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Deweese, Elizabeth Ann (Phelps), 1842-1915 (Sc 3132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Deweese, Elizabeth Ann (Phelps), 1842-1915 (Sc 3132), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3132. Weaving drafts (4 originals; 1 photocopy) on long strips of paper, several of which have been stitched together, created by Elizabeth Ann Deweese of Butler County, Kentucky.
Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (Fa 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Folklife Program - Artists (Fa 743), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archive Project 743. This collection contains information relating to the various artists involved with the Kentucky Folklife Program. Many of the artists included in this collection participated in programs offered at, but not limited to, the Kentucky Folklife Festival, Made to be Played Exhibit, apprenticeship programs, and survey or fieldwork that was conducted by the Kentucky Folklife Program. Artists included musicians (gospel, blues, bluegrass, banjo, thumbpicking guitarists, and singing) to traditional artists (painting, quilting, storytelling, basketmaking, and instrument making). The collection also includes musical groups and places relating to artists and art forms. The collection …
Richards, Beatrice (Lightfoot), 1900-1989 (Sc 768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richards, Beatrice (Lightfoot), 1900-1989 (Sc 768), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 768. Copies of weaving drafts (11 items), with one bearing the above date. Beatrice Richards collected the drafts from her roommate’s family (the Detons) while a student at Berea College. The drafts are believed to be of Scottish origin and to have been brought to the Glasgow- Edmonton area of Kentucky when the family migrated from North Carolina. The drafts bear the names Double Bow Knot, Flower of the Mountain, the Honey Comb and Nine Dimons, Tennessee Trouble, Union Cross Roads, and World's Wonder.
Cloyd, Mary (Sc 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Cloyd, Mary (Sc 31), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 31. Loom weaving drafts for Nine Snowballs and Pea Patch designs. On the back a notation from Washington County, Tennessee states: “This is the Cass and Butler drafts.”
Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bousman, Louise Tate, 1906-1979 (Sc 99), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 99. Paper, 1935 (41 p.), entitled "Handwoven Textiles," written by Louise Tate Bousman, Louisville, Kentucky, which is a summary of material gathered for a textile show held at the Kentucky Library & Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. There are photos and samples included and the the paper is indexed. Also letters of Miss Bousman, 1935, 1945, news clipping and printed item related to weaving.
Taft, Anne Celine (Fa 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Taft, Anne Celine (Fa 15), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 15. Interviews conducted by Anne Celine Taft with Zeleme (Brashear) Cottrell, about her weaving. Cottrell discusses the weaving process in depth and how it has affected her life.
Warren County - Historic Houses (Sc 1324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Warren County - Historic Houses (Sc 1324), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1324. Listing of thread colors used in a handwoven carpet woven for use in the Merritt-Hardin house located on 31-W near Woodburn in Warren County, Kentucky. Also data about the house from Irene Moss Sumpter’s Our Heritage: An Album of Early Warren County Kentucky Land Marks.