Duck decoy carver Michael Berg with his work

Fieldwork

Wood carving

Woodwork

Woodworking tools

Material culture

Workplace

Workshops

Occupational groups

Labor

Wood craft

Decoys

Hunting

Artisans

Decoys (Hunting)

Wildlife wood-carving

Decorative arts

Carvers (Decorative artists)

Wood carvers

Forty-nine color slides. Originally from Indiana, Berg is a self-taught wood duck decoy carver. These decoys were used for hunters and at gun ranges. Slides includes images of Berg working on his decoys, as well as examples of his work. 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 curricula. 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.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1988-07

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1577

v. 54

S91-01 - S91-49

Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Hansen, Gregory

Berg, Michael A., 1949-

German American

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