Howard C. and Bonnie Willis Ford papers relating to The Penland School of Crafts
name: label: Creator
content: Ford, Howard C.
label: Creator
content: Ford, Bonnie Willis, 1907-1976
label: Names
content: Penland School of Handicrafts
label: Names
content: Morgan, Lucy, 1889-1981
label: Photographer
content: Wooten, Bayard
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- North Carolina
label: Occupation
content: Artisans -- North Carolina
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming in 1991 and 1995 by William H. Ford, son of Howard C. and Bonnie Willis Ford.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ford, Howard C.
label: Creator
content: Ford, Bonnie Willis, 1907-1976
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Howard C. "Toni" Ford was an instructor and publicity director of The Penland School of Crafts. His wife, Bonnie Willis Ford, was an administrator for the school.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (partial microfilm reels)
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (partial microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1995
label: Date
content: 1935-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fordhowa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, William H. Ford, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4515: Printed material, mostly written and illustrated by Howard C. ("Toni") and Bonnie Willis Ford, and Lucy Morgan, Penland's first director. Included are a history and a description of the school; a copy of the Penland song, 1955; an announcement of the 1940 sessions; an announcement about Penland's 10th anniversay; instruction sheets and 5 booklets, 1943, by Toni Ford concerning spinning, weaving, blockprinting, bonecraft, and the construction of a loom, flower holders, and hurricane lamps; three issues of Mountain MIlestones, 1945-1949; 2 clippings, and 2 photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4973: Additional materials regarding The Penland School of Crafts, includes: a declaration and donations from the citizens of the town Penland toward the construction of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, ca. 1935, and other letters, ca. 1935-1988; notes, typescripts, a scrapbook, and maps on the history of the school; school course brochures, ca. 1929-1994, including 2 early brochures by Lucy Morgan describing The Appalachian School, Department of Fireside Industries, later to become The Penland School of Crafts; programs and announcements of school events, including the log raising of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, 1935, and "An Order of Service for Craftsmen"; 6 issues of Mountain Milestones, 1949-1961; clippings, 1941-1995; and photographs, ca. 1935-1974, including 19 of Morgan and Morgan with others, and ca. 450 of students, staff, crafts, and environs, several taken by Bayard Wooten. Also included are weaving samples and patterns, some published by the Lily Mills Company for The Penland School of Crafts, ca. 1954 and undated.