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Weaving Institute, 1936

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  • This folder contains various documents pertaining to the seventh annual summer Weaving Institute held near Penland, North Carolina, July 20 through August 24, 1936. This group of materials documents the courses taught, and the instructors and students who attended. The documents include the 1) "Descriptive Report of the 1936 Weaving Institute", 2) "Report to Mr. Coggin: 1936 Weaving Institute", 3) handwritten list of students giving their home towns and occupations, 4) carbon copy typewritten list of instructors, students and visitors giving their home towns. The descriptive report and the report to Mr. Coggin was documentation the school was required to submit in order to receive funding for salaries from the federal Smith-Hughes Act which was administered through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The weaving institute was held adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian 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.
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Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

  • This folder contains various documents pertaining to the seventh annual summer Weaving Institute held near Penland, North Carolina, July 20 through August 24, 1936. This group of materials documents the courses taught, and the instructors and students who attended. The documents include the 1) "Descriptive Report of the 1936 Weaving Institute", 2) "Report to Mr. Coggin: 1936 Weaving Institute", 3) handwritten list of students giving their home towns and occupations, 4) carbon copy typewritten list of instructors, students and visitors giving their home towns. The descriptive report and the report to Mr. Coggin was documentation the school was required to submit in order to receive funding for salaries from the federal Smith-Hughes Act which was administered through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The weaving institute was held adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian 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.