourds, rattlesnake hides, turtle shells, and other shells.
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Maggie Melton with her native materials craft

Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: Seven color slides. Joseph leading a po lambi (Haitian shell playing) workshop. The skill was used in rural Haitian villages to signal social gatherings, as work songs, and harvesting. It is usuaslly played with drums, and is of African origin. For Haitians, it is a symbol of their culture. For an interveiw with Joseph, see S 1576, T86-58 (C86-101). The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph

Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1978-05
Description: One black and white print. Weed was from Key West.
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Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Shell decorated graves

Date: 1987
Description: Eleven color slides. Images are dark. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Shell decorated graves

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Shells African Americans Arts, Haitian Haitian Americans Musical instruments	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival	Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Special events Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Architecture Occupational groups Coquina Shells Rocks	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets	Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets	Still Image	Wood carvers Basket maker Fieldwork Craft Shells Decorative arts Material culture Pine needle crafts Baskets Workshops Figurines Wood carving	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs	Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs	Still Image	Fieldwork Architecture Bricks Stone structures Stone Rocks Material culture Construction + architecture Houses Shells Porches Dwellings	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures	Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures	Still Image	Fieldwork Architecture Coquina Stone structures Stone walls Shells Colonial architecture Windows Buildings Structures Community culture Bricks Chimneys Mortar	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi	Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi	Still Image	Fieldwork Musical instruments Music performance Shells Haitian Americans African Americans Arts, Haitian Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Maggie Melton with her native materials craft	Maggie Melton with her native materials craft	Still Image	Artisans Fieldwork Craft Material culture Nature Rattlesnakes Shells Sea turtles Gourds	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph	Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Demonstrations Music Latinos Haitian Americans Shells Workshops (Adult education) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Festivals Folklore revival festivals Shells Music performance Musical instruments Performing arts Music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Shell decorated graves	Shell decorated graves	Still Image	Fieldwork Shells Grave markers Graves Death rites Community culture Cemeteries	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival

Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival

Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets

Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets

Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs

Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs

Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures

Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures

Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi

Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi

Maggie Melton with her native materials craft

Maggie Melton with her native materials craft

Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph

Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph

Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Shell decorated graves

Shell decorated graves

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival

Barry Master demonstrating coquina architecture at the 1983 Flordia Folk Festival

Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets

Bill and Doris Boger with their carvings and baskets

Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs

Florida architecture: Architecture of White Springs

Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures

Florida architecture: St. Augustine structures

Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi

Limone Joseph demonstrates polambi

Maggie Melton with her native materials craft

Maggie Melton with her native materials craft

Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph

Metro-Dade Folklife Area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival: shell player Limone Joseph

Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Rev. Thurlow Weed performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Shell decorated graves

Shell decorated graves