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Title
[Lucy
Calista
Morgan
and
Edward
Worst
at a
flax
wheel]
Creator
Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Orginal
1932/1933
Description
This
photograph
depicts
Lucy
Calista
Morgan
,
founder
of the
Penland
School
of
Handicrafts
in
Penland
,
N.C.
, with
weaving
instructor
Edward
Worst
, of
Chicago
,
Ill.
, at a
flax
wheel
. This
photograph
was
taken
around
1932
or
1933
by
Bayard
Wootten
on the
porch
of
Morgan
Hall
,
which
was
one
of the
buildings
at the
Appalachian
Industrial
School
. From
1923
to
1938
the
Appalachian
Industrial
School
served
as the
umbrella
institution
under
which
the
Penland
Weavers
and
Potters
were
organized
and the
Penland
School
of
Handicrafts
(now
Penland
School
of
Crafts)
was
established
.
Morgan
family
lore
has
it
that
Lucy
Morgan
learned
to
spin
flax
from
Edward
Worst
. The
garment
Morgan
was
wearing
over
her
dress
was
known
as the
Penland
Smock
. The
fabric
was
woven
and the
garment
constructed
by the
Penland
Weavers
and
Potters
. The
smock
was
first
sold
at
Penland's
exhibition
at the
1933
Chicago
World's
Fair
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Vocational Guidance
Educators -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group
Penland School of Crafts
Penland School of Handicrafts
Craft Category
textiles
Time Period
1930s
Location
Mitchell County (N.C.)
Source Institution
North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Collection
General
Negative
Collection
,
Call
Number
N.94.11.49
Inventory Number
NCA_morgan
Copyright Information
Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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