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[A bedroom at Healing Springs Ranch]

Description: Photograph of a bedroom at Healing Springs Ranch. The walls of the bedroom are solid yellow across their upper half and a pale wood on their bottom half, while a decorated line of blue separates the two sections. A large bed sits against one wall near a corner, its surface covered by a white blanket patterned with dark overlapping circles. The headboard of the bed is comprised of two rows of small wooden logs. Five pillows have been lain against the headboard including two that match the bed's … more
Date: 19XX
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, December 21, 1864]

Description: Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara telling her that he is sending food, candy, and cloth. He requests that she sew the cloth into drawers and send them back to him. He states his salary will be $110 per month. He then lists his expenses. He tells Clara he has had Yellow Fever. He requests cotton socks. He ends by regretting not being able to spend Christmas with his family.
Date: December 21, 1864
Creator: Fentress, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, December 21, 1864]

Description: Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara telling her that he is sending food, candy, and cloth. He requests that she sew the cloth into drawers and send them back to him. He states his salary will be $110 per month. He then lists his expenses. He tells Clara he has had Yellow Fever. He requests cotton socks. He ends by regretting not being able to spend Christmas with his family.
Date: December 21, 1864
Creator: Fentress, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Press release: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters Presents "Spirit of the Cloth: African American Fiber Artisans"]

Description: Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the art exhibit 'Spirit of the Cloth: African American Fiber Artisans' which was shown beginning July 10, 1993 at the James Kemp Gallery.
Date: July 23, 1993
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Brushing a weaved blanket]

Description: Photograph of a woman brushing a weaved blanket pattern. In the image, the woman sits next to an open window with a weaving board in front of her. She is holding a brush in each hand to pass through the cloth to grab any loose threads.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Combs]

Description: Photograph of two combs. A fabric can be seen being pulled apart by the comb. The fabric is white with blue and red tints. Both combs appear to be held by the same person.
Date: 197X
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman quilting]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Two women quilting at the home of Nora and Wylie Treece.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mamma and Aunt Nora quilting]

Description: Photograph of Iris Clark and Aunt Nora Treece quilting together. In the image, Clark and Treece are sitting next to each other with an unidentified girl creating a quilt that is being suspended in the air for an easier stitch routine.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hallie Mae Hopper]

Description: Photograph of Hallie Mae Hopper. In the image, Hopper's face is photographed from her left profile side wearing a knitted sweater over a collared shirt in front of a wooden wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Program: Quilt Mania]

Description: Program for a quilting event and exhibition produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Fall 2003 - Spring 2004.
Date: September 2003
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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