Interview with coach maker-wheelwright John Luther

Woodworkers

Fieldwork

Interviews

Carriages and carts

Wagons

Transportation

Personal experience narratives

Wheels

Coaching (Transportation)

Oral histories

Life histories

Occupational groups

Wheelwrights

One audio cassette. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. Richardson was a farmer, lived in Live Oak, and often used mules and wagons. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 6. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1640

1992-04-05

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

a_s1640_23_tape20

S1640

23

Tape 20

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Luther, John, 1955-

German American

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