Vanishing Culture Project
Interviewee Sort ascending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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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 | |
Walter Bell | Vanishing Culture Project |
This interview with Walter Bell, the son of A P Bell, covers his family and growing up in Cortez. Some info about the Manatee River Fish Co. a precurser to A P Bell Fish Company and relations with other fishermen. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Vernon Mora | Vanishing Culture Project |
Vernon Mora discusses family history, fishing in Sarasota Bay. He fished for A.P. Bell and Fulfords, worked on a dredge for a while, had a shrimp boat for a while. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 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 | |
Thomas "Blue" Fulford | Vanishing Culture Project |
Commonly known as "Blue", Thomas Fulford talks about his fishing with "Tink" Fulford, fishing on the Anna Dean, growing up in Cortez, 'Hogging' stop netting, feud with gill netters, union formation attempts, net care and conflict with sport fishermen. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 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 | |
Rita Warden | Vanishing Culture Project |
In this interview, Rita Warden, discusses her family history; they migrated to Florida from Canada. Though not a Cortez fisherman, Rita's husband was a carpenter and farmer in Michigan. They wintered in Cortez from 1938 on. She talks about trailer park living and her husband's fishing when here. Rita's husband did some shrimp netting too. They are friends with the Guthries, one of whom was a fisherman and bridge tender. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 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 | |
Raymond Stargill Pringle, Jr. | Vanishing Culture Project |
Raymond Pringle, Jr. discusses family life, fishing with various others, seine and gill netting. He expresses bitterness about all the regulations imposed on commercial fishing. |
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 |