Interview with the Schmidts, a commercial fishing family

Fieldwork

Interviews

Interviewing

Occupational folklore

Occupational groups

Labor

Maritime folklore

Seafood gathering

Casting (Fishing)

Oral narratives

Oral histories

Fishing

Fishing Equipment and supplies

Family history

Saltwater fishing

Water hyacinth

Maritime life

Fishing tackle

Crabbing

Fishers

Two audio cassettes. Interview with a commercial fishing family, the Schmidts (father Jerome, wife Bernice, and daughter Francis). Discusses fishing, the St. Johns River, crabbing, fishing tackle and methods, fishing in Illinois and Louisiana, moving to Florida, water hyacinth, and changes to the industry. Sheffield talks about fishing, types of tackle and methods, growing up in Satsuma, boating, fish, market prices, changes to the St. Johns River, and the effects of water hyacinth on fish. For an interview with co-worker Sheffield, see tape 27. 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1714

1985-02-06

Florida Folklife Program

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

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S1714

3

Tapes 28-29

St. Johns River Survey

McDonald, Mary Anne

Schmidt, Bernice

Schmidt, Francis, 1940-

Schmidt, Jerome

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