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Box 1

 Container

Contains 39 Results:

Maine sea coast mission rugs, 1955 - 2009

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, articles, notes from mission's minutes pertaining to rug making, related financial statements, and pamphlets and photographs.

Dates: 1955 - 2009

Maritime rugs, 2003 - 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Research notes, articles, and collection records about rugs from the Canadian maritime provinces.

Dates: 2003 - 2005

Sabatos rugs, 1900 - 2008

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23-25
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlet on history of Sabatos rugs and the role of Marion Larrabee Volk in Center Lovell, Maine, in creating these rugs, as well as auction material, correspondence, articles, notes, and photographs (some prints from Maine State Museum's holdings).

Dates: 1900 - 2008

Sailors' hooked rugs, 2003 - 2009

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and research material regarding rugs and mats made by sailors.

Dates: 2003 - 2009

Waldoboro rugs, 1998 - 2003

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27-28
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes research notes, correspondence, articles, and collections and catalog records.

Dates: 1998 - 2003

Works Progress Association projects, 2001 - 2009

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Articles and research related to various WPA projects during the Great Depression, including the Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project (1935-1942).

Dates: 2001 - 2009

Barbara Merry, artist, 1981 - 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Articles and research into the life and work of folk artist Barbara Merry (Swansville, Me.), including an autobiographical piece by Merry.

Dates: 1981 - 2005

Everett and Frances Hatch, ca. 2005

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Biographical information, obituaries, and newspaper notices. A notice from 1947 announced the complete of a "big hooked rug…by Mrs. Everett Hatch."

Dates: ca. 2005

Lucy Trask Barnard, artist, 2007 - 2016

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes draft and published version of Péladeau's article "Lucy Trask Barnard and her rugs" (Maine Antique Digest, May 2016), as well as related correspondence and research.

Dates: 2007 - 2016

Marguerite Zorach, artist, 2003 - 2011

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Articles and correspondence regarding the work and biography of Zorach.

Dates: 2003 - 2011