We have patterns and catalogs available and can furnish names of seamstresses. Skills and lifeways demonstrators Latta Plantation offers many skill demonstrations to its visitors such as weaving, sewing, cooking, and woodworking. Demonstrators also dress in period costumes. Interpretations include woodworking, textile making, sewing, cooking, crafts, storytelling, and music. Office assistants Latta has a wonderful collection of archival materials.
Volunteers catalog and manage the collection.
Secretarial assistance, including phone answering and basic office tasks, is always welcome. Several times a year, Historic Latta Plantation hosts festivals and special events. Assistants work with marketing, volunteer coordination, and mailings. Researchers and writers Locating and digesting relevant materials, as well as writing up findings for other volunteers to use, benefits everyone, because it helps Latta to continuously improve. Decorators and event set-up volunteers Latta's special events often need an artistic touch, such as decorating the plantation authentically for Christmas, and sometimes require muscle, such as for rearranging artifacts.