Fred Perry playing his fiddle

Fieldwork

Dwellings

Fiddling

String instruments

Bluegrass musicians

Fiddlers

Nine color slides. Images of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For the recording of the performance, see tape 38 in S 1714, Box 4. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1985-02

Florida Folklife Program

color slides

Still Image

S1577

v. 27

S85-1496 - S85-1498, S85-1512 - S85-1517

St. Johns River Survey

Figgen, Kathleen

Perry, Fred, 1924-

Trivette, Doug, 1961-

Trivette, Frank Sr.

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