Nov
24

Episode 6: The Tennessee Sampler Survey

Jon Kay on November 24, 2010
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Podcast: Download (26.7MB) In this episode, Jon Kay interviews Jennifer Core the folklorist and a founding researcher of the Tennessee Sampler Survey, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tennessee’s needlework heritage. Jennifer’s research includes documenting Tennessee samplers made prior to 1900 and as of May 2010, she and her research partner  Janet Hasson [...]

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Nov
22

Episode 5: The Saddle Tree Museum

Jon Kay on November 22, 2010
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Podcast: Download (26.7MB) In this episode we talk with  historic preservationist John Staicer, who helped save the last 19th century saddletree factory in the United States. John not only helped place this vernacular treasure of Madison, Indiana  on the National Register Historic District, but he and several other professionals and volunteers worked to maintain the [...]

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