Florence Avalon Daggett (1907–2002)[1] was an American filmmaker and philanthropist. She is associated with Avalon Daggett Productions, a film production company based in Los Angeles which specialized in short documentary films, and educational films.[2] Many of her later films were produced for the state of Louisiana.
Biography edit
Florence Avalon Daggett born in Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana and was raised on a plantation.[3] She lived in Switzerland for a few years.[4] She was described as being diminutive in stature.[5] She filmed with a Bolex 16 mm film camera and her work had been honored at the Cannes Film Festival.[6][7]
Daggett made documentary films about Western subjects including Native American tribes and cattle, where she made use of a technique known as tribesourcing. Tribesourcing is an approach applied to update, correct, and contextualize educational films; many of these films have historical value but the films are often containing incorrect or demeaning "facts", especially about Native Americans.[8]
Daggett also made films about sights in her home state of Louisiana, and about Mississippi.[5] She made a film for the Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission, entitled A Way of Life (1961).[9]
Philanthropy edit
After she died in 2002, the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) was left with an endowment for professorships by Daggett.[6] Daggett had been friends with Dr. Joe Musick, the former director of the Rice Research Station at LSU AgCenter (near Crowley); where many of her bequeathed funds were used.[6]
She also funded a Native American scholarship in Arizona.[6]
Filmography edit
- Louisiana Gayride (1949)[7]
- Indian Pow-wow (1951)
- Smoki Snake Dance (1952)
- Villages in the Sky (1952)[10][11]
- Peaceful Ones (1952)[12]
- Warriors at Peace (1952)[7][13]
- Tribe of the Turquoise Waters (1952)[14]
- Apache (1953)[15]
- Navajo Canyon Country (1954)[1][16]
- America the Beautiful, series[5]
- Mississippi Magic (1954)
- 66th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (1954)
- Arizona Adventure (1954)
- Weavers of the West (1954)
- Herds West (1955)[17]
- Father of the Southwest (1957)
- Copper, Steward of the Nation (1959)[7]
- Roses Pasadena, California; 1955 Theme, Familiar Sayings in Flowers[18]
- Marshes of the Mississippi (1961)
- A Way of Life (1961), for the Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission
- Rice, America’s Food For the World (1962)
- The Big Span (ca. 1963)[19]
- Signs, Signals and Safety (1966)
- School Bus Driver VIP (1967)[7]
- Louisiana: The Jazz Age Meets the Space Age (1968), for Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry (now Louisiana State Board of Commerce and Industry), Baton Rouge[20]
- Big Piers (1968), for the Louisiana Department of Highways[21]
- Big River Crossing (1968), for the Louisiana Department of Highways[22]
- Swamp Expressway (1972)[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "Navajo Canyon Country". Alexander Street, part of Clarivate. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "Avalon Daggett Productions". OCLC WorldCat Identities. OCLC, Inc.
- ^ Louisiana Conservationist. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department. 1961. pp. 13–15.
- ^ "Researchers named to professorships". Farm Progress. November 23, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Page 3 | The University of Iowa Libraries".
- ^ a b c d "Three LSU AgCenter Researchers named to Daggett Professorships". The Rayne Acadian-Tribune. 2009-12-06. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ a b c d e f "Blog Posts". The Cine-Tourist.
- ^ "Tribesourcing the American Indian Film Gallery". Moving Image Archive News. June 25, 2018.
- ^ "Louisiana: A History; A Way of Life produced for Louisiana Sovereignty Commission by Avalon Daggett". Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Villages In the Sky | American Indian Film Gallery". aifg.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Villages in the Sky (1953) | Tribesourcingfilm.org". tribesourcingfilm.org. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Motion Pictures. Library of Congress Copyright Office. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1960. p. 259.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Affairs, United States Bureau of Indian (1979). Educational Film Catalog for Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. p. 100.
- ^ "Avalon Daggett Productions". BFI. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Apache | American Indian Film Gallery". aifg.arizona.edu.
- ^ "Navajo Canyon Country". September 8, 1954 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Quitney, Jeff (August 5, 2019). "Cattle Ranching "Herds West" 1955 Avalon Daggett; Cowboys on the Range, in Nutrition Lab & Feed Factory" – via Vimeo.
- ^ "Rose Parade 1960". WorldCat. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "The big span". WorldCat. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Louisiana: the jazz age meets the space age". WorldCat.
- ^ "Big piers". OCLC WorldCat Identities.
- ^ "Big river crossing". OCLC WorldCat Identities.