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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Virginia Quintanilla, Quilter]

Description: Black and white photograph of Virginia Quintanilla, a quilter from San Antonio, posed in front of her finished quilts, which hang folded over a suspended line behind her. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Women Quilting]

Description: Photograph of two elderly women quilting in the Kendall County Community booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are sitting at a large quilt that is spread out, each stitching up one of the squares. The woman on the right has cat-eye glasses, a cloth headband and a braid wrapped around her head. The woman on the left has short hair and glasses. A third woman is standing behind them, crouching over to observe.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Women Quilting]

Description: Photograph of two women quilting at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are seated at a table on which a quilt is spread out. The woman on the right is elderly and is wearing a thimble on her middle finger and pushing a needle through one square on the quilt. The woman on the left is pulling a thread taut. A pair of scissors, a spool of thread, and a pair of sunglasses are laying on top of the quilt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Voca Quilting Club]

Description: Photograph of the Voca Quilting Club at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two young girls learn to quilt.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dorothy Beaman of Voca Quilting Club]

Description: Photograph of the Voca Quilting Club at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Dorothy Beaman teaches a young girl to quilt. Beaman wears a patterned shawl and name tag. The young girl, right, wears a shirt with heart and flower patches sewn onto it.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Life-Size Doll at Treadle Sewing Machine]

Description: Photograph of a life-sized doll sitting at a treadle sewing machine in the Fiber Designer's Display at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The doll, dressed as a pioneer woman, is positioned to look like she is sewing on the machine. The black sewing machine is built into a wooden table on which a white basket of yarn is sitting.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Annie Fuller, Quilter]

Description: Photograph of Annie Fuller, a quilter from Pittsburgh, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Fuller wears large glasses, a lace blouse, and a name tag. She holds a piece of quilting while the rest of the quilt is draped across her lap.
Date: [1992-08-06..1992-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ashley Water Sewing a Quilt]

Description: Photograph of Ashley Water learning to quilt 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ashley sits at a work table, wearing a short-sleeved white shirt while drawing a needle through the quilt.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Stitchery and Needlepoint Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a woman doing a stitchery and needlepoint demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding the panel in her lap as she works. The image appears to be a family of rabbits. She is wearing a blue gingham dress and a matching kerchief.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Marie Seiter Demonstrating Quilting]

Description: Photograph of Marie Seiter doing a quilting demonstration in Kendall County Community booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a red, white, and blue patchwork dress with white trim as she sews a square on a multicolored quilt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Quilter Elizada Johnson]

Description: Photograph of Elizada Johnson, a quilter from Houston, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Elizada wears a striped dress and silver glasses. She has a name tag attached to her shirt as she works on a green and white quilt.
Date: [1987-08-02..1987-08-05]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Quilter from Kashmere Senior Center

Description: Photograph of quilter from the Kashmere Senior Center in Houston, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The quilter sits behind a table covered with a white and green quilt. She wears a white jacket, brown glasses, and silver earrings.
Date: [1987-08-02..1987-08-05]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bootmaker]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: unknown
Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Doll]

Description: Photograph of Emma M. Oettinger, from San Antonio, making a doll in "Grandma's Workshop" at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is sitting on a chair and working on what appears to be a sock monkey. A table with other craft work is visible behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Working on Quilt]

Description: Photograph of a woman working on a quilt in the Sauerkraut and Quilting booth, sponsored by Kendall County Community, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The quilt is spread out over a table; the woman is bent over the quilt and appears to be handling a needle. Another woman is sitting behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Vee Morrill at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Vee Morrill demonstrating patchwork and costumed dolls at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Vee is wearing a bonnet and peasant style shirt. She is sitting at a table piecing together fabric. Other materials such as fabric scraps, and sewing supplies such as needles, thread, and pins.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Needlework Demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Genny Kosub Kraus demonstrating Polish needlework at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Genny is holding a piece of cloth in one hand, and running a needle through it with the other hand. She is wearing traditional Polish dress featuring a tall headband decorated with flowers, a white shirt embroidered with flowers along the sleeve, and a sleeveless vest.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Marilyn Krause at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Marilyn Krause displaying her fabric flowers at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Marilyn is leaning over a table attaching flower petals made of checkered fabric to stems made of tape. Another woman stands on the right side of the table, looking at the flowers.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables

Description: Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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