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Box 3

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 17 Results:

Mailing Lists and Meeting Minutes, 1987 - 1988

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Also contains DVD jpg images from the Sweetgrass Conference, "Basket Stands Under Siege," held at the Charleston Museum, 25-26 March 1998.

Dates: 1987 - 1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Correspondence, 1988

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Holds copies of typed letters sent to Mt. Pleasant, SC Pastors requesting their attendence at the upcoming Sweetgrass Conference.

Dates: 1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

"Transcendent Traditions" Letterhead Stationary , undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Holds various versions of letterhead.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

NEH Project Consultants Documents, 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence requesting scholars to participate as project advisors/consultants. Also holds consultant listing with brief bios and vitas.

Dates: 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Planning Meeting Notes and Memorandums, 27 September 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Also holds meeting agenda outlining "History of the Baskets of Two Continents" project and planning for the upcoming Lowcountry Hertiage Workshop.

Dates: 27 September 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Planning Meeting Notes , 18 October 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting agenda and typed minutes with Charleston Magazine excerpt on Sweetgrass baskets.

Dates: 18 October 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Planning Meeting Agenda and Minutes, 1 November 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This community-based committee held a meeting on December 9-10, 2005 brought together a group of preeminent scholars and a large contingent of basket makers and other stakeholders for the inception of a traveling exhibition. Holds images on a DVDs, correpondence, meeting and workshop agendas, handwritten notes, and newspaper articles.

Dates: 1 November 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Planning Meeting Agenda and Notes, 17 November 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with handwritten notes.

Dates: 17 November 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Planning Meeting Agenda and Notes, 1 December 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes "Sweetgrass Steering Committee: Contact Lists."

Dates: 1 December 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee

Project Staff and Advisors' Contact List, 2005

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This community-based committee held a meeting on December 9-10, 2005 brought together a group of preeminent scholars and a large contingent of basket makers and other stakeholders for the inception of a traveling exhibition. Holds images on a DVDs, correpondence, meeting and workshop agendas, handwritten notes, and newspaper articles.

Dates: 2005
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 3: Sweetgrass Steering Committee
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