Charlie Dunn Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Dunn, Charlie, 1898- (bootmaker)
place: label: Place
content: Texas
topic: label: Topic
content: Shoemakers
label: Topic
content: Artisans
label: Topic
content: Civilization -- History
label: Topic
content: Bootmakers
label: Topic
content: Business and labor
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Charlie Dunn, 1985, October 27.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dunn, Charlie, 1898- (bootmaker)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Materials relating to Charlie Dunn, fourth-generation bookmaker.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Charlie Dunn is a fourth-generation bootmaker, from a family of Irish cobblers who moved to the U.S. in the early 1800s. At eight he began an apprenticeship for a one-legged bootmaker in Paris, Texas, beginning a career that has lasted (with a brief retirement) ever since. Practicing now in Austin, Texas, he is regarded as one of the best bootmakers in the world.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-1984
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0186
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Videotapes
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Clippings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Newspaper and magazine articles, radio broadcast transcripts, and advertisements relating to Dunn's career. In addition there is a documentary of Dunn's craft on video tape, photographs, miscellaneous business stationery, and a research project titled "Charlie and Cecile Dunn: A Study in Retirement" (1978) by Linda Gann.