Wayne Nield
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Calvin Bell | Vanishing Culture Project |
Calvin Edison Bell was born on November 14, 1929. He is the son of Aaron Park Bell, a commercial fisherman from North Carolina, and Jessie Blanche Fulford. Calvin grew up in a family of seven children, with five brothers and one sister. He lived in the same house in Cortez, Florida, for his entire life. Calvin followed in his father's footsteps and became a commercial fisherman, participating in various types of fishing including mackerel fishing, mullet fishing, and seine fishing. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 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 | |
Marvin Carver | Vanishing Culture Project |
This interview with Marvin Carver covers family, fishing, fish camps and net spreads. He also had a bridge tender's job in Cortez. |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | Cortez, FL | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | |
Julian Culbreath | Vanishing Culture Project |
This interview has two tracks, one an interview with Julian Culbreath and the other some music played on his fiddle with Leo Gale on guitar. The interview discusses Culbreath's family history and fishing. Culbreath's family was musical. A lot is about his musical career and the formation of The Cortez Grand Old Opry. The music tape has "The Cortez Rag" and "The Orange Blossom Special." |
Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |