Vanishing Culture Project
Interviewee | Collection Sort ascending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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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 | |
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 |