| RC01645 | Drawing of Micanopy | | Seminole Indians--Portraits
Indians--Kings and rulers
Drawing
Seminole Indians--Clothing | /fpc/reference/rc01645.gif |
| dunlawton-sugar-plantation | Dunlawton Sugar Plantation | | Battle of Dunlawton Plantation (Florida : 1835)
Putnam, Benjamin Alexander, 1801-1869
Dunlawton Planation (Port Orange, Fla.)
Seminole War (2nd) (1835-1842)
Bongoland (Port Orange, Fla.)
Tourism
Botanical gardens | /fmp/learn/floridiana/thumbnails/11255.jpg |
| RC08718 | Engraving of John Horse. | | Engraving
Translators
Seminole Indians--Mixed descent
Black Seminoles | /fpc/reference/rc08718.gif |
| RC05202 | Engraving of Mico Chlucco | | Indians--Kings and rulers
Seminole Indians
Engraving | /fpc/reference/rc05202.gif |
| Ethel Santiago teaching Margaret Cypress sweetgrass basket making | Ethel Santiago teaching Margaret Cypress sweetgrass basket making | Still Image | Basket maker
Apprentices
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Basket making
Sweetgrass baskets
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Ethnicity, Seminole
Material culture
Plants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ethel Santiago teaching Margaret Cypress sweetgrass basket making
- Date
- 1984-02
- Description
- Three proof sheets with 78 black and white images (plus negatives). Santiago and Cypress were among the first participants in the Florida Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1983-1984. As a master folk artist, Santiago taught Cypress how to make sweetgrass baskets. Images include them gathering sweetgrass, weaving baskets, and of Owen transcribing tapes at the reservation. Traditionally, Seminoles baskets were shallow and woven from palmetto fronds. Circa 1930, sweetgrass baskets, inspired perhaps by African American arts, were designed to represent 'authentic' Seminole culture for the tourist trade. Over time, they became traditional. 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,who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was held each year until 2003.
- Collection
| s576_b026_f03_x02 | Everglades National Park Promotional Leaflet, ca. 1947 | Text | Parks -- Florida -- Everglades
National parks and reserves -- Florida -- Everglades
Protected areas -- Florida -- Everglades
Tequesta Indians
Place marketing -- Florida -- Everglades
Calusa Indians
Seminole Indians | /FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s576_b026_f03_x02.jpg |
Everglades National Park Promotional Leaflet, ca. 1947
- Date
- 1947 (circa)
- Description
- Promotional leaflet for Everglades National Park written by Daniel B. Beard of the Everglades National Park Commission. The leaflet includes information about the physical geography, vegetation, wildlife, fishes, history, accommodations and regulations of the park.
- Collection
| fvc895 | Fabulous Florida | | Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center (White Springs, Fla.)
Miami Seaquarium
Gasparilla Festival (Tampa, Fla.)
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Seminoles
Agriculture
Citrus | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Fabulous Florida
- Date
- 1962 (circa)
- Description
- This film offers a narrated tour of Florida, highlighting the North, Central and Southern regions. It features shots of: St. Augustine; Tallahassee; Jacksonville; Daytona Beach; Tampa; St. Petersburg; Palm Beach; Ft. Lauderdale; Miami Beach and Key West. The attractions mentioned include: Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center; Silver Springs; Rainbow Springs; Miami Seaquarium; Marineland; the Citrus Tower; Bok Tower; Cypress Gardens; Gasparilla Festival; Skyway Bridge; Ringling Art Museum; Everglades National Park and the Overseas Highway. The film also features Seminole Indian culture, Florida agriculture and the citrus industry. Produced by John Bramby for Humble Oil and Refining Company.
- Collection
| fatiovdewees | Fatio v. Dewees | Text | Trial and arbitral proceedings--Florida.
Land grants--Florida -- St Johns County. | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/supreme_court.jpg |
Fatio v. Dewees
- Date
- 1838
- Description
- In 1838, the Florida Territorial Court of Appeals considered the case of Francis P. Fatio v. Philip Dewees. The case, which originated in the St. Johns Circuit Court, involved a complex legal battle over land held by the Dewees family since the 1790s.
