Interview with cast net maker Max Dooley

Net maker

Fieldwork

Interviews

Fishing nets

Net makers

Netmaking

Nets

Occupational folklore

Oral histories

Personal experience narratives

Fishing Equipment and supplies

Occupational groups

Fishers

Two audio cassettes. Originally born in Georgia, Dooley was a long-time Florida fisher and net. Dooley discusses his early life, learning net making, types of nets, tools, and techniques, and methods of throwing the net. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 7. 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 folklorist Peter Roller, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1640

1992-12-15

Florida Folklife Program

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

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S1640

24

Tape 6

Tape 8

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Dooley, Max Louis, 1917-2006

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