Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson

Fieldwork

Oysters

Oyster fisheries

Oyster tongs

Boats and boating

Fishing

Maritime life

Occupational groups

Seafood gathering

Work

Workplace

Labor

Interviewing

Folklorists

Fishers

Seven contact sheets with 252 black and white images; plus negatives and logs. Images are of oyster fishers Folsom and Anderson fishing for oysters from their oyster skiffs in Apalachicola Bay. Traces the process from leaving the dock to bringing the catch back to the seafood dealer. Includes images of folkorists Taylor and Nusz interviewing and observing Folsom and Anderson. For more images of Folsom and Anderson, see S 1577, v. 45 and 46. 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1592

1986-11-06

Florida Folklife Program

photographs

Still Image

S1592

4

3

Envelopes 17-21

Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Taylor, David, 1951-

Nusz, Nancy

Folsom, Ken

Anderson, Cletus

Nusz, Nancy

Taylor, David, 1951-

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