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Co-operative Plan for Handicrafts

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  • In this paper written by Raymond E. Pippin in the early 1930s, Pippin puts forward a plan for a craft cooperative system which would support crafts people across the United States. He outlines the problems of "Chaos and Ruin" resulting from the Great Depression of 1929. He notes that while the federal government helped many people, "the class of near artist or artisans" that continued to scrape by through this difficult time have been overlooked. He notes that "One of the most serious handicaps to the proper development of handicrafts in our country ... is lack of any type of cooperation in marketing and financing for production at a living wage." Pippin's plan would organize groups of crafts people on farms where they could grow their food and work together to create a marketable product which would be sent to warehouses outside of metropolitan areas across the country. He also explains a system of shares which would allow workers and distributors to own the cooperative. Pippin was himself a chair maker in the South. Presumably this paper found its way into the hands of the Tennessee Valley Authority who was hoping to act along these lines with the creation of the Southern Highlanders, Inc.
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  • In this paper written by Raymond E. Pippin in the early 1930s, Pippin puts forward a plan for a craft cooperative system which would support crafts people across the United States. He outlines the problems of "Chaos and Ruin" resulting from the Great Depression of 1929. He notes that while the federal government helped many people, "the class of near artist or artisans" that continued to scrape by through this difficult time have been overlooked. He notes that "One of the most serious handicaps to the proper development of handicrafts in our country ... is lack of any type of cooperation in marketing and financing for production at a living wage." Pippin's plan would organize groups of crafts people on farms where they could grow their food and work together to create a marketable product which would be sent to warehouses outside of metropolitan areas across the country. He also explains a system of shares which would allow workers and distributors to own the cooperative. Pippin was himself a chair maker in the South. Presumably this paper found its way into the hands of the Tennessee Valley Authority who was hoping to act along these lines with the creation of the Southern Highlanders, Inc.

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Craft Revival

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mountain craftsmen formed the cornerstone of a revived interest in things handmade to create a movement known as the Craft Revival. During the Revival...

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