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Handicrafts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chris Kidwell, Compiler, Bodkin Family Civil War Letters and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3840
Overview Contains material regarding the Bodkin family of Pendleton County, West Virginia. Items within the collection include two Civil War era letters written by William H. Bodkin, other letters, sheriff's summons, receipts, a funeral program, genealogical information, and photographs of Bodkin family members with identification. The collection also contains a brown velvet bonnet and a black scarf; six homemade quilts and a quilted pillow; and a fedora hat. All items within this collection, except...
Dates: 1827-1971, undated

Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2335
Overview

A collection of student term papers, submitted to a class in American Folklore, taught by Yvonne Milspaw of West Virginia University. The papers relate to legends, ghost stories, ballads, folk medicine, recipes, crafts, social customs, and games. A card file indicating the subject matter of each paper is included with the collection.

Dates: 1972-1974