Both parties in this case represented families with established roots in Florida. The Francis P. Fatio named in this case was the son of Francis P. Fatio Sr. The elder Fatio originally came to East Florida from Switzerland during the British period (1763-1783). He acquired plantations and slaves and became involved in the colonial government. Fatio remained in Florida following the retrocession of Florida to Spain in 1783. In the first decade of the 19th century, Seminole warriors raided Fatio's property and carried off slaves on more than one occasion. Because of his tenure in Florida and his political connections, Fatio ranked among the largest land owners when, in 1821, the territory became part of the United States.
Andrew Dewees, Philip's father, came to Florida from South Carolina in the 1790s and received a grant of land from the Spanish government. Offering land grants to prospective settlers was the primary means by which the Spanish sought to populate the Florida frontier. The Spaniards hoped to create a buffer of plantations to squeeze as much profit as possible from the land in Florida. These plantations might also have served as an impediment to the expansionist Americans as well as the Creeks and Seminoles who controlled Florida's interior into the early 19th century.
This case involved a dispute over property along the St. Johns River included in the Spanish grant to Andrew Dewees. In 1831, Francis P. Fatio the younger sued the heirs of Dewees in the Florida Territorial Court of Appeals in order to reverse a ruling made by the Eastern District (St. Johns) of that judicial body.
The case hinged on the legality of a sale made by Catalina, wife of Andrew Dewees, to the firm of John Forbes & Company in 1811, after her husband's death in 1794. Under the terms of the will of Andrew Dewees, Catalina received title to half of the lands included in the estate. The other half of the estate went to the children of Andrew Dewees and their heirs.
The heirs of Dewees filed, successfully, an action of ejectment against Francis P. Fatio who had leased a portion of the land in question from John Forbes & Company. To substantiate their claims, the heirs of Philip Dewees produced documents confirming the original Royal Title, certified and dated May 4, 1804, as well as records relating to the estate of Andrew Dewees and the subsequent sale of lands therein to Forbes.
After seven years of appeals and retrials, the jury determined to award the land to the heirs of Andrew Dewees based on the evidence that the transaction between Forbes & Company and Catherine Dewees did not include the children's portion of the estate as stipulated in the will. About 1,800 acres of land reverted back to the heirs of Dewees and Fatio was evicted from the land.
This case is an example of the complexities of the law as it related to property, especially real estate claimed prior to the acquisition of Florida by the United States. Learn more about lands held by the Fatio and Dewees families in the Spanish Land Grants Collection.
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| Fiesta of Five Flags | Fiesta of Five Flags | | Beauty pageant contestants
Beauty pageants
Boats
Celebrations
Festivals
Seminole Indians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/ba014.jpg |
Fiesta of Five Flags
- Date
- 1955-06
- Description
- This film starts with a shot of a souvenir program showing the name and dates of the event. There are shots of a crowd on a pier as a group of costumed men arrive on a sloop. Next are scenes of pageantry and more of an indoor pageant. The parade has a few Seminoles, Miss Tallahassee, Miss Lake Charles, Miss Gainesville and others.
- Collection
| Film of the 1961 Florida Folk Festival | Film of the 1961 Florida Folk Festival | Moving Image | Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Music performance
Dancers
Folk dance
Whipcracking
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Mikasuki language
Creek Indians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Film of the 1961 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1961-05-21
- Description
- One 16mm film. 25 minutes. Sound & silent. (User copy can be found on video V-199 FLDA002) This film contains footage of participants and performers at the 1961 Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida. It opens with the artist and Oklahoma Creek Indian Fred Beaver standing on the banks of the Suwannee River, recounting the history of the Seminole Indians and the origin of the Suwannee River 's name. Next, four Seminoles sing in the native Seminole language. Through translator Frank Shore, Seminole Billy Tiger explains how he uses a medicine branch to cure the mentally ill. Jessie DeVane of Lake Placid talks with Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs III about his adventures hunting bear, deer and turkey. Nancy, Mary Jane and Molly Shore, daughters of Seminole Frank Shore, sing "Jesus Loves Me" in their native language. A group of young men from Tarpon Springs dressed in traditional Greek attire dance. Whip-crackers Curly Dekle and Claude Sheppard demonstrate tricks. There are additional shots of visitors touring the park. The film ends with a choir dressed in period costumes singing. Produced by Peter Elgar Productions.
- Collection
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