| a_s1576_02_c78-043 | W. H. Hammack interview | Sound | Interviews
Field recordings
Occupational folklore
Sawmills
Logging tools
Timber
Oral histories
Worklife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
W. H. Hammack interview
- Date
- 1978-02-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. Hammack discusses his life working as a millwright and sawyer. He talks about day-to-day operations in a lumber mill, and explains sawyer terms. He also discusses his personal history and his acquaintances.
- Collection
| a_s1576_02_c78-059 | W. H. Hammack interview | Sound | Interviews
Field recordings
Occupational training
Worklife
Sawmills
Lumber
Timber
Boatbuilding
Logging tools | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
W. H. Hammack interview
- Date
- 1978-05-19
- Description
- One audio cassette. Hammack discusses his life working as a millwright and sawyer. He describes working at a lumber mill on the St. Mark's River below Tallahassee; on a lumber mill in Tifton, Georgia; at a lumber company in Moultrie, Georgia; and as a superintendent on lumber jobs in Woodville, Florida; Quitman, Georgia; and Cordele, Georgia. During World War I, he cut yellow pine and built wooden ships for the Navy. Later he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and built 82 Liberty ships for the war effort. In 1976, he moved to White Springs, Florida, and built his own mill there. Hammack devotes a considerable portion of the interview to discussing the methods and processes he used for sawing lumber and the costs involved in owning and operating a lumber mill.
The tape is in poor condition and there are gaps and fidelity problems in the transfer.
- Collection
| a_s1576_02_c78-059a | Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen | Sound | Dollmakers
Interviews
Fieldwork
Dollmaking
Dolls
Toy making
Toys
Decorative arts
Life histories
Material culture
Textile arts
Sewing
Sewing machines | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with doll maker Mildred Bowen
- Date
- 1978-05-19
- Description
- One audio cassette. Side 1: Mildred Bowen, who started sewing and making dolls when she was ten years old, discusses the types of dolls she makes (straight, flip, bodyline), the materials she uses (usually cotton), and detailing and decorating the dolls. Side 2: Bowen talks about the advantages of machine sewing over hand sewing, the time it takes to complete a doll, painting with liquid embroidery, and discusses the benefits of homemade dolls over store-bought dolls.
- Collection
| a_s1576_15_c84-107 | Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class) | Sound | Fieldwork
Schools
Classrooms
Jump rope rhymes
Hand-clapping games
Children
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)
- Date
- 1983-11-17
- Description
- One audio cassette. Students introduce themselves and share rhymes, jump rope rhymes, rhymes for hand clapping games, and counting-out games. Rhymes listed include: "Rockin' Robin"; "Down In the Valley"; "One Bright Day in the Middle of the Night"; "Milk Shake"; "Teddy Bear"; "Itsy Bitsy Candy Lady"; "Cinderella"; "Peppermint Stick"; "One Potato, Two Potato"; "Archie, Parchie"; "Bubble Gum"; "Humpty Dumpty"; "Garbage Man"; "Get in the Car"; "My Momma, Your Momma"; "I Struck a Match".
- Collection
| a_s1576_t79-005 | Interview with midwife Annie Mae Taylor | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral history
Personal experience narratives
African Americans
Midwifery
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Health
Labor
Children
Natural medicine
Natural childbirth
Healers
Family history
Beliefs and cultures
Midwives | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with midwife Annie Mae Taylor
- Date
- 1979-06-06
- Description
- One reel to reel. Taylor discusses her life and career as a midwife. Topics include family history; training with a local doctor; childbirth; medicinal treatments; pre-natal care; her first delivery in 1953; complications in childbirth including tearing, placenta, twins, and breached births; birth-related superstitions; labor pains; and monetary charges. Bonnie Carden, another midwife, also joins in towards the end of the interview.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t79-024 | Recording of Thelma Boltin and singer-guitarist Mike Moore performing at Hamilton County High School | Sound | Fieldwork
Education
Classrooms
Storytelling
Local history
Singing
Religious songs
Old time music
Teaching of folklore
Spirituals (Songs)
Schools
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida | Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida | Still Image | Basket maker
Dollmakers
Needleworkers
Chair-makers
Fieldwork
Dolls
Toys
Basket making
Basket work
Baskets
Dogs
Teaching
Sewing
Patchwork
Chair caning
Quilts
Quilt patterns
Chairs
Domestic arts
Decorative arts
Material culture
Equipment, domestic arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket makers and doll makers in North Florida
- Date
- 1979-05-27
- Description
- "Twenty-four black and whites prints (all 8x10, and mounted) These images were used for an exhibit. From folder 33: 83-99 Thelma Boltin in White Springs 83-100 Delafean making a doll in Live Oak. 83-101 Evelyn Johnson with a sewing basket, Lake City 83-102 Unknown person making a melon basket in White Springs 83-103 Grace Langdale, with square dance dolls in White Springs 83-104 Unknown quilter working at the Crafts Guild in White Springs 83-105 Linda Thomas at a loom in White Springs From folder 34: 83-106 Linda Waldron with gourd head dolls in White Springs 83-107 Madge Taylor, with cross-stitch quilt, in White Springs 83-108 Mary Boorman in White Springs 83-109 Mildred Bowman, dollmaker, in Jasper 83-110 Barbara Ceryak and her basket, White Springs 83-111 Bertha Burnham with a basket of dolls in White Springs From folder 35: 83-112 Midge Boorman and her dog, Jackpot, in White Springs 83-113 Mary Boorman making dolls in White Springs 83-114 Nancy Morgan teaching patchwork sewing, White Springs 83-115 Dolls made by Bertha Burnham in White Springs 83-116 Quilt Show in White Springs 83-117 Grace Langdale and Bertha Burnham caning a chair in White Springs From folder 36: 83-118 Quilters at the Suwannee River Crafts Guild in White Springs 83-119 Louise Lord with Quilt in Live Oak 83-120 Elizabeth Maltby making a basket in White Springs 83-121 Basket maker Clara Harris in White Springs 83-122 Chair caner Agnes Henry in White Springs 83-123 Nancy Morgan with quilt in White Springs"
- Collection
| Blacksmithing demonstration at Jasper elementary | Blacksmithing demonstration at Jasper elementary | Still Image | Blacksmiths
Students
Demonstrations
Occupational groups
Blacksmithing
Metal craft
Education
Schools | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Cane grinding at James Johnson's home | Cane grinding at James Johnson's home | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cane syrup
Sugarcane
Sugarcane products
Sugarcane grinding
Milling
Cookery (syrups)
Food preparation
Plants
Wagons
Food
African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane grinding at James Johnson's home
- Date
- 1981-11-28
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
- Collection
| Carpenter W.H. Hammack in his shop | Carpenter W.H. Hammack in his shop | Still Image | Carpentry
Material culture
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Tools
Workplace
Wood craft
Carpenters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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