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Southern Highland Handicraft Guild meeting, 1934, March

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  • The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 23, 1934. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new member lists, announcements of regional events, and discussion about special issues facing the organization. At this particular meeting Agnes Loeffler gave a year-end report for Allanstand Cottage Industries. Allen Eaton spoke about the traveling exhibition sponsored by the American Federation of Arts. Lucy Morgan reported on the Chicago World's Fair and Penland's Weaving Institute. Also included are the annual financial statement, a membership list, and a list of people attending the Guild meeting. The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild was founded in 1930 as the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild. The name was changed to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1933 and again in the 1990s to the Southern Highland Craft Guild.
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  • The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild met for its annual membership meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 23, 1934. Meeting minutes generally contain committee reports, financial statement, new member lists, announcements of regional events, and discussion about special issues facing the organization. At this particular meeting Agnes Loeffler gave a year-end report for Allanstand Cottage Industries. Allen Eaton spoke about the traveling exhibition sponsored by the American Federation of Arts. Lucy Morgan reported on the Chicago World's Fair and Penland's Weaving Institute. Also included are the annual financial statement, a membership list, and a list of people attending the Guild meeting. The Southern Highland Handicraft Guild was founded in 1930 as the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild. The name was changed to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1933 and again in the 1990s to the Southern Highland Craft Guild.