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Box 14

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Vanessa Coston, 2008, and undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Holds biographical sketch and photocopied newspaper image from the "Grassroots" exhibit opening at the Gibbs Museum of Art event (2008).

Dates: 2008, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Joseph "Bubba" Foreman, Sr., 2006

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Foreman Sr. is Mary Jackson's father. Holds Foreman's newspaper funeral notice and program.

Dates: 2006
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Joseph Foreman, Jr., 2010, and undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Holds handwritten notes with sketches of Foreman's baskets with dimensions and post/rack card of Foreman and several of his baskets.

Dates: 2010, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Sweetgrass Basketmakers: "E", undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Holds business card of Elizabeth Eady.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Sweetgrass Basketmakers: "D", undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Contains Izalee C. Davis' business card and brochure.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Dingle Family, undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Contains funeral program for "Sister. Eliabeth Dingle Foreman," and business cards from "Catherine and Grandchildren," and Marilyn.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Jeanette Lee, 2007-2011

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Holds magazine and photocopied newspaper article.

Dates: 2007-2011
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Mary Foreman Jackson (Folder 2 of 2), 1993-2015

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Holds museum booklets, brochures, and rack cards focusing on Jackson's work.

Dates: 1993-2015
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Mary Foreman Jackson (Folder 1 of 2), 1990-2018

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Holds the Mt. Pleasant Sweetgrass Basketmaker's Association newsletter's, "The Sweetgrass Heritage, in which Jackson was the president and editor. Includes numerous magazine and newspaper articles highlighting the MacArthur Fellowship (2008) recipient.

Dates: 1990-2018
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers

Willia Mae Jackson, 29 December 2007

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Holds photocopied newspaper article, "Sweetgrass treasures gone," regarding Jackson's house fire.

Dates: 29 December 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 10: Sweetgrass Basket Makers
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