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John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Date: 1987-12-17
Description: Two audio cassettes. Interview took place at Freckle Fanny Farm. Recorded as he was shoeing horses. A Texas native, he learned to horseshoe in the U.S. Army in 1952, and moved to Florida after his discharge to take a 3-year farrier apprenticeship. He discusses methods of horseshoer; why horseshoe; the process; tools used; foundering; why Florida's envrionment is tough for horses; the farrier trade; and certification of the trade.
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John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1984-05-27
Description: One audio cassette. Blanton Owen introduces Jim Hendricks, Ron Sylvester, Terry Meyers, Glen Nettles, and Junior Mills who discuss the pros and cons of cattle dogs: what to look for in a dog; how to train it; where dogs work best; relationship between cattle, dogs, and people; how to discipline a cow dog.
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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One audio cassette. Blanton Owen introduces a ranching workshop on the use of dogs in cattle ranching. Workshop features Mike Wilder, Terry Myers, and Vic Blackstone and others. They discuss the pros and cons of cow dogs such as catching the dog and training the new dog with the old.
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Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman

Date: 1983-01
Description: One proof sheets with 21 black and white images (plus negatives). Fifteen images of Griffin making Spanish drawnwork (lace) in Elkton. Six images of Hinman with his crab traps and fishing nets. Created as research for the Minorcan Folklife Area for the 1983 Florida Folk Festival.
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Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Date: 2001-05-25
Description: One audio cassette tape. Stuempfle and Bucuvalis served as emcee. Charley Dean continues discussing making saddles along with stories about cowhunters in Florida, cowdogs and the use of whips. Randy Minger and his daughter, Jacque Minger (Pierson) discuss ranching including rodeo, horseshoe varieties, hoof differences, style differences and the "ferrier". Julia Leryon discusses the Chinese zheng and her history of playing.
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Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch

Date: 1983-01
Description: One proof sheets with 21 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of Triay and McCullough at their ranch, with their horses and equipment (whips, branding irons, saddles). Created as research for the Minorcan Folklife Area for the 1983 Florida Folk Festival.
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Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch

Interview with hunter Buddy Beck

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Description: Two audio cassettes. Interview with hunter and deer hunting dog breeder Buddy Beck. On the side, he also plays bluegrass music on the mandolin with the Trivette family. Born in Live Oak, he discusses family history; raising dogs; hunting; mandolins; the Trivette family; and bluegrass music. 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.
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Interview with hunter Buddy Beck

Images of wagon horses

Date: 1993-09-29
Description: Twelve color slides; one proof sheet with eight images. Images of Percheron horses pulling wagons, and the equipment involved. The horses (Percheron horses imported from France, and used primarily by Ohio Amish) were trained and owned by Duvall. Images created as fieldwork for the 1993 Rural Folklfie Days, in which Duvall participated as a demonstrator.
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Images of wagon horses

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Date: 1993-09-29
Description: One audio cassette. Duvall, who owned Percheron horse (improted from France), was trained by Amish farmers in Ohio (who also use Percheron horses) on traditional horse training and farmwork techniques. In the interview, Duvall discusses the horses (traits, uses of, and qualities), harnessing techniques, training, driving, and wagons. The interview was created as fieldwork for the 1993 Rural Folklfie Days, in which Duvall participated as a demonstrator.
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Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1983-05
Description: Five color slides.
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James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival

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a_s1622_03_tape02	John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project	Sound	Ranching Field recordings Horseshoes Horses Tack (equipment) Working animals Draft animals Ranch life Farriers Interviews Oral narratives	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_12_c84-028	Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Ranchers Cowboys Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Workshops (Adult education) Occupational groups Occupational folklore Ranching Working dogs Cattle Forums (Discussion and debate) Working animals Animal training	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_12_c84-015	Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Ranchers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Workshops (Adult education) Occupational groups Occupational folklore Ranching Working dogs Cattle Forums (Discussion and debate) Working animals Animal training	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman	Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman	Still Image	Needleworkers Fishers Fieldwork Minorcan Americans Maritime life Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies Crabbing Fishing nets Seafood gathering Seafood industry Workplace Occupational groups Needlework Working animals Decorative arts Lace and lace making Design Crocheting Crabbers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_87_c01-069	Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)	Sound	Musicians Artisans Leather workers Ranchers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Occupational folklore Occupational groups Life histories Saddles Zheng Music performance Arts, Chinese Ranch life Ranching Rodeo Horses Equipment and supplies Working animals	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch	Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch	Still Image	Leather workers Fieldwork Minorcan Americans Ranch life Saddles Saddlery Horses Horses Equipment and supplies Workshops Workplace Occupational groups Animals Working animals Barns Whips Cowboys Ranchers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1714_04_tape47	Interview with hunter Buddy Beck	Sound	Hunters Fieldwork Sound recording Interviewing Interviews Life histories Oral histories Oral narratives Dogs Working dogs Working animals Deer Hunting Deer hunters Mandolin music Mandolins Bluegrass music Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Images of wagon horses	Images of wagon horses	Still Image	Horse trainers Horse owners Fieldwork Horses Horses Equipment and supplies Wagons Transportation Animals Draft animals Working animals Bridles Percheron horse	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1656_02_tape06	Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall	Sound	Horse trainers Horse owners Fieldwork Horses Horses Equipment and supplies Wagons Transportation Animals Draft animals Working animals Bridles Percheron horse	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival	James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Special events Folklore revival festivals Festivals African Americans Draft animals Working animals Demonstrations Domestic animals Livestock Horses Animal trainers Ranchers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch

Interview with hunter Buddy Beck

Interview with hunter Buddy Beck

Images of wagon horses

Images of wagon horses

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival

James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival

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John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

John Flaherty interview for the Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Cow Dog Workshop at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Old Marble Stage)

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Needleworker Theresa Griffin and Crab trap maker Larry Hinman

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch

Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Albert Triay and Ray McCullough at their horse ranch

Interview with hunter Buddy Beck

Interview with hunter Buddy Beck

Images of wagon horses

Images of wagon horses

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival

James Ambrose demonstrating livestock folklore at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival