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Box 16

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Sweetgrass Baskets: Various Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1988-2012

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Holds promotional materials, event programs, and surveys pertaining to the annual Festival which takes place in the summer in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

Dates: 1988-2012
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.2: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival

SCAFA: Thomasena Stokes-Marshall, 2008-2011, and undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Holds magazine and newspaper articles, and correspondence regarding the SCAFA Project Director.

Dates: 2008-2011, 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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

SCAFA, 2010-2018, and undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Contains newsletters, correspondence, and promotional postcards for the Sweetgrass Festival.

Dates: 2010-2018, 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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

SCAFA, 2009

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Holds newsletter and grant proposal to the South Carolina Humanities Council.

Dates: 2009
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

SCAFA: The Dora Foundation, 2009

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Holds correspondence regarding the Foundation's special project grant application.

Dates: 2009
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

Stationary from The Mt. Pleasant Sweetgrass Basketmakers' Association, undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Holds blank letterhead and envelopes from the organization. Listed as officals are: Mary A. Jackson, President; Marguerite S. Middleton, Secretary; and Annie Scott, Treasurer.

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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

Newsletters: "The Sweetgrass Heritage", June 1990, March 1991

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Holds newsletters by the Mt. Pleasant Sweetgrass Basketmakers' Association's President, Mary F. Jackson.

Dates: June 1990, March 1991
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

SCAFA, 2008

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Holds email correpondence, handwritten notes regarding planning for upcoming Sweetgrass Festival, and board meeting notes. Also holds invitation and event program for the unveiling of "Winnowing Hands," statue.

Dates: 2008
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.1: SCAFA

Sweetgrass Basket Pavilion , 2006-2009

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Pavillion is situated at the Memorial Waterfront Park in Mt. Pleasant, SC. File holds typescripts of text panel veribage, correpondence, newspaper articles, and brochures.

Dates: 2006-2009
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.2: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival

Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival, 2014-2015

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

Holds brochures and rack card.

Dates: 2014-2015
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 11: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) / 11.2: Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival
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