| wpa_county_history_lafayette_01 | History of Lafayette County | Text | Cities and towns--History
Florida--Lafayette County
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/wpa_county_histories.jpg |
History of Lafayette County
- Date
- 1939 (circa)
- Description
- Brief history of Lafayette County, Florida collected by the Works Progress Administration's Historical Records Survey.
- Collection
| N032168 | Home of the Seminoles - Pine Island, Florida | | Seminole Indians
Seminole Indians--Dwellings
Chickees | /fpc/general/n032168.gif |
| PT00180 | Hubert Humphrey greeting FSU Coach Pete Peterson. | | Vice-Presidents--United States
Football coaches--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Coaches (Athletics)--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
College presidents--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee | /fpc/political/pt00180.gif |
| fvc928 | Hugh Downs for Florida | | Downs, Hugh
Kirk, Erika Carola Mattfeld Dolabella, 1934-2023
Today Show
Fishing
Boating
Shuffleboard
Water skiing
Rodeo
Golf
Swimming
Seminoles
Festivals
Fairs
Vacations | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Hugh Downs for Florida
- Date
- Description
- This footage contains several clips of Hugh Downs promoting Florida on the Today Show. Downs opens with a reading of the day's temperatures in Florida, then discusses the wide variety of activities one can enjoy in the Sunshine State, including: fishing; boating; shuffleboard; skiing; rodeo; diving; golf; swimming; and cultural offerings, such as, Seminole Indian villages, festivals and fairs. Footage of these activities plays while Downs talks in the background. He ends each segment by telling viewers how they can send off for a Florida Vacation Guide. Two segments feature the national weather report preceding Downs's promotional speeches.
- Collection
| Images of Florida Seminoles in the Sunshine State | Images of Florida Seminoles in the Sunshine State | | Florida Seminoles
Miccosukee
Mikasuki
Muscogee
Creek
Black Seminoles
Seminole Wars
Alligator wrestling | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/webpage.jpg |
| Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Still Image | Fieldwork
Indian reservations
Seminole Indians
Chickee
Thatch roofs
Architecture
Houses
Structures
Flags
Cookware
Construction + architecture
Native Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1983-08-09
- Description
- One proof sheet with 30 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of the chickees, other structures, thatched roofs, and various yards. For more images, see S 1577, volume 23, slides S83-2994 - S83-3020. The Seminole Video Project was a joint project between the Florida Folklife Program and WFSU-TV. Completed in Spring 1984 and financed by a Florida Endowment for the Humanities grant with the support of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the project culminated in a thirty-minute documentary entitled "Four Corners of the Earth" which profiled Ethel Santiago, a Seminole craftswoman and tribal representative. The program addressed such issues as cultural retention within contemporary society; the role of women in Seminole society; traditional Seminole foods, arts, and medicine; and the changing emphasis on clan affiliations. The project covered Seminoles on the Big Cypress and Hollywood Reservations and at Immokalee, Florida. Raw video footage, along with the finished product, can be found in S 1615, V84-16 through V-84-24. Sound recordings of the interviews can be found in S 1576, T84-111 - T84-133 and C84-108 - C84-115.
- Collection
| Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation | Still Image | Fieldwork
Architecture
Construction + architecture
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Building
Structures
Indian reservations
Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1983-08-09
- Description
- Twenty-seven color slides. Images are of houses, constrcution, landscape and business at the Immokalee Seminole Indian Reservation. The Seminole Video Project was a joint project between the Florida Folklife Program and WFSU-TV. Completed in Spring 1984 and financed by a Florida Endowment for the Humanities grant with the support of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the project culminated in a thirty-minute documentary entitled "Four Corners of the Earth" which profiled Ethel Santiago, a Seminole craftswoman and tribal representative. The program addressed such issues as cultural retention within contemporary society; the role of women in Seminole society; traditional Seminole foods, arts, and medicine; and the changing emphasis on clan affiliations. The project covered Seminoles on the Big Cypress and Hollywood Reservations and at Immokalee, Florida. Raw video footage, along with the finished product, can be found in S 1615, V84-16 through V-84-24. Sound recordings of the interviews can be found in S 1576, T84-111 - T84-133 and C84-108 - C84-115.
- Collection
| Images of the 1982 Florida Folk Festival | Images of the 1982 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Musicians
Bands (Music)
Blues singers
Cooks
Performers
Circus performers
Ventriloquists
Singers
Guitarist
Dancers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Ventriloquism
Puppets
Clog dancing
Guitarists
Folk singers
Theatrical makeup
Cooking and dining
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
African Americans
Clowns
Folklorists
Pianists
Puppeteers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of the 1982 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1981-05-23
- Description
- Three proof sheets with 105 black and white images (plus negatives). (Includes index sheets) Images of the performers and demonstrators of the festival. Includes singer McLean performing with Lais, Boltin, and Rogers; Seminoles Osceola, Billie, and Jumper demonstrating Seminole culture; the Shoestring Puppet Theater; carnival/medicine show performers Noell and Rodgers; clown Jim Parker; the Cross Creek Cloggers performing; Folklife Program staff Beauchamp, Bryant, and Green; and folklorists Petersen, Bulger, and Dyen.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t84-123 | Interview with Agnes Cypress | Sound | Healer
Fieldwork
Interviews
Sound recordings
Oral histories
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Mikasuki language
Alternative medicine
Medicine
Natural medicine | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Agnes Cypress
- Date
- 1984-03-27
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Agnes was the daughter of Seminole Susie Billie, a medicine woman. She discusses medicine; medical treatment on reservations; learning traditional medicine; Green Corn Dance; role of women in medicine; dreams; burial practices; various cures; hair styles; Mikasuki language; and crafts. The Seminole Video Project was a joint project between the Florida Folklife Program and WFSU-TV. Completed in Spring 1984, and financed by a Florida Endowment for the Humanities grant with the support of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the project culminated in a thirty-minute documentary entitled "Four Corners of the Earth" which profiled Ethel Santiago, a Seminole craftswoman and Tribal representative. The program addressed such issues as cultural retention within contemporary society; the role of women in Seminole society; traditional Seminole foods, arts, and medicine; and the changing emphasis on clan affiliations. The project covered Seminoles on the Big Cypress and Hollywood Reservations and at Immokalee, Florida. Raw video footage, along with the finished product, can be found in S 1615, V84-16 through V-84-24. Images from the project can be found in S 1577, v. 23, slides S83-2994 - S83-3020.
- Collection
| a_s1576_10_c83-109 | Interview with Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers | Sound | Wrestlers
Performers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Local history
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Seminole Indians
Indian reservations
Alligators
Animals
Performing arts
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Tourism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers
- Date
- 1983-05-04
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Bowers, an alligator wrestler at Native Village near Hollywood Reservation, was born in Fort Lauderdale in 1955. In the interview, he discusses growing up in a rural family and learning to alligator wrestle after a 4-H agent suggested he try it. He learned the practice from Johnny Buck, an old alligator wrestler. He explains how he received his first job from Chairman Billie and says never had any serious injuries. In addition, he discusses the relationship that grew between the Seminoles and alligators; how the Seminoles view alligator wrestling; how the capture the alligators; codes and regulations; the biggest alligator he wrestled (one that was 10 feet long); alligators' differing personalities and their aggressiveness; praying to thank the alligator after a wrestling match; wrestling techniques and other issues.
- Collection
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