| American German Club dancing at the I Am An American | American German Club dancing at the I Am An American | Still Image | Fieldwork
Festivals
Folk dance
German Americans
Clothing and dress
Stepdancing
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
American German Club dancing at the I Am An American
- Date
- 1986-08-16
- Description
- Eighteen 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.
- Collection
| Dale Carmean talking with students about horseshoeing | Dale Carmean talking with students about horseshoeing | Still Image | Fieldwork
Classrooms
Education
Teaching of folklore
Elementary schools
Schools
Students
Children
Demonstrations
Horse industry
Horses Equipment and supplies
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Horseshoers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Dale Carmean talking with students about horseshoeing
- Date
- 1988-03-04
- Description
- Twelve 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.
- Collection
| Dolls dressed by Lottie Wojtkiewicz | Dolls dressed by Lottie Wojtkiewicz | Still Image | Dollmakers
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Dolls
Toys
Material culture
Needlework
Decorative arts
Clothing and dress
Figurines | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Dolls dressed by Lottie Wojtkiewicz
- Date
- 1987-10-01
- Description
- Five 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.
- Collection
| a_s1685_07_tape31 | Elsie Winkelmann interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
German Americans
Cooking
Emigration
Desserts
Dumplings
Food preparation
Fermenting
Quick breads | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Elsie Winkelmann interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1986-09-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. Winkelmann was born in Munich, Germany, and at 19 emigrated to the United States to study cooking. Although she originally learned to cook from her mother. In the interview, she discusses various German food styles; various recipes; cooking with vegetables; making sauerkraut; preserves; German butchers; desserts; potato dumplings and pancakes.
- Collection
| Embroiderer Erna Papard | Embroiderer Erna Papard | Still Image | Embroiderers
Knitters (Persons)
Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Knitted lace
Knitting
Needlework
Material culture
Clothing
Dolls
Dollmaking
Lace and lace making | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Embroiderer Erna Papard
- Date
- 1986-08-19
- Description
- Nine color slides. Papard grew up in Heidelburg, Germany, where she elarned traditional German embroidery from her mother and grandmother. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1685_07_tape03 | Emilio & Lydia Rivera interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Cooking
Livestock
Farming
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Puerto Ricans
Poultry
Immigration
Holidays
Christmas music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Emilio & Lydia Rivera interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1986-08-18
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. The Rivieras emigrated to the US in 1983, settling first in Orange, New Jersey. They raise animals and crops for cooking. They also celebrate traditional Christmas holiday, running from November through February, and include paranadas parties--visits to homes of neighbors. In the interview Lydia and Emilio discuss living in a chickee; raising chickens and rabbits; growing herbs and trees; use of herbs as food; using herbs as medicine; other medicinal cures; Puerto Rican Christmas songs (boleros, merenge); Puerto Rican musical instruments (bongo, maraccas, guiro, cuatio); and parandas.
- Collection
| a_s1685_06_tape28 | Erna Papard interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Embroidery
Knitting
Needlework
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Clothing
Life histories
Dollmaking
Emigration
Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Erna Papard interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1986-08-19
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Parpard describes growing up in Heidelburg, Germany; learning embroidery and knitting from her mother and grandmother; types of stitching; items made (dolls, clothes, slippers); childhood and schooling during 1930s Germany; Polish farm workers; her mother's death; taking care of her grandmother; emigrating to the US in 1937, and to Florida in 1960; dollmaking; writing poetry; and teaching embroidery to her grandchildren.
- Collection
| LaRocca Shoes shop | LaRocca Shoes shop | Still Image | Shoemakers
Fieldwork
Shoes
Footwear
Machine sewing
Sewing machines
Specialty stores
Stores, retail
Clothing trade
Shoe industry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
LaRocca Shoes shop
- Date
- 1987-07-28
- Description
- Eleven color slides. The LaRoccas were from New Jersey, while Cox was from Cleveland, Ohio. LaRocca Sr. started his shop in 1927. He moved the store to Florida in 1980. They specialized in orthopedic shoemaking, and shoe repair. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1685_04_tape18 | Liliane Nérette Louis storytelling at Rolling Green Elementary School for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Elementary schools
Students
Storytelling
School children
Haitian Americans
African Americans
Oral narratives | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1685_06_tape18 | Liliane Nérette Louis storytelling at Rolling Green Elementary School for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Field recordings
Oral narratives
Students
Elementary schools
Demonstrations
Storytelling
African Americans
Haitian Americans
Tales | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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