Louise L. Pitman and Margaret Furry correspondence on vegetable dyeing, 1935-1942

Louise L. Pitman and Margaret Furry correspondence on vegetable dyeing, 1935-1942

Dye plants

Dyes and dyeing

Handicraft

This set of six letters between Margaret S. Furry, of the Bureau of Home Economics in Washington, and Louise Pitman, director of the Handicraft Department and an expert of vegetable dyes at the John C. Campbell Folk School, span from September 28, 1935 to August 25, 1942. The correspondence relates to using indigo to obtain various shades of blue. Pitman writes to Furry regarding the indigo recipe Furry gave out at a demonstration in Asheville, N.C. Pitman writes of her trouble with the recipe and sends Furry a sample lump of indigo for her to test. Furry speculates the source of the problem. This correspondence is an example of the type of collaboration that existed between craft artists and instructors in their efforts to revive traditional folk arts.

Furry, Margaret Smith, 1899-

Pitman, Louise Livingston

John C. Campbell Folk School Records

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

1935/1942

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2008-01-08

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10.5" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival