Interview with leather worker Bob Dellis

Apprentices

Fieldwork

Interviews

Personal experience narratives

Leather craft

Leather goods

Occupational groups

Occupational training

Tools

Saddlery

Design

Belts (Clothing)

Saddles

Oral histories

Carvers (Decorative artists)

Leather workers

One audio cassette. Dellis was a long-time leather worker originally born and trained in leather carver in Texas. He made belts, boots, saddles, and other leather carvings. For more information on Dellis, see S 1644, box 11, 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1640

1993-07-28

Florida Folklife Program

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

a_s1640_24_tape05

S1640

24

Tape 5

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Dellis, Murlin Bob, 1926-2003

Irish Americans

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