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Mrs. (Florence) Bob Davidson interview
No full text33 p. transcript of an interview with Mrs. (Florence) Bob Davidson conducted by Imbert Orchard on an unknown date, possibly sometime in 1967. Tape number IH-BC.35, transcript disc 172.Consists of an interview where she discusses arranged marriages in her youth and the artistic tradition in her family.Othern
Florence Barber Diary, 1902, 1901
No full textThis diary was formerly described as an unattributed diary and entitled: Diary (Portsmouth, Va.), 1901, but has now been attributed to Florence Barber of Norfolk, Virginia. In brief daily entries she talks about the weather, chores, and social life, trips to town, church, attending meetings, etc. In August she went to visit churches and schools in Georgia and Alabama, like Atlanta University and Spelman College, both historically black schools. She also mentions teaching music, attending educational meetings in Portsmouth and being elected president of the local YMCA. September 3 is the last entry in this diary.Research conducted by William and Mary students in 2011 pointed to Florence Barber as the owner and author of this diary. Their research also corrected that the diary was actually from 1902, not 1901 and that the author lived in Norfolk, not Portsmouth, Virginia. The diary was transcribed and made available online in 2012.For a more detailed description from staff as well as description and excerpts from the diary provided by the seller, please see digital item:
Florence Barber Diary (1902) identification and Transcription, 2011-2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10288/1706
Florence Davidson and unidentified classmates
No full textFlorence Davidson, right side middle, Class of 1888, dropped out before graduation; she is listed in Alumni Association "inactive file". 8-24-67 letter from J. Lockwood, Sacramento, California (her grandson) indicates she is deceased. Unidentified classmates are in photograph
Miss Florence Young dressed as a boy, Australia, approximately 1908
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer.; Part of the: Jim Davidson Australian postcard collection, 1880-1980.; "Miss Florence Young ; Talma & Co. Syd. and Melb. ; Copyright" --Printed below photograph.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6448766
During My Time: Florence Edenshaw Davidson, a Haida Woman
No full textBy Margaret B. Blackman [College at Brockport emeritus].
This book is the first life history of a Northwest Coast Indian woman. Florence Davidson, daughter of noted Haida carver and chief Charles Edenshaw, was born in 1896. As one of the few living Haida elders knowledgeable bout the culture of a bygone era, she was a fragile link with the past. Living in Masset on the Queen Charlotte Islands, some fifty miles off the northwest coast of British Columbia, Florence Davidson grew up in an era of dramatic change for her people. On of the last Haida women to undergo the traditional puberty seclusion and an arranged marriage, she followed patterns in her life typical of women of her generation. Florence\u27s narrative - edited by Professor Blackman from more than fifty hours of tape recordings - speaks of girlhood, of learning female roles, of the power and authority available to Haida women, of the experiences of menopause and widowhood. Blackman juxtaposes comments made by early observes of the Haida, government agents, and missionaries, with appropriate portions of the life history narrative, to portray a culture neither traditionally Haida nor fully Canadian, a culture adapting to Christianity and the imposition of Canadian laws. Margaret Blackman not only preserves Florence Davidson\u27s memories of Haida ways, but with her own analysis of Davidson\u27s life, adds significantly to the literature on the role of women in cross-cultural perspective. The book makes an important contribution to Northwest Coast history and culture, to the study of culture change, to fieldwork methodology, and to women\u27s studies. - Publisher descriptionhttps://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1012/thumbnail.jp
Annual budget (Florence, Arizona)
No full textabstract: A statement of the estimated revenues and expenditures of the town of Florence, Arizona, including data from the previous fiscal year
Potlatch as pedagogy learning through ceremony
No full text"In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the Potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government's aim of assimilation. The tradition did not die, however; the knowledge of the ceremony was kept alive by the Elders through other events until the ban was lifted. In 1969, a potlatch was held. The occasion: the raising of a totem pole that Robert Davidson had carved, the first the community had seen in close to 80 years. From then on, the community publicly reclaimed the knowledge that had almost been lost from the Elders who remained to share it. Sara Florence Davidson, Robert's daughter, would become an educator. Over the course of her own education, she came to see how the traditions of the Haida practiced by her father--holistic, built on relationships, practical, and continuous--could be integrated into contemporary educational practices. From this realization came the roots for this book. Banned for 67 years by the Canadian government, the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people, determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth. When these public ceremonies were revived in 1969 by the Elders who collectively remembered the historical ways, the potlatch was embraced by a new generation, who reclaimed practices that had almost been lost forever. Sara Florence Davidson, an educator, saw how these traditions, learned from her father, renowned artist Robert Davidson, could be integrated into contemporary educational practices. In this book, father and daughter present a model for learning that is holistic, relational, practical, and continuous."-
M. B. Blackman, During my Time. Florence Edenshaw Davidson, a Haida Woman
No full textLévi-Strauss Claude. M. B. Blackman, During my Time. Florence Edenshaw Davidson, a Haida Woman. In: L'Homme, 1983, tome 23 n°4. p. 84
Affidavit of Florence Scrivner Toye re: transfer of Lease D, Carson Estate Company to Lor Tsan Yow, October 26, 1942
No full textDescribes one-half interest transfer of Lease D with the Carson Estate Company from Florence Scrivner Toye to Lar Tsan Yaw. Signatures representing Florence Scrivner Toye, Lar Tsan Yaw and Hamilton H. Cotton of the Carson Estate Company are included
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