Handweaving News (2000): Biography of Nellie Sargent Johnson and Contents Listing
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A compiled set of writings by Nancy M. McKenna on Nellie Sargent Johnson (1887-1951), Detroit weaver, teacher and editor of the newsletter Handweaving News (1933-1951). It includes a short biography covering her education, teaching at Wayne University, her 1939 Peruvian textile collecting, and her design of the Sears Hearthside loom. A history of the Sears Hearthside looms (2-, 4- and 6-shaft models, 1940s-1950s catalogs, and the question of who manufactured them) follows, with a reproduced Sears Hearthside loom and accessories catalog section. The document ends with an index of Handweaving News issues by month from 1933 to 1951, listing topics, and of Johnson's self-published monographs.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
- Archive notes
- Scanned from xerographic copy
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