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Ethel Collins Clement weaving patterns

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS375f

Scope and Content

This collection contains twenty-seven weaving patterns having belonged to Ethel Collins Clement, a resident of the Georgia mountains. These drafts belonged to different members of the Collins family, with the earliest having belonged to Ethel's grandmother, Rutha Nix Collins. Also included in the collection are translations of the drafts done by Carol Adams using Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttlecraft Book of American Handweaving and Marguerite Porter Davidson's A Handweaver's Source Book.

Dates

  • 1841-1911, 1970

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Administrative/Biographical History

Ethel Collins Clement, of Union County, Georgia, learned weaving from her mother. She designed many of her own patterns and won several prizes for her work.

Extent

2 folder(s)

Language

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1992

Title
Ethel Collins Clement weaving patterns
Author
Paul Crater
Date
April 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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