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Linda Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project
Subject
Fieldwork
Native Americans
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Florida history
Interviewing
Interviews
Sound recordings
Mikasuki language
Oral histories
Life histories
Beliefs and cultures
Patchwork
Clothing and dress
Description
One reel to reel. (Copied onto C81-60.) The first nine minutes of the recording are traffic and swamp ambience. Bowers discusses Seminole crafts; Seminole languages; life with the Oklahoma Seminoles; the role of women in the culture; the future of the Seminole people; traditional clothing; and patchwork. The recordings were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other on traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
Linda Bowers interview for the Seminole Slide Tape Project. 1981-09-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/235229>, accessed 25 December 2024.