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Interview with wood carver Harold Dunn

Date: 1986-12-12
Description: Three 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 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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Interview with wood carver Harold Dunn

Interview with Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol

Date: 1987-01-02
Description: One audio cassette. 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 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 Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol

Interview with quilter Elsie Horst

Date: 1986-12-20
Description: One audio cassette. Horst is Amish and learned quilting from her mother. 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 quilter Elsie Horst

William "Bill" Wright interview

Date: 1986-12-19
Description: One audio cassette. Wright discusses net making.
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William "Bill" Wright interview

Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj

Date: 1987-04-12
Description: One audio cassette. Ilnyckyj was a retired Ukrainian bishop from Fort Port, Florida. 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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Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj

Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell

Date: 1986-12-15
Description: One audio cassette. McDonnell worked as a wood carver for the Ringling Brothers Circus Museum. 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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Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell

Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon

Date: 1986-12-12
Description: One audio cassette. 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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Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon

Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker

Date: 1986-12-12
Description: One audio cassette. 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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Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker

Interview with quilter Mattie Wittmer

Date: 1987-01-06
Description: Two audio cassettes. Wittmer is Amish, and the aunt of quilter Loretta Coblenz. 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 quilter Mattie Wittmer

1992 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1992-05
Description: One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white prints. Various images of the 1992 Florida Folk Festival, including the Sarasota and the FSU circuses, and the Masaryktown Beseda dancers.
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1992 Florida Folk Festival

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a_s1708_04_tape09	Interview with Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Art, Mennonite Mennonites Quilted goods Quilting Needlework Shells Carpentry Carpenters Quiltmakers Needleworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape21a	Interview with quilter Elsie Horst	Sound	Fieldwork Quilts Needlework Quilted goods Art, Mennonite Mennonites Decorative arts Material culture Interviews Life histories Oral histories Quiltmakers Needleworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape21b	William "Bill" Wright interview	Sound	Field recordings Interviews Oral histories Life histories Occupational groups Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishing nets Net makers Netmaking Seafood industry Net maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape22	Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj	Sound	Priests Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Religion Ukrainian Americans Catholics Churches Christianity	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape34	Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Wood carving Circus Circus wagons Miniature craft Miniatures Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape35	Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Wood carving Circus Circus wagons Miniature craft Miniatures Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_05_tape12	Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Occupational groups Blacksmithing Metal craft Metalwork Ranchers Blacksmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_05_tape15	Interview with quilter Mattie Wittmer	Sound	Fieldwork Art, Mennonite Mennonites Material culture Quilted goods Quilting Quilts Needlework Decorative arts Sound recordings Interviews Oral histories Life histories Quiltmakers Needleworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
1992 Florida Folk Festival	1992 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Beseda (Dance) Body movement Circus Performers Performing arts Entertainers Entertainment Dancers Circus performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Interview with wood carver Harold Dunn

Interview with wood carver Harold Dunn

Interview with Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol

Interview with Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol

Interview with quilter Elsie Horst

Interview with quilter Elsie Horst

William "Bill" Wright interview

William "Bill" Wright interview

Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj

Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj

Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell

Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell

Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon

Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon

Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker

Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker

Interview with quilter Mattie Wittmer

Interview with quilter Mattie Wittmer

1992 Florida Folk Festival

1992 Florida Folk Festival

State Archives of Florida

State Library of Florida

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Interview with wood carver Harold Dunn

Interview with wood carver Harold Dunn

Interview with Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol

Interview with Amish artists Menno and Idah Ebersol

Interview with quilter Elsie Horst

Interview with quilter Elsie Horst

William "Bill" Wright interview

William "Bill" Wright interview

Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj

Interview with Archbishop Nickolus Ilnyckyj

Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell

Interview with wood carver Ed McDonnell

Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon

Interview with wood carver Joe McKennon

Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker

Interview with blacksmith Jim Tucker

Interview with quilter Mattie Wittmer

Interview with quilter Mattie Wittmer

1992 Florida Folk Festival

1992 Florida Folk Festival