Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

8/1/1984 - 8/31/1986

Funding Totals

$75,000.00 (approved)
$75,000.00 (awarded)


A Study of Afro-American Craftsmanship in Textiles Through an Analysis of Plantation Records, Diaries, and Letters

FAIN: RO-20721-84

University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD 20742-5141)
Gladys-Marie Fry (Project Director: February 1983 to October 1990)

To support a study of slave-quilting in the ante-bellum south, analyzing Afro-American aesthetic values, uses of work and leisure time, gender roles, and group traditions.





Associated Products

Night Riders: In Black Folk History (Book)
Title: Night Riders: In Black Folk History
Author: Fry, Gladys-Marie
Year: 1975
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9780807849637
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry
Publisher: Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780807849637