| a_s1576_t82-044 | Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting) | Sound | Fieldwork
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Patchwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Sewing
Oral histories
Life histories
Family history
Food habits
Clothing and dress
Beliefs and cultures
Needleworkers
Tailors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting)
- Date
- 1982-01-29
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Tommie discusses (through Hall) patchwork sewing including when and how she learned the craft; patterns and designs; the choice of colors and fabrics; clothing styles; patchwork designs; and sewing machines. She also describes her childhood; her family; the Seminole drink sofke; childhood stories; differences between Creek and Seminole peoples; hair styles; and Seminole healing. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-042 | Interview with Ruby Billie and Annie Jimmie | Sound | Fieldwork
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Interviews
Interviewing
Needlework
Patchwork
Clothing and dress
Sewing
Oral narratives
Textiles
Textile arts
Domestic arts
Equipment, domestic arts
Design
Needleworkers
Tailors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Ruby Billie and Annie Jimmie
- Date
- 1982-01-28
- Description
- One audio recording. Extremely poor sound quality due to field recorder malfunction. Billie and Jimmie discuss (through Jumper) patchwork sewing including when and how they learned the craft; patterns; the choice of colors and fabrics; clothing styles; patchwork designs; and sewing machines. They also describe their childhood. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other with traditional Seminole patchwork. Copied onto audiocassette C83-33. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t82-046 | Interview with Seminole needleworker Lottie Huff | Sound | Needleworkers
Tailors
Fieldwork
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Patchwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Sewing
Oral histories
Life histories
Family history
Chickee
Clothing and dress
Beliefs and cultures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Seminole needleworker Lottie Huff
- Date
- 1982-01-29
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Huff discusses (through Hall) patchwork sewing including when and how she learned the craft; patterns and designs; the choice of colors and fabrics; clothing styles; patchwork designs; and sewing machines. She also describes her childhood; her family; chickees; childhood stories; glass beads; the Green Corn Dance; and differences between Creek and Seminole peoples. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| a_s1576_10_c83-092 | It's Our Way (Seminole Slide/Tape program) | Sound | Tailors
Needleworkers
Teaching of folklore
Slideshows
Slides (Photography)
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Sewing
Patchwork
Clothing and dress
Needlework
Indian reservations | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
It's Our Way (Seminole Slide/Tape program)
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. The recordings are documentary programs on the origins and historical significance of Seminole sewing and dress, for women, men, and children. Reservation life, the Green Corn Dance, tourism are also discussed. A transcript of the slideshow can be found in S 1579, box 1.
- Collection
| Judy Bill Osceola interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project | Judy Bill Osceola interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project | sound | Needleworkers
Tailors
Field recordings
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Interviews
Needlework
Patchwork
Oral narratives
Textiles | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Judy Bill Osceola interview for the Seminole Slide & Tape Project
- Date
- 1982-01-28
- Description
- One audio recording. Interview ends after seventeen minutes due to recording malfunction. Osceola discusses patchwork sewing including when and how they learned the craft; patterns; the choice of colors and fabrics; clothing styles; patchwork designs; and sewing machines. She also describes her childhood. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| Making uniforms for horse jockeys | Making uniforms for horse jockeys | Still Image | Tailors
Leather workers
Fieldwork
Occupational groups
Workplace
Boots
Material culture
Workers
Clothing trade
Clothing
Footwear | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Making uniforms for horse jockeys
- Date
- 1987-08
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. 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.
- Collection
| Sewing patchwork and textiles at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation | Sewing patchwork and textiles at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation | Still Image | Fieldwork
Indian reservations
Needlework
Textile arts
Textiles
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Sewing
Design
Material culture
Workplace
Labor
Needleworkers
Tailors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Sewing patchwork and textiles at Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1982
- Description
- Sixty-four color slides. Images of Lottie Huff and Agnes Bower sewing traditional Seminole patchwork. Also includes examples of their work. The images were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
- Collection
| Tailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shop | Tailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shop | Still Image | Fieldwork
Clothing
Clothing and dress
Guayabera shirts
Shirts, Mens
Mens shirt industry
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Clothing trade
Tailoring
Occupational groups
Workplace
Merchants
Tailors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Tailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shop
- Date
- 1985-07-10
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. (Slide 5019 is missing.) Puig cutting patterns and sewing in his tailor shop. He is making Guayaberas (short-sleeved men's shirts with embroidery that originated in Cuba.) His shop was called La Casa de Las Guayaberas. 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.
- Collection
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