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Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven

Date: 1992-03-08
Description: 111 color slides. Images of the Fiesta La Primavera, including various Mexican American bands, a Florida-based Mexican dance group (Grupo Sevezz), and local Mexican American residents dancing. For recordings of the Festival, see S 1624, box 3, tapes 5-8. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven

Knives made by Bobby Jones

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Description: Seven color slides. Jones was a self-taught knife maker, making the handles and blades. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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Knives made by Bobby Jones

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Date: 1989-03-23
Description: Twenty-five color slides. Images of Johns making her dolls (chickees visible in the background). There are also several images of her dolls. Finally, there are couple of images of folkorist Nusz interviewing Johns. For a recording of that interview, see S 1680 box 2, tape 8.
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Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Date: 1989-03-22
Description: One audio cassette. Interview with Johns about Seminole dollmaking. But she also talks about growing up on the Tamiami Trail, living in a chickee, the foodways of her family, patchwork, education, basketmaking, and her family history. For images of Johns, and the interview, see S 1680 box 1, fodlers 1 and 2.
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Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival

Date: 1992-03-08
Description: In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival

Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival

Date: 1992-03-08
Description: In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival

Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property

Date: 1992-03
Description: Seventeen color slides. Vickers was a long-time catfisher, who also gigged frogs to help earn more money for his family. Two images of a gate on his property with a Keep Closed sign. In the same box, folder 10, there is a transcript of the interview, but there is no tape. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property

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.
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Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting)

Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum

Date: 1987-01-15
Description: Four audio cassettes. 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 arts project 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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Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum

Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project

Date: 1981-11-20
Description: One reel to reel. Bowers discusses basket making - - including when and how she learned the craft; patterns and designs; the choice of colors and materials (usually pine needles and/or palmetto fronds); and the basketry process. She also discusses chickees and the uses of the baskets. 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.
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Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven	Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven	Still Image	Bands (Music) Musical groups Fieldwork Festivals Latinos Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Concerts Performing arts Music performance Dance Singing Clothing and dress Community culture Social gatherings Folk dance Dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Knives made by Bobby Jones	Knives made by Bobby Jones	Still Image	Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Fieldwork Knives Metal craft Material culture Woodwork Knifesmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls	Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls	Still Image	Dollmakers Fieldwork Seminole Indians Ethnicity, Seminole Indian reservations Dollmaking Dolls Figurines Native Americans Material culture Toys Decorative arts Folklorists Interviewing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1680_02_tape08	Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls	Sound	Dollmakers Fieldwork Seminole Indians Ethnicity, Seminole Interviews Dollmaking Dolls Oral histories Native Americans Life histories Toys Decorative arts Oral narratives Interviewing Food preparation Cooking and dining Chickee	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1624_03_tape05	Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival	Sound	Fieldwork Festivals Latinos Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Concerts Performing arts Music performance Music Singing Bands (Music) Musical groups Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1624_03_tape07	Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival	Sound	Fieldwork Festivals Latinos Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Concerts Performing arts Music performance Music Singing Bands (Music) Musical groups Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property	Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property	Still Image	Fieldwork Interviewing Porches Swings Mobile homes Gates Fishers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
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
a_s1708_04_tape12	Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum	Sound	Fieldwork Museum collection Museums Cypress Woodwork Trees Decorative arts Exhibits Material culture Tourism Oral histories Oral narratives Life histories Interviews Sound recordings Woodworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t82-053	Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project	Sound	Fieldwork Native Americans Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Basket making Interviewing Interviews Sound recordings Sweetgrass baskets Oral histories Life histories Family history Palmetto weaving Plants Chickee Basket maker Needleworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven

Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival

Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival

Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival

Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival

Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property

Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property

Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting)

Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting)

Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum

Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum

Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project

Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project

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Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven

Images of the Fiesta La Primavera in Moore Haven

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Mary Frances Johns making Seminole dolls

Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival

Chevere Chicano and Unimex performance at the La Primavera Festival

Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival

Conjunto Primavera and Los Rivales del Norte performing at the La Primavera Festival

Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property

Fisher Donald Vickers being interviewed on his property

Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting)

Interview with Mildred Tommie (with Sally May Hall interpreting)

Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum

Interview with woodworker Tom Gaskins, owner of the Cypress Knee Museum

Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project

Marian Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project