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Sawmill Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Stage)
Subject
Sawmill workers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Sawmilling
Sawmills
Lumber trade
Forests and forestry
Trees
Timber
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Interviews
Workshops (Adult education)
Saws
Description
One reel to reel recording. Sawin served as emcee. A discussion that arose out of the Florida Forest Industries Project. They discuss the history of portable sawmills, dipping pine in chemicals, quality of wood, ban saws, forzen lumber, losing fingers, safety, stacking lumber, and roughwood.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1989-05-27
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t89-068
Series
S1576
Item ID
T89-68
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Forest Industries Project
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1989)
Sawmill Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Stage). 1989-05-27. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/237426>, accessed 20 March 2025.
MLA
Sawmill Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Stage). 1989-05-27. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/237426>