Title	Isadora Williams Weaving Notebook I, p. 27
Creator	Williams, Isadora
Medium of Original	manuscripts (document genre)
Date of Orginal	1930/1939
Dimensions	8.5" x 11" x .5"
Description	This notebook (front cover is missing) was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the early 1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly weaving patterns or weaving drafts in the form of typed instructions produced by weaving instructor Edward Worst and Williams' accompanying hand-written drafts. The notebook also contains some hand woven samples, Williams' notes on dyeing with natural materials, brief biographical information on Worst, printed excerpts about the early history of the summer courses by Bonnie Willis Ford, and a list of students and instructors from the 1931, 1932, and undated Weaving Institutes. Isadora Williams (1884-1976) was a Home Marketing Specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, and was an accomplished rug weaver and a founding member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She attended the summer Weaving Institutes at Penland several times during the 1930s and 1940s.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts
Craft Category	textiles
Time Period	1930s
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Isadora Williams Collection
Inventory Number	PSC_CR061_27
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Isadora Williams Weaving Notebook I, p. 27

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