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	Search results for Williams, Isadora    Refine your search Subject - Craft Weaving -- Appalachian... (2) Dyes and Dyeing -- App... (1) Date Created 1930/1939 (2) 1944-01-01/1944-06-30 (1) results 1-3 of 3 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Creator: Format: Description: 1. [Craft Education Project: General Education Board grant correspondence] Redding, Winogene B.; Morgan, Lucy, 1889-1981; Williams, Isadora; Heard, Marian Gladys ; Benton, Harold J.; Southern Highland Handicraft Guild; Southern Highlanders, Inc.; letter This set of letters pertains to the receipt of a grant from the General Education Board to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. to perform an "Exploratory Study of Craft Education in the Southern Highlands." The project would survey hundreds of craft artists, craft productions centers, and craft shops in an eight-state region covering southern Appalachia. The first letter is from the GEB announcing the $6000 award. The second letter is from Winogene Redding, accepting the grant on behalf of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The third letter is Lucy Morgan's agreement to work on a Special Committee to oversee the study process. The fourth letter is from Isadora Williams, who promoted craft work through the Agricultural Extension Service. The fifth letter is from Marian Heard, University of Tennessee professor, who ultimately was hired to direct the study. The sixth letter is Heard's form letter alerting crafts people to her role in the project and asking for input on what dates people are available. The seventh letter is from Harold J. Benton, manager of the Southern Highlanders shop in New York City, to Marian Heard with suggestions for how craft artists can help improve their sales. 2. Isadora Williams Weaving Notebook I Williams, Isadora; unpublished document This notebook (front cover is missing) was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the early 1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly weaving patterns or weaving drafts in the form of typed instructions produced by weaving instructor Edward Worst and Williams' accompanying hand-written drafts. The notebook also contains some hand woven samples, Williams' notes on dyeing with natural materials, brief biographical information on Worst, printed excerpts about the early history of the summer courses by Bonnie Willis Ford, and a list of students and instructors from the 1931, 1932, and undated Weaving Institutes. Isadora Williams (1884-1976) was a Home Marketing Specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, and was an accomplished rug weaver and a founding member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She attended the summer Weaving Institutes at Penland several times during the 1930s and 1940s. 3. Isadora Williams Weaving Notebook II Williams, Isadora unpublished document This notebook was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the mid-1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly instructions for weaving patterns along with weaving samples. The weaving instructions, also called weaving drafts, are in the form of typed instructions produced by weaving instructor Edward Worst and Williams' accompanying hand-written weaving drafts and notes on treadling. Many of Worst's typed drafts also include small black and white photographs of the finished weaving pattern. Isadora Williams (1884-1976) was a Home Marketing Specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, and was an accomplished rug weaver and a founding member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She attended the summer Weaving Institutes at Penland several times during the 1930s and 1940s. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-3 of 3 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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