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Upper Suwannee River Valley Survey final report, 2000-2001.
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.25 cubic ft. 20 photographs
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Legislation in 1979 (79-322, SB 1208) transferred the Florida Folk Arts component of the Stephen Foster Memorial to the Florida Department of State. Operating as the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs from ca. 1985 until 1995, the Bureau coordinated the annual Florida Folk Festival and directed such programs as Folk Arts Apprenticeships, Folk Arts in Education, Folk Heritage awards, annual research surveys, and numerous other projects and programs. From 1995 through June 30, 2021, the renamed and reorganized Florida Folklife Program continued the majority of these operations from within the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation in Tallahassee. During the 1995 reorganization, the State Archives of Florida acquired the Florida Folklife Collection from the Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs’ previously maintained Florida Folklife Archives. Legislation in 2021 (2021-71, L. O. F., HB 909) transferred the Florida Folklife Program and its operations from the Division of Historical Resources to the newly renamed Division of Arts and Culture, previously the Division of Cultural Resources, effective July 1, 2021. The program is charged to "identify, research, interpret, and present Florida folk arts, artists, performers, folklore, traditions, customs, and cultural heritage and make folk cultural resources and folklife projects available throughout the state."
This grant funded survey project was conducted by Folklorist Martha Nelson to identify folk traditionals and artists of the Upper Suwannee River Valley region of North Florida for presentation in interpretive programs at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. Some of the broad areas identified for programming include cowboy culture and ranching, tobacco culture, fishing, needlework, foodways, Mexican religious festivals, and traditional herbs and remedies. Five counties were covered by this survey, Hamilton, Columbia, Suwannee, Lafayette, and Madison. The survey recorded various elements of traditional life among residents of this region, and how they continued to adapt to changing technologies and economics in the 21st century.
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This series consists of the final report generated by the Upper Suwannee River Valley Survey. Within this report is the summary, informant list, informant information sheets, fieldnotes, photographic slides, photo logs, interview transcripts, and bibliography.
The photographic slides found in this final report depict several events and individuals. Events photographed include Filipino Night, Las Posadas, and La Fiesta de Guadalupana. Individuals include Yolanda Salas, Norman Jackson, Tomasa and Luis Huerta, Pat Richardson, Junior Underwood, and Ted Jones.
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Florida Folklife Program
Folklife.
Machine-readable artifacts. aat
Suwannee County (Fla.) Columbia County (Fla.) Hamilton County (Fla.) Lafayette County (Fla.) Madison County (Fla.)
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