| PR294986 | Governor Charlie Crist tonging for oysters in Apalachicola Bay as FDLE security agent Chris Pate reaches to steady him. | | Work boats
Boats and boating--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oysters
Pterioida
Bivalvia
Mollusks
Shellfish
Oystering
Industry, Maritime--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oystermen
Saltwater maritime occupations
Occupations, Maritime--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Occupational groups--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Maritime occupational equipment
Government officials
Oyster boats
Oyster tongs
Petroleum--Environmental aspects
Water--Pollution
Marine pollution
Oil pollution of the sea
Ecological disturbances
Environmental disasters
Oil spills--Mexico, Gulf of
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
Food industry and trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Seafood industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Fish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Shellfish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Bivalve industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oyster industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Public officers
Statesmen--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Politicians--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Governors--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Drilling platforms--Accidents--Mexico, Gulf of | /fpc/prints/PR294986.gif |
| PR294990 | Governor Charlie Crist tonging for oysters in Apalachicola Bay. | | Work boats
Boats and boating--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oysters
Pterioida
Bivalvia
Mollusks
Shellfish
Oystering
Industry, Maritime--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oystermen
Saltwater maritime occupations
Occupations, Maritime--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Occupational groups--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Maritime occupational equipment
Government officials
Oyster boats
Oyster tongs
Petroleum--Environmental aspects
Water--Pollution
Marine pollution
Oil pollution of the sea
Ecological disturbances
Environmental disasters
Oil spills--Mexico, Gulf of
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
Food industry and trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Seafood industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Fish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Shellfish trade--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Bivalve industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Oyster industry--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Public officers
Statesmen--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Politicians--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Governors--Florida--Franklin County--Apalachicola
Drilling platforms--Accidents--Mexico, Gulf of | /fpc/prints/PR294990.gif |
| s2382_ch7_mary-celina | Historical Sketch of the Schooner Mary Celina, Built 1902 | Text | Fishing
Shrimping
Oystering
Shrimp boats
Oyster boats
Towboats
Tugboats
Hurricanes | /fmp/fmms/thumbnails/s2382_ch7_mary-celina.jpg |
| a_s1592_08_reel07 | Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Interviewing
Oral narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Biologists
Fishing
Food habits
Seafood gathering
Maritime life
Maritime folklore
Nature
Fishes
Oysters
Community culture
Biologist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with biologist Dr. Bob Ingle
- Date
- 1986-10-09
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Interview with Florida marine biologist Dr. Ingle. Ingle worked for years with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. He discusses the history of Apalachicola; the history of fishing in the area; immigration to the town; the marine biology of Apalachicola Bay; oystering; local political culture; food habits of area; his career as a marine biologist; types of boats; and changes to the local ecosystems. A partial copy of the interview can be found at the Library of Congress' American Folk Center Archive (AFS 26,782A12). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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| a_s1592_08_reel01 | Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins | Sound | Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Fisheries processing
Fishery processing plants
Selling seafood
Oyster fisheries
Oyster industries
Oyster shucking
Oysters
Fishing
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral narratives
Oyster tongs
Fishers
Merchants
Dealers (retail trade) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins
- Date
- 1986-10-16
- Description
- Two reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassette). Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins. He discusses his early life in Pensacola; learning the oyster fishing trade; local oystermen; opening his own seafood business; the oystering process; boats; the seafood industry; harvesting clams; Florida Seafood Festival; and ecological changes to Bay. Also available on reel to reels (reels 6-7). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1592_08_reel05 | Interview with fisher Angelo Fichera | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Fishing
Greek Americans
Italian Americans
Boats and boating
Oyster fisheries
Seafood gathering
Sturgeon fisheries
Sturgeon fishing
Sturgeons
Mullet fisheries
Mullet fishing
Fishing nets
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fisher Angelo Fichera
- Date
- 1986-11-05
- Description
- Two reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassette). Interview with fisher Angelo Fichera, whose family came from Sicily. He fished for oysters, clams, shrimps, and sturgeon. He discusses Italian and Greek communities in Apalachicola; his fisher father; oystering; fishing boats; mullet and sturgeon fishing; using nets; local businesses; and local fishers. Also a copy can be found in the Library of Congress' American Folk Archive (AFS 26,808). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape18 | Interview with fisher Frank "Sonny Boy" Segree | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recording
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral narratives
Maritime life
Oral histories
Life histories
Fishing
Seafood gathering
Family history
Netmaking
Boatbuilding
Shrimpers (persons)
Oyster industries
Oyster fisheries
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fisher Frank "Sonny Boy" Segree
- Date
- 1986-11-11
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with fisher Segree in Eastpoint. Segree discusses oystering; shrimping; family history; growing up in the Panhandle; life during the Depression; netmaking; boatbuilding; oystering; crabbing; trot lines; arrival of motors; shrimping; star navigation; catching flounder; local businesses; fish houses; and selling seafood. A duplicate copy of the interview may be found at the Library of Congress's American Folk Center archive (AFS 26,814-26,815). Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project may be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape16 | Interview with netmaker Costa Buzier | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Netmaking
Nets
Fishing nets
Occupational groups
Textile arts
Maritime life
Interviewing
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Family history
Weather
Ethnometeorology
Beliefs and cultures
Belief systems
Occupational folklore
Shrimpers (persons)
Boats
Hurricanes
Net maker
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with netmaker Costa Buzier
- Date
- 1986-11-11
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with Buzier at his netmaking shop by Taylor and Hepburn. He discusses his father as a fisher and shrimper; family history; learning the fishing trade; shrimping; clamming; hurricanes; oystering; local businesses; George Kirvin; recreation activities of fishers; oyster canning; Apalachicola life; learning to make nets; net making tools and methods; shrimp trawls; net mending; weather folklore; superstitions; and netmakers like Billy Burbank. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
| a_s1576_23_c86-197 | Interview with oyster fisher Mike Hilchey | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Oysters
Oyster fisheries
Oyster industries
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Cooking and dining
Cookery (Seafood)
Cookery (Oysters)
Fisheries
Dealers (Retail trade)
Fishing
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with oyster fisher Mike Hilchey
- Date
- 1985-08-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Discusses Hilchey's family involvement in oyster fishing (going back to his great-grandfather); boat making; oyster regulation; learning oystering; descriptions of local oyster areas such as Simpson's Creek; vernacular names for oysters; names of oyster beds; oyster seasons; local oyster men; kinship ties in the business; his customers; cooking and serving oysters; and change in the business. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape06 | Interview with seafood dealer George Kirvin | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Fishing
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Shrimpers (persons)
Stores, retail
Boats and boating
Mullet fisheries
Local history
Family history
Mullet fishing
Oyster tongs
Oyster shucking
Weather
Merchants
Dealers (Retail trade) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with seafood dealer George Kirvin
- Date
- 1986-10-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with well-known seafood dealer Kirvin. In 1965, he won a Governor's Award for contribution to Florida seafood. He discusses his start as a fisher and a boat captain; Apalachicola Bay; his start in dealing seafood in 1960s; local contributions and activities; Governor's Award; rifts between commerical and sports fishing; politics; family history; learning fishing; local history; fishing; seining; mullet fishing; locating fish; oystering; and hurricanes. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
- Collection
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