Title: Mary Frances Davidson Book, Vegetable Dyeing of Wool in the Appalachian Highlands

Date/Date Range :   1943

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains a book by Mary Frances Davidson, Vegetable Dying of Wool in the Appalachian Highlands, written in 1943.

Call number: MS-2349

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Mary Frances Davidson Book, Vegetable Dyeing of Wool in the Appalachian Highlands, MS-2349. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

No biographical information is available.

This collection contains a book by Mary Frances Davidson, Vegetable Dying of Wool in the Appalachian Highlands, written in 1943. The introduction states that "this book was written as the result of a study made to fulfill the partial requirements to become a master craftsman in the Southern Highland Guild." Also included with the book is a note by Davidson, partially stating that "this book never reached the admissions com ... I published it [the book] myself." The work concerns the process of preparing wool to dye, dyeing and recipes for colors.

• Davidson, Mary Frances.
• Dyes and dying -- Wool.
• Appalachian Region, Southern.