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North Carolina
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present 
 This site tells "the story of an exciting regional movement [in western North Carolina] that created handicrafts and preserved traditions from the 1890s to 1940s." Features background about the Appalachian region, the genesis of the craft revival, and craft in the area today, and details about the people and their crafts of textile work, basketry, pottery, metalwork, woodwork, and instrument construction. Search or browse over 1500 images. A project of Hunter Library at Western Carolina University. http://www.wcu.edu/craftrevival/index.htm Topics: Crafts, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 7, 2009 Tobacco Bag Stringing
This illustrated report focuses on tobacco bag stringing (sewing drawstrings into small cotton tobacco bags), a late 19th and early 20th century activity of "families throughout the tobacco-growing regions of North Carolina and Virginia [who] earned much-needed income." Includes an overview of tobacco bag stringing during the Great Depression, letters, profiles of workers, and over 140 photos. From the University of North Carolina Library Digital Collections. http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/tbs/ Topics: Jobs & Work, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated May 5, 2009 |
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