Craft Education Project questionnaire: Minnie Tyson, rug maker

Craft Education Project questionnaire: Minnie Tyson, rug maker

Artisans

Handicraft

Rugs -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Minnie Tyson made braided rugs and learned her craft from her mother. Notes at the end of the paper read "I get $1.60 per sq. ft. Drugett - a big rug but not a carpet. Do own designing - stamping for hooked rugs, dyeing - Make rugs from loopers and old rags. Home Demonstration Agent says she has almost made her living for years on her rugs." Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders. Marian Heard was hired to oversee the planning phase that involved visiting artists and determining the needs of the craftworkers. Her results, often referred to as "The Heard Report," were published as the "Report of an exploratory study looking toward a craft education project ... ." The preliminary project led to an educational program funded by the General Education Board.

Heard, Marian Gladys

Southern Highland Handicraft Guild

Southern Highlanders, Inc.

Craft Education Program Files

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1944/1945

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questionnaires

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2007-01-23

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Moore County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

11" x 8.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival