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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

Cypress Knee Museum

Date: 1987-01-15
Description: Sixteen proof sheets, with 538 black and white images (plus negatives). 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 art 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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Cypress Knee Museum

Date: 1987-01-15
Description: 189 color slides. Images are dark and difficult to see. 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 art 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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Cypress Knee Museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Date: 1987-11-22
Description: Twenty-five color slides. Gaskins owned a cypress craft museum. Images of him in his work shop, and a sign at the museum. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Wood carver Tom Gaskins

Date: 1992-03-06
Description: One proof sheet with 24 black and white images (plus negatives). Gaskins ran a Cypress Knee Mseum, and was a 1988 Florida Heirtage Award winner. 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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Wood carver Tom Gaskins

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Date: 1977
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 61 minutes) Music: 21 minutes. Consists of several music performances, with stories by Frog. He also discusses the history of several musical instruments with son George Smith. For more footage of this episode, see FV-25, V86-55 & FV-27. Filmed in J.V. Parker's horse barn. Pioneer Homes: 23 minutes. Frog and Cypress Knee Museum owner Tom Gaskins making cypress shingles and discussing carpentry, jokes, hunting stores, and local lore. For more, see FV-32. Sawmills: 17 minutes. Frog Smith talking with sawmill worker Joe Hendry at Jerome Lumber Company. They discuss sawmilling, timber, and lumber trade. For more footage, see V86-25 and V86-29.
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Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Date: 1977
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape; 32 minutes) A completed episode of Florida Yesterday, hosted by Frog Smith. Called Pioneer Homes, it involved Frog and Cypress Knee Museum owner Tom Gaskins making cypress shingles and discussing carpentry, jokes, hunting stores, and local lore. Also includes ten minutes of cutaways and inserts of the museum, including the workshop, signs, and exhibits. For more images of Gaskins, see S 1577, volume 58, S 1708, volume 1, and S 1624, box 2, folder 13. For an interview, see S 1708, box 4, tapes 12-15.
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Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

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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
Cypress Knee Museum	Cypress Knee Museum	Still Image	Woodworkers Fieldwork Museum collection Museums Cypress Woodwork Trees Decorative arts Exhibits Material culture Tourism	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Cypress Knee Museum	Cypress Knee Museum	Still Image	Woodworkers Fieldwork Museum collection Museums Cypress Woodwork Trees Decorative arts Exhibits Material culture Tourism	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum	Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum	Still Image	Woodworkers Woodwork Cypress Museums Wood Wood craft Workshops Workplace Material culture Signs and signboards	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Wood carver Tom Gaskins	Wood carver Tom Gaskins	Still Image	Fieldwork Cypress Workshops Woodwork Material culture Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill	Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill	Moving Image	Musicians Sawmill workers Woodworkers Storytelling Television Personal experience narratives Oral performance Music performance Cypress Jokes Humor Oral narratives Country music Family history Sawmilling Sawmills Timber Lumber trade Shingles Saws Stringband music Musical instruments Carpentry tools Woodworking tools Singing Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)	Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)	Moving Image	Woodworkers Documentary videos Shingles Cypress Wood craft Woodworking tools Tools Carpentry tools Material culture Storytelling Humor Tall tales Personal experience narratives Oral narratives Signs and signboards Museums Tourism Workshops Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg

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

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

Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress Knee Museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Wood carver Tom Gaskins

Wood carver Tom Gaskins

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

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

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

Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress Knee Museum

Cypress Knee Museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Tom Gaskins at his cypress museum

Wood carver Tom Gaskins

Wood carver Tom Gaskins

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Music; Pioneer Homes (master version); Sawmill

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)

Florida Yesterday: Pioneer Homes (master version & B-roll)