Florida Maritime Museum
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Ralph Fulford | Vanishing Culture Project |
Ralph Fulford is the son of 'Tink" Fulford, a fisherman, who had the Dixie Fish Co. and later the Fulford Fish Co. Ralph ran the fish house from 1946 on. He talks about the processing and operation of a fish house. Also, he discusses his part in founding the Cortez Historical Society. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield , Al C. Taylor | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Tidy Island Museum Tour | Vanishing Culture Project |
This recording is of a Tidy Island Museum tour by Goose Culbreath, Alcee Taylor and others, discussing the history of the island, off Cortez, and family outings there. |
Michael Jepson | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Wanda Fulford | Vanishing Culture Project |
Wanda Fulford was born on March 23, 1933, in Cortez, Florida, to Elizabeth and James Jones. James was a commercial fisherman. The family moved to Englewood then to Stump Pass for a while so her father could fish for Mullet. Her mother returned to Cortez with the family shortly, leaving James in Stump Pass. Wanda had a sister and two brothers. She left school with a year and a half to go to work. Wanda worked at various jobs. |
Michael Jepson | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Raymond Stargill Pringle, Sr. | Vanishing Culture Project |
Raymond Stargell Pringle's family came to Cortez in 1919. In this interview, he talks about his father and fishing with him as a kid. Later, he became a minister. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Doris Green | Vanishing Culture Project |
This interview discusses mostly family history. She did a lot of Cortez history work. Green wrote a book, Fog's Comin In, a history of Cortez with many pictures. |
Michael Jepson | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Raymond S. Pringle, Jr. & Raymond S. Pringle, Sr. | Vanishing Culture Project |
Oral history interview with father and son, Raymond Stargill Pringle, Jr. and Sr. |
Michael Jepson | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Raymond Guthrie | Vanishing Culture Project |
In this interview, Raymond Guthrie discusses his family history and fishing experiences. He did seine fishing and stop netting. Guthrie talks about animosity from other fishermen. He fished and did mowing work, and some boat building. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Elizabeth Jones | Vanishing Culture Project |
Elizabeth Pearson Jones talks about her family history and a 1921 hurricane. |
Michael Jepson | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Sue Maddox | Vanishing Culture Project |
In this interview, Sue Turner Maddox talks about family history, not in the fishing industry. Her husband had a drive-in in Mulberry. They divorced and she moved to Cortez in 1965. Maddox had visited with cousins here before. She worked at Moore Stone crab and Bell fish Company in order to support her kids. She got involved in fighting drug problems in Cortez and Bradenton in the 70's with some harrowing results. She still working at Bell's Fish Company. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Albert Mora | Vanishing Culture Project |
"When you go into another man's territory you've got to fish like he does. You've got to learn to fish like they fish or you won't catch nothin'. Everybody learns. Every community fishes different." |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum |