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State Archives of Florida
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Related Sites
Listen: The Folk ProgramLucreaty Clark, White Oak Basket Maker
Related Resources
Audio
- Interview with Seminole basketmaker and needle worker Ethel Santiago
Santiago discusses sweetgrass basket making. - Interviews With Lucreaty Clark
Clark described white oak basketry in great detail in several interviews conducted by the Florida Folklife Program between 1977 and 1980.
Additional Resources at Other Institutions
- Folkstreams.net
- Learned It in Back Days and Kept It: A Portrait of Lucreaty
Aside from her skills as an accomplished basket maker, Clark embraced a wide repertoire of traditional African-American songs, games and folk knowledge essential to rural life.
- Learned It in Back Days and Kept It: A Portrait of Lucreaty
Resources at the State Library and Archives of Florida
Florida Electronic Library
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Ask A Librarian
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Features
Territorial Legislative Council Records, 1822-1845
Documenting Florida's legislature prior to statehood
State and County Officer Directories, 1868-1969
Lists of Florida's state and county officials either elected or appointed between 1868 and 1969.
Guide to Military Records and the Wartime Experience
A guide to government records and manuscript collections relating to service members and the wartime experience.
Dust Tracks
21 tracks from Hurston's time documenting African American culture for the WPA in 1930s Florida.
History Day 2025
Resources for Florida History Day from the State Library and Archives of Florida.