| a_s1576_21_c86-141 | Captain Jake Stone interview for Fishing All My Days | Sound | Net maker
Field recordings
Interviews
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Interviewing
Fishing nets
Netmaking
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Selling seafood
Oral history
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishing
Fishers
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Captain Jake Stone interview for Fishing All My Days
- Date
- 1984-08-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Audio does not start immediately. C86-143: Capt. Jake Stone discusses his early years in shrimping, 1947-1948; his first shrimp boat was the "Jim Dozier"; tells fishing story; discusses shrimping in the present day - differences; family background; shrimp boats he's run; New Smyrna, Florida as "shrimping Mecca"; modern shrimping ports; communication; "heading" shrimp stories; shrimping as a family business; superstitions among fishermen; "oil drip" story; shrimp captain, "Gator Pierce"; fisherman, Ralph Weatherly; fishing territories; electric reels; net-making; old-time net-maker, Anchor Damgard; fisherman, Johnny McDonald; tells fishing and shrimping stories throughout tape. C86-141: Captain Stone discusses various aspects of shrimping and netmaking such as the types of nets he made ("Jubilee" nets, "Joe Lucas" nets, and "Brownie" nets); innovations in his net-making; intricacies of net-making and how they work; seasonal runs of shrimp; decreasing catches of shrimp and rising prices; legends of shark feeding; younger generation's lack of interest in net making; modern shrimping vs. shrimping when Capt. Stone was younger. 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_t80-050 | Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services | Sound | Religion
Churches
Community rites
African Americans
Christianity
Preachers
Church attendance
Church membership
Protestants
Baptists
Church services
Fieldwork
Prayer
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Sermons | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t81-024 | Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy | Sound | Fieldwork
African Americans
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Churches
Church services
Protestants
Sermons
Christianity
Prayer
Church attendance
Gospel music
Gospel (Black)
Religion
Religious music
Singers
Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t83-079 | Singing by the Church of God in Christ | Sound | Fieldwork
African Americans
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Churches
Church services
Protestants
Sermons
Preachers
Christianity
Prayer
Church attendance
Gospel music
Gospel (Black)
Religion
Religious music
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Singing by the Church of God in Christ
- Date
- 1980-05-04
- Description
- Three reel to reel recordings. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t83-088 | Interview with and music performance by Ike Ward | Sound | Fieldwork
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Guitarists
String instruments
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Singers
Guitarist
Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with and music performance by Ike Ward
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Over one hundred years old at the time of the recording, Ward talks about blues music, visiting Africa after the war, and his life. In 1980, he still performed at local social functions. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
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| a_s1640_20_tape10 | Interview with Hungarian embroiderers Margaret Horvath and Elizabeth Spreckelsen | Sound | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Apprentices
Interviews
Sound recordings
Emigration and immigration
Family history
Embroidery
Needlework
German Americans
Hungarians Americans
Teaching of folklore
Textile arts
Decorative arts
Design
Life histories
Oral histories
Occupational groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Hungarian embroiderers Margaret Horvath and Elizabeth Spreckelsen
- Date
- 1985-03-06
- Description
- One audio cassette. Spreckelsen apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. Horvath was a Hungarian and moved to the U.S. in 1970. Spreckelsen was from a German American family in New York City. They discuss immigration; family history; learning embroidery; types of Hungarian embroidery; designs; and teaching embroidery. For a transcript, see S 1640, box 2, folder 9. 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 2003.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape13 | Interview with pinata maker Viki Grimm | Sound | Artisans
Apprentices
Pinatas
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Interviews
Decorative arts
Craft
Life histories
Arts, Mexican
Ethnicity, Mexico
Mexican Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with pinata maker Viki Grimm
- Date
- 1986-04-22
- Description
- One audio casette. 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 2003.
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| a_s1640_22_tape18 | Margaret Horvath & apprentice Sylvia Daniels interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Embroidery
Needlepoint
Field recordings
Interviews
Hungarian Americans
Needlework
Oral history narratives
Textile processes | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1640_22_tape19 | Margaret Horvath interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Arts, Hungarian
Hungarians Americans
Embroidery
Needlework
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Design
Embroiderers
Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Margaret Horvath interview for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
- Date
- 1991-07-24
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. For more information on Horvath, see S 1644, box 8, 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.
- Collection
| a_s1640_23_tape17 | Interviews with wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Sound | Woodworkers
Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Wheels
Blacksmithing
Woodwork
Personal experience narratives
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Tools
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Metalwork
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Apprentices
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interviews with wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio
- Date
- 1991-12-14
- Description
- Three audio cassettes. Interviews occurred on three separate dates: tape 17 (14 December 1991), tape 18 (30 March 1992) and tape 19 (25 June 1992). They discuss their lives, how they learned their skills, and the progress they made during the apprenticeship. They performed the work at the Pioneer Settlement where Rubio worked as a blacksmith. Hollenback was originally from Illinois were he learned blacksmith and wheelwrighting from his father. Rubio was originally from New York. For more information on both of them, see S 1644, box 10, folder 5. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
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