Shrimping Documentary - Interview with Chris Xynides; M. Tringali: Stringing the Ribbon on Boat; Blessing of Fleet Procession and Ceremony | Shrimping Documentary - Interview with Chris Xynides; M. Tringali: Stringing the Ribbon on Boat; Blessing of Fleet Procession and Ceremony | Moving Image | Woodworkers Documentary videos Boatbuilding Boats and boating Woodwork Catholics Religious rites Prayer Interviews Boatbuilders Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Storyteller Bonnie Dowling | Storyteller Bonnie Dowling | Moving Image | Video recording Oral communication Oral narratives Storytelling Tales Children Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Storyteller Bonnie Dowling
- Date
- 1990
- Description
- One video recording. (VHS; 14 minutes) This video has poor audio -- is very hard to hear. Dowling, a child storyteller, is performing at an unidentified outdoor event.
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a_s1576_09_c83-046 | Charles Usina interview | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives Farm life Agriculture Minorcan Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Charles Usina interview
- Date
- 1982-10-27
- Description
- One audio cassette. Usina and his family talk about Minorcan work in the farming, fishing, timber, and turpentine industries.
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a_s1576_05_c81-029 | Florida Folklife Council meeting | Sound | Arts administrators Folklorists Oral communication Public officers Public officials | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Florida Folklife Council meeting
- Date
- 1980-08-26
- Description
- Present were Florida Folklife Council members González-Pando, Jabbour, Saunders and Sugrue; Folklife Program staff Werndli, Bulger, Loomis, Dyen and Greene; and visitors Adams from the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board, and Swindell from the Senate Sub-Committee on Sundown Review.
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a_s1714_04_tape38 | Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Sound | Fieldwork Sound recording Research methods Fiddle music Fiddling Fiddles String instruments Musical instruments Bluegrass music Old time music Musicians Bluegrass musicians Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Fred Perry playing his fiddle
- Date
- 1985-02-13
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For images of the performance, see slides S85-1496 - S85-1498 in S 1577, V. 27. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1576_21_c86-147 | Harry Xynides interview | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Oral histories Personal experience narratives Greek Americans Occupational folklore Boatbuilding Seafood industry Boating industry World War, 1939-1945 | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Harry Xynides interview
- Date
- 1985-01-14
- Description
- One audio cassette. Xynides discusses his childhood and youth in Greece as well as how he learned boat building; coming to the United States; starting his business with a boat for the Salvadore Family; his boatyard in St. Augustine and working with his son; his refusal to mass-produce his boats; shortage of male help during World War II and therefore his wife's involvement in his business; different aspects of boat building. Interview conducted during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV). A transcript of the interview can be found in S 1579, box 1, folder: C86-99 through C86-149.
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a_s1576_01_c77-025 | Interview with Ada Mickler, Interview with Jean and Libby Waldron | Sound | Interviews Craft Minorcans Fishing nets Netmaking Hats Local history Palmetto weaving Palm frond weaving Florida history Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Ada Mickler, Interview with Jean and Libby Waldron
- Date
- 1977-05-24
- Description
- One audio cassette. Difficult to hear. On side one, interview of Ada Mickler of St. Augustine, Florida, in the laundromat where she works. Mickler talks about cast nets, palmetto hats, Spanish drawnwork. Followed by interview of Jean Waldron (with her sister Libby) on palmetto and palm fans, quilts and White Springs history. Tape recorder malfunctions at the end of side one. Interview continues on side two.
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a_s1576_t78-324 | Interview with cigar roller Domingo Rojas | Sound | Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Occupational groups Occupational folklore Labor Cuban Americans Cigar industry Cigar making Cigar makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_15_c84-118 | Interview with Donnie Gader | Sound | Fieldwork Interviews Life histories Oral histories Minorcan Americans Minorcans Family history Songs Healers Holidays Christmas Gristmills Cooking and dining Singing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Donnie Gader
- Date
- 1984-10-24
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. C84-118: Audio is quiet on interviewer at the start. Donnie Gader recollects songs from her childhood and how she learned them, including: "Rosewood Casket"; "Lilac Trees"; "I'm a Little Curly Head" (rhyme); lullabyes; "The Shoemakers"; "Good Morning, Merry Sunshine"; songs about Jessie James; "Pollywollydoodle"; "Southern Lullabye"; discusses racial words in songs; songs learned from black community: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"; hymns: "Amazing Grace"; "Rock of Ages"; song about a circus bear; learning songs from school teachers; "The Raggedy Man" (poem); and others. C84-119: Donnie Gader talks about home butchering; home remedies such as cornmeal gruel, pot liquor, fevergrass, Jerusalem oat root, dog fennels, and others; the local doctor; planting by the signs; farm living and crafts; games; talks about her journal; Christmas songs such as "Up on the Housetop"; "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"; Christmas tree traditions; making kites with flour and water for glue; her father and working with him at the gristmill; changes in fashion when she was young; life during the Great Depression and afterwards; various jobs she held in a sewing factory and packaging/locker plant. C84-120: Donnie Gader begins by discussing her family history; talks about the cotton gin, gristmill, and shingle mill her family ran; milking cows and making butter; butchering and the community aspect of it; peanut boiling and the community aspect of it; learning music by ear; discusses her second husband's French/Minorcan heritage; datil peppers. C84-121: Donnie Gader discusses and sings songs such as "Frankie and Johnnie"; "After the Ball"; "Down at the Old Garden Gate"; "The Old Rusty Mill" [?]; singing in the cottonfields; racism in cotton picking; song about a bole weevil; talks about her father and family history [sounds as if she reads from her journal at times]; father's talents as a musician; sings songs he sang: "Love Lifted Me"; "What A Friend We Have in Jesus"; community "sings"; foods.
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a_s1576_21_c86-146 | Interview with Father Robert Baker | Sound | Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Personal experience narratives Life histories Shrimpers (persons) Occupational folklore Seafood gathering Seafood industry Religion Catholics Fishers Christianity Fishing Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Father Robert Baker
- Date
- 1985-02-07
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview begins on SIDE TWO of tape. Father Baker, priest for the Basilica Cathedral of St. Augustine, discusses the St. Augustine Blessing of the Fleet. He gives details of the strong Italian Catholic population in St. Augustine as well as a general support for religious/cultural events within the city. He elaborates on the symbolism and ceremony of the Blessing, as well as outlining its religious significance. Interview conducted during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV). A transcript of the interview can be found in S 1579, box 1, folder: C86-99 through C86-149.
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