| Vince Modie playing the Hungarian zither | Vince Modie playing the Hungarian zither | Moving Image | Video recording
Music performance
Arts, Hungarian
Hungarians Americans
String instruments
Cetera
Musical instruments
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Vince Modie playing the Hungarian zither
- Date
- Description
- One video recording (VHS) Modi played the cetera, an instrument similar to the dulcimer. Creator Horvath was the curator for the Hungarian Folk Art Museum.
- Collection
| Capirotada (Mexican bread pudding) | Capirotada (Mexican bread pudding) | Still Image | Fieldwork
Food
Food habits
Mexican American cookery
Pots
Cookware
Bread
Bread puddings
Desserts
Puddings
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Capirotada (Mexican bread pudding)
- Date
- 1985-03-07
- Description
- Two color slides. Images of Mexican bread pudding cooked by Marie Castillo. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined 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.
- Collection
| Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Still Image | Fieldwork
Christianity
Structures
Buildings
Church services
Community culture
Religion
Church architecture
Ethnicity, Mexico
Latinos
Churches
Church buildings
Catholics
Musical instruments
Religious rites
Baptism
Baptismal sermons
Priests
Church attendance
Infant baptism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Images of a Catholic mass and baptismal service in Seville, Florida. The mass was held in a Methodist Church that the Mexican American fern farmer used for Catholic services. For a recording of the service, see S 1714, box 4, tapes 68-69. 1742-1743: The Methodist Church exterior; 1444-1748: Chuck Bard and Francisco Espino playing music; 1749-1751: Bard leading singing; 1752-1753: Blessing child; 1754, 1756: Narvaez giving communion; 1755: baptising child; 1756-1757: Mother and child; 1806-1813: church parishioners; 1814-1815: Father Narvaez. 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.
- Collection
| Centenarian Ike Ward discussing his life | Centenarian Ike Ward discussing his life | Still Image | Old age
Elderly, the
African Americans
Oral narratives
Oral communication
Personal experience narratives
Life histories
Porches | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Centenarian Ike Ward with Florida folklorists | Centenarian Ike Ward with Florida folklorists | Still Image | Elderly, the
Life histories
Oral communication
Oral narratives
Porches
African Americans
Old age
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Centenarian Ike Ward with Florida folklorists
- Date
- Description
- One black and white print. Ike Ward was 108 years old at the time -- 2 June 1980. In the photograph, he is sitting on his front porch with folklorists Doug Leatherbury and Dwight Devane.
- Collection
| Church service at the St. John's Missionary Baptist Church | Church service at the St. John's Missionary Baptist Church | Still Image | Fieldwork
African Americans
Church attendance
Church membership
Church services
Religion
Children
Prayer
Prayers
Preachers
Baptists
Protestants
Baptist church buildings
Protestant church buildings
Religious rites
Community culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Elizabeth Spreckelsen learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Elizabeth Spreckelsen learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath | Still Image | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Apprentices
Hungarians Americans
Embroidery
Needlework
Textile arts
Decorative arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Elizabeth Spreckelsen learning Hungarian embroidery from Margaret Horvath
- Date
- 1985-03-06
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-four black and white images (plus negatives). Spreckelsen apprenticed under Margaret Horvath in 1984-1985. For an interview with Spreckelsen and Horvath, see S 1640, Box 20, tape 10. 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
| Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery | Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery | Still Image | Needleworkers
Embroiderers
Fieldwork
Hungarians Americans
Needlework
Textile arts
Embroidery
Decorative arts
Design
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Examples of Margaret Horvath's Hungarian embroidery
- Date
- 1984-11
- Description
- Twenty-four color slides. 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.
- Collection
| Fern Farm | Fern Farm | Still Image | Fieldwork
Occupational groups
Farms
Ferns
Herbs
Mexican Americans
Flora
Agriculture
Plants
Harvesting
Farm workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fern Farm
- Date
- 1985-03-01
- Description
- One proof sheet, with 31 black & white image s(plus negatives). Images of Marie Castillo, Rosario Reyes, and Jose Luis Caro harvesting ferns. a typical fern farm owned by Bonnie Jones, located in an area known as the fern belt. Ferns were often used by Mexican Americans as food additives, called herba. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined 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.
- Collection
| Fern Farm | Fern Farm | Still Image | Fieldwork
Farming
Ferns
Flora
Agriculture
Plants
Food habits
Mexican American cookery
Farmer | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fern Farm
- Date
- 1985-03-01
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Images of a typical fern farm owned by Bonnie Jones, located in an area known as the fern belt. The ferns are under plastic wrap to protect them from freezing. Many of the plants are brown from the recent January freeze. Ferns were often used by Mexican Americans as food additives, called herba. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined 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.
- Collection
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