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Margaret Garrison starting to create a sweetgrass basket - White Springs, Florida

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Image Number

FA5847

Date Note

Photographed on July 14, 1986.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Summer Folk Culture Seminar-Photos, 1986 ; Box 1, FF18

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1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Margaret Garrison starting to create a sweetgrass basket - White Springs, Florida

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Title

Margaret Garrison starting to create a sweetgrass basket - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Hand

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Ethnicity, African American

Domestic arts

Sweetgrass coil

Folklife and folklore projects

Projects, Instate

Handicraft

Nature craft

Grasswork

Basketwork

Decorative arts

Grass weaving

Weaving

Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

African American basket makers

Women artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

African American women--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

African Americans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Hand weaving

Basket making

Date

1986-07-14

Identifier

FA5847

Image URL

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Thumbnail

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Date Note

Photographed on July 14, 1986.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Summer Folk Culture Seminar-Photos, 1986 ; Box 1, FF18

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B1FF18.

Subject - Person

Garrison, Margaret, 1944-

Subject - Meeting

Summer Folk Culture Seminar (1986)

Subject - Corporate

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Margaret Garrison starting to create a sweetgrass basket - White Springs, Florida. 1986-07-14. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111624>, accessed 13 June 2026.

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Margaret Garrison starting to create a sweetgrass basket - White Springs, Florida. 1986-07-14. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111624>

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(State Archives of Florida)

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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