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Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present
URL: http://www.wcu.edu/craftrevival/index.htm

Description:
This site tells "the story of an exciting regional movement [in western North Carolina] that created handicrafts and preserved traditions from the 1890s to 1940s." Features background about the Appalachian region, the genesis of the craft revival, and craft in the area today, and details about the people and their crafts of textile work, basketry, pottery, metalwork, woodwork, and instrument construction. Search or browse over 1500 images. A project of Hunter Library at Western Carolina University.

LII Topics: Crafts, General Resources, North Carolina, U.S. History By Place

Publisher:
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University

LII Database Information:
Record 28264 created by Maria Brandt on 04/22/2009
Last modification on 10/07/2009
Published: 07/15/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28264

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