Crafts
odd: label: Introduction
content: Craft presentations at the 1969 Festival focused on two themes: 1) sheep shearing and wool processing, and 2) corn culture. For the former, visitors could see sheep being sheared and the resulting wool carded, spun, and used in weaving. Milling songs from Scotland and from Massachusetts rounded out the program. The corn culture program showed different methods of milling and grinding corn, foodways from cornbread to corn liquor, and various crafts utilizing corn shucks. In addition, craft demonstrators included basket makers, blacksmiths, carvers and toy-makers, and a potter, with a special focus on Seminole crafts from Florida.

The sheep shearing and wool processing demonstration was sponsored by the American Sheep Producers Council, Inc. and the Wool Bureau, Inc. The corn culture exhibit was sponsored by the American Corn Miller's Federation and the Corn Refiners Association, Inc. Arkansas Arts and Humanities supported the participation of Arkansas craftspeople, and National Airlines sponsored the Seminole Indian participants.
label: Participants
content: Sheep Shearing and Wool Processing

Jack Matthews, exhibit consultant & shearing, Maryland

Taft Greer, 1908-1986, weaving, Tennessee

Norman Kennedy, 1934-, spinning, vegetable dyeing, weaving & milling, Virginia

Kay Basler, milling songs, Massachusetts

John Beaton, milling songs, Massachusetts

Joseph MacKenzie, milling songs, Massachusetts

Peter MacLean, milling songs, Massachusetts

Malcolm MacCellan, milling songs, Massachusetts

Christine Gillis, milling songs, Massachusetts

Ellen Smith, Navajo, carding, spinning, weaving, Arizona

Tanabah Williams, Navajo, carding, spinning, weaving, Arizona

Elsie Roan, Navajo, carding, spinning, weaving, Arizona

Alice Bathke, Navajo, carding, spinning, weaving, Arizona

Dorothy Tharpe, finger-puppet making, Nebraska

Jack Price, sheep dog demonstration, Maryland

Isabel Warbus, 1913-1995, Lummi, electric spinning wheel, Washington

Corn Culture

Frank Hodges, 1907-1993, machine corn milling, North Carolina

Gurney Triplett, 1921-1993, machine corn milling, North Carolina

Maria Luisa Ochoa, hand corn grinding, Texas

David Martinez, hand corn grinding, Texas

Ora Watson, 1909-2004, corn bread and hominy preparation, North Carolina

Montgomery County 4-H Beef Club, corn-fed cattle, Maryland

Willard Watson, 1905-1994, corn whiskey still, North Carolina

Seminole Indians, corn dances, Florida

Mrs. Johnnie Head, corn shuck dolls, Arkansas

Dicey Malone, 1891-1986, corn shuck mats, Tennessee

Alice Merryman, 1906-2997, corn shuck brooms and flowers, Arkansas

Montague Vest, corncob pipes, West Virginia

Salley Triplett, 1904-1996, soap making, North Carolina

Seminole Indian Crafts

Pocahontes Jumper, 1910-2002, Seminole patchwork design, Florida

Betty Mae Jumper, 1922-2011, Seminole patchwork design, Florida

Scarlet Jumper, Seminole, wire & sweet grass baskets, Florida

Rusty Tiger, Seminole, wire & sweet grass baskets, Florida

Joseph Jumper, 1932-1989, Seminole, carving, Florida

Moses Jumper, 1950-, Seminole, carving, Florida

Other crafts

Louise Jones, 1910-1973, sea grass (sweetgrass) & palmetto basket maker, South Carolina

Edna Rouse, sea grass (sweetgrass) & palmetto basket maker, South Carolina

Bea Hensley, 1919-2013, blacksmith, North Carolina

Mike Hensley, blacksmith, North Carolina

Mrs. Roy Harris, wooden figures & miniature tools carver, Arkansas

Edsel Martin, dulcimer-maker & figure-carver, North Carolina

Sal Paper, 1891-1972, lead toy maker, New York

Edgar Tolson, 1904-1984, wooden figure carver, Kentucky

Maisey Coburn, apple face doll maker, Arkansas

Mrs. Roy Harris, poppet doll maker, Arkansas

Vernon Owens, 1941-, potter, Jugtown Pottery, Seagrove, North Carolina
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1969 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1969, Series 2
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content: Archival materials