American Handicraft Council records
name: label: Creator
content: American Handicraft Council
label: Names
content: Carnegie Corporation of New York
label: Names
content: Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Emery, Humphery
topic: label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1982 and 1985 by the Society of Arts & Crafts.
creator: label: Creator
content: American Handicraft Council
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The American Handicraft Council was founded in 1939 in Wilmington, Delaware. It merged with the Handcraft Cooperative League of America in 1942 to form the organization now known as the American Craft Council. Humphery Emery, who appears in this collection, was director of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston in the 1930s and became secretary of the American Handicraft Council upon its founding. The two organizations worked closely together in 1939-1940 to conduct an economic survey of handicrafts, first in New England, and later in the United States. As Emery kept papers concerning both organizations, additional material pertaining to the American Handicraft Council can be found in the papers of the Society of Arts and Crafts.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (circa 750 items on 1 microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1937-1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.amerhand
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3466 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Some of the correpondence in file concerning fundraising is photocopied.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed American Handicraft Council records contain a certificate of incorporation; draft of articles of incorporation and by-laws; meeting minutes (1939 April-1940 January); 12 reports regarding progress of activities and council objectives; a fundraising file containing correspondence (some photocopies) between the American Handicraft Council and possible contributors (1937-1939); and a list of sponsors. Also included are files on the economic study of handicrafts in the United States under a grant from the Carnegie Corporation including surveys of craftspersons' production, marketing, and financing skills and experiences; photographs of sample handicrafts; financial records; and miscellany.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Society of Arts and Crafts records, 1899-1960.