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Title	[Rebecca Ashe to Clementine Douglas, 1937]
Creator	Ashe, Rebecca Gibbs
Medium of Original	letters (correspondence)
Date of Orginal	1937-07-10
Dimensions	11" x 8.5"
Description	Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique homespun which was popular with visitors, including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. By 1937 she had met Clementine Douglas and Allen Eaton, who placed orders for fabric. In this letter dated July 10, 1937, Ashe writes about the order she is doing for Douglas and how someone has been putting articles about her work in the papers, and because of such she is having a hard time getting everything done due to increased orders.
Subject - Topic	Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Time Period	1930s
Location	Jackson County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection	Southern Highland Craft Guild Records. Photographic Media. Craft Fair subseries.
Inventory Number	SHCG_CDP1_6_1
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Title	[Rebecca Ashe to Clementine Douglas, 1937]
Creator	Ashe, Rebecca Gibbs
Medium of Original	letters (correspondence)
Date of Orginal	1937-07-10
Dimensions	11" x 8.5"
Description	Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique homespun which was popular with visitors, including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. By 1937 she had met Clementine Douglas and Allen Eaton, who placed orders for fabric. In this letter dated July 10, 1937, Ashe writes about the order she is doing for Douglas and how someone has been putting articles about her work in the papers, and because of such she is having a hard time getting everything done due to increased orders.
Subject - Topic	Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Time Period	1930s
Location	Jackson County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection	Southern Highland Craft Guild Records. Photographic Media. Craft Fair subseries.
Inventory Number	SHCG_CDP1_6_1a
Copyright Information
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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