Prudenciana Gomez in her home

Fieldwork

Research methods

Interviewing

Oral narratives

Latinos

Ethnicity, Mexico

Mexican Americans

Cooks

Two color slides. Images of Prudencia Gomez being interviewed about Mexican American foodways and religion. She and her family work on fern farms (herba is Spanish for fern), which were used by Mexican families for food. A recording of the interview can be found in S 1714, box 4, tapes 63-64. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1985-03-07

Florida Folklife Program

Still Image

S1577

v. 27

Color slides

S85-1633 - S85-1634

St. Johns River Survey

Figgen, Kathleen

Gomez, Prudenciana

Latino

Mexican American

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