22 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Geographic Term is exactly "Okeechobee County (Fla.)"
Interview with leather worker Bob Dellis

Interview with leather worker Bob Dellis

Date
1993-07-28
Description
One audio cassette. Dellis was a long-time leather worker originally born and trained in leather carver in Texas. He made belts, boots, saddles, and other leather carvings. For more information on Dellis, see S 1644, box 11, folder 6. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Interview with leather worker Bob Dellis

Interview with leather worker Bob Dellis

Date
1993-04-16
Description
Two audio cassettes. Dellis was a long-time leather worker originally born and trained in leather carver in Texas. He made belts, boots, saddles, and other leather carvings. For more information on Dellis, see S 1644, box 11, folder 6. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha Jones

Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha Jones

Date
1994-04-08
Description
Two audio cassettes. Apprentice Jones had to learn from Bowers to select, gather, and prepare stems, make six baskets, and learn cultural background. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 21. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha Jones

Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha Jones

Date
1994-01-21
Description
One audio cassette. Apprentice Jones had to learn from Bowers to select, gather, and prepare stems, make six baskets, and learn cultural background. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 21. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Leather worker Bob Dellis and his apprentice Kitt Maynard

Leather worker Bob Dellis and his apprentice Kitt Maynard

Date
1992-01
Description
Four proof sheets with 132 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of Dellis with apprentice Maynard in his workshop. Dellis was a long-time leather worker originally born and trained in leather carver in Texas. He made belts, boots, saddles, and other leather carvings. Maynard was funded to learn to carve leather including design, layout, cutting, beveling, dying, painting, lacing and preserving. To complete her training, she had to complete three pieces. More images of the two can be found in S1577, volume 68. For more information on Dellis and Maynard, see S 1644, box 11, folder 6. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Leo Gillis building boats at Stephen Foster Center

Leo Gillis building boats at Stephen Foster Center

Date
1986-04
Description
Sixteen color slides. Images of Gillis of Basinger, Florida, building a boat at the Stephen Foster Center for the Florida Folklife Program's Arts and Industries demonstration in April 1986.
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Leo Gillis building boats in Basinger, Florida

Leo Gillis building boats in Basinger, Florida

Date
1986-07
Description
One proof sheet with twenty-two black and white images. Images of boats built by Gillis at his home in Basinger, Florida.
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Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers

Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers

Date
1994
Description
Four proof sheets with 86 black and white images (plus negatives); and 20 color slides. Apprentice Jones had to learn from Bowers to select, gather, and prepare stems, make six baskets, and learn cultural background. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 21. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Seminole teacher Nancy Billie with a mother of a student

Seminole teacher Nancy Billie with a mother of a student

Date
1989-01
Description
Sixteen color slides. Images of teacher Nancy Billie with a mother of a student at Okeechobee High School. Billie, daughter of Lottie Shore of Brighton Seminole Reservation, was a teacher at Okeechobee High School, in Okeechobee, Florida. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History. An interview with Billie can be found in S 1595, box 2, tapes 3-4.
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Susie Billie & apprentice Mary Johns interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Susie Billie & apprentice Mary Johns interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Date
1995-07-21
Description
One audio cassette. Johns was funded to learn traditional Seminole herbal medicine from Billie. They discuss the preparation of herbs, herbal treatments, healing songs, and the historical background of Seminole medicine.
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Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1640_24_tape05Interview with leather worker Bob DellisSoundApprentices
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Leather craft
Leather goods
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Tools
Saddlery
Design
Belts (Clothing)
Saddles
Oral histories
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Leather workers
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a_s1640_24_tape04Interview with leather worker Bob DellisSoundApprentices
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Leather craft
Leather goods
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Tools
Saddlery
Design
Belts (Clothing)
Saddles
Oral histories
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Leather workers
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a_s1640_23_tape35Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha JonesSoundFieldwork
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Palmetto weaving
Basket making
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Interviews
Weaving
Personal experience narratives
Basket maker
Apprentices
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a_s1640_23_tape33Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha JonesSoundFieldwork
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Palmetto weaving
Basket making
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Interviews
Weaving
Personal experience narratives
Basket maker
Apprentices
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Leather worker Bob Dellis and his apprentice Kitt MaynardLeather worker Bob Dellis and his apprentice Kitt MaynardStill ImageFieldwork
Women apprentices
Leather craft
Leather goods
Workshops
Workplace
Tools
Occupational training
Design
Belts (Clothing)
Apprentices
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Leather workers
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Leo Gillis building boats at Stephen Foster CenterLeo Gillis building boats at Stephen Foster CenterStill ImageMaterial culture
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Boats
Boatbuilding
Occupational groups
Maritime life
Maritime folklore
Craft
Demonstrations
Carpentry
Boatbuilders
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Leo Gillis building boats in Basinger, FloridaLeo Gillis building boats in Basinger, FloridaStill ImageMaterial culture
Boats
Woodwork
Transportation
Maritime folklore
Boatbuilding
Carpentry
Boatbuilders
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Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian BowersSeminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian BowersStill ImageFieldwork
Apprentices
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Palmetto weaving
Basket making
Basket work
Basketry
Baskets
Containers
Weaving
Basket maker
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Seminole teacher Nancy Billie with a mother of a studentSeminole teacher Nancy Billie with a mother of a studentStill ImageSeminole Indians
Mikasuki Indians
Native Americans
Teachers
Occupational groups
Indian reservations
Women
Students
Teacher
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a_s1640_25_tape17Susie Billie & apprentice Mary Johns interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship ProgramSoundField recordings
Apprentices
Seminole Indians
Indigenous peoples
Native Americans
Interviews
Elders (age groups)
Healers
Folk medicine
Herbs
Medicinal plants
Traditional knowledge
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