Ethel Collins Clement weaving patterns
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
- Clement, Ethel Collins (Person)
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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